Newsletter No.3
There aren't many topics to report on this time, presumably because it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
However, there is one piece of very good news:-
Online Database
The search facility went live in June and so far Bill O'Reilly and I have re-formatted and uploaded just over a quarter of a million records.
There are 2 websites, one for UK-based researchers and another for the Rest of the World. This is to spread the load of the demands on the search and hopefully help to keep response times to a minimum. I suspect we've all been frustrated by the time taken for searches to yield results on websites such as Free-Cen (not the Cornish version, of course!) and Free BMD.
The urls are
UK - http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/
Rest of the World - http://www.cornwall-opc.org/search/
The whole project has been named C-PROP - Cornwall Parish Registers Online Project.
Contributions from OPCs in particular would be very welcome, although transcript donations are not being confined to our group.
There are samples for baptisms, marriages and burials on the main OPC website at http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Resc/sample_database.htm, although Bill and I try to re-format any material which is sent.
The UK site alone was used by 361 unique visitors for the last 2 weeks ofJune (8686 'hits'), so it's likely to be even better used when the current spell of hot weather, Wimbledon, annual holidays and World Cup football ends!
To donate transciptions
Please send to either Michael McCormick (michael@medeschole.demon.co.uk) or me (myra@minebydesign.co.uk)
The OPC rôle
Some OPCs are concerned that having records online will affect their role in answering email enquiries. However, those of us who have had records online for a few years still receive a substantial number of queries. It was intended by the OPC founders that we become custodians of many types of records for our parishes, so there are still plenty of other sources from which we can draw information to pass on. It is also very important that researchers can see records transcribed 'as in', in register order. Other clues to the people involved might then be available.
LDS CDs
The efforts of Diane and Julia to get this scheme rolling again MIGHT behaving results - although we've heard that before from the LDS. If anyone receives a CD, please let either Diane or Julia know.
Other OPC schemes
There are rumours on the grapevine that Derbyshire might have an OPC scheme soon.
I've also received an email from a lady hoping to set up a scheme for Lithuania. She deserves our good wishes!
Myra
OPC Coordinator, Cornwall
There aren't many topics to report on this time, presumably because it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
However, there is one piece of very good news:-
Online Database
The search facility went live in June and so far Bill O'Reilly and I have re-formatted and uploaded just over a quarter of a million records.
There are 2 websites, one for UK-based researchers and another for the Rest of the World. This is to spread the load of the demands on the search and hopefully help to keep response times to a minimum. I suspect we've all been frustrated by the time taken for searches to yield results on websites such as Free-Cen (not the Cornish version, of course!) and Free BMD.
The urls are
UK - http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/
Rest of the World - http://www.cornwall-opc.org/search/
The whole project has been named C-PROP - Cornwall Parish Registers Online Project.
Contributions from OPCs in particular would be very welcome, although transcript donations are not being confined to our group.
There are samples for baptisms, marriages and burials on the main OPC website at http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Resc/sample_database.htm, although Bill and I try to re-format any material which is sent.
The UK site alone was used by 361 unique visitors for the last 2 weeks ofJune (8686 'hits'), so it's likely to be even better used when the current spell of hot weather, Wimbledon, annual holidays and World Cup football ends!
To donate transciptions
Please send to either Michael McCormick (michael@medeschole.demon.co.uk) or me (myra@minebydesign.co.uk)
The OPC rôle
Some OPCs are concerned that having records online will affect their role in answering email enquiries. However, those of us who have had records online for a few years still receive a substantial number of queries. It was intended by the OPC founders that we become custodians of many types of records for our parishes, so there are still plenty of other sources from which we can draw information to pass on. It is also very important that researchers can see records transcribed 'as in', in register order. Other clues to the people involved might then be available.
LDS CDs
The efforts of Diane and Julia to get this scheme rolling again MIGHT behaving results - although we've heard that before from the LDS. If anyone receives a CD, please let either Diane or Julia know.
Other OPC schemes
There are rumours on the grapevine that Derbyshire might have an OPC scheme soon.
I've also received an email from a lady hoping to set up a scheme for Lithuania. She deserves our good wishes!
Myra
OPC Coordinator, Cornwall
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