I would be happy to assist with this project. Since all my family lines that are not German, came from Maine to Minnesota, this is a huge boon for me. I will certainly want to buy some of the CDs for my own use and I will gladly do some transcribing and such for WRG. Jo Hogle ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] New CDs of Maine Town Records Robert and WRG (which actually are essentially synonymous) This does sound great. It would sound even greater if there were an electronic index involved. I didn't mind a bit spending the $200+ dollars to by the MA Vital Records from Search ReSearch, which were indexed to allow for rapid searching. Does anyone see a way to use these images to look for specific persons? -- especially when their geographical location is not known? Could we possibly take up a collection so one person doesn't get stuck with the whole cost, and then parcel out the page images to transcribe, the way we did the Pierce? It would really be a boon if we had all the data so that it could be searched electronically. Since presentation is what is copyrightable, would this infringe on Picton Presses copyright? Maybe we could do them and then sell the product back to Picton to publish? Just some thoughts. Let''s kick this around a bit on the WRG newsgroup. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green