Hi Jim & Kelley, (et.al. on Gibson Co List) The Gibson County CDs that I helped in sponsoring were from 10 rolls of microfilm of the Rutherford Register. Most of the issues of the papers were from 1907 to 1932 and so they are not overly significant for many Gibson Co researchers. However, between my aunt and I, we have gleened out well over two dozen articles pertaining to our mutual families that provided VERY interesting facts that were unknown to us beforehand. While this effort cost me about $500, it allows anyone else who wants the same CDs, to obtain them from Digital Antiquities at a price less than I paid for the rolls of microfilm - and the CDs gave me much better resolution and convenience than I would have achieved with only the microfilm. If you are interested in these CDs, you can order them directly from Digital Antiquities - they are listed on their website. If you go to the Digital Antiquities' website, you will find that by sponsoring the conversion of a roll of microfilm to a CD would not only entitle you to one free copy of the CD, it would entitle you to buy as many copies (within the first year I believe) of the CD you want for only $10 per CD. So if a group of 5 individuals wanted to sponsor a single CD, and each individual wanted a single copy of the CD, this could be accomplished at a cost of $20 per person (excluding the cost of buying the microfilm & mailing costs). Besides, it provides a very nice resource to other Gibson County researchers. If you decide to do this, please check with the Digital Antiquities website first to make sure the policies and/or procedures have not changed. It would really be nice if a Gibson County Historical and Genealogical Society could be formed and take on dues and take on the project of converting the over 600 historical reels of microfilm to CDs. If enough folks participated, we could charge $25-$50 annual dues & provide members a discounted price on the CDs (thus you could recoop the cost of dues by savings to the CDs you helped in sponsoring). Just an idea that's not fully cooked. Gotta run. Take care, Eddy G. Clark JRags0951@aol.com wrote: > I would sure be interested in copies of the Gibson County Newspaper CD. Can > I help with that project financially in exchange for CD's? >