HELP SUPPORT Dayton History Books Online
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Please help keep Dayton History Books Online on the Internet. Why?
Dayton History Books Online
- used for educational purposes by students, teachers and researchers
- is free
- ranks in top five at Google in search results (out of nearly two million sites) on key words Dayton history
- has over 12,600 pages of printed text from over 200 sources
- collects no ‘cookies’
- averages over 1,000 page views per day and in December 2007 reached the 1,000,000 hits mark
- links to no adult-related or sexually explicit sites
- publishes no pop-up or pop-under ads
- is more than 99% content, with only two ads
Site Philosophy and Approach
In the spirit of helping grow a non-commercial internet (like it was supposed to be) Dayton History Books Online does not charge to access site content. The hope is to continue to build an encyclopedia of the history of Dayton and the Miami Valley area using material either in the public domain or by permission of the author.
Sadly, after three years of free service, I am forced to ask for your help. There is a dire need for donations to help defray the cost of maintaining Dayton History Books Online. When you include the equipment needed to scan, software to convert the scans to text, storage of the text onto CDs, careful copying of fragile books on a special copier so that they are not damaged by handling, the need for a search engine to index the text, the web host where the text can be seen online and, in our case, RoadRunner to get onto the web to download the text onto the Dayton History Books Online site, you can see how expenses can mount up. DHBO must now partly depend on donations from the public to keep the site online. Although $5 per year is suggested, donations of any size would be greatly appreciated.
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The easiest secure way to help support Dayton History Books Online is by credit card using this PayPal button:
Check/Money Order
If you prefer, you can help support Dayton History Books Online with a check or money order in any amount made payable to Curt Dalton.
Mail to:
Curt Dalton
3236 Wonderview Drive
Dayton, OH 45414
Or, if you prefer, email us at curtdalton@daytonhistorybooks.com and we will send you a self-addressed stamped envelope to mail your payment to us.
Please contact me at curtdalton@daytonhistorybooks.com if you have any questions. With your help, we can make books and other materials about Dayton available to children and the general public in a format that can easily be read and searched, for use in homework and personal projects. It is our hope to create online the most complete collection of Dayton local histories possible. See what visitors to our site have to say about us.
Thank you,
Curt Dalton
