The Kentucky Vital Records Project has just entered into an agreement with a repository
holding all rolls of the 1911-1954 death certificates. Under the terms of the agreement,
the repository will loan us the films in return for cd's of the images as we process
them. They will pay postage to send the films in batches to us. We will pay the postage to
return the films and cds to them.
This means we will no longer have to purchase films or travel great distances to acquire
these images!!
With the 44 rolls of rejected delayed birth certificate applications just purchased by
Kentucky GenWeb and other rolls loaned to the project, we now have access to more than 500
rolls of microfilm.
With this access, we really need to find more qualified individuals to help process
images. If you own a high-quality digital camera, a tripod, and have access nearby to a
good microfilm reader, we can use your help shooting some of these images.
If you have access in your area to a microfilm scanner, we can definitely use your help
scanning images. These tend to be located at university libraries, public libraries and
LDS Family History Centers.
If you own image manipulation software such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements,
or Paint Shop Pro and have a high-speed internet connection, we can use your help cropping
and enhancing these images. If you have only a high-speed internet connection and are very
detail oriented, we can use your help organizing and renaming cd's full of the birth
certificate applications.
We're now over 22,000 Transcribed Images and over 23,000 images uploaded on the
project. With the new site visitor interface scheduled to be available in the next month,
things are looking great!!
Congratulations to everyone on the growth and success of the project!!
--Sheryl Slaughter
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