More to come by 3/9
Net-net: do NOT give CPC money to the town for a fancy Scanner
The CPC request has two red flags, these two are totally missing:
- Review of town records that need addressing:
There is no indication this has been done
- very old – might require special equipment or expertise
- old and in good shape – scan with page scanner
- modern media – scan with bulk paper scanner
- Options of digitization: Locally available, different cost and capabilities
Current available scanners at: GCC Library, PVWA library, old-maps.com, HS/GF group
See some existing town historical records –
Here are town records from Town Records 1752-1772 Marriages, Intentions 1783-1853,
digitized by old-maps.com – Dave Allen
https://www.historicalsocietygreenfieldma.org/townbooks/
Emaiil me with comments or questions