Reiss Stephanier r wrote:
>
> Greetings all!
>
> I am currently working on a database for the Virginia Department of
> Historic Resources (which will be finished in only a couple of
> weeks!) that will allow any individual to search through every single
> site the state has recorded by catagories such as date of occupation,
> cultural affiliation, theme, etc. It should be an exciting resource,
> although it is limited, of course, by the quality of information recorded
> by the excavators. In any case, it beats having to go through 30,000
> paper records individually!!
>
>         I was wondering if anyone can tell me whether SHPOs in other states
> have undertaken projects like this and how useful (or frustrating) the
> results have been. We are putting the information into Integrated
> Preservation Software (IPS), which was a  system designed for the
> National Park Services back in the dark ages (it is actually DOS-based!),
> so I am also curious what software others have used.
>
> You can respond either to me or the listserver depending on whether
> anyone one else in  interested in reading the responses.
>
> Thanks
>
> *******************************************
>
> Stephanie Reiss
 
 
Check with Tom Cinadr at the Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Columbus,
Ohio (614-297-2470).  I dont know his email address.  They have been
working on a database for Ohio.  Also check with the Kentucky Heritage
Council or University of Kentucky about Ky sites.
 
Jeannine Kreinbrink
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