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From: "Gloria" <>
Subject: Re: [TNSCOTT] Scott Co, TN Website News
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 11:36:19 -0500
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Well Tim, I have Microsoft Explorer , 15in monitor and use 800 X 600
resolution.

Gloria
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy N. West" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: [TNSCOTT] Scott Co, TN Website News


> Thanks for taking a look. I've got a couple questions I hope you might
help me
> with. The answers will help me determine how to format the website.
>
> 1) Do you use Netscape or Microsoft Explorer for viewing webpages?
>
> 2) What size monitor do you have? (15", 17", 19", or 25")
>
> 3) What resolution do you use with your monitor? (640x480, 800x600, or
> 1024x768)
>
> ...tim...
>
>
> Gloria wrote:
>
> > Tim, It's wonderful, makes it much easier to search. Good job!!! please
keep
> > it up.
> >
> > Gloria
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Timothy N. West" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:34 PM
> > Subject: [TNSCOTT] Scott Co, TN Website News
> >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > I haven't put anything new for this month up yet but I have been
> > > experimenting with a new interface to the Scott Co, TN website. I'd
be
> > > interested in hearing what you think. Try accessing the website via
> > > this url:
> > >
> > > http://www.tngenweb.org/scott/new_page_1.htm
> > >
> > > Tell me what you think.
> > >
> > > I am also looking at how to post the index to the first 72 issues of
the
> > > Scott County Historical Society newsletter. Claude Cheatham indexed
> > > these issues several years ago and offered them to me for posting.
I've
> > > combined his entries, cleaned them up, and standardized them. Now,
the
> > > index contains over 75,000 separate name entries, in other words one
> > > heck of a big file. The ideal way to post would be by using a
database
> > > but the TNGenWeb site uses a database system I'm not familiar with and
> > > would require a lot of hand-coding for a web page interface. While
the
> > > coding would be fun (at least for me) I simply don't have the time to
> > > take that task on. I could create 75 webpages with a 1000 entries per
> > > page but that doesn't seem like a reasonable alternative either.
Still
> > > looking for an alternative.
> > >
> > > Dave Udall has also provided scanned images of every page from the
1870
> > > Scott County Federal Census. The images are very good. But again
there
> > > are a lot of them and figuring out the best way to load them up is
> > > proving to be interesting. An index would be an ideal way to point to
> > > the pages. I don't have time to create an index and we can't use any
of
> > > the existing indexes due to copyright issues. Someone could take on
the
> > > task of creating an index much like what Carla Robertson did with the
> > > 1850 Census for Scott Co and donate the effort to the website. We
would
> > > then have the index and actual images for the 1870 census.
> > >
> > > I have also just completed Volume 3 of the "West Union Association of
> > > United Baptist Churches: Obituaries from the minutes of 1976-1980".
> > > This was a joint effort between Sue Posey and myself. I've turned the
> > > book over to the publisher, B&D Etc. and the book should be available
> > > soon. The book is 122 pages with index. A compilation of 250
> > > obituaries taken from the minutes of the annual meetings of the West
> > > Union Association of Baptist Churches. Entries are listed
> > > alphabetically by the name of the primary deceased individual
discussed
> > > in the obituary. The comprehensive every-name index also lists
derived
> > > surnames. I formatted the index differently than what I did in Vol 1
&
> > > 2 in the hopes this Vol 3 index is easier to user. Part of the
proceeds
> > > from the book will go to the SCHS. We just haven't decided how much
> > > yet.
> > >
> > > The last bit of information also involves yet another book. Paul Roy
> > > has just completed the Civil War book we've all eagerly anticipated.
He
> > > sent me the following:
> > >
> > > Advance orders for a new local history book, Scott County in the Civil
> > > War, are now being taken, according to Scott County Historian Irene B.
