Oh For anyone who will do 15 pages or more I will send them a copy of the book on CD and everyone who volunteers will receive credit for their work....as in "transcribed by"..... Joyce G. Reece, Director/Site Coordinator Etowah Senior Center ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis" <caroljim@mindspring.com> To: <escc435@vol.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [MCMINN] Need Volunteers > Joyce, > > If I can do it from Atlanta, count me in. I have Word 97. > > Jim Davis > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joyce Reece" <escc435@vol.com> > To: <TNMCMINN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:07 AM > Subject: [MCMINN] Need Volunteers > > > My cousin and I have taken on an overwhelming project and we need HELP!!! > > McMinn County, Tennessee Deed (and other items) Book is a veritable treasure > trove of names and very, very valuable information concerning this region > between 1819 and 1883. There is no copywrite on the book and we plan on > having it posted or linked off several Tennessee Genealogy WEb sites. The > McMinn Web page coordinator has agreed to post it for all of us. I can't > emphasize how valuable a research aid this will be for anyone who is > researching in southeast Tennessee. I have transcribed only 15 pages and > have already seen dozens of familiar names that I recognize. My cousin has > transcribed another 15 pages. > > > WE need help in transcribing the dog-gone thing. There are 180 pages plus > the index (which I'm not sure we are going to do yet). It is just a matter > of not having enough time to do it. > > We'd like volunteers to help. We are working in Microsoft Word but you can > use whichever word processing program you have and email the finished > documents to me. I'll edit and burn onto a CD which I'll then forward to > Mr. Sneed. We also plan on seeing that local libaries get a copy also. > > If we can get enough volunteers and everyone did just a few pages we could > get this done and on line fairly quickly. > > Pleae contact me at jreece@icx.net or escc435@vol.com if you will have a few > hours over the next few weeks to transcribe a few pages for this project. > > > Joyce G. Reece, Director/Site Coordinator > Etowah Senior Center > > > ==== TNMCMINN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >
15 (or more) it is. Send away. How much time have you been averaging per page? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Reece" <escc435@vol.com> To: <TNMCMINN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [MCMINN] Need Volunteers Oh For anyone who will do 15 pages or more I will send them a copy of the book on CD and everyone who volunteers will receive credit for their work....as in "transcribed by"..... Joyce G. Reece, Director/Site Coordinator Etowah Senior Center ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis" <caroljim@mindspring.com> To: <escc435@vol.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [MCMINN] Need Volunteers > Joyce, > > If I can do it from Atlanta, count me in. I have Word 97. > > Jim Davis > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joyce Reece" <escc435@vol.com> > To: <TNMCMINN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:07 AM > Subject: [MCMINN] Need Volunteers > > > My cousin and I have taken on an overwhelming project and we need HELP!!! > > McMinn County, Tennessee Deed (and other items) Book is a veritable treasure > trove of names and very, very valuable information concerning this region > between 1819 and 1883. There is no copywrite on the book and we plan on > having it posted or linked off several Tennessee Genealogy WEb sites. The > McMinn Web page coordinator has agreed to post it for all of us. I can't > emphasize how valuable a research aid this will be for anyone who is > researching in southeast Tennessee. I have transcribed only 15 pages and > have already seen dozens of familiar names that I recognize. My cousin has > transcribed another 15 pages. > > > WE need help in transcribing the dog-gone thing. There are 180 pages plus > the index (which I'm not sure we are going to do yet). It is just a matter > of not having enough time to do it. > > We'd like volunteers to help. We are working in Microsoft Word but you can > use whichever word processing program you have and email the finished > documents to me. I'll edit and burn onto a CD which I'll then forward to > Mr. Sneed. We also plan on seeing that local libaries get a copy also. > > If we can get enough volunteers and everyone did just a few pages we could > get this done and on line fairly quickly. > > Pleae contact me at jreece@icx.net or escc435@vol.com if you will have a few > hours over the next few weeks to transcribe a few pages for this project. > > > Joyce G. Reece, Director/Site Coordinator > Etowah Senior Center > > > ==== TNMCMINN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== TNMCMINN Mailing List ==== Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237