Hey everyone, While I was browsing around today, I came across 1895 maps for all counties in AL. Actually, this web page has maps for most counties in most states! http://www.livgenmi.com/1895 Betty M ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤øø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤øø¤º`°º¤ Oneida County, NY GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida/ New York Cemetery List Project Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/ New York Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/newyork.html Assistant State Coordinator - Alabama http://www.rootsweb.com/~algenweb/ East and West Baton Rouge Parishes Archive Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/e-baton.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/wbatroug.htm ¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤øø¤º`°º¤¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºº°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤

I would love to have a full state map that shows the original boundaries of the 10 original counties but has each current county as clickable to the appropiate ALGenWeb page! As for Lee County, guess I should put this info on my webpage :-) Sorry...... Lee County was created by the Alabama legislature on December 5, 1866 . It was named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The county lies on the eastern part of the Black Belt. It is bordered by Chambers, Tallapoosa, Macon, and Russell counties, and on the east by the Chattahoochee River and the State of Georgia. The county seat is located at Opelika, which in the Creek Indian language means "big swamp." Other towns and communities include Loachapoka and Auburn, the site of Auburn University. County Seat: Opelika Date Created : December 5, 1866 Named for Gen. Robert E. Lee Origin Formed From Chambers, Macon, Russell and Tallapoosa Counties On Thursday, 21 Sep 2000, David wrote: > I sure hope you find a volunteer that can make a clickable map. > > What I would like to have is a map of the 10 counties that were created on > 18 December 1832 by the legislature, plus the counties that were formed > from the original 10. Clay was created from Talladega and I think Lee was > formed from Chambers. These 10 counties were created from the Creek > Nation for the most part, but some from the Cherokee Nation. > > My biggest problem is trying to figure which counties in Georgia are next > to my county in Alabama. Ok, I figured out that Troup and Harris in GA > are neighbors of Chambers in AL, but a map sure would make it easier. > > David > >

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Elsi wrote: > You need links to the adjacent counties. ALL the adjacent counties. Brian > Davis made the small maps that many of us are using to indicate where our > county is located within the state. I'm going to be recruiting someone to > make customized clickable maps for those that want to use them. If you've > got skills here and access to a graphic of the state and its counties, > please let me know if you're willing to take this on. I sure hope you find a volunteer that can make a clickable map. What I would like to have is a map of the 10 counties that were created on 18 December 1832 by the legislature, plus the counties that were formed from the original 10. Clay was created from Talladega and I think Lee was formed from Chambers. These 10 counties were created from the Creek Nation for the most part, but some from the Cherokee Nation. My biggest problem is trying to figure which counties in Georgia are next to my county in Alabama. Ok, I figured out that Troup and Harris in GA are neighbors of Chambers in AL, but a map sure would make it easier. David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

Randolph County AL cemeteries, all submitted by Marilyn M. Girardi MMGir@aol.com, uploaded 20 Sep 2000 Bear Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/bearcrek.txt 15 kb Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/bigsprng.txt 47 kb Cedarwood Cemetery, Sections A-B-C-D-E-F ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/cedarwd1.txt 96 kb Cedarwood Cemetery, Sections F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/cedarwd2.txt 58 kb Center Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/centrchp.txt 5 kb Haywood Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/haywood.txt 7 kb High Pine Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/highpine.txt 22 kb Memory Gardens ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/memgardn.txt 90 kb Mount Zion Christian Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/mtzioncc.txt 23 kb Oak Grove Church of Christ Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/oakgrove.txt 7 kb Old Rocky Branch Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/oldrocky.txt 14 kb Rocky Branch Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/rkybranc.txt 11 kb Old Salem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/oldsalem.txt 5 kb East Napoleon Church of Christ Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/eastnapo.txt 7 kb West Napoleon Church of Christ Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/westnapo.txt 18 kb Woodland First Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/woodland.txt 1 kb David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

