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

Joyce, it sounds as if you don't need any more volunteers, unless someone would like to do fewer than 15 pages. Would it help if I took 10 pages (McMinn Co. is what I would like to work on)? That could cut down two other assignments from 15 to 10. Might be faster that way. Barbara Dooley At 10:07 AM 7/23/02 -0400, you wrote: >My cousin and I have taken on an overwhelming project and we need HELP!!! > >