Perhaps if everyone who has benefitted from these emails will donate a few
dollars toward this restoration of our history we could save these papers.
Someone in Greene County may have to take on the project of forming a
committee (for auditing purposes) for the collection of the donations -
perhaps someone from the recorders office would be part of the committee. I
know I would be willing to add a few dollars towards this worthwhile fund,
but living in California prohibits me from hands on participation. I hope
there are some Indianan's who might be willing to take on this project.
----- Original Message -----
From: "earle" <cjearle(a)earthlink.net>
To: <INGREENE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 9:19 AM
Subject: Help with Deteriorating Newspapers
Okay Greene County,
How can we save the deteriorating newspapers from 1870's through 1880's
being stored in the Recorders Office at the Courthouse? The clerk said
that
they checked into having them scanned by a professional out of state
company
and it was going to be way too expensive for the county. These
papers are
priceless and getting worse with each day. I asked for them to be laid
down
because one of the books was coming out of it's binding. Rae
Della agreed
but who knows how long they will stay that way. It is not convenient
because the only place to lay them is on top of the shelves and it is not
so
easy to get to them for the clerks. Some pages have already been
lost.
Even if there are copies at some other area of the state, it limits local
access to these valuable periodicals. I am open to suggestions. I had
posted a query to the Indiana list but just plain forgot about the Greene
County list until today. Been a little busy lately, haha. Please let's
get
our heads together and see what we can do. Thanks for listening and
am
looking forward to any and all suggestions on where to do from here.
Sincerely,
Carolyn Earle