Alabama Records http://128.121.230.66/Records/states/alabama.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. Daniels" <margie@majorinternet.net> To: <ALGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 8:37 PM Subject: [ALGEN-L] Re: [GAGEN-L] Fraudulent website > I have filed a complaint with the Iowa Consumer Protection which is in the > Iowa Attorney General's office. > > I asked that they accept my email as a formal complaint since this firm has > the potential to harm many in a short period of time. > > Their email address is consumer@ag.state.ia.us <consumer@ag.state.ia.us> > > Please write to them and let them know what is going on. So prompt action > can be taken. I have also sent this request to all the lists I am on. > > Thanks, > Margie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TeresaR" <teresa@maro.net> > To: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 9:23 AM > Subject: [GAGEN-L] Fraudulent website > > > > Mr. Craig Campbell > > Blueberry Hill Communications Inc. > > > > Mr. Campbell, > > > > There is a site on your servers that is breaking copyright and fraud laws. > > The domain name is familydiscovery.com, and the IP address > is128.121.230.66. > > Chances are you will be receiving alot of emails regarding this thievery. > > > > He is stealing data from other websites and CHARGING people to look at > these > > FREE websites. > > > > Proof: The webpage of his located at > > http://128.121.230.66/Records/states/georgia.htm > > > > Lists several different URL's, none of which is his. One of them is Butts > > County marriages from Microfilm. That is on MY USgenweb site, and is NOT > > FOR SALE to any organization. He did not ask if he could link to me, much > > less CHARGE people to click on that link! He is even stealing data from > the > > National Archives and Records Administration, (I'm sending them a copy of > > this as well) from his north carolina page. > > > > http://128.121.230.66/Records/states/northcarolina.htm > > > > These pages are NOT his work. Never have been. Never will be. He is > > committing fraud by misrepresenting this data as his own. He charges a > fee > > of $49.95 to "join" his webpage so you can view this data. As soon as I > > can, I'll be adding the following to all my pages: > > > > IF YOU HAVE ARRIVED HERE THRU FAMILYDISCOVERY.COM THEY ARE BREAKING THE > LAW. > > THIS PAGE IS FREE FOR ALL TO USE, AND ANY CHARGE IS SIMPLY FRAUDULENT. > > PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY EMAILING TERESA@MARO.NET and then I will add a Break > > away link. > > > > This is unacceptable, and your company is opening itself up for lawsuits > > with you allowing your customers to break the law. I've not found your > > website to view your terms of service, but I can tell you that by allowing > > your customers to break the law it puts you in a precarious situation. I > am > > keeping a copy of this email, and please, let me know when or if you are > > taking action. > > > > He has already been removed from another server for breaking the law, and > > thinks genealogists will just allow him to move from server to until WE > get > > tired of checking on him. He is totally wrong. As you probably know, he > > hasn't even completed the full propogation process because when I go to > the > > IP it goes to your servers. If I go to the domain name it's going to his > > old one. Also, so you know, he has given inaccurate registration > > information for his Domain name registration, so noone can contact him > > directly. > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > Administrative Contact, Billing Contact: > > Campbell, Craige (CC435) hostmaster@BHCOM.COM > > Blueberry Hill Communications, Inc. > > 77-670 Springfield Lane, Suite 11B > > Palm Desert, CA 92211 > > (760) 360-4600 (FAX) (760) 772-3654 > > Technical Contact, Zone Contact: > > BHCOM Hostmaster (HC391-ORG) hostmaster@BHCOM.COM > > Blueberry Hill Communications, Inc. > > 77-670 Springfield Lane, Suite 11B > > Palm Desert, CA 92211 > > US > > (760) 360-4600 > > Fax- (760) 772-3654 > > > > --------------------- > > > > Administrative Contact: > > Abodeey, Elias (EAP259) email@FAMILYDISCOVERY.COM > > Family Discovery > > PO BOX 83 > > Hiawatha , IA 52233 > > 3193637000 (FAX) 3193637000 > > Technical Contact, Zone Contact: > > Abodeely, Elias (EAO164) email@FAMILYDISCOVERY.COM > > Family Discovery > > 9843 Cambridge Drive > > Cedar Rapids , IA 52404 > > 319-378-9654 > > Billing Contact: > > Cook, Brad (BCI287) email@FAMILYDISCOVERY.COM > > Family Discovery > > PO BOX 83 > > Hiawatha , IA 52233 > > 3193637000 (FAX) 3193637000 > > > > Record last updated on 12-Sep-2000. > > Record expires on 07-Jan-2002. > > Record created on 07-Jan-2000. > > Database last updated on 17-Sep-2000 04:05:05 EDT. > > > > Domain servers in listed order: > > > > NS1.4SERVERS.COM 209.176.24.140 > > NS2.4SERVERS.COM 209.176.21.100 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Teresa M. Rozich > > http://lofthouse.com/USA/ga/butts/ > > > > > > > > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > > This list is for open communications among County Coordinators, Regional > > Coordinators and the officers and project leaders of GAGenWeb. If you > > wish to address only the GAGenWeb Board, send your email to: > > <GAGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > >

Have any of the CC's heard of this Plantation before? Plantation was near Selma and named Suttles

I have filed a complaint with the Iowa Consumer Protection which is in the Iowa Attorney General's office. I asked that they accept my email as a formal complaint since this firm has the potential to harm many in a short period of time. Their email address is consumer@ag.state.ia.us <consumer@ag.state.ia.us> Please write to them and let them know what is going on. So prompt action can be taken. I have also sent this request to all the lists I am on. Thanks, Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "TeresaR" <teresa@maro.net> To: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 9:23 AM Subject: [GAGEN-L] Fraudulent website > Mr. Craig Campbell > Blueberry Hill Communications Inc. > > Mr. Campbell, > > There is a site on your servers that is breaking copyright and fraud laws. > The domain name is familydiscovery.com, and the IP address is128.121.230.66. > Chances are you will be receiving alot of emails regarding this thievery. > > He is stealing data from other websites and CHARGING people to look at these > FREE websites. > > Proof: The webpage of his located at > http://128.121.230.66/Records/states/georgia.htm > > Lists several different URL's, none of which is his. One of them is Butts > County marriages from Microfilm. That is on MY USgenweb site, and is NOT > FOR SALE to any organization. He did not ask if he could link to me, much > less CHARGE people to click on that link! He is even stealing data from the > National Archives and Records Administration, (I'm sending them a copy of > this as well) from his north carolina page. > > http://128.121.230.66/Records/states/northcarolina.htm > > These pages are NOT his work. Never have been. Never will be. He is > committing fraud by misrepresenting this data as his own. He charges a fee > of $49.95 to "join" his webpage so you can view this data. As soon as I > can, I'll be adding the following to all my pages: > > IF YOU HAVE ARRIVED HERE THRU FAMILYDISCOVERY.COM THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW. > THIS PAGE IS FREE FOR ALL TO USE, AND ANY CHARGE IS SIMPLY FRAUDULENT. > PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY EMAILING TERESA@MARO.NET and then I will add a Break > away link. > > This is unacceptable, and your company is opening itself up for lawsuits > with you allowing your customers to break the law. I've not found your > website to view your terms of service, but I can tell you that by allowing > your customers to break the law it puts you in a precarious situation. I am > keeping a copy of this email, and please, let me know when or if you are > taking action. > > He has already been removed from another server for breaking the law, and > thinks genealogists will just allow him to move from server to until WE get > tired of checking on him. He is totally wrong. As you probably know, he > hasn't even completed the full propogation process because when I go to the > IP it goes to your servers. If I go to the domain name it's going to his > old one. Also, so you know, he has given inaccurate registration > information for his Domain name registration, so noone can contact him > directly. > > --------------------------------- > > Administrative Contact, Billing Contact: > Campbell, Craige (CC435) hostmaster@BHCOM.COM > Blueberry Hill Communications, Inc. > 77-670 Springfield Lane, