Karon, Do you mean that the LDS folks are digitizing the microfilms and the microfiche currently available through their FHCs? Thanks, Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: Karon<mailto:kcks39@yahoo.com> To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 7:04 AM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Rowan Source Books The LDS church is in the process of digitizing all of those films and adding the data to their website. They originally thought it would take them 100 years to do it... the last I heard they have moved that down to 20 years and it may be have been lowered again. So if you have looked on their site for something in the past keep and it was not there people should keep looking again and again. Karon "Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer". ~ William S. Burroughs Dyer - Willson - Luckey - Scoville -----Original Message----- From: rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com> [mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Hdanw@aol.com<mailto:Hdanw@aol.com> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:48 PM To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots@rootsweb.com>; puttpl@cox.net<mailto:puttpl@cox.net> Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Rowan Source Books Those who live in the Western United States, where the LDS church is most active, will find nearby LDS family history centers. Therefore, the Family History Library Catalog will be of great benefit to any genealogical searcher. You can borrow films from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Many family histories and county histories and other books have been filmed, and you can borrow those films. Always check the upper right of the screen which lists the book/film. You want to check *View film notes*. Go to _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org<http://www.familysearch.org/>) Look on the right side of the screen. [Bypass the fill-in-the-blank stuff. You will be given largely flawed information about your ancestor, experience has taught me.] Click on the catalog link. Do a PLACE search for whatever county in the US or England and perhaps Mexico nowadays you want to research. Do NOT type in the word county. Then add the State [lower case OK] If you type in Rowan and North Carolina, look at ALL the topics. One noted researcher I know says she heads for a list of books cataloged under Genealogies. (For Rowan Co. early records, check Author: Jo White Linn. For later records, check such authors as Margaret M. Hofmann, A. B. Pruitt.) My personal favorites in a PLACE search are 1) land records 2) probates 3) court records 4) vital records [not very useful for early settlers, I am afraid, except perhaps marriages and 4) county histories. Some of the books have been filmed. Furthermore, if your local or nearby PUBLIC library has a subscription to the online database called HeritageQuest, do a place search there in Book section for Rowan Co. [not much, I am afraid] If your public library does not have a subscription to either HeritageQuest or Ancestry.com, then ask the librarian to help you find a nearby library which does have subscriptions to these databases. Then call up that library and ask whether you can have a yearly membership for a fee. Many libraries will accommodate you--for a fee. Also, check your State Libraries. Most of them webpages--or at least telephones. Find out whether the State Library has a subscription to either or both databses. I see that Texas State Library has a facility to accommodate its patrons who live in the State. And ask your librarian and your State Library about interlibrary loan. (That's how I got acquainted with Mrs. Linn's book--borrowing from my State Library, which has a special genealogical library.) And NEVER overlook a University or Community College library. Sometimes you can purchase a library card at a nearby University library--as a community resident. I have found lots of genealogical books in a LARGE California University library--but don't mention the word *genealogy*. Look for books cataloged under local history, English parish registers, immigration books [such as Germans to America, Italians to America, etc.] Universities usually use Library of Congress cataloging system. On shelves where the books have the letters *CS* you will find some general genealogical books--such as Burke's Peerage, etc. Under books labeled *Z* you may find immigration records. We genealogists have to keep learning and learning!!! This is hard work, but detective work can be exhilarating. Just ask a dedicated genealogist! 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I hope some group is considering seriously bypassing the gawdawful microfilms and simply recopying the originals with modern technology. What a treat that would be. ----- Original Message ----- From: "TODD KERRY BRANDOFF" <kerry1947@msn.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Rowan Source Books > Karon, > Do you mean that the LDS folks are digitizing the microfilms and the > microfiche > currently available through their FHCs? > Thanks, > Kerry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Karon<mailto:kcks39@yahoo.com> > To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 7:04 AM > Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Rowan Source Books > > > The LDS church is in the process of digitizing all of those films and > adding > the data to their website. They originally thought it would take them > 100 > years to do it... the last I heard they have moved that down to 20 years > and > it may be have been lowered again. So if you have looked on their site > for > something in the past keep and it was not there people should keep > looking > again and again. > > Karon > "Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for > the > answer". > ~ William S. Burroughs > > Dyer - Willson - Luckey - Scoville > -----Original Message----- > From: > rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com> > [mailto:rowanroots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Hdanw@aol.com<mailto:Hdanw@aol.com> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:48 PM > To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots@rootsweb.com>; > puttpl@cox.net<mailto:puttpl@cox.net> > Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Rowan Source Books > > Those who live in the Western United States, where the LDS church is most > active, will find nearby LDS family history centers. Therefore, the > Family > > History Library Catalog will be of great benefit to any genealogical > searcher. > You can borrow films from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. > Many > family histories and county histories and other books have been filmed, > and > > you can borrow those films. Always check the upper right of the screen > which > lists the book/film. You want to check *View film notes*. > > Go to _www.familysearch.org_ > (http://www.familysearch.org<http://www.familysearch.org/>) Look on > the > > right side of the screen. [Bypass the fill-in-the-blank stuff. You > will > be > given largely flawed information about your ancestor, experience has > taught > > me.] > > Click on the catalog link. Do a PLACE search for whatever county in the > US > > or England and perhaps Mexico nowadays you want to research. Do NOT > type > in > the word county. Then add the State [lower case OK] If you type in > Rowan > and North Carolina, look at ALL the topics. One noted researcher I know > says > she heads for a list of books cataloged under Genealogies. (For Rowan > Co. > early records, check Author: Jo White Linn. For later records, check > such > > authors as Margaret M. Hofmann, A. B. Pruitt.) > > My personal favorites in a PLACE search are 1) land records 2) probates > 3) > court records 4) vital records [not very useful for early settlers, I am > afraid, except perhaps marriages and 4) county histories. > > Some of the books have been filmed. Furthermore, if your local or > nearby > PUBLIC library has a subscription to the online database called > HeritageQuest, > do a place search there in Book section for Rowan Co. [not much, I am > afraid] > > If your public library does not have a subscription to either > HeritageQuest > > or Ancestry.com, then ask the librarian to help you find a nearby library > which does have subscriptions to these databases. Then call up that > library and > ask whether you can have a yearly membership for a fee. Many libraries > will > accommodate you--for a fee. > > Also, check your State Libraries. Most of them webpages--or at least > telephones. Find out whether the State Library has a subscription to > either or > both databses. I see that Texas State Library has a facility to > accommodate its > patrons who live in the State. And ask your librarian and your State > Library about interlibrary loan. (That's how I got acquainted with Mrs. > Linn's > book--borrowing from my State Library, which has a special genealogical > library.) > > And NEVER overlook a University or Community College library. Sometimes > you > can purchase a library card at a nearby University library--as a > community > resident. I have found lots of genealogical books in a LARGE California > University library--but don't mention the word *genealogy*. Look for > books > > cataloged under local history, English parish registers, immigration > books > [such as > Germans to America, Italians to America, etc.] Universities usually use > Library of Congress cataloging system. On shelves where the books have > the > > letters *CS* you will find some general genealogical books--such as > Burke's > > Peerage, etc. Under books labeled *Z* you may find immigration records. > > We genealogists have to keep learning and learning!!! This is hard > work, > but detective work can be exhilarating. Just ask a dedicated > genealogist! > > E.W.Wallace > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com<http://www.aol.com/> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com> > 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 > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com> > 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 > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message