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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 454 Today's Topics: #1 Fw: Obit: Fred Roy Carr 1881-1967 ["Maggie Stewart" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <01ad01bec77e$0fef4ba0$cd4f5f18@columbus.rr.com> Subject: Fw: Obit: Fred Roy Carr 1881-1967 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 9:16 PM Subject: Obit: Fred Roy Carr 1881-1967 Fred Roy Carr, 86, died June 23, 1967, in San Bernardino, CA. He was buried in Mt. View Cemetary in San Bernardino on June 26, 1967. He was born June 12,1881 in Lindenville, Ashtabula County, OH, to George Carr and Hulda Myers Carr. Mr. Carr was a laborer, a steel mill worker, and a mechanic. He married Retta Scott (daughter of Samantha and H.F. "Horatio" Scott),of Orangeville, OH, on November 25, 1902. The Carrs resided on Fifth Street in Sharpsville, PA, for many years. Mr. Carr was a member of the Sharpsville Volunteer Fire Department. A son, Clarence Roy Carr, was born in 1904; followed by daughters, Mildred Luretta Carr (Rapp Ford)in 1908; Delma May Carr in 1911; and Vera Viola Carr (Malsom) in 1912. The Carrs moved to San Bernardino, CA, in the 1940s and resided there until his death in 1967. He was preceded in death by his wife, Retta Ellen Scott Carr who died in December 1959; his parents, brothers John Carr and Wallace Carr; sisters Annie Carr and Mary Carr Scott; and a daughter Delma Carr. Survivors include: son, Clarence Roy Carr, Rio Linda, CA; daughters, Mildred Ford, San Bernardino, CA; and Vera Malsom, Torrence, CA; a brother, Ernie Carr, Andover, OH; four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:56:02 -0400 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <199907061359_MC2-7C02-DDAD@compuserve.com> Subject: About Societies & USGW Archives Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline - ---------------------------------------------------------------- FORWARDED MESSAGE Subject: Re: [ARCHIVES-L] Re: Pierce County USGenWeb page - ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 11:01:13 -0700 >>Subject: Re: Pierce County USGenWeb page >>From: Swimref@cmc.net Hi, Despite what many people assume at first thought, online publishing does NOT compete with paper publishing of genealogical information. On the contrary, online publication complements and supports the paper publishing effort in several ways. Most genealogists have a strong desire to have information about their ancestors "on paper." Many people hesitate, especially with the current high prices, to purchase publications if they are unsure the people they seek are listed. When they become sure of this, a large number wish to own the publication. Another factor severely limiting the market for these publications is that relatively few people know of their existence. Online publishing acts as effective, free advertising which reaches a wide audience on behalf of society publications. When a much larger audience becomes aware of the availability of these publications, and especially when they know of a certainty that their people are there and their money not wasted, sales go up. Sales also increase when the market expands for other reasons. The explosive growth in the availability of online genealogical information has created a huge increase in interest in genealogy and family history. The more genealogists that are "created," the larger the market for genealogical information. Many of the more progressive genealogical societies are now cooperating with the US GenWeb Archives to place online some or all of their information. When this is done in such a way as to state where and how the society publications may be ordered, it has proven to work very well for the benefit of everybody. Contrary to predictions of doom and gloom, in case after case across the country there has been no decrease in sales of publications, and in fact the usual result has been an increase in sales, sometimes a dramatic one. Some of the societies here in Washington are now doing this, and as far as I know there have been no adverse effects. I am glad you mentioned the Tacoma Public Library. At one time there was great resistance in certain societies to the idea that "their" information would be available to the public free of charge in a library. When it was found that this actually helped sales of the publications, this objection faded away. Posting the information to the public online is a very similar situation. Despite the fact that the reader has obtained the information free, there is a powerful urge to own his own copy in book form, as this feels more "official" to most of us. From: tstowell@chattanooga.net I can certainly attest to this phenomenon as this happened in North Dakota. Joe, the Assistant State Coordinator and North Dakota Archivist approached the Red River Genealogy Society about putting their cemetery indexes on line for the county he hosts in the northeast corner of the state. They worked with him to accomplish that - once it got there, it must have created this same surge in sales because two things then happened: 1. they offered all their cemetery indexes that cover the eastern 1/3 of the state 2. they must have told the other ND societies of this because they are now all clamoring to put info online If I've misstated any of this, I ask Joe to correct me, but this is a short synopsis of how working together the USGenWeb Project and societies can receive a mutual benefit. Tim -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #454 *******************************************