----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherri Hall" <ldrbelties@earthlink.net> To: <KENTUCKY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 8:13 AM Subject: [KY] Kentucky Vital Records Project > The KYGenWeb Project is very proud to announce the latest addition to our > "Special Collections" of research references for those with Kentucky roots, > the Kentucky Vital Records Project. > (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kvrp) > > What began as a "dream" of 3 of us involved with the KYGenWeb Project and > the KYGenWeb Archives, a centralized collection of Kentucky birth, marriage > and death records, is now available in the first stages for Kentucky > researchers. Currently, the browsable index lists all of the deaths in the > KY Death Index (1911-1999). > > We are in the process of adding digital images and transcriptions of actual > death certificates. These digital images and transcriptions will be linked > to the browsable index as they are added to the collection. Records for > this project will be a combination of researcher-contributed records and a > coordinated extraction program so we can get them up as quickly as possible. > We will begin adding birth records about 15 April 2004 and marriage records > about 1 June 2004. As these records are added, they will also be linked to > the index. (NOTE: Birth records will only be added for persons born before > the year 1854, unless proof of death is provided. We want to ensure that > the privacy and safety of living individuals is not compromised.) > > The browsable index will be a great help to KY researchers by itself, as > you'll be able to search for those "creative" spellings that all of us have > been blessed (or cursed) with. Tens of thousands of corrections have > already been made to the original index. Corrections from site visitors are > encouraged. As corrected or additional information is received on any of > the records, it will be incorporated into the index for the benefit of > future site visitors. In addition to the browsable index, be sure to check > out the site search engine, as it will pick up additional information in the > transcriptions (most importantly, parents' and spouse's names, if given). > > We invite everyone to stop in and check out this newest addition. Our hope > is that you'll find some "treasures" here and that you'll then share your > collections so that others can find theirs too. > > Feel free to forward this message to other mail lists. > > > > > > ==== KENTUCKY Mailing List ==== > The Registry -- NEW -- > http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/ > The easy way to keep your email address updated > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >