Oh, was I ever wrong!!

Yep, very wrong. All you transcribers are NOT out of a job.  I thought we were getting down to the end of the notebooks that needed to be entered in the computer.  True - we are down to 14 notebooks and not all of them are full.  BUT, I forgot about this little box.

One small innocent box.  One that I totally forgot about.  Until I decided to check what was in that mysterious box on top of my desk.  And suddenly I remembered what was in it.

These are CD's full of death certificates from different counties in New Mexico.  Each CD has between 150 and 400 individual records.  Each record has about 15 pieces of information that will need to be extracted and then entered into the computer. 

So break out the popcorn, sharpen your pencil and get ready to start a new project!  Keep in mind how much I love you all!

Short Timers

Summer is quickly coming to an end.  Most children are back in school now and UNM classes are starting soon.  The days are cooling off (not fast enough for me) and evenings are delightfully cool.  What all this means is that our time at the library is getting short.  We consider ourselves 'short timers' now.  All of us look forward to getting out of the building and back onto cemetery grounds! 

As soon as the weather cools and the mornings are less than 70 degrees, we will return to San Jose de Armijo.  But before we can do that, we have to finish up a few details at the library.  I would like everyone to find a good stopping point in the book they are working in.  Sometimes that works out fine, other times we sort of quit in the middle of a page.  But no fear, it will wait for us when we all too quickly return in December.

And we will miss David and Gail at the library.  We always feel so welcomed!