List mom reread this, you left something out, ,the One request per person per day part, >From: "Maureen" <boog@gdsys.net> >Reply-To: AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com >To: AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [AL-CEN] Copy of the List Welcome letter :) >Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 19:21:09 -0600 > >PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE MESSAGE AND KEEP IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. > >Please feel free to forward this to anyone you feel may be interested in >joining. Of course the more people we have the more help we will be for >each >other. > >What ever you did to subscribe to this list ,you succeeded. Should you >decide to unsubscribe please read the instructions below. I have also >included these instruction in the email taglines. > >You are currently subscribed in "mail mode", which means that you will >receive every posting made to AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP as a separate e-mail. The >directions on how to change to digest mode are given below. > >I highly recommend that you subscribe in DIGEST mode, most of the lists are >proving to very high volume. (Instructions below) > >How to change to digest mode (several postings are combined and sent to you >together as a single large message). There are two steps. > >First, send the command "unsubscribe" to >AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com to discontinue mail mode. > >Second, send the command "subscribe" to >AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com to start receiving digests. > > >Good Luck in your research and enjoy the lists ;) > >CENSUS-LOOKUP Lists were >Established 11 October 2000 > >Guidelines for posting to the lists: >EMAIL SUBJECT LINES: > >COUNTY,YEAR,SURNAME > >NO FLAMING or you will be unsubbed without notice. By this I mean not only >being rude or mean to each other but there will be NO and I do mean NO >debating here about the Census Projects. This list is for everyone who >wants >to research. > >NO General requests such as "all Smiths in all counties" Be specific, >Name the County, >Family you are looking for and also >the year. > >Try to supply as much info as possible. > >LIMIT your requests to ONE PER CENSUS YEAR and SURNAME > >My Mama taught me that Thank you and Please are always nice too :) > >MOST IMPORTANTLY Hang in there and don't get discouraged if your not >answered right away, these lists will be a great asset to our research as >they continue to grow. I am encouraging everyone to send this email to >their >surname and county mailing lists as well as to our cousins. > >Finally, If you have the material to help a fellow researcher, please use >it. > >Thanks, Maureen > > >A few people have emailed me asking how to sign up for the new lists and >what to do. >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >1. All lists are > >XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com (regular mode) >XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode) > > >The XX is to be removed and the two letter abbreviation for the state you >are looking in added in its place. > >Examples: > >MI-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com > >CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com > >IL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com > > >2. So, send an email to the one of your choice (make sure to have the >state). Do not put anything in the subject line. In the body of the email >write only: > >subscribe > > Then send it on :) > >3. POSTING to the new census lists: > >A. Send it to XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com (supply the two letter state >code for the XX again) > >B: Subject line MUST have the following: > > County/Year/Surname > >Example: Saginaw/1850/Smith > > >C: In the body of the email: > >List whom you are looking for. >Supply as much information as you can. >Birthplace, ages, occupation, etc. > >D: Mail it on! > >That's it folks :) > >I hope that helped. I have put the list of states and two letter codes >below >for you. > > > AL Alabama > AK Alaska > AZ Arizona > AR Arkansas > CA California > CO Colorado > CT Connecticut > DC District Of Columbia > DE Delaware > FL Florida > GA Georgia > HI Hawaii > ID Idaho > IL Illinois > IN Indiana > IA Iowa > KS Kansas > KY Kentucky > LA Louisiana > ME Maine > MD Maryland > MA Massachusetts > MI Michigan > MN Minnesota > MS Mississippi > MO Missouri > MT Montana > NE Nebraska > NV Nevada > NH New Hampshire > NJ New Jersey > NM New Mexico > NY New York > NC North Carolina > ND North Dakota > OH Ohio > OK Oklahoma > OR Oregon > PA Pennsylvania > RI Rhode Island > SC South Carolina > SD South Dakota > TN Tennessee > TX Texas > UT Utah > VT Vermont > VA Virginia > WA Washington (state) > WV West Virginia > WI Wisconsin > WY Wyoming > >To contact the administrator of this mailing list, send mail to >AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-admin@rootsweb.com. > >For your verification, a transcript of the original subscription request is >included below. >-- > > > >==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== >To Unsub from regular mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to >XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com (Remove the XX and replace it with >your state abbreviation ) > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Maureen, Thanks for trying to make our lives simpler. Those of us with census records are constantly frustrated by emails or list requests that say "John Smith, 1880, father David." We are left to decide if John was born in 1880, do they want the 1880 census, and just where do John and David live? So many incomplete request go ignored, simply because the volunteers don't know where to start looking. I do lookups for 6 states, several counties in each state, so I get about 20 requests daily. It's great to have a list mom that realizes that we have lives beyond genealogy, and tries to help us