Here is one example of the text found on the link I gave at the library of congress. Approximately 3308 Words SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS' PROJECT Life History TITLE: THE SKIPPERS Date of First Writing January 19, 1939 Name Of /Person Interviewed Mr. Willie Marlowe (White) Mrs. Sally Marlowe (White) Fictitious Names Mr. Willie Skipper Mrs. Sally Skipper Address Route #2, Marion County Place Marion County, S.C. Occupation Tenant Farmer Name of Writer Annie Ruth Davis Name of Reviser State Office [email protected] wrote: >How to Find The Digitized Images? > >Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU at >http://www.lib.byu.edu/ on their home page, follow the links "Find Other >Materials/Electronic/On Line Collections at BYU". Click on the "Text >Collections" tab and select the "Family History Archive" from the list of >collections that are displayed. > >You would then normally want to use the "Search All" feature with the >"Search Full Text" box checked, although the "Advanced Search" will allow very >high-powered searches that will allow certain phrases to be searched for and >other words to be used to exclude potential hits. As you make selections from the >"hits" that are displayed, you will need to use the "Click Here to View >Item" button near the top of the screen to display the actual image of the page. >You can page through the entire document using the index displayed on the >left side of the screen. Each page may be printed after being viewed. > >One interesting sidelight is, when you are at the first web page for the >Family History Archive (the page that lets you begin a search), click on the >"Browse the Collection" button. This will display every Family History book that >has been digitized and is available in the collection. > >You can scroll through this list much the same as if you were walking up and >down the stacks at the library. At the top of the first page of the search >results, it displays the number of hits, which (in this case) is the number of >books in the collection. If you keep track of this number, you can get a >pretty good idea of how fast they are adding titles to the collection as you >revisit the web site from time to time. I think you will want to visit this site >often as the collection grows!" > > >==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== >SCGenWeb Main Page >Links to all South Carolina counties and Special Projects >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3837/ > > > > >

I could have sworn I sent an email before this one. Incase it lost here the link to the American Life History Project from 1936 1940 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html These life histories were written by the staff of the Folklore Project <../wpaintro/wpalife.html> of the Federal Writers' Project <../wpaintro/wpafwp.html> for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. The Library of Congress collection includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300 writers from 24 states. Typically 2,000-15,000 words in length, the documents consist of drafts and revisions, varying in form from narrative to dialogue to report to case history. The histories describe the informant's family education, income, occupation, political views, religion and mores, medical needs, diet and miscellaneous observations. Pseudonyms are often substituted for individuals and places named in the narrative texts. ahunt wrote: > Here is one example of the text found on the link I gave at the > library of congress. > > Approximately 3308 Words > > SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS' PROJECT > > Life History > > TITLE: THE SKIPPERS > > Date of First Writing January 19, 1939 > > Name Of /Person Interviewed Mr. Willie Marlowe (White) Mrs. Sally > Marlowe (White) > > Fictitious Names Mr. Willie Skipper Mrs. Sally Skipper > > Address Route #2, Marion County > > Place Marion County, S.C. > > Occupation Tenant Farmer > > Name of Writer Annie Ruth Davis > > Name of Reviser State Office > > > > [email protected] wrote: > >> How to Find The Digitized Images? >> >> Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU at >> http://www.lib.byu.edu/ on their home page, follow the links "Find >> Other Materials/Electronic/On Line Collections at BYU". Click on the >> "Text Collections" tab and select the "Family History Archive" from >> the list of collections that are displayed. >> >> You would then normally want to use the "Search All" feature with >> the "Search Full Text" box checked, although the "Advanced Search" >> will allow very high-powered searches that will allow certain >> phrases to be searched for and other words to be used to exclude >> potential hits. As you make selections from the "hits" that are >> displayed, you will need to use the "Click Here to View Item" button >> near the top of the screen to display the actual image of the page. >> You can page through the entire document using the index displayed >> on the left side of the screen. Each page may be printed after being >> viewed. >> >> One interesting sidelight is, when you are at the first web page for >> the Family History Archive (the page that lets you begin a search), >> click on the "Browse the Collection" button. This will display every >> Family History book that has been digitized and is available in the >> collection. >> >> You can scroll through this list much the same as if you were >> walking up and down the stacks at the library. At the top of the >> first page of the search results, it displays the number of hits, >> which (in this case) is the number of books in the collection. If >> you keep track of this number, you can get a pretty good idea of how >> fast they are adding titles to the collection as you revisit the web >> site from time to time. I think you will want to visit this site >> often as the collection grows!" >> >> >> ==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== >> SCGenWeb Main Page >> Links to all South Carolina counties and Special Projects >> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3837/ >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== > Marion County SCGenWeb Queries: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scmarion/ > > >