First, my heartfelt sympathy goes out to Annie's family. I can't begin to tell anyone how many obituaries I received from Annie over the years, since all of my family members are central to Blair and Huntingdon counties. I was just shocked to hear of her passing. I hope it is a comfort to her family to know how many of us she touched over the years and what an impact Annie made in the geneaological world. Second, are all of those obits Annie scanned for all of us recorded anywhere for future researchers? I personally have every obit she ever sent recorded electronically in the jpeg format she sent them in. Is there a place on one of the sites where I can submit them for posting so that Annie's hardwork will continue to help others? If we all submitted the obits that we have saved from her, we could come up with quite a database of names that will help others. If anyone has more information about Rootsweb and sites like that and can help me out with what to do, I'll be more than willing to zing off my probably 400+ Annie Whiteman scanned obits. Third, I know from recent correspondence with Annie that she had more obits to share with all of us that were already scanned and on disks. She also had hard copies that needed to be scanned. If her family would so desire, I know for one that I would be willing to continue her tradition. With deep regret for the family and everone on the list, Deb Riley

I have been considering these things myself. First, I would like to extend my condolences to the family, and will personally, since I am local. Second, I am willing to setup a memorial fund. If others are interested, I can go ahead with it. What the fund would do is (with permission from the family, of course) take all of the obits she had collected (they are saved on floppy disk). These would be placed online, with a searchable database. The memorial fund would be used to cover expenses associated with the web server. We could continue to send out the daily emails with new additions. I think this would be the best way we (as a list) can honor Annie's memory and keep the tradition alive. Al Greiner [email protected] wrote: > First, my heartfelt sympathy goes out to Annie's family. I can't begin to tell > anyone how many obituaries I received from Annie over the years, since all of > my family members are central to Blair and Huntingdon counties. I was just > shocked to hear of her passing. I hope it is a comfort to her family to know > how many of us she touched over the years and what an impact Annie made in the > geneaological world. > > Second, are all of those obits Annie scanned for all of us recorded anywhere for > future researchers? I personally have every obit she ever sent recorded > electronically in the jpeg format she sent them in. Is there a place on one of > the sites where I can submit them for posting so that Annie's hardwork will > continue to help others? If we all submitted the obits that we have saved from > her, we could come up with quite a database of names that will help others. If > anyone has more information about Rootsweb and sites like that and can help me > out with what to do, I'll be more than willing to zing off my probably 400+ > Annie Whiteman scanned obits. > > Third, I know from recent correspondence with Annie that she had more obits to > share with all of us that were already scanned and on disks. She also had hard > copies that needed to be scanned. If her family would so desire, I know for one > that I would be willing to continue her tradition. > > With deep regret for the family and everone on the list, > Deb Riley > > > > ----------------------------------- > No flaming permitted on this list. This is a one flame and you are out rule. > ----------------------------------- > The Blair Co. Rootsweb mailing list has no association with the Blair Co. Genealogy Society. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

I'm working on something that would be free, and permanent, and isn't the Archives or PA-Roots. Everybody please "hold that thought" until I can get even a tentative reply on my proposal. Al, your idea is a good one, but projects placed on private servers can and do disappear. Server costs go up; renewal fees don't get paid on time; the person running the site loses interest, or passes away without making arrangements for its continuation; a couple running the site divorces, and the site is "orphaned," etc. Let's not let any of this happen. If I can manage this, we can put all the "Annie" obit scans folks care to contribute online, with an index, and no transcriptions would be required. I'll get back to the list when I know something definite. And I'll also let you know if it's impossible, but this is "plan a," and there's a "plan b" in my mind, too, that's also free and as permanent as most things get on this wonderful, ever-changing net we all use. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Greiner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:38 AM Subject: Re: PABlair What Can We Do? I have been considering these things myself. First, I would like to extend my condolences to the family, and will personally, since I am local. Second, I am willing to setup a memorial fund. If others are interested, I can go ahead with it. What the fund would do is (with permission from the family, of course) take all of the obits she had collected (they are saved on floppy disk). These would be placed online, with a searchable database. The memorial fund would be used to cover expenses associated with the web server. We could continue to send out the daily emails with new additions. I think this would be the best way we (as a list) can honor Annie's memory and keep the tradition alive. Al Greiner [email protected] wrote: > First, my heartfelt sympathy goes out to Annie's family. I can't begin to > tell > anyone how many obituaries I received from Annie over the years, since all of > my family members are central to Blair and Huntingdon counties. I was just > shocked to hear of her passing. I hope it is a comfort to her family to know > how many of us she touched over the years and what an impact Annie made in the > geneaological world. > > Second, are all of those obits Annie scanned for all of us recorded anywhere > for > future researchers? I personally have every obit she ever sent recorded > electronically in the jpeg format she sent them in. Is there a place on one > of > the sites where I can submit them for posting so that Annie's hardwork will > continue to help others? If we all submitted the obits that we have saved > from > her, we could come up with quite a database of names that will help others. > If > anyone has more information about Rootsweb and sites like that and can help me > out with what to do, I'll be more than willing to zing off my probably 400+ > Annie Whiteman scanned obits. > > Third, I know from recent correspondence with Annie that she had more obits to > share with all of us that were already scanned and on disks. She also had > hard > copies that needed to be scanned. If her family would so desire, I know for > one > that I would be willing to continue her tradition. > > With deep regret for the family and everone on the list, > Deb Riley > > > > ----------------------------------- > No flaming permitted on this list. This is a one flame and you are out rule. > ----------------------------------- > The Blair Co. Rootsweb mailing list has no association with the Blair Co. > Genealogy Society. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ----------------------------------- No flaming permitted on this list. This is a one flame and you are out rule. ----------------------------------- The Blair Co. Rootsweb mailing list has no association with the Blair Co. Genealogy Society. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message