Putting the records online would surely do away with Barbs job. That would give them all the more reason to get rid of her. Too many machines and computers are taking over jobs already keeping the personal touch out of it. The York Penn Historical Society charges a small fee of I believe $5 each time or you can become a member with a yearly dues of $20 the last time I was down there to do research . Of course this can get confusing. I am in the Oswego County Genealogy Society ($15 membership dues) which is seperate from the records center. Maybe we could up our dues to $25 and give $10 to the Records Center. I'd be willing to do it. Then you have the Historical Society too which is seperate too. But the best place for records is definitely The Record Center with Barb Dix. I am posting an e-mail from the Oswego Library Committee I just received that speaks for itself: Marilyn Rowsey Dirk Hello all- Barb Dix's position is also on the chopping block at the Oswego County Legislative meeting. Please call your county representative to voice your concern and opinion. It is only a $23,000. position and she has brought in over a half million in grants. Who will run the Records Center??? It is a crazy time.

No this won't do away with Barbs' job. It will take quite a long time for her to put these records online and also someone has to maintain the site and add new records as they become available. Just think she has what a two- three hundred years worth of records? I have a cousin who works with the Michigan Library and it took her and a few others quite a long time just to put the 1870 census on line. Look at the DiBean Marriage list for Michigan on Line. They have listed all of the marriages they can find and they are still inputting them three years later. Since Barbara is the head of this department she would be needed more than ever as she is the one who knows what and where and how everything should be placed on line. The State of Illinois is doing this at this time. They project at least a ten your time frame to just get everything on line at the very least and that is for one county only. Barb is the most qualified person to put this info online if they should want to go that way. They could also charge a small fee to access these records in person also if they do not want them on line. But by putting them online everyone will have access to them not just the ones who can afford to travel there to look at them. When I first started research on the web I signed up for Kindred Connections.com site and to get an hours free use I would have to transcribe records to their site. This worked very well also. The LDS has put their info online and it hasn't cost any jobs in Utah. Jean Payton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:27 AM Subject: Re: This hobby is expensive enough, don't give the legislature any ideas > Putting the records online would surely do away with Barbs job. That would > give them all the more reason to get rid of her. Too many machines and > computers are taking over jobs already keeping the personal touch out of it. > > The York Penn Historical Society charges a small fee of I believe $5 each > time or you can become a member with a yearly dues of $20 the last time I > was down there to do research . Of course this can get confusing. I am in > the Oswego County Genealogy Society ($15 membership dues) which is seperate > from the records center. Maybe we could up our dues to $25 and give $10 to > the Records Center. I'd be willing to do it. Then you have the Historical > Society too which is seperate too. But the best place for records is > definitely The Record Center with Barb Dix. > > I am posting an e-mail from the Oswego Library Committee I just received > that speaks for itself: > Marilyn Rowsey Dirk > > > Hello all- > > Barb Dix's position is also on the chopping block at the Oswego County > Legislative meeting. Please call your county representative to voice your > concern and opinion. It is only a $23,000. position and she has brought in > over a half million in grants. > > Who will run the Records Center??? > > It is a crazy time. > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Northern New York History and Genealogy > www.nnygenealogy.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >