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From: "Leslie Vaughn" <>
Subject: Re: [IABUTLER] IABUTLER Digest, Vol 3, Issue 6
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:14:37 -0400
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Thanks So Much! I am so excited to know that so many people are doing this.
It will be so good when so many images are available on-line.

Leslie
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From: "Sue Acre" <>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:39 AM
To: <>
Subject: Re: [IABUTLER] IABUTLER Digest, Vol 3, Issue 6

> Leslie,
>
> I own a genealogy yahoo group and put your message out to my group
> yesterday and about 10 of my members have already singed up to index along
> with myself and my co-owner.
> Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
>
> Sue
> Don’t be afraid, cemetery ghosts are only genealogists with lanterns.
> Ancestor Hunters Genealogy Group
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ancestorhunters/
>
>
>
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Re: indexing (Don)
> 2. Re: indexing (Leslie Vaughn)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:56:41 -0500
> From: "Don" <>
> Subject: Re: [IABUTLER] indexing
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> Leslie - I am quite interested in this project, and would be willing to
> assist in indexing. As a RAOGK (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness), I
> volunteer to do lookups, locate and photograph graves, and generally
> assist
> others who are searching for information in four counties in Iowa. Those
> counties are Floyd, Franklin, Bremer and Butler. Can you tell me if it
> will
> be possible to begin work on indexing Vital Records for Butler County
> Iowa?
>
> Don Woodley
>
> RAOGK for Bremer, Butler, Floyd and Franklin Counties in Iowa.
> Researching Woodley, Butler, Ayers, Trindle, Cornford, Relf, Lingenfelter
> and others as time permits.
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:06:25 -0400
> From: "Leslie Vaughn" <>
> Subject: Re: [IABUTLER] indexing
> To: "Don" <>, <>
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> Thanks for your interest. Currently, I am unaware of any Iowa projects
> being indexed, but some time ago I was randomly indexing one of the Iowa
> census and found one of my ggg uncles on it. Sort of serendipitous.
>
> When you go to the website you can look for the current projects and see
> if
> there is anything that you would be interested in. There are two ways to
> receive batches to index. You can just request any batch at random. I have
> been recently doing Chicago birth records, and Washington and Louisiana
> death records as well as various census. Or you can choose which project
> you want to index.
>
> Some people have questioned why the census records are being indexed when
> they can be found on Ancestry.com or Heritagequest. Those are for-profit
> sites and they have paid for their own indexing and I am sure wouldn't be
> willing to share that index with someone who is offering the results for
> free.
>
> Let me know if you have any other questions or if you need more
> information.
>
> I sure hope you take this on. The work that others have done on this have
> helped me a great deal.
>
> Leslie
>
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> From: "Don" <>
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 10:56 AM
> To: <>
> Subject: Re: [IABUTLER] indexing
>
>> Leslie - I am quite interested in this project, and would be willing to
>> assist in indexing. As a RAOGK (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness), I
>> volunteer to do lookups, locate and photograph graves, and generally
>> assist
>> others who are searching for information in four counties in Iowa. Those
>> counties are Floyd, Franklin, Bremer and Butler. Can you tell me if it
>> will
>> be possible to begin work on indexing Vital Records for Butler County
>> Iowa?
>>
>> Don Woodley
>>
>> RAOGK for Bremer, Butler, Floyd and Franklin Counties in Iowa.
>> Researching Woodley, Butler, Ayers, Trindle, Cornford, Relf, Lingenfelter
>> and others as time permits.
>>
>>
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