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From: Walt <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Source Elements - Terry (all)
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 19:18:49 -0500
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At 08:06 AM 12/1/2004, wrote:
>My 2 censts also. Please note that the terms original and copy just don't
>have the same meaning they used to. Except for a few instances such as many
>years ago when the library of Virginia was still letting you look at
>original
>records in a separate room under the vigilant eye of a library assistant,
>almost
> every record I have seen is some sort of a copy or transcription. The
>Archives in Washington used to let you look at original pension records
>which one
>had to handle with great care but they finally got them all on microfilm.
>They
>were getting pretty dog eared as I remember. Birth and other records seem to
>be considered "original" now a days if they contain a raised seal from the
>clerk. I often wonder if they even still have my "original" record.
>Frankly I
>just don't use the term "original" anymore and essentially call any record I
>may have a "copy"-Dale


I looked at an ancestor's original pension file from the civil war two
years ago at NARA. Are you sure they are all on microfilm now?

Walt


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