> > > Baker. Pre-publication cost of the 400-page book is $40, with the
price
> > > to increase once over-the-counter sales begin, Baker said. "Advance
> > > orders will enable us to offset the cost of publishing and will also
> > > represent a savings for those planning to buy the book," Baker said,
> > > adding that deliveries of pre-publication sales will be made before
> > > Christmas. More than four years in the making, the new publication is
a
> > > compilation of data about Scott County and its people during one of
the
> > > most turbulent periods in its history. "The new book, compiled by Paul
> > > Roy, tells the story of a sparsely populated region wedged firmly
> > > between the North and the South, but as soon as hostilities begin, its
> > > population overwhelmingly sides with the Union. It relates how men who
> > > know the country soon become "pilots," guiding hundreds, perhaps even
> > > thousands, of East Tennesseans through the rugged, mountainous region
> > > into Kentucky where they could join with their fellow Unionists and
form
> > > regiments to fight for their country. It gives biographical sketches
of
> > > more than 400 local men and boys who fought in the war, provides
> > > accounts of the three major skirmishes fought on Scott County soil,
> > > tells the story of General Ambrose Burnside's Army in its march
through
> > > the county in 1863, details the hardships and atrocities local people
> > > endured because of their allegiance to the Union, and provides a
> > > pictorial review of the military tombstones of Scott County's Civil
War
> > > veterans. But perhaps best of all, Scott County in the Civil War is a
> > > well organized reference book for both local history buffs and family
> > > historians, extensively documented to point researchers to the
original
> > > source of the material presented. The book project grew out of the
Scott
> > > County Historical Society's desire to obtain copies of pension and
> > > service records of local men who fought in the Civil War. Descendants
of
> > > the veterans who had ordered those papers from the National Archives
and
> > > Records Administration in Washington, D.C. generously allowed the
> > > Historical Society to copy them for its files. A study of those files
> > > revealed the names of scores of other Scott Countians who served,
which
> > > subsequently led to a search of locally and regionally published
> > > materials about those individuals and their families, as well as
> > > war-related events which took place in the county. Scott County in the
> > > Civil War was compiled with the help of scores of people from all over
> > > the United States, many of whom provided stories handed down through
the
> > > generations about their Civil War ancestor's exploits during the
> > > conflict. Several members of the Scott County Historical Society took
an
> > > active role in gathering material for the publication, reading and
> > > correcting the copy, and offering their ideas about how it should be
> > > presented. The book is divided into seven sections, or chapter, which
> > > provide: 1) an overview of the county during the war, including
> > > highlights of the major events, principal players and personal
> > > tragedies; 2) an up-close and personal look at the individual
> > > participants in an extensive collection of biographical sketches of
> > > Scott County's Civil War veterans; 3) rosters (and brief histories) of
> > > the primary regiments in which Scott Countians served; 4) the claims
> > > made to the federal government by Scott Countians following the war;
5)
> > > photos of the tombstones and location of the cemeteries where Scott
> > > County Civil War veterans are buried; 6) an in-depth look at the lives
> > > of two civilian survivors of the war; and, 7) a section devoted to
> > > specific accounts of hardships, derring-do and sorrow associated with
> > > the Civil War years. In addition, the book's appendix contains such
> > > items as a list of veterans who died during the service; men on the
> > > county's voter registration roles in the reconstruction period by
virtue
> > > of their service during the war; a treason indictment handed down by a
> > > Scott County Grand Jury against a Confederate soldier; an affidavit by
a
> > > former Union regimental commander to aid a Scott County woman obtain a
> > > veteran's pension as the result of her husband's death during the war;
> > > and a list of Scott Countians on the pension roll more than two
decades
> > > after the end of the conflict. Sprinkled throughout the book are
> > > photographs of soldiers, sites of skirmishes, surviving documents,
> > > historical markers and Civil War-related memorabilia. The book is
being
> > > published in an 8-1/2 x 11-inch format, spiral bound with soft cover.
It
> > > is priced at $40 plus sales tax and is available from the Independent
> > > Herald in Oneida, and by mail from the Scott County Historical
Society,
> > > P.O. Box 7, Huntsville, TN 37756. Mail orders should include $3 for
> > > postage and handling."
> > >
> > > Just wanted everyone to know the Scott Co, TN website is still
> > > functioning. I'm still collecting and formating information for
> > > posting. But I've just been busy with some really big website
projects
> > > and my own book. I've also been coaching my daughters soccer team
(two
> > > practices a week and one game per week). Coupled with my job
activities
> > > resulting from the 11 Sep act of war, I just haven't been posting
> > > information with the rapidity you've grown accustomed too. Hopefully
> > > things will slow down soon and you'll see lots more good stuff on the
> > > website.
> > >
> > > ...tim west...
> > > Scott Co, TN Coordinator for the TNGenWeb Site
> > > http://www.tngenweb.org/scott
> > >
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