out as much as possible. Thanks for all your hard work this past year, Maureen! Happy New Year! Marci Marci Shaw Peralez "If you can't get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well dance with it." - George Bernard Shaw ----- Original Message ----- From: Lucian Hughes To: AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 12:49 AM Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] Copy of the List Welcome letter :) List mom reread this, you left something out, ,the One request per person per day part, >From: "Maureen" <boog@gdsys.net> >Reply-To: AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com >To: AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [AL-CEN] Copy of the List Welcome letter :) >Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 19:21:09 -0600 > >PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE MESSAGE AND KEEP IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. > >Please feel free to forward this to anyone you feel may be interested in >joining. Of course the more people we have the more help we will be for >each >other. > >What ever you did to subscribe to this list ,you succeeded. Should you >decide to unsubscribe please read the instructions below. I have also >included these instruction in the email taglines. > >You are currently subscribed in "mail mode", which means that you will >receive every posting made to AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP as a separate e-mail. The >directions on how to change to digest mode are given below. > >I highly recommend that you subscribe in DIGEST mode, most of the lists are >proving to very high volume. (Instructions below) > >How to change to digest mode (several postings are combined and sent to you >together as a single large message). There are two steps. > >First, send the command "unsubscribe" to >AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com to discontinue mail mode. > >Second, send the command "subscribe" to >AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com to start receiving digests. > > >Good Luck in your research and enjoy the lists ;) > >CENSUS-LOOKUP Lists were >Established 11 October 2000 > >Guidelines for posting to the lists: >EMAIL SUBJECT LINES: > >COUNTY,YEAR,SURNAME > >NO FLAMING or you will be unsubbed without notice. By this I mean not only >being rude or mean to each other but there will be NO and I do mean NO >debating here about the Census Projects. This list is for everyone who >wants >to research. > >NO General requests such as "all Smiths in all counties" Be specific, >Name the County, >Family you are looking for and also >the year. > >Try to supply as much info as possible. > >LIMIT your requests to ONE PER CENSUS YEAR and SURNAME > >My Mama taught me that Thank you and Please are always nice too :) > >MOST IMPORTANTLY Hang in there and don't get discouraged if your not >answered right away, these lists will be a great asset to our research as >they continue to grow. I am encouraging everyone to send this email to >their >surname and county mailing lists as well as to our cousins. > >Finally, If you have the material to help a fellow researcher, please use >it. > >Thanks, Maureen > > >A few people have emailed me asking how to sign up for the new lists and >what to do. >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >1. All lists are > >XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com (regular mode) >XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode) > > >The XX is to be removed and the two letter abbreviation for the state you >are looking in added in its place. > >Examples: > >MI-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com > >CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com > >IL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com > > >2. So, send an email to the one of your choice (make sure to have the >state). Do not put anything in the subject line. In the body of the email >write only: > >subscribe > > Then send it on :) > >3. POSTING to the new census lists: > >A. Send it to XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com (supply the two letter state >code for the XX again) > >B: Subject line MUST have the following: > > County/Year/Surname > >Example: Saginaw/1850/Smith > > >C: In the body of the email: > >List whom you are looking for. >Supply as much information as you can. >Birthplace, ages, occupation, etc. > >D: Mail it on! > >That's it folks :) > >I hope that helped. I have put the list of states and two letter codes >below >for you. > > > AL Alabama > AK Alaska > AZ Arizona > AR Arkansas > CA California > CO Colorado > CT Connecticut > DC District Of Columbia > DE Delaware > FL Florida > GA Georgia > HI Hawaii > ID Idaho > IL Illinois > IN Indiana > IA Iowa > KS Kansas > KY Kentucky > LA Louisiana > ME Maine > MD Maryland > MA Massachusetts > MI Michigan > MN Minnesota > MS Mississippi > MO Missouri > MT Montana > NE Nebraska > NV Nevada > NH New Hampshire > NJ New Jersey > NM New Mexico > NY New York > NC North Carolina > ND North Dakota > OH Ohio > OK Oklahoma > OR Oregon > PA Pennsylvania > RI Rhode Island > SC South Carolina > SD South Dakota > TN Tennessee > TX Texas > UT Utah > VT Vermont > VA Virginia > WA Washington (state) > WV West Virginia > WI Wisconsin > WY Wyoming > >To contact the administrator of this mailing list, send mail to >AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-admin@rootsweb.com. > >For your verification, a transcript of the original subscription request is >included below. >-- > > > >==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== >To Unsub from regular mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to >XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com (Remove the XX and replace it with >your state abbreviation ) > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== To transcribe a census please volunteer at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/map.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237