I just recieved this from one of my other lists. I've included the
whole
thing as on the bottom is where the 'OK' is for this email to be sent to
others.
Ramona
----- Original Message -----
From: "Billie R. McNamara" <mcnamara(a)USIT.NET>
To: <TNROOTS-L(a)LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 1:20 PM
Subject: [TN] This will make your day!
Robert McGinnis transcribed about 300,000 Knox County burials in the
late
1970's and early 1980's. He's continued to update and
add to the
listing. Many of you may be familiar with the card file at the
McClung
Historical Collection in Knoxville, which contains the bulk of
Robert's
work.
Well....strap yourself in so you won't jump out of your chair <g>.
With the kind assistance of Mr. Jerry Dill, system administrator of
the
server where the Knox County TNGenWeb site is housed, we are now able
to
begin making an index to the transcriptions available on-line.
Yep, you read that right: ON-LINE. We have almost 19,000 of the
300,000
inscriptions indexed so far. Please bear with us -- it's a
time-consuming
effort!
When you search, you will be given the surname, given name(s), and
cemetery. You can order the full transcription of the cemetery from
Robert
via a link on the site.
After you use this search engine, please send a note to Mr. Dill to
thank
him for his assistance in getting this up. He can be reached via
the
server's website:
http://www.rootsquest.com
Are you chomping at the bit yet? <g>
Here's the URL for the Knox County Cemeteries
Website:
http://www.wdbj.net/~tnknox/cemeteries/
And, feel free to spread the word as far and wide as you can!