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face="Times New Roman">The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center hosts an
award-winning web site that you can be a part of.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We would like to extend an invitation
for you to join 36 other Ohio Public Libraries and become a partner in the Hayes
Obituary Index, </FONT><A href="http://www.rbhayes.org/index"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">www.rbhayes.org/index</FONT></A><FONT
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face="Times New Roman">The Hayes Presidential Center will be demonstrating its
Obituary Index at the Ohio Library Council's 2006 Expo in Columbus on <SPAN
class=051445416-06092006>Friday, </SPAN>September 15<SUP>th</SUP>. </FONT><A
href="http://www.olc.org/exhibitors.asp"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://www.olc.org/exhibitors.asp</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> . I will be there to greet old friends who are currently
partners and encourage other libraries to join us in this online index of
newspaper obituaries and other items, such as local history collections of
clippings, wills and estates, funeral records, etc.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Why re-invent the wheel and tax your own too-busy
Technology <SPAN class=051445416-06092006>D</SPAN>epartment when we already
have done the work, created a very user-friendly interface, and attracted
millions of viewers? Started in 2000, the web-based Index currently receives
almost 800,000 hits a month, is cited as a valuable genealogical tool in books
and referred to by over 200 other web sites. At this time, we have over 800,000
names in the database from Fremont to Marietta and citations to over 1.5 million
newspaper sources. The Hayes Obituary Index received the 2003 Technology
Excellence Award given by the New England Historic Genealogical Society.<SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">For $1500, a public library or historical society can
join the Hayes partnership, receive training on how to enter their data, and
start inputting their names into the web-based system.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The only other charge is an annual fee
of $200 for website maintenance and quality control. <SPAN
class=051445416-06092006>After the first year, the library only pays the $200
annual fee. For an additional fee, some of our partner libraries have imported
their own databases into our system and saved the re-keying
expense.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Check to see if your Library Director, other staff member
or you will be attending the OLC 2006 Expo and stop by booth #215 to see the
Hayes Obituary Index and the administrative side of the database in action.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will also be distributing CD-ROMS of
<I>Rutherford B. Hayes: Citizen, Soldier, President</I> for $5.00 (cost) to
anyone who comes by the booth. </FONT><A
href="http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/store/details.asp?did=811"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/store/details.asp?did=811</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you
have any questions before or after, please contact me at </FONT><A
href="mailto:bhill@rbhayes.org"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">bhill@rbhayes.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">
or 800-998-7737.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Sincerely</FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Becky Hill<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><FONT face=Garamond>Rebecca B. Hill</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Garamond>Head
Librarian</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Garamond>Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential
Center</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Garamond>Spiegel Grove</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Garamond>Fremont, OH 43420-2796</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">419-332-2081 ext. 31</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">419-332-4952 (fax)</FONT> <BR><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff>bhill@rbhayes.org <<A
href="mailto:bhill@rbhayes.org">mailto:bhill@rbhayes.org</A>></FONT></U>
<BR><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff>www.rbhayes.org <<A
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