And a big AMEN to that!!!! (The offer still holds, but we need to remember to KISS) Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... Still shaking the family tree and dodging the nuts after 30+ years! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Keesee" <lydiap@salisbury.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 11:59 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Surry Loose Papers > Paul, this has gone in all directions from my request that access be > allowed to the Surry loose papers until I'm not sure it is related. All I > asked is that the papers be made available to someone such as Bunny & Steve > if they will photo & put on internet free of charge. For that I was & will > still be glad to contribute (modest amount) to them directly for their > expenses and for the time they put in. > This has now snowballed into a full blown suggested project of > organizing, > publishing with every conceivable complicated method & process-- a > for-profit deal that the public is then expected to buy-- the product they > financed to get done. > Any minute I'm expecting the organization to be incorporated with shares > offered. The Peter Principle is becoming a possiblity. > > Simple: one sheet at a time as taken from the box, no indexing, no > organization; I will be able to organize according to my needs. That done, > the photos can then be sorted, organized, indexed & put into any type > publication one wants for sale. > > So.....my offer is still good as described above. Otherwise, I will have > to see the final plans (if they ever come about) before I commit to > subsidizing the proposed project.. I'll just wait until some enterprising > soul is able to publish & then purchase a copy of their work... of which I > have no problem at all. Love the printed page! > Best, > Sarah > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > Hosted by Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >