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From: "dae" <>
Subject: Re: Completely FREE access to images of over 500 GENUINE source documents
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 20:57:20 -0500


Hi Dot,

Fancy meeting you here:-)

Don(Prone)
Dot Roots <> wrote in message
news:7ofdsb$...
> I get a Member Page can't be found when I click on the link. I have MSIE
> 5.0
> Dorothy
> Brandy and Randell Miller <> wrote in message
> news:...
> | Since opening for the first time in March of 1999, Source Documents
> | Online (http://members.xoom.com/srcdocsol/) has had one goal: To
> | provide completely free access to genuine source documents. With the
> | help of a handful of donors, we have managed to expand from the
> | original 9 documents we had to offer to more than 500 that we now have
> | available!
> |
> | We would appreciate any additional donations, either of money or of
> | documents, and of course links to the page and referrals are equally
> | welcome. Please visit our site and help us to continue helping the
> | genealogical community at large.
> |
> | Here is a copy of our FAQ to answer any questions you might have:
> |
> | Q: Do you accept documents only from the US, or do you accept
> | documents from any where? What about documents in other languages?
> | A: We welcome documents from anyone, regardless of geographic location
> | or language they are in.
> |
> | Q: I don't have a scanner. Is there any way I can get my documents to
> | you.
> | A: Sure. We are more than willing to scan any documents you have.
> | Please send documents to:
> |
> | Source Documents Online
> | c/o Brandy Miller
> | 1910 North Ruddell Apt. 204
> | Denton, Tx 76201
> |
> | If you are sending original documents, and wish to have them back,
> | please send an envelope large enough to hold the documents, with
> | proper postage.
> |
> | Q: What format do you want a document to be sent in? What size?
> | A: We would like to have all documents in .Gif or .Jpg format. Our
> | target size per document is 100k. If a document is larger than this,
> | we would like to resize the document, or possibly break it up into
> | smaller parts.
> |
> | Q: How many documents can I send?
> | A: How many do you have? *grin* We welcome any documents that could
> | possibly help someone else in their research.
> |
> | Q: What are you going to do when you have too many documents?
> | A: We have been thinking this one over for a while. Currently, Xoom
> | offers unlimited space, so that is not a problem. We would like,
> | however, to get some sort of sponsorship for the site so that we can
> | move it where we can have access to better tools (cgi, etc...). If you
> | are an advertiser who would like to purchase ad space with us (we are
> | getting 70+ hits per day), get in contact with us. If you have space
> | on a site where we can spread our wings and fly, we would love to hear
> | from you.
> |
> | Q: Help! I've gotten a virus from one of your pictures!
> | A: It is completely impossible to be infected by a virus from viewing
> | a picture from the web. Don't take our word for it, though. Take a
> | look at the Datafellow's homepage (Makers of F-Prot Virus protection):
> | http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax/yukon.htm There have been several
> | hoaxes about graphics files, and this section give you information
> | over them. I'd suggest that if you think that you can get a virus from
> | a graphic file, that you take the time to read the WHOLE site. There
> | are a LOT of hoaxes out there, and I know you will probably sleep a
> | little more soundly at night knowing what is a hoax and what you
> | should be worried about.
> |
> | Q: Why do you have banners up on your site?
> | A: The banners are there in the hopes that some of you will enter the
> | contests advertised, join the programs, buy the products, etc. When
> | you do so, I get paid a (small) amount. The money that I get paid will
> | be used for several purposes: (1) to buy more source documents (these
> | range in cost from $1 to as much as $15 per document) (2) To reimburse
> | people for the costs of postage (3) To perhaps buy a larger hard drive
> | so that I can host the site myself and thus be able to add things like
> | cgi, etc (4) To pay for my internet access so that I can continue to
> | provide you with help and make regular updates to the site
> |
> | Q: Do you accept donations of money?
> | A: Good question. The answer is that, yes, I will happily accept any
> | monetary donations that are sent. If you would like to donate money,
> | you can send it to the same address as you would send the documents
> | but please do not send cash (money order/cashier's check or personal
> | check is acceptable). Please make any donations out to: Brandy M.
> | Miller.
> |
> | Q. I have some documents but I don't want to donate to somebody's pay
> | site. Are you planning on charging your viewers in the future?
> | A. Definately the answer to this question is "No". I started doing
> | genealogy research back when I was dead broke. It's hard for folks
> | without money to do "real" genealogy research (travelling to the
> | libraries, buying the source documents) and I feel that genealogy
> | shouldn't be just for the rich, or for those who can travel. I'd like
> | to make doing real research as easy and affordable as a visit to my
> | site, and someday I hope I can reach that goal. Knowing your family
> | history, in my opinion, should be a right and not a privilege.
> |
> | Kindest regards,
> |
> | Brandy M. Miller
> |
> | Source Documents Online: http://members.xoom.com/srcdocsol/
> | Under the Miller Tree: http://members.xoom.com/BMMiller
> |
> |
> | Brandy M. Miller
> |
> | Source Documents Online: http://members.xoom.com/srcdocsol/
> | Under the Miller Tree: http://members.xoom.com/BMMiller/
>
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