Good Points! I was thinking the same, a good way to advertise a book is through word of mouth, or via a gen list. IMHO!!! Seems free advertisement to me, and those really interested will purchase. Another thought is the message boards. Those book fanatics, like myself, will save and save their pennies to purchase a book such as the ones being discussed on this list. Maybe the word needs to get out and sales will increase not decline. Has anyone considered mentioning these books on the appropriate message boards. Get the word out!!! I am sure those of us who are able will eventually buy. . . buy. . . buy! Also, maybe some industrious individual might create a site that lists the available publications, POD's etc. Even maybe hook up with Barnes and Noble or something like that. Advertisement is a good thing and discussion and mentioning the books authors and titles as reference material is only the beginning. Rhonda Just my view ----- Original Message ----- From: Beverly Thomas <bev25420@msn.com> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 5:32 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Copyright > I have done many look-ups in the past for individuals but in doing so I "always give the author's name and tell them the book is available for purchase". I feel that this is free advertisement for the person who has went to the trouble to gather the info from public records and put into book form for those of us who can't always go to the courthouses to do our research. I also limit the info I give out, telling the individual that there is more but my time is limited, and by doing this they will usually ask where they can purchase the book I know that if I have someone do a look-up for me I ask if the book is available for purchase and by doing this I have over the years acquired a nice little library of my own. > As for books on census, many counties have on their archive websites census records available. More and more public records are being made available via the net. I still like to try to get to a courthouse to get copies of documents to back up my research but sometimes it is not always an option. Bev Thomas > > Surnames in Franklin Co.: JAMES; RADFORD; SMITH; STOVER; MCGHEE; HIXON/HICKSON > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this mailing list, send a message to > VAFRANKL-L-request@rootsweb.com containing only the one word > unsubscribe. Leave the subject blank or use the word unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

We have all of the Franklin Co. books by Beverly Merritt and many others listed here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/fran-lup.htm#Books Listed for Sale ============================================================ At 09:01 PM 08/01/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Good Points! I was thinking the same, a good way to advertise a book is >through word of mouth, or via a gen list. IMHO!!! Seems free advertisement >to me, and those really interested will purchase. Another thought is the >message boards. Those book fanatics, like myself, will save and save their >pennies to purchase a book such as the ones being discussed on this list. >Maybe the word needs to get out and sales will increase not decline. Has >anyone considered mentioning these books on the appropriate message boards. >Get the word out!!! I am sure those of us who are able will eventually buy. >. . buy. . . buy! >Also, maybe some industrious individual might create a site that lists the >available publications, POD's etc. Even maybe hook up with Barnes and Noble >or something like that. >Advertisement is a good thing and discussion and mentioning the books >authors and titles as reference material is only the beginning. >Rhonda >Just my view

Thanks Barb!!! I will bookmark the site and check it out! Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: Barb S. <bobnroa@pipeline.com> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 3:32 AM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Franklin Co. Books For Sale > > We have all of the Franklin Co. books by Beverly Merritt and many others > listed here: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/fran-lup.htm#Books Listed for Sale > > ============================================================ > > At 09:01 PM 08/01/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >Good Points! I was thinking the same, a good way to advertise a book is > >through word of mouth, or via a gen list. IMHO!!! Seems free advertisement > >to me, and those really interested will purchase. Another thought is the > >message boards. Those book fanatics, like myself, will save and save their > >pennies to purchase a book such as the ones being discussed on this list. > >Maybe the word needs to get out and sales will increase not decline. Has > >anyone considered mentioning these books on the appropriate message boards. > >Get the word out!!! I am sure those of us who are able will eventually buy. > >. . buy. . . buy! > >Also, maybe some industrious individual might create a site that lists the > >available publications, POD's etc. Even maybe hook up with Barnes and Noble > >or something like that. > >Advertisement is a good thing and discussion and mentioning the books > >authors and titles as reference material is only the beginning. > >Rhonda > >Just my view > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Franklin Co., Va. List Archives > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?listname=VAFRANKL > > ============================== > 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=F11HB > >