March 29, 2009 Update

Microfilming will resume on our regular schedule on Tuesday March 31, 2009. There is a small amount of Burial Permits that have to be completed and then we will start the Lot Deeds.
Curt will not be filming this week, but will resume on April 7.

Alan

Filming Canceled This Week

Although the Plot Deeds have been sorted and are ready to be filmed, we are canceling filming this week because step test numbers still have to be determined and cover sheets completed. Filming will resume next week with our regular schedule.
I just want to add that Ann, Dorothy and Cathy did a great job of alphabetically sorting the deeds over the past couple of weeks. This was no small task.

Enjoy the week off.

Alan

March 16, 2009 Update

Normal filming schedule for this week. Only three binders of Burial Permits remain to be filmed. If we finish the Burial Permits this week , we may have the next week or two off until we get the Lot Deeds sorted. We will also have to do a step test on the Deeds before filming. Watch the blog for an update. When we finish the Deeds and a few miscellaneous items, the Hanover Green Cemetery Project will be complete.

I'd also like to let everyone know that the Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society's Luzerne County Tax Assessment Records Project has been completed. We now have available, on microfilm, all the Luzerne County Tax Assessment Records up to at least the year 1900. Some rolls run a few years into the 1900's. This collection contains over 265 rolls of microfilm and is a great asset to our Society. We'd like to thank Doug Nicol for all his efforts in this project. He made numerous trips to the Luzerne County Courthouse to pick-up rolls of microfilm, dropping them off for duplicating, then returning the originals to the Courthouse and the duplicates to our library.
Thanks Doug.

I guess that's about it for this week.

Happy filming,

Alan

March 9, 2009 Update

Filming went smoothly last week. We completed Hanover Green Burial Permits from 1955 to 1972. This week we will continue filming burial permits from 1973 upwards. Not much more to add as we start winding down the Hanover Green Project and set our sights on future projects.

March 2, 2009 Update

The books of the Hanover Green Cemetery Project have been completed. We now move on to the Burial Permits. The step test has been completed and we have received the results. The Step Test setting for all Burial Permits will be 339. The frame settings are all 25X IF. The binders in the microfilming room have been sorted alphabetically by year and are ready to be filmed starting with 1955.
The binders will be filmed like the books with five or six spaces between each binder. However, since there are multiple years in each binder, I have printed up small pieces of paper listing each year that we will be filming. After completing each year in the binder, add three spaces and then take a shot of the paper that has the year that you will be filming next. As always remember to date and shoot a frame of the Cover Sheet when starting a new binder.
One other important thing. Two Burial Permits can be filmed with each shot taken. Two permits will fit in the 25X 1F area (the smallest frame that is marked with black marker on the edges.)

Try not to freeze or get blown away before tomorrow and as always,
Happy Filming

Alan