Here is another address to pull up census records from the new Digital Archives: www.secstate.wa.gov/history/search.aspx Margaret Strueby ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 2:18 AM Subject: [GFO] Washington State Digital Archives Grand Opening > For any of you who may be searching in Washington, the following is from > their new "Digital Archives" front page. Having visited the site, I didn't find > any digitized records, but they do have quite a few indexes loaded. You might > find something new there - check it out at www.digitalarchives.wa.gov > > Julie Kidd > > =========================================== > Washington State Digital Archives Grand Opening > The much-anticipated grand opening of America's first state government > digital archives occurred on October 4, 2004. The opening gala event hosted > Washington State legislators, county officials, archivists from throughout the United > States, as well as a delegation of regional archivists from as far away as > China. Among the speakers at this prestigious event were Secretary of State Sam > Reed and Lew Bellardo, Deputy Archivist of the United States. > > The Digital Archives Archival Management System was also brought on-line that > day, with the electronic marriage records from Chelan, Snohomish and Spokane > counties — as well as the Historic Census and Naturalization records database — > web arrayed in an easy to user search interface > (www.digitalarchives.wa.gov). > > It is the mission of the digital archives to preserve and make accessible the > electronic records for both state and local government agencies in Washington > State. > =========================================== > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >