Ok, here's my suggestion right now..... I'll present it to the Cumberland Trail Gen. Soc. again. If they know that there are others that are willing to help who live out of state maybe we can get the ball rolling. We already know who to talk to about the problem at the county level. I'll take your ideas and emails with me. After I do this, I'll let the list know what's going on. Sound good? Kim [email protected] wrote: >I would love to help with this project but live in Chicago area so hard to >do. I come back once a year for research and could help a little, but I know >you really need locals. Besides knowing the lettering and words used in those >days it is really important for the transcribers to be familiar with the >families in the area at the time. I have chased so many names for so long only to >find them listed under a name that is totally crazy, but in looking at the >original I can see where they might make a mistake. But if the person doing the >transcribing has been working in Belmont Co for a long time they have a better >chance of knowing the names of people in the records. > >I do believe the idea of taking digital pix and sending them out for >transcription. I have taken a lot of those when back east and then come home and work >on them. It sure is faster than copying and also better on the books. > >Another thought. When I was there last year, I think it was, they had >someone set up in the first floor of the court house making microfilm pix from old >records. I think it was the LDS and perhaps if they knew a lot more records >were available that hadn't been transcribed they would come in and do the work. > >Jerilyn > > > > >