In doing research in the town of Ellsworth Kansas county seat of Wilson County I learned they had sent from their storeage area of old records and shiped all of them to the state prison, and had the inmates microfilm all the old record books, on film perserving them, and the state obsorbed the cost of everything. Giving the inmates something to do and in process teaching them a trade. The court house had all of the film to be looked at and a reader. Of course now we have computers, so don't know what the state prisons do in recording old records but probably much different. Just a note to let you know something that might be possible for Ohio.

What a great idea..... especially since there is a State Prison in Bannock, about a mile down the road from where some of these records are located and another prison in Caldwell Ohio with a vocational program!! Maybe some letters to the local elected officials & Reps. describing the problem and potential solution (as Pat described below), might have some impact and help save these records!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON-L] Re: OHBELMON-D Digest V04 #68 > In doing research in the town of Ellsworth Kansas county seat of Wilson County > I learned they had sent from their storeage area of old records and shiped > all of them to the > state prison, and had the inmates microfilm all the old record books, on film > perserving them, and > the state obsorbed the cost of everything. Giving the inmates something to do > and > in process teaching them a trade. The court house had all of the film to be > looked at > and a reader. Of course now we have computers, so don't know what the state > prisons do > in recording old records but probably much different. > > Just a note to let you know something that might be possible for Ohio. > >