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From: "J. E. Leonard" <>
Subject: [BLACK-L] NEW RESEARCH GOING ON LINE
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:04:16 -0500


I just recieved this from one of my other lists. I've included the
whole
thing as on the bottom is where the 'OK' is for this email to be sent to

others.
Ramona

----- Original Message -----
From: "Billie R. McNamara" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 1:20 PM
Subject: [TN] This will make your day!


> Robert McGinnis transcribed about 300,000 Knox County burials in the
late
> 1970's and early 1980's. He's continued to update and add to the
> listing. Many of you may be familiar with the card file at the
McClung
> Historical Collection in Knoxville, which contains the bulk of
Robert's
work.
>
> Well....strap yourself in so you won't jump out of your chair <g>.
>
> With the kind assistance of Mr. Jerry Dill, system administrator of
the
> server where the Knox County TNGenWeb site is housed, we are now able
to
> begin making an index to the transcriptions available on-line.
>
> Yep, you read that right: ON-LINE. We have almost 19,000 of the
300,000
> inscriptions indexed so far. Please bear with us -- it's a
time-consuming
> effort!
>
> When you search, you will be given the surname, given name(s), and
> cemetery. You can order the full transcription of the cemetery from
Robert
> via a link on the site.
>
> After you use this search engine, please send a note to Mr. Dill to
thank
> him for his assistance in getting this up. He can be reached via the
> server's website: http://www.rootsquest.com
>
> Are you chomping at the bit yet? <g>
>
> Here's the URL for the Knox County Cemeteries
> Website: http://www.wdbj.net/~tnknox/cemeteries/
>
> And, feel free to spread the word as far and wide as you can!

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