I would suggest that the letters or copies of them,be sent to the Mormons.They will microfilm them,for free and give you(free)a microfilm copy.That way,everyone,close to a FHC,will have access to them.The McCubbins is accessible,thru FHC. Kevin Kelly,researching Davis,"Old Rowan".My daughters,related to Casper & Fullenwiders. Another Rowan,to Union Co,Il migration. --------- > From: Betty A. Pace <bapace2@juno.com> > To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Civil War Prisoner Records > Date: Saturday, October 23, 1999 3:51 AM > > Dear Al, > > I actually don't know the answer to your question. My first response is > for you to donate them to a university that has preservation facilities. > I also understand that the Georga State Archives are very extensive > because a relative of mine has done NC research there. > > Another thought is that the various counties in the various states have > digital links where people have typed up old records and posted them for > future generations. Generally there is a web coordinator or web master > for each county that you should contact to do this because there is > probably some requirement as to what form (disk?) they can accept entries > in. Someone on RowanRoots probably knows how to do this better than I > do. I know that the Guilford Co. page has been posting old newspaper > marriage and death records from the Patriot of Greensboro in the 1830's > and you could contact the man who has done this for advice. To get his > e-mail, go to the Guilford NC homepage and there will be a link > somewhere. > > I would type them up with all the spelling and punctuation errors. That > gives authenticity to the memorialization of valuable records. > > Betty Pace > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 22:58:50 -0400 (EDT) alhudson@webtv.net (Arthur > Hudson) writes: > >Betty, I have copies of over a dozen letters written bya Civil War > >soldier from Yadkin to his wife in said county and I also have some of > >hers to him urging him to desert. He was at Dalton, Ga.I think he did > >just that. Is there a place I could place these letters before they > >fad > >away. I loaned them to onelady and she made copies but I dont know > >what > >she did with the copies. > > >AL of Yadkin Co. NC > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from RowanRoots-L, send an e-mail message to: >    RowanRoots-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) >    RowanRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > Subject:  unsubscribe > In the body include only one word:  unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command)