In 1997, there was a similar project that was successful for Rockbridge County VA marriage bonds. One of our VA USGenWeb Archives file managers organized the preservation and permanent online (free) storage of the actual bonds. You can see the result of this project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/rockbridge/ Angela Ruley, the file manager, and also a member of the Rockbridge Genealogical Society, organized a fund that would cover all the costs of this project. The contributions went through the genealogical society, and in a very short time, enough was collected to purchase a computer, scanner and acid-free materials to preserve the valuable marriage bonds in the courthouse. Bruce Patterson, the county's Clerk of Circuit Court, was also involved in the project. Angela, along with Marilyn Headley, meticulously scanned the bonds and placed them the acid-free protectors. When they were finished, the images of the actual bonds were uploaded to the USGenWeb Archives and cd's were created for the genealogical society to sell for additional funding for the organization. I can provide the specifics, from an instructional e-mail sent to me by Angela, to Paul and whomever is willing to start this project. I'm not on the vasurry-L list, so please feel free to forward. Linda
Hi Margy (and others), Wow, we haven't seen this much intense activity on this list in a while. And this time it's all about GENEALOGY !!! We are replying for several direct emails about the camera but thought the list would also like to know. Keep in mind pixel resolution is the most important factor. The oldest box was labelled 1790. The boxes measure about 2.5x3.5 feet. They are about 5 inches deep. The only one we looked into was the 1790 box. It was full to the top. All items were loose papers. There were itemized statements. Hand written testamonials. These papers would be support papers for individual court cases. Dennis told us that 1790 was the oldest date in those boxes. I was under the opinion, based on his tone, that he considered the dates to be too recent for these papers to be considered a treasure. Just my opinion of course. He indicated he would have loved to find much older papers. The pictures came out as we expected. Very good resolution. We could read everything on the whole page. All writing was in good detail. We hand held the camera sideways to take the picture. We zoomed in to fill the frame with the book page. We used existing lighting. We figure the resulting image resolution was about 100-200 pixels per inch depending on the actual page size. There were some bigger books that we took half page pictures to make sure the resolution would be fine enough. This experiment proved out the feasibility for digital imagery. We found that existing lighting is very non-uniform. Bound book pages do not want to lay flat. Camera positioning is critical. We hurried with our pictures. We had not asked for permission to do this. We were denied permission at one other courthouse so we just took pictures and decided to plead ignorance if approached. So this was more of a "let's see what we can get while we can get" experiment. It showed us areas for improvement if we were consider using this method as a serious documentation tool. We need an actual platform or table to create a flat base for the document. When considering a book then we need to have a platform that allows for both parts of the book: the flat page to be imaged and the rest of the book that is held open. We need an acceptable method of making the imaged page lay as flat as possible. This platform needs to have side sheilds to limit external lighting. Therefore the platform should have it's own lighting source to establish a uniform light for consistent exposure, probably a flouescent source with the ballast located external far from the platform since they are great heat generaters. There should also be a mechanism to hold the camera parallel to the platform and needs to be adjustable in a 3 axis method. The exposure bed needs a reference ruler for sizing. And lastly, this platform needs to be portable! This platform design is a definite engineering task. As an engineer I have thought about it for quite a while and have developed plans but haven't invested the money to build it. I have no idea if court houses or libraries would allow a contraption like this to be used with their old records/record books. We have 4 images posted to our website if any care to see some results. These pages are records of BINNS people from 1674 through 1747 Surry Court Books. Each image is big, 600-800kb. Each image displayed lighting problems just as we expected. We have enhanced the brightness/contrast of each of these images. The original images are all in color. These have been converted to grayscale. All 4 images were of book pages much bigger than the loose papers we saw. Anyone can see these images at: http://freepages.arts.rootsweb.com/~vataxlists/Va/Surry/ We are not suggesting that this is a replacement for microfilm. Not yet. But this is definitely an alternative copy method to the old photocopies and when refined will be an excellent method for copying an old record that can not be copied any other way. Our camera has an IBM microdrive as the storage device. At highest resolution and images saved in color at lowest JPEG compression (yeilding best quality) this microdrive can store 245 images. We use a laptop using USB download and then burn the images to CD ROM. We took 38 images at the Surry Courthouse and 30 images at the Charles City Courthouse in a single afternoon which includes all the driving, eating lunch, looking through the indexes in the books, taking the books out and taking the pictures. For a hurried experiment we felt we didn't do bad. As a controlled and planned effort about 3-4 images could be taken per minute. Sorry for the long narrative. It describes our experiences and discoveries using a new type of recording method. Nice thing about this method we had an image that we took home and transcribed at our leisure. Steve and Bunny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margy Bousman" <mbousman7@home.com> To: "Yvonne and Steve" <ysbinns@yspcbdesigns.