COMMENTS
For those of you who do not readily recognize the name,
Henry P. Scalf was a well
known Eastern Kentucky writer
and historian who wrote the first book on the Scalf
Family,
Chronicles of the Scalf Family.
In recent weeks I have been spending a LOT of hours
scanning and editing this 206
page book in order to create a word processor
file that might enable current
generations to see and
appreciate this work. Mr. Scalf's
son, Albert Scalf of
Stanville, Kentucky was gracious during our conversations
and
kindly gave me
permission to post the contents of the
book on this web site for your
reference
and study.
My re-type job is not yet finished as I have many typos
to locate and fix. While I
was laboring over this endeavor,
especially when the hour would be late and my
eyes and
arms were tired, I was inspired to remember what Al Scalf
told me.
When his father, Henry, was writing the book, and I do
not remember if Albert
says it was arthritis or what, but he said Henry typed the book with one finger, that
he was
only able to use one index finger to type with.
So, I thought of his one-finger manual-typewriter and
got a second wind on my
fancy computer with word
processing help and OmniPage 10 to help read the
book.
After Henry's death, they boxed up 65 boxes of genealogical research material. It was
first sent to a special collection at the University of Kentucky where is was
supposed
to be microfilmed and made available to the public. Apparently there
were some serious problems at the library, so they
moved the material to Pikeville
College where it has been
put in a special Henry P. Scalf room.
With this offering, I would like to personally express my
admiration and appreciation
to
the late Henry P. Scalf and
his dedicated helpers in creating this work. I would
also
like to state that I greatly appreciate the sons and daughters
who have allowed
me to
make this available.
I hope we can contact other authors of books on the Scalf
family and gain permission
to offer their work here also.
Fred R. Scalf, Jr. "Bob"
February 8, 2001