tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post619047742197222273..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: A Genealogical Explosion of Digital BooksJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-10740672480586967592016-05-15T11:56:27.846-07:002016-05-15T11:56:27.846-07:00In the LDS spirit of free data, we have produced a...In the LDS spirit of free data, we have produced a transcript of archival prisoner records for 18 men involved in the Canadian 1837 Rebellion. 8 of the 18 men followed were American-born. The transcript is free. Entitled "Penitentiary Patriots: Upper Canada Rebellion, 1838, James Nickalls Report", it is available as a free download from lindacorupe.com. It includes the names of many ordinary people near now-Toronto, Ontario who signed (often their first writing attempt) petitions for clemency, forming a mini-census of the area before any formal census was taken. All names are indexed.<br />Brian Latham<br />Linda CorupeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-71206731993976653222016-05-08T12:47:02.047-07:002016-05-08T12:47:02.047-07:00Thanks for that update. I was aware of the issues ...Thanks for that update. I was aware of the issues with the "Genealogical Library" at the State Capital and there were a lot more issues that the preservation of the collection. I am glad to see that some of the issues have been resolved. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-83063403466890096862016-05-08T12:38:01.652-07:002016-05-08T12:38:01.652-07:00The Arizona Genealogy Library was dismantled last ...The Arizona Genealogy Library was dismantled last August much to the dismay of Arizona genealogists. Fortunately, two things happened that salvaged some of the books. An agreement was made between Family Search and the Az Library (LAPR) for pre 1924 books to be digitized by FS. That has since happened and the books have returned to Arizona. The second fortuitous event is that AzLAPR has turned over these books to the newly formed Action Committee for Genealogy Library Preservation (ACGLP). This committee, under the auspices of the Arizona Genealogical Advisory Board, now has the task of finding funds and/or a repository for these books. While most of us prefer to use an actual book when researching,a digitized book is better than no book at all. For that, we are grateful to FS for their generous offer to digitize the books and then ship them back to Arizona. <br />Brayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731812041088984750noreply@blogger.com