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From: "Dorothy Falk" <>
Subject: [ILCLINTO-L] Census Records on CD
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:13:04 -0600


S-K Publications is putting copies of census records on CD for a fee. If
someone buys a CD the company donates a copy of the file to the USGenWeb
Archives to be placed on the web for free public access. The cost of the CD
is based on the number of page numbers. It was estimated that the cost of a
CD of one County's early census would be 200 pages or about $90. Presumably
the later censuses, covering increased residents, cost more.

Unlike the CDs from the software companies it is not copyright and can be
shared with everyone.

If you have spare cash around, or you just want to see what is already
available, check out their web site at:
http://www.skpub.com/genie/ It says no one has ordered Clinton County
yet.

Perhaps we could find a couple people who would be willing to buy the CDs
and have the CDs displayed on the internet. A couple of the same or
different people might be willing to even transcribe those CDs from their
home into a searchable format for the web. These, like the censuses already
on line, would be available to people world wide.

Clinton County only needs 1910 and 1920 at this time, perhaps 1930 will
become available next year depending on whether the 70 year privacy act is
still in effect. Doesn't seem like the Copyright Laws would apply to public
information.

Perhaps someone could order one or both of these just to get an estimate of
the cost and then cancel the order. That's the way I read their
instructions. Do let us all know if you order them so no one else orders.
And then let us all know what you find out. Or perhaps there are page
numbers on the microfilm rolls index to tell how long they are.

Another way to go for anyone with the time and/or money to transcribe, would
be to order the microfilm rolls through your library or FHC and figure out
how to either transcribe it from the screen or to print each page/screen and
transcribe at home. Or you could volunteer just to do one or two of the
fifteen townships. No doubt about it, it's a huge job and will take a lot
of volunteering to complete the job for ever after.

Any volunteers?

Dorothy Falk
Clinton County, Illinois co-coordinator
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint

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