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: "Loose Papers" of Surry > Hi, Steve and Bunny, > How Exciting!! I was wondering- did you see any boxes labeled before 1790? > I'm interested in Surry Co. 1670 thru 1720. > One more question- how did your camera do? Did the pictures come out as > well as hoped? > I've been interested in a scanner pen or something of that nature - to be > able to upload right into my computer. > Margy > > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 1:12 AM > Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: "Loose Papers" of Surry --------- Subscribe to BINNS-L surname email list: mailto:BINNS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe American Binns Families and Individuals: http://www.yspcbdesigns.com/americanb/index.htm 1790/1800 County Tax Lists of Virginia: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ysbinns/vataxlists/index.htm
Since I have lost ancestors in this area also. I would be willing to contribute also in a modest form.. Please see what more can be done HOPE HOPE> SusiCP
GOOD, GOOD info, Linda, and I/we thank you very much. I want only to help with the fund raising and have NO desire to steal the thunder of anyone of you there in VA or anywhere else, for that matter. Simply stated, this project should be done and soon; we all will benefit immensely, and I, among many, will assist with a few bucks and emails. Steve and Yvonne are very knowledgeable in at least one of the methods that might serve us all. Surely, we all know of the expertise of Weynette Haun. I await any word from you, the Society members, as to what I/we might do. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lewis" <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 2:23 AM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: "Loose Papers" of Surry > In 1997, there was a similar project that was successful for Rockbridge > County VA marriage bonds. One of our VA USGenWeb Archives file managers > organized the preservation and permanent online (free) storage of the > actual bonds. You can see the result of this project: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/rockbridge/ > > Angela Ruley, the file manager, and also a member of the Rockbridge > Genealogical Society, organized a fund that would cover all the costs of > this project. The contributions went through the genealogical society, > and in a very short time, enough was collected to purchase a computer, > scanner and acid-free materials to preserve the valuable marriage bonds > in the courthouse. Bruce Patterson, the county's Clerk of Circuit Court, > was also involved in the project. > > Angela, along with Marilyn Headley, meticulously scanned the bonds and > placed them the acid-free protectors. When they were finished, the > images of the actual bonds were uploaded to the USGenWeb Archives and > cd's were created for the genealogical society to sell for additional > funding for the organization. > > I can provide the specifics, from an instructional e-mail sent to me by > Angela, to Paul and whomever is willing to start this project. > > I'm not on the vasurry-L list, so please feel free to forward. > > Linda > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >
Another idea that wouldn't cost anything would be to contact the Family History Library in Salt Lake and ask them to film the records. I realize that film sounds so very old fashioned, but it will still be around when the technology changes and we can't read some of the disks we have valuable information on. Irene Fulton
Many of my Murfee cousins have known of these "boxes of papers" for many years, only to be discouraged by their unavailability. Now we have an opportunity to continue our research, and perhaps learn more of our origins during our own lifetimes. I believe that Paul has put a very positive spin on this matter, and I would be pleased to donate to this cause. B.Chandler
What about Petitions ???....who do we send those to ? Remember....we don't have access yet. malinda jones Jo Anna Dale wrote: > Hi, friends. Count me in on this project. Let me know who to send the > contribution to. Jo Anna Dale <jdale@swbell.net> > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp
What about Petitions ???....who do we send those to ? Remember....we don't have access yet. malinda jones Jo Anna Dale wrote: > Hi, friends. Count me in on this project. Let me know who to send the > contribution to. Jo Anna Dale <jdale@swbell.net> > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp
What about Petitions ???....who do we send those to ? Remember....we don't have access yet. malinda jones Jo Anna Dale wrote: > Hi, friends. Count me in on this project. Let me know who to send the > contribution to. Jo Anna Dale <jdale@swbell.net> > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp
