From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Mar 17 14:24:05 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2HLO5jb018366; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:24:05 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2HLO2cm019081 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:24:02 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2HIrLFI031377 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:53:21 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2HIrLBI031376 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:53:21 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2HIcuFI031300 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:38:56 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2HL9QJe011123 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:09:26 -0700 X-Envelope-From: gordon_watts@telus.net Fri Mar 17 14:09:26 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2HL9Qjb011111; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:09:26 -0700 Received: from priv-edtnes56.telusplanet.net (outbound01.telus.net [199.185.220.220]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2HL97Om002297; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:09:07 -0700 Received: from GORDON2 ([64.180.248.137]) by priv-edtnes56.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.04 201-2131-123-105-20051025) with SMTP id <20060317210903.TRWT509.priv-edtnes56.telusplanet.net@GORDON2>; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:09:03 -0700 Message-ID: <011d01c64a07$0b9553c0$6800a8c0@GORDON2> From: "Gordon A. Watts" To: "Canada Census Campaign" Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:09:07 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] LDS increasing availability of digital records Greetings All Recent news from the Church of the Latter Day Saints indicates that new advances in scanning software and procedures will greatly add to the availability of digital images and indexes of millions of rolls of microfilm stored in their vast underground vaults. The project is estimated to be completed in less than thirty years, rather that the previous estimated time frame of 120 years. It is expected that in as little as 10 years, much of this vast store of genealogical collection will be available online. To read the full release from the LDS, go to the following URL: http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,40-1-3384-9,00.html Happy Hunting Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Read my column, 'Gordon Watts Reports' at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm