Thanks, TJ. That's the book I was thinking of. Don't know how extensive it is on the prewars, but assume it would be a good place to start.
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Originally posted by mikepriwer:
Roy Jinks has all the records, on microfilm... They are originally hand-written, so they do not lend themselves to automation.
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Actually, there is technology -- I guess software combined with optical scanning --that can automate this now. E.g., the national census data is now converted from paper records to computer files using this technology. Then again, it is handwriting, not just paper (or microfilm). But I suspect it is possible nowadays to automate the conversion of these records to computer files. I know that there are optical scanners used to read handwritten postal addresses today. I bet it happens, the conversion of the written S&W shipping records to computer files, if not in the next coupla years, further out.
Sure hope so!