Thanks Aaron, for your explanation. We are
semi-retired and I really don't feel I can send out
photocopies. I would love to have the help so they
can be finished, but the expense is a factor, esp. as
you say some just want the copies and don't want to do
the transcription work. The WPA indexes could
possibly be gotten on interlibrary loan or they can be
borrowed through your local Family History Center
(Mormon church) for a fee. The fees would be paid by
the transcriber, which would spread the cost around.
Let me know if you plan to do this and I will keep a
record of who is doing what so efforts are not
duplicated.
Debby
Notes on what to order from the FHC:
Index to death record, Cass County, 1882-1920 FHL
US/CAN Film 1266730 Items 3-4
Index to marriage record, Cass County, 1850-1920 FHL
US/CAN Film 1266730 Items 5-7
Births A-M, 1882-1920 FHL US/CAN Film 1266729 Item 8
Births M-Z, 1882-1920 Births A-Z, 1921-1941 FHL
US/CAN Film 1266730 Items 1-2
--- ADTKART(a)aol.com wrote:
In the past there were some people, myself included,
that were transcribing
the WPA indexes. Debby Beheler was sending copies to
me to be transcribed.
Some time ago, she quit sending them. I believe it
was because of the costs
that she was paying out of pocket. Since there are
alot of pages to copy for
each letter, I can understand her position. Many
times there were 30+ pages
in each package. That can add up in dollars out of
pocket. I believe she may
also had problems with people saying that they would
transcribe, just to get
copies, then not doing the work. This is very time
consuming, as some of the
copies are hard to read. They have to be transcribed
exactly as printed, no
corrections to spelling or dates. They were done in
"note pad" and sent by
e-mail to her to be posted.
It is a shame that this project was stopped. If
anyone has copies of pages
that are not on-line, they may want to consider
transcribing them, or sending
them to someone that will. Another suggestion would
be, if someone has access
to the records that can copy them, sending them to
people that are willing
transcribe and to obsorb the cost of the copies.
Aaron D. Thomas
Researching:
Personett, Mow or Mau, Dunahee
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