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Am I supposed to get a ballot for these?
Southeast/Mid-Atlantic Region:
States: Alabama, Delaware, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland,
Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, West Virginia
Positions: SC Representative & 1 CC Representative
Another problem.........I voted for NC. The vote has not been confirmed.
The AT-LARGE REP has been confirmed. I voted for both the same day. I
voted again for NC. Still no confirmation.
Alley Blackford
Shenandoah Co VA cc
Christine wrote:
>
> Great!
> Because I tried to make them into a text file using Xerox TextBridge for
> OCR.
I ran that image thru Abby FineReader, which is usually 95% error free,
and it took some time, too. Once we get the images online, volunteers
will probably offer to transcribe it to text so that the info will be in
the search engine.
Linda
Great!
Because I tried to make them into a text file using Xerox TextBridge for
OCR.
Last night, I scanned three pages of the parish register in "Picture
Publisher" (came with the scanner) and saved them in .jpg format. One
of them I also scanned in TextBridge, but I wasn't happy with the
results. TextBridge is a top rated OCR program but the font in the book
is too stylized which
causes the program to miss-read the text and make garbage more than
usual. It would take
way too much time to proofread and correct each page.
I made a sample web page from the first page of the register and it can
be viewed at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanewken/stpete1.html
Unfortunately the first few pages don't have much in the way of dates
and the "A" are missing for the early years. Being that New Kent is a
"burned county", one takes whatever one can get.
I finished scanning the index of the register which was 20 pages. I've
decided that I'll do 10 pages a day. There are 186 pages left to do.
Christine
Linda wrote:
> We are now able to upload scanned images to the USGenWeb Archives,
> thanks to the support of Rootsweb who provides the free unlimited space.
>
> Angela Ruley has uploaded scanned marriage bonds for Rockbridge County,
> and of course, we have census images for a few VA counties.
>
> So... Yes... we can put them in the Archives. :)
>
> Linda
Christine wrote:
>
> I appreciate the response from you and Linda.
> Linda or Jeannie Watts: Would this be something that should reside on
> the archives site for New Kent Co?
We are now able to upload scanned images to the USGenWeb Archives,
thanks to the support of Rootsweb who provides the free unlimited space.
Angela Ruley has uploaded scanned marriage bonds for Rockbridge County,
and of course, we have census images for a few VA counties.
So... Yes... we can put them in the Archives. :)
Linda
I appreciate the response from you and Linda.
Linda or Jeannie Watts: Would this be something that should reside on
the archives site for New Kent Co?
I don't know if you accept anything besides text.
Christine
"David W. Morgan" wrote:
> That book is in the public domain. Go for it!
>
> David
>
> dmorgan(a)efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbeckha/coordinate.html
> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/index.html
I'm no expert on copyrights, but have learned quite a bit since we
started the Archives.
Anyone can reprint an older book that is out of copyright, but... they
cannot copyright it. They can only copyright their presentation and any
additional information they add to the original.
Also, licenses have to be considered, like the Broderbund census images
cd's.
Linda
Someone contacted me regarding scanning the vestry book for St. Peter's
parish and placing it on web pages. She also has the parish register as
do I. She was wondering if I would be interested in placing them on the
New Kent Co., VAGenWeb site. I am concerned about any copyrights on the
book. She says her copies of the books were published in 1904 so the
copyrights have run out. My copy of the parish register was reprinted
by Clearfield Co. of Genealogical Publishing Co. though I don't see a
copyright notice in the book. Can anyone tell me that if old books have
been reprinted but say nothing about copyright, can they be placed on a
web page? If not, how about just the index pages?
Thanks,
Christine
New Kent Co.
Have updated my personal surname site to include newly found WOLF / WOLFE
families from Virginia. Please come visit and see if we connect!
http://members.aol.com/IAGene/surnames.htm
Steven Page
Freddie Spradlin wrote:
>
> A hearty welcome to Laura Vaughn Ellis, who's adopted Princess Anne County
> from Kevin Lett.
>
> Good Luck, Laura
> Freddie S.
>
> FSpradlin(a)delphi.com 3448 W. 170th St., Torrance, CA 90504-2402
Welcome, Laura! Good Hunting!
--
Eve S. Gregory, Director
Virginia Foundation for Archaeological Research, Inc.
egregory(a)techcom.net
http://www.techcom.net/egregory/
James City County, Virginia, VAGenWeb page & James City List
http://www.techcom.net/egregory/jamescit.html
Surry County, Virginia, VAGenWeb page & Surry List
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasurry/
Surry County, Virginia, Historical Society
http://www.techcom.net/egregory/SurryCoH.html
Thank you much for the welcome - I had been trying to find where to
subscribe to this list since the guidelines recommended it. I'm still
muddling along here and have been reading up on county history for the last
few nights. Although I manage a commercial website for our computer
business, this is a very different type of site and I'm reluctant to make
any changes to it til I get a feel for the way things are setup.
Many thanks to Kevin Lett for all the tips he typed up for me!
Laura Ellis
ladytopaz(a)home.com
A hearty welcome to Laura Vaughn Ellis, who's adopted Princess Anne County
from Kevin Lett.
Good Luck, Laura
Freddie S.
FSpradlin(a)delphi.com 3448 W. 170th St., Torrance, CA 90504-2402
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Hello,
I am writing to you and others in Virginia to tell you about a new Rootsweb
mailing list that I have started. It is called OBIT-LOOKUPS and we are
trying to compile a list of volunteers to do Obituary Lookups in old
newspapers all over the world. I have a website that has the volunteers and
it is at the following URL:
http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html or
<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html">EarthVision</A>
I haven't had many volunteers from Virginia and I was wondering if you might
want to add a link to your website. Or if you might want to spread the word.
I would like to get as many volunteers as possible and be able to cover as
much of the US as I can. We also have a few volunteers in Australia and
Canada at this time.
If you have any other suggestions on how I might recruit more people from
Virginia I would love to hear them.
If you would like more information visit the website below or email me qith
questions.
Thanks
Susan Hovencamp
sjhcamp(a)aol.com
Co-ListOwner of: OBIT-LOOKUPS-L
Obit Volunteer List at: http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html
Greetings All!
I've moved the Surry County, VA, VAGenWeb pages to Rootsweb.
The new address is http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasurry
I've left a message with the new URL at the old address. All
who are linked to the Surry pages, please change the link to
the new URL.
Thanks!
Eve
--
Eve S. Gregory, Director
Virginia Foundation for Archaeological Research, Inc.
egregory(a)techcom.net
James City County, Virginia, VAGenWeb page & James City List
http://www.techcom.net/egregory/jamescit.html
Surry County, Virginia, VAGenWeb page & Surry List
http://www.techcom.net/egregory/surry.html
Surry County, Virginia, Historical Society
http://www.techcom.net/egregory/SurryCoH.html
Freddie: I wanted to share this.
Thought this may be of interest on Fraudulent Lineage's. The URL below takes
you to the article. At the bottom of the article is a listing of the names,
call numbers at the LDS centers et.
http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/fraud/fraud223.htm
Chris VA Warren,Clarke,Frederick County coordinator