[Genealib] Indexing Projects

[Lorie Okel]

Bella,
 
I hope that someday you will be able to put the newspaper index on the
internet. There are a lot of people who would benefit from this information.
 
Lorie

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From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of lapiubella1
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:17 AM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: Re: [Genealib] Indexing Projects


Our community library in Western PA is indexing obituaries from our local
newspaper. We've finished 1900-1953. I am currently working on 1954. It
involves viewing each month, recording the surname, given name, residence at
time of death, publ date, page#. After hand transcribing a month or 2, I
then add them to a (building) Excel database. When we finish a year, we
print it off and add to our bound and/or bindered shelf collection. This is
an in-house only project, at the current time we have no plans to put it
online. We may stop at 1976 because the local historical society has been
compiling the 1976-to-current obits. We've taken their published lists and
added them to our shelf collection. So we really have a black hole for the
years 1954 to 1976.
I do this in a volunteer capacity to this library, as have the transcribers
before me. However most of the folks involved in the transcribing and
volunteering have been members of the local genealogical society.
Best wishes
Bella 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lyles, John <mailto:jlyles at cvrls.net>  
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu 
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 9:32 AM
Subject: [Genealib] Indexing Projects


All,

Interested to know how many Libraries and/or societies are currently
undertaking indexing projects? If so, why? What software/tools are you
using? Hosting on the web, in-house only, published? My thanks in advance.

 

John L.

 



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