The DCOWeb Private Records Board is designed to permit you to submit various unpublished records (with a Darke Co. connection only, please) that you find or have in your own collection. Sources are always important, but we realize that folks have photocopies in their possession which no longer have the specific information about the place where the original is found or who may now have that in their possession. You may still submit these, but please indicate what you know as YOUR source. Some may have been found in a family Bible. Be sure to name the Bible as your source (if that is the case). If you do have a Bible, please consider scanning and/or transcribing for DCOWeb

You may add explanatory information as necessary. When you try to change viewing preferences you can only choose to limit the time period for when a post was made or select that posts are sorted in reverse alphabetical order. It is also a Moderated Board so that when you make a post the Board Administrator has to verify that it follows acceptable formats and that the subject is set so that it sorts correctly. There may be as much as a week's delay before a post might show up in the Message Index or you might be contacted in e-mail for more information.

When you are ready to post yourself, please follow these few guidelines to make your visit more productive for yourself and others. (these are still under construction and may be changed)

• Always provide -your- name and e-mail address to protect the 'chain of evidence' about the record. Who submitted it might be the only clue as to its truth.
• For the subject, use the last name of the person, comma, and given name(s). Put maiden names in "(...)" parentheses.
• Irrelevant or offensive posts will be removed without notice.
• If you change your e-mail address, contact the Board Administrator to change it.

YOU own your posts and we have left you the option to delete your post at a later time if you wish. However, you must provide a password for that post at the time you make it. Without your password, you will have to contact the Board Administrator to get a post removed or corrected. Be aware that if you remove your post, you may not remove the replies that were made to it. Every separate individual owns their own posts. DCOWeb is merely the custodian making your posts available for viewing.