Pat, Did you get plenty of mony for all this?? I am going to send some more soon, but use it how you wish. Robin In a message dated 3/23/02 3:54:38 PM Central Standard Time, sweeze@zoominternet.net writes: > My earlier post wasn't very clear I guess about the 1893-1905 births that > are recorded in Butler County. Here is a brief explanation of this project > > and what is needed to put the full record online! > The original book of these records was put away many years ago in storage > to preserve it. But the records were typed and put into a large book in > the courthouse. Our goal is to photocopy these records and have them > retyped so that we can put them online. We will type the entire entry, > since we do not have access to getting a copy of the original hand written > entry. > > We need help with typing these things and also with funding this > project. I paid for copying the letters A & B and spent $20.00. I have > made a list of the rest of the alphabet and what it will cost to copy each > letter. It comes to a total of $155.50! I felt that this was just getting > > a little too much for me to take on myself. If everyone would pitch in a > few dollars, we'll be able to get this information online without it > costing any one person a lot. If you consider that to have the courthouse > employees look up one name, it costs $4.00 per name. If we all pool > together we can put the complete records online and noone will be > shouldering a large expense. We only need two more typists to get this > project up and running, but if there is no real interest in this project, > we will not do it. > > Thank you for your interest and support! > Pat Collins >