If you are planning on adding this to a website (may I suggest the Clearfield County USGenWeb Project site <G>), you can use a word processor, such as MS Word, Corel WordPerfect, etc., or a spreadsheet program. If you use a word processor, save your work as either a text or Rich Text. Depending on the number of records to be transcribed, I would be glad to help in the transcription. Alice Gayley DHowe72955@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > Jim, what would I need on my computer to do this? I had instances of contact > with the County Home on both the BLOOM and HOWE lines. I will "root" through > my "stuff" and see what I can come up with. On the BLOOM side, my > G-Grandfather Matthew Bloom had himself committed in about 1896. Several of his > children learned of this and got him out. On the HOWE side, I can't dredge up the > husband's name, but Alice Howe and her husband ran the Home for several years. > Alice oversaw the gardening, which was extensive and also did the laundry. > The Matthew Bloom incident was reported in the "Raftsman's Journal" and I can't > recall where the Howe incident was reported. I apologize to all for my > sloppy data handling; my excuse being the advancing PD (Parkinson's Disease). If I > have the necessary software, I will, as my Brit wife always says, "Have a > go!". Happy hunting to all, God bless. > Dan Howe > HOWE-BLOOM-PACKER-SHOFF > > PS: Jim, if it involves traveling to Clearfield, I will have to pass. Two > things the PD has robbed me of are the ability to drive(safely) and write > (legibly). We don't own a car for the first time since 1954. > DH > > -- Coordinator, Clearfield County, PA, USGenWeb Project http://www.pa-roots.com/~clearfield/ Co-Coordinator, Armstrong County, PA, USGenWeb Project http://www.pa-roots.com/~armstrong/ Co-Coordinator, Jefferson County, PA, USGenWeb Project http://www.pa-roots.com/~jefferson/