Hi Janet, You sound like me. I just can not throw anything away. Do you have
everything filed in alphabetical order? If so, do you have anything on
Sampson & Sarah Russel Sanders around 1846? My husband's GGrandfather
Jeremiah Sanders was born in Boone Co. on Feb.15,1846. Thank you for any
info you can find. Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "John & Janet Price" <johnprice(a)home.com>
To: <INBOONE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 5:53 AM
Subject: [INBOONE-L] Re: INBOONE-D Digest
Hello List Members!
My name is Janet Price and I have been having fun typing up obituaries for
the
Boone County web page from the Jamestown Press and other old
newspapers. I
am
having a problem and thought I would ask all of you on the list if I
can
get some
assistance.
For Christmas several years past my husband gave me 33 rolls of microfilm
of old
newspapers so I could do farther research on my family. I gleaned
what I
could
from those rolls of microfilm and then donated them to the local LDS
genealogy
center.
I just do not have the room for a reader and rolls of film in my computer
room.
So after I was finished I donated them to the local LDS genealogy
center.
That way
I could drive the 7 miles to the genealogy library and use them when
I
felt I
needed to. I was sitting back in my easy chair, relaxing and feling
comfortable
and then thought not enough people could use the rolls of film here
in San
Diego.
So I went back to the library and began going through the rolls again
to
take out
all of the obituaries and other interesting stories that may be of
help to
others
and posting them on the Boone County Gen Web page. So far I have
typed up
over
100 pages! Not bad for someone who typed only 19 words a minute when
I
started!
Each time I find an obituary at the library, I get it xeroxed off so I
can take
it home to type and post. I just can't throw away the hard copy
after the
obituary
is posted. My computer room has become a room of boxes of copied
obituaries. What
do I do with the hard copies???? My husband has been real patient. No
big
complaints yet. But I can see something has to be done, or else you will
all be
seeing me on the 5 o'clock news "lady with piles of
newspapers kicked out
of house
by husband"
I tried yesterday to take all of the extra hard copies out to the recycle
( trash)
and came back petting the box. I just can think of throwing the pages
away
as of
yet. Some of them are the whole front page with stories about
families
that lived
in Boone county many years past. Most is just gossip columns of
birth's or
deaths
of babies. Perhaps a mention or two of "Martha ..... went to
Saint Louis
to visit
her parents" but it lists her maiden name. If you read those
papers enough
you see
the life of a community growing. People moving in and people moving
out.
How can I
throw them away. Each page cost me 25 cents! ( this is an expensive
hobbie)
So....is there anyone out there who wants them? Perhaps you can start your
own
paper collection of old newspapers. You could read and type up the
pages I
was too
tired to type up. All you have to do is read and see if Jane has
posted
it, if
not, you can type them up and post them yourself. You could type up
the
columns I
have missed! Anniversaries! Weddings! etc.
I am willing to send them off to someone. (If I send them to you, please
don't
throw them away though. OK? I hope sending them UPS isn't too
expensive)
Then I
can go back to the genealogy library and copy from 1906 to
present....
yikes! what
am I saying? !!! Well at least my computer room will be clean.
Janet Price johnprice(a)home.com
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