Paul, I think you have the right combination of forces in mind to get the documentation of these papers accomplished. I cannot imagine Surry County declining the project if we are to provide the funds and designate the Surry County Historical Society responsible for its completion. As a society member count me in for an additional donation. Thank you for your effort. Robert L. Hawks
Hi, friends. Count me in on this project. Let me know who to send the contribution to. Jo Anna Dale <jdale@swbell.net>
I am looking for information on the ADDISON family. This family is from the Isle of Wight, Crittenden, area in Virginia. Nellie Eliza ADDISON was born April 27, 1874 in Isle of Wight, she was married to John Wesley Beale (around 1895) and they had 11 children (Daisy Mary, Enola A, Johnnie Louise, Frances Eunice, John Addison, Nellie Mae, Henderson Lee, Randolph W., Rudolph L., Earle Doyle, and Margaret Marie) she died on May 9, 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia. She and John are buried at the Oakland Church Cemetery in Suffolk, Virginia. All of their children are now deceased but for many many years they would all gather on the third Sunday in May at their graves, place flowers there and then go to one of the family members homes for a reunion and a big feast. We still do it today, but the numbers are smaller as many of the younger generations have lost interest now that their parents and grandparents are no longer there. What I am searching for is for her parents. Her Father is John Wesley Addison. It is said that he was an only child, and his Mother was widowed young and owned a lot of land in the Crittenden area. He is said to have fought in the Civil war, (perhaps under General Robert E. Lee) he was shot in the right leg with a mini ball and had a limp thereafter. He was a gentleman farmer and they lived in Crittenden, Virginia. While he was fighting in the war, his wife had to cook for Union Soldiers who came to the farm so that they would not burn it down. They lost three small children to diphtheria while he was away in the war. His wife was Mary Moore; they had three girls and one boy to survive to adulthood. I have listed that they had 7 children, Nellie, John, Fannie, Annie, Charles Wesley, William Joseph and James Edward. Other than Nellie I dont know which grew to adult or not. It you have any information on this family I would greatly appreciate the help. I have tried to find the graves in the Crittenden area with no luck, but I will continue to look. Thanks so much. Rhonda Cowan RLCowan@cablespeed.com GWTWnut1-AOL Instant Messenger #4761452 ICQ Researching the following names: Addison, Applegate, Beale, Bice/Buys/Bise/Boice/Boyce, Brouwer, Cobb, Collins, Cornelis, DeGraff, Dixon, Gar/Gear/Geer, Golden, Hardy, Harris, Hitt, Hoggard, Hollomon, Jacobse, Keene/Keane, Low, Matthews, Moore, Morrison, Oosterom, Pace, Potter, Pratt, Reder, Shoulders, Starling, Tharp, Todd, White and Willoughby
Hi, Paul, I would think the Historical Society would have the pull to get the county to allow access to these papers. If the papers truly are scheduled to be filmed by the Library of VA, though, will the Society be willing or even able to step in ? If that turns out to be the case, then perhaps the curator at the Library could tell you if and when these papers are expected to be filmed. The lack of interest by the county in doing anything with these papers doesn't surprise me. There are other, even worse, stories of long neglected records being stored in old untended buildings, etc. and no one allowed access to them, despite the best efforts of local historians. At least these papers are in boxes in the courthouse and the condition of them is known to be good. I, like others on the list with ancestors in Surry Co, appreciate your efforts on our behalf. And if all goes well and the time comes to raise the necessary funds for this project, let me know. I'll be happy to contribute. Teresa Shands hostess: http://gennetwork.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Drake <martee@citlink.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 2:07 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Loose Papers of Surry. Messrs. and Ladies of the Surry Historical Society: As an early VA researcher for now 50 years, I and many like me know full well that societies such as yours/ours have precious little money or time for projects such as gaining photos/film of the Loose Papers of Surry in order that someone might abstract those for the benefit of all, especially those many, many of us who live at a great distance. We are as proud of our heritage there as are those of you who are more nearby, yet we have had NO opportunity to examine and search the Loose Papers throughout the long terms of Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson. Their protection of that heritage from wear and tear and thievery was admirable, however that very need made our studies impossible. Now, with the I-net and the fine web-sites of Eve and others at our disposal, I suggest that we can raise some measure of funds for that purpose. Being unable to travel to VA to assist with that physical task, I would be happy to spend some time in a fund-raising efforts for that purpose. As I see it, we would need a) the permission of the needed authorities and of your officers, b) an appointment by your Society of a trusted soul to receive such funds and receipt those as "tax deductible" donations, c) a formal resolution or declaration by your group that such funds as are ear-marked by the donors for that purpose will be spent for only