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From: Kay Hinnrichsen <>
Subject: Cornish 1891 Census Transcribing - Aussie Volees needed
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 22:20:16 +0800

Hi All,

Over the past few months I have been in consultation with Michael McCormack
in Cornwall who is planning a project to be called "Cornish 1891 Online
Census Project".

It will involve transcribing the 1891 Census for Cornwall (some 200+
parishes) and having it accessible online. The microfiche have just
arrived in Cornwall from the LDS. Those of you who are subbed to the
Cornish List may have seen the posting from Michael regarding this.

In the meantime I am looking for volunteers here in Oz who may be
interested in transcribing. I am the Australian-Cornish representative so
Michael will send the microfiche to me and I shall distribute within Oz.

Volunteers will need a computer and access to a microfiche reader.

The actual programme to be used will be the one currently being used by the
Devon group who are 9 months into their project.
If you say yes - you can point your browser at
http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV/censusproject.html
to view the programme IN_CENS which will be adapted for Cornwall I believe
by the writer of the programme (John Lerwill).

We therefore invite volunteers to join us in this exciting project. We
will supply the microfiche and the software. There is a web site, an
online tutorial and a mailing list.

If you think you may be interested please email me
<mailto:>

Let me know your choices of parishes so that Michael can send them to me.

For those of you not on the Cornish list, this is the post from Michael:

"Hello List members

I don't know how many of you are also subscribed to our sister list
for Devon. But if you are, you will know that they are transcribing
the 1891 census returns for Devon to create an online,
"free-to-view", database to be hosted by Rootsweb. Details can be
seen on the Devon/Genuki pages.

We have decided we would like to do the same for Cornwall.

We therefore invite volunteers to join us in this exciting project.
Volunteers will need a computer and access to a microfiche reader.
We will supply the microfiche and the software. There is a web site,
an online tutorial and a mailing list.

Why the 1891? The concept should be OK for any census. Well, it is
available on microfiche and NOT available on disc or online. It also
seemed important to stay in step with the Devon Project, who are
going to give us help and guidance. We can learn from their
experiences. They are currently about 9 months into their project.

Who are we? We are Dave Stick & Michael McCormick. We have an
advisory group of Rick Elliot, Paul Brewer and Kay Hinnrichsen to
keep us from feeling lonely.

This project is designed to produce an enduring asset for present and
future Cornish family historians. It will appeal, we hope, to the
people on this list, the members of the World-wide Cornish Online
Community.

There are no deadlines, so you can work at your own pace and
convenience. So, please join us, and transcribe the parish of your
choice!

To avoid clogging up the list, please email us direct with any
comments, questions, or best of all, to volunteer.

Rgds

Dave Stick & Michael McCormick"

Michael McCormack <mailto:>
Dave Stick <mailto:>

Rgds


Kay Hinnrichsen Mandurah, Western Australia

Listowner Rootsweb *JOLLY *BOSANKO *TONKIN Lists - also searching for
WILSON, ECCLESTONE, HINRICHSEN and more
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/
Research Names:
http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/research/hin02.html

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