Dear Sandra and all, I can imagine that the job is overwhelming. I simply thought that if a lot of people gave a little, it might be accomplished. However, that might not be realistic. But I'd still be willing to give my day! :-} Lorraine [email protected] On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:41:48 -0400 "Sandra Ferguson" <[email protected]> writes: > The tax records are in the basement of an outbuilding on the > grounds of > the WICS bldg, several miles outside town. It is filthy dirty, with > only > one light, in the ceiling near the door. The ledgers are piled from > floor > to ceiling around the walls, in no order, surrounded by boxes of > trash, > broken chairs and office desks. One has to crawl over the junk to > get to > the ledgers, and it is impossible, by the ceiling light, to read > them. One > day would be a drop in the bucket, and many, MANY days would be > required > just to open each book and see what the all contain, let along take > some > sort of notes. When I found them I contacted a couple members of > local > organizations, and could find no one who was interested in taking on > the > job....it takes people on the spot, people who live near, to tackle > this > job, which would be a tremendous undertaking. >