[TI] Denver records

[Laura Johnson]

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Jim McCarthy wrote:
> What is the URL for "Laura's other web site"?  Jim McCarthy
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:35 PM
> Subject: [TI] Denver records
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>> This just came accross Laura's other web site.  Might be of interest to
>> some.
>> Rosalie Amison
>>
>> >From the Denver Post:
>>
>> 1800s Denver marriage, real-estate documents digitized
>> By Howard Pankratz
>> The Denver Post
>> Article Last Updated: 06/24/2008 04:45:49 PM MDT
>>
>> One of Anne-Imelda Radice's most emotional and memorable moments was 
>> looking
>> at the Ellis Island record books signed by her Italian grandparents when
>> they immigrated to the United States.
>>
>> Today, Radice, director of the Washington-based federal Institute of 
>> Museum
>> and Library Services, looked at books in the Denver Public Library that
>> carry similar historical significance.
>>
>> The books, dating from 1859 to 1900, list marriage records and real-estate
>> transactions from Denver's frontier days.
>>
>> For the many American families now engaged in tracing their roots, the
>> records can tell when great-great grandma married great-great granddad and
>> where their ancestors lived in Denver and how their neighborhoods 
>> developed.
>>
>> Now, the fragile books - more than 100 volumes - are being digitized.
>>
>> Jim Kroll, manager of the library's Western history/genealogy department
>> says the digitized records will become "an excellent resource for our
>> genealogy and house-history customers" and will " document the unique
>> stories of each (Denver) community."
>>
>> The digital images will be stored in the Colorado Alliance of Research
>> Libraries' Alliance Digital Repository (ADR) and will be accessible 
>> through
>> a Web interface on the Denver Public Library and ADR website.
>>
>> Radice's institute helped fund the project with a $779,000 grant.
>>
>> Today, she toured the new state-of-the-art digitizing equipment in
>> immaculate rooms in Denver's Central Library.
>>
>> Radice says her agency awarded the Denver project the money because of the
>> city's keen interest in preserving its historic treasures and the ability 
>> to
>> do so in a facility as modern as the Denver Central Library.
>>
>> "You are the best of the best," said Radice. "You are a phenomenal city. 
>> You
>> get it."
>>
>> The project is a partnership of the city of Denver and the Denver Public
>> Library.
>>
>> "Every library wonders what they are going to do with city records," said
>> Radice. "Cities send the records to libraries because they trust them not 
>> to
>> lose them. I think seeing what is happening in Denver - that Denver has
>> taken the ball and run with it - may" encourage other cities to follow 
>> suit
>> and digitize city records.
>>
>> Radice and the library officials said it is important to preserve old
>> documents.
>>
>> They noted that there are 4.8 billion artifacts held in the country's
>> archives, libraries, museums and historical societies.
>>
>> According to the nonprofit Heritage Preservation, which works to save
>> objects that embody the nation's history, 65 percent of the country's
>> collecting institutions have experienced damage due to improper storage.
>> ===============
>> "Viva La Famiglia!!"
>> Lou Alfano
>>
>>
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