that purpose, d) we, your public, be permitted some ongoing input re who will do the photography and who the abstracting, and d) that you make widely known your support of the project. By way of suggestion only, we surely would hope that consideration be given to Steve and Yvonne in the photgraphy effort and to Ms. Weynette Haun as that person to do the abstracting from those films. In association with their efforts, we surely would encourage your powers-that-be to consider permitting those parties do so for whatever financial reward they might personally glean from their efforts, if any. Again, I would enjoy undertaking to raise some portion of the money for the project and in return want neither benefit nor recognition of any sort for whatever I might do. Incidentally, keep up the good work with the newsletter. May we all hear from you, please. Finally, is there an email address for the Society? Respectfully, Paul Drake, JD (from TN) ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp
Messrs. and Ladies of the Surry Historical Society: As an early VA researcher for now 50 years, I and many like me know full well that societies such as yours/ours have precious little money or time for projects such as gaining photos/film of the Loose Papers of Surry in order that someone might abstract those for the benefit of all, especially those many, many of us who live at a great distance. We are as proud of our heritage there as are those of you who are more nearby, yet we have had NO opportunity to examine and search the Loose Papers throughout the long terms of Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson. Their protection of that heritage from wear and tear and thievery was admirable, however that very need made our studies impossible. Now, with the I-net and the fine web-sites of Eve and others at our disposal, I suggest that we can raise some measure of funds for that purpose. Being unable to travel to VA to assist with that physical task, I would be happy to spend some time in a fund-raising efforts for that purpose. As I see it, we would need a) the permission of the needed authorities and of your officers, b) an appointment by your Society of a trusted soul to receive such funds and receipt those as "tax deductible" donations, c) a formal resolution or declaration by your group that such funds as are ear-marked by the donors for that purpose will be spent for only that purpose, d) we, your public, be permitted some ongoing input re who will do the photography and who the abstracting, and d) that you make widely known your support of the project. By way of suggestion only, we surely would hope that consideration be given to Steve and Yvonne in the photgraphy effort and to Ms. Weynette Haun as that person to do the abstracting from those films. In association with their efforts, we surely would encourage your powers-that-be to consider permitting those parties do so for whatever financial reward they might personally glean from their efforts, if any. Again, I would enjoy undertaking to raise some portion of the money for the project and in return want neither benefit nor recognition of any sort for whatever I might do. Incidentally, keep up the good work with the newsletter. May we all hear from you, please. Finally, is there an email address for the Society? Respectfully, Paul Drake, JD (from TN)
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: {not a subscriber} Loose Papers Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 11:52:57 -0600 From: "Barbara Parrish" <bparrish3@mediaone.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> These papers are from a time period after my ancestors left. I still find it unacceptable that they are not accessible to researchers. I can be counted on the help support this action. Barbara
I'll chip in, too.....how much [total] are we talking about? Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... Still shaking the family tree and dodging the nuts after 30+ years! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Drake" <martee@citlink.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 12:33 PM Subject: Fw: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] [Fwd: {not a subscriber} The Loose Papers of Surry] > Hey, Surry Society; here is an opportunity to raise a few bucks for > microfilmimg. How about considering those of us who would donate to > THAT project and be members as well, and appoint a Treasurer for > this purpose. Anybody else want to kick in a few bucks??? > Thanks, Hugh. Paul > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda" <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> > To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 11:30 AM > Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] [Fwd: {not a subscriber} The Loose Papers > of Surry] > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: {not a subscriber} The Loose Papers of Surry > > Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 10:18:48 -0600 > > From: "hujeff" <hujeff@msn.com> > > To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Paul... > > > > Or whomever will act as treasurer, put me down for a modest > > contribution and let me know when it will be needed. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Hugh Jefferson > > Dallas, Texas > > > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > > USGenWeb Archives Digital Maps Project > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/ > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the > #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F1 > 1HB > > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > The USGenWeb Project http://www.usgenweb.org > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: {not a subscriber} The Loose Papers of Surry Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 10:18:48 -0600 From: "hujeff" <hujeff@msn.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Paul... Or whomever will act as treasurer, put me down for a modest contribution and let me know when it will be needed. Best regards, Hugh Jefferson Dallas, Texas
