Hi Linda, We also think this is very good info. It would be very beneficial to utilize the gained experience from a previous successful project. This is an activity that must happen at the near vicinity of the Surry Courthouse and under the guidance and supervision of the proper personnel. We are also copying this to Jim Atkins, President of the Surry County Historical Society. If this project can result in financial gain for the Society then there can very well be future projects of the same type. And all researchers can reap the benefits. Thank you for this helpful input !! Steve and Bunny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lewis" <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 3:23 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 > --------- 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

By now you should have the email I sent to the VA-SOUTHSIDE List about being part of the group who sent funds to Rockbridge. The CD that the Rockbridge Society cut and sold I did not know about. If the person who does all this time consuming work can make a penny from all their hard work, I say 'Go For IT'. Margaret

> If the person who does all this time consuming work can make a penny from > all their hard work, I say 'Go For IT'. > > Margaret On the Rockbridge project, the genealogical society sells the cd's, but the images are also in the USGenWeb Archives. Linda