Comments on: New Bedford County Database Available for Genealogists at LVA!

By: Bari

Bari — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:56:53 +0000

Thanks for the question, Laura. Unfortunately the Bedford County database is only available here at the Library of Virginia. The compiler, Donald Hill, approached us with the idea of making his genealogy research public, but Mr. Hill was worried about having his work appropriated by a commercial genealogy concern. So the database is available to the public only on an in-house computer here in the library. Thanks for your interest.

By: Laura Morrisom

Laura Morrisom — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:20:32 +0000

Dale, Does an index for the Donald E Hill Collection exist in Bedford? I live closer to Bedford than Richmond. Laura

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Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:19:16 +0000

[...] but much work on this line remains to be done, and a good start would be this Bedford county database now available at the Library of [...]

By: Dale

Dale — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:37:27 +0000

Thanks for the question. The short answer is that there are no guidelines for a similar project. Let me explain a little more of the background behind how this resource came to the LVA. The database represents Mr. Hill’s long-time research in Bedford County genealogy. He approached us with the idea of making his work public using RootsMagic4 software. Mr. Hill did not want to put the database on the Internet for fear that it might be appropriated by a commercial genealogy concern. He felt strongly that his work should be shared not sold. Mr. Hill bought a RootsMagic4 license for the LVA to house the database and make it public on one of our regular in-house computers in the Manuscript Room. The LVA is deeply indebted to Mr. Hill for his generosity and we are excited that Bedford County researchers will have access to so much research in an easy-to-use electronic format. Let us know if you have any more questions. Thanks for reading!

By: Damaris Fish

Damaris Fish — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:39:10 +0000

Guidelines for other counties to host a project like this!?