Hi Everyone - I am new to this list and hope someone can give me a lead. We know the Estes/Eastes families started in VA and so did some of the related families. It is believed the Webbs started there too and migrated to SC, KY and into IN. Here is my dead end Webb Line: Descendants of Johnathon Sr. Webb Generation No. 1 1. JOHNATHON SR.1 WEBB He married RACHEL LEWIS According to the book, The Lewis Family" by William G. Lewis, Johnathon Webb Sr was in the War of 1812. Children of JOHNATHON WEBB and RACHEL LEWIS are: 2. i. JOHNATHON JR.2 WEBB. ii. RUTH WEBB m. HUGH BRISTON iii. RACHEL WEBB m. JOHN GEORGE Generation No. 2 2. JOHNATHON JR.2 WEBB (JOHNATHON SR.1) He married FRANCIS ALLEY STACEY In the book, Lewis Family Pioneers of eastern Tennessee and IN Territory by William G. Lewis Published 1928, reprinted 1979 by Book Mark, Knightstown, IN (Copy in my Library) The author states: "Of my grandfather's sister I knew but little. One of them Rachel, married a man by the name of Jonathon Webb." "Records have been found of the families of three children of Jonathon and Rachel Lewis Webb as follows: Ruth married Hugh Brison Rachel Married John George Jonathon Jr. married Francis Alley Stacey Johnathon Webb Jr was among the first to pay taxes in Franklin Co., IN in 1811. He was taxed for owning 5 - horses. Francis Alley married a man by the name of Stacey who died and left her with one daughter Mary. She then married Johnathon Webb,Jr and they had one daughter, Ruth Webb who was born in Rush Co., IN on 14 Nov 1819. Johnathon Webb, Jr also died in 1819.This made Francis a widow twice at 20 years of age. Then in 1927, Francis married Thomas Lakin and they had four children. They were Simon, Sarah, Caroline and James, all were born in Rush Co.,IN Child of JOHNATHON WEBB and FRANCIS STACEY is: i. RUTH3 WEBB b. 14 November 1819, Rush Co., IN, d. 8 April 1901, Grant Co., IN, m. (1) HOLMAN EASTES, 22 December 1836, Rush Co., IN; b. 21 February 1817, Union Co., IN; d. 27 February 1880, Grant Co., IN, m. (2) HENRY SHANEHULSERl Aft. 27 February 1880. Ruth was born in Rush Co., IN and according to the book, The Lewis Family, Pioneers of Eastern TN and IN Terr. by William G. Lewis, Ruth's Father was Jonathon Webb Jr. implying that his Father was also Jonathon Holman Eastes was born in what is now Union 1 county, February 21, 1817, which was four years before that county was erected as a separate civic entity, his parents having been among the early pioneers on what then was the western frontier of settlement, for it was not until in the year following that the lands west in central Indiana were ceded to the government by the Indians. Before the lands in what is now Hancock county were all taken up Obediah Eastes, father of Holman Eastes, moved over into that part of the state, entered a tract of land for a home and there became a permanent resident. It was thus that Holman Eastes became a resident of Hancock county. In Rush county on December 22, 1886 he married Ruth Webb. He established his home in the Mt. Comfort neighborhood in Hancock county and there remained until in 1856, when he moved to the neighboring county of Madison and established his home on a farm in the Summitville neighborhood. In 1878 he disposed of his interests there and moved to the neighboring county of Grant, where his last days were spent, his death occurring on February 27, 1880. His widow survived him for more than twenty years, her death occurring on April 8, 1901. Holman Eastes was a Republican, a Methodist and a Freemason. For years he served his local public as justice of the peace <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< END OF RECORD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If anyone has any information on this family or knows of any other researchers please contact me. Best Regards Roy Eastes
Hey, Surry Society; here is an opportunity to raise a few bucks for microfilmimg. How about considering those of us who would donate to THAT project and be members as well, and appoint a Treasurer for this purpose. Anybody else want to kick in a few bucks??? Thanks, Hugh. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda" <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 11:30 AM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] [Fwd: {not a subscriber} The Loose Papers of Surry] > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: {not a subscriber} The Loose Papers of Surry > Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 10:18:48 -0600 > From: "hujeff" <hujeff@msn.com> > To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Paul... > > Or whomever will act as treasurer, put me down for a modest > contribution and let me know when it will be needed. > > Best regards, > > Hugh Jefferson > Dallas, Texas > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Digital Maps Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/ > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F1 1HB >
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