this would be great, I hope they do this shortly, I would love to be able to go on line and look info up on RI Ann -----Original Message----- >From: Bonnie Weber <[email protected]> >Sent: Aug 29, 2007 12:19 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Primary Records > >Hi Jane > >I believe that if enough subscribers to these lists, ask for the Press to do >this, it might not only be helpful to us, who can no longer get to these >places, but also put some dollars into the library coffers. Each and every >library is looking for ways to increase funding. I wouldn't mind >contributing to the local level, but refuse to have anything to do with >Ancestry or similar paid for view sites. NEHGS is another matter, and have >always supported them. > >As with many members of the RIGENWEB, we are not able to get hands on, >anymore. When I was younger, I would drive down and get originals. Now >that it isn't possible, or at least not feasible, I would love to be able to >access those records, whether on line or on CD. Picton needs to make a >profit to produce these volumes, and the library's need capital to support >their work. In mine own estimation, they could do it either way, by >subscription on line, or by CD. > >This is Bonnie in Canada >new handle "Boops" > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jane Fiske" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:33 PM >Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Primary Records > > >> Bonnie, it might not be as impossible as it looks. Picton Press, owned by >> Lewis Bunker Rohrbach, has digitized all Maine town records and published >> CDs for each town. Mr. Rohrbach has indicated willingness to do the same >> for RI, and there were negotiations in the works with West Greenwich some >> time ago, but I don't know if anything came of it or not. The problem >> with >> RI is that each town has jurisdiction over its own records, so no one >> organization, like the Maine Archives, can make the decision and grant >> permission (it's done from microfilm). Picton would do it in return for >> the >> right to sell the CDs, and the town would get a copy of the CDs, rather >> like >> the Mormon microfilming except that they won't sell the film. I don't >> think >> Picton would ever go after this agressively, but it might help if some >> people interested in the idea would do some lobbying in the right places - >> the RI town clerks' offices. >> Jane >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "bonnie" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:14 AM >> Subject: [RIGENWEB] Primary Records >> >> >>> >>> On Aug 28, 2007, at 3:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Guess we should visit the Town Halls if possible to verify each >>>> entry. Makes you wonder what else might have been transcribed wrong. >>>> Don Taylor >>> >>> Yes. Then there are those of us who are thousands of miles away from >>> those Town Halls. My dream is when all these old volumes will be >>> available online! Anyone know if there is any grand plan for that in >>> Rhode Island? >>> >>> Bonnie, dreaming... >>> in Oakland, California >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > >------------------------------- >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