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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SEARCHES FOR IMAGES OF DOCUMENTS

As we are digitally filming these microfilms, we will have a large selection of the films on CD with us at the reunion. PLEASE DO NOT ASK FOR A COMPLETE COPY OF ANY FILM.

Rose Amison and I cannot begin to tell you the amount of hours that have gone into digitally filming and getting these ready for viewing. For example, it will take me about 3 evenings at the library to film one film - about 6 hours. Then the index must be coded to the images to facilitate easy finding of each document to the image which can take another 8 to 10 hours depending on how many images there are on the film.


A few notes about the filming:

When we film the images, we do not film each half of the frame on the microfilm separately. For an example of what an image will look like that was digitally filmed, click HERE

All orders for documents will be cropped to one page images unless you state you will do your own cropping.

To give you an idea of the costs per document:

Uncropped -

Deaths - 1 image, Births - 2 images, Marriages - 3 images

Cropped:

Deaths - 1 image, Births - 2 images, Marriages - 4 images

A current listing of available films is HERE.

This listing will updated as more films become available.

If you are not subscribed to the database, you will need to subscribe HERE to obtain the necessary information on each document.

If you do not subscribe to the database, I will do searches for you but you will need to pay a research fee for this. (It will be cheaper to get a subscription to the database). You can request information about personal searches by email

For a copy of the request form to be used, click HERE

COSTS:

IMAGES:

IF THE DATABASE ALREADY SHOWS A DIGITAL IMAGE NUMBER

On CD - Uncropped or Cropped - 50 cents per image

Printed Only - Cropped - 50 cents per image (this is because of the cost of the paper and ink)

Printed and also on CD - Cropped - 50 cents per image plus $1.00 for the CD.

IF THE DATABASE DOES NOT SHOW A DIGITAL IMAGE NUMBER:

There will be a $5.00 per document charge to look up any documents that do NOT have a digital image plus the

image costs listed above.

FAMILY TREE MAKER REPORTS:

If you would like a report from the Family Tree Maker File I am creating, there will be a charge of 50 cents per printed page of the report.

PERSONAL RESEARCH IN THE AVAILABLE FILMS:

Research will be $35.00 per hour or any fraction of an hour, 1 hour minuimum research time, plus costs of images/documents and cost of Family Tree Maker Report if requested.

PERSONAL RESEARCH IN FILMS NOT AVAILABLE:

Research will be $35.00 per hour or any fraction of an hour, 1 hour minuimum research time, plus cost of ordering film ($6.00) plus costs of images/documents and cost of Family Tree Maker Report if requested.

Please be aware that some of these films are unindexed and are handwritten documents. If it is one of those films that are like this, it takes time to read each document to find the documents requested and might take longer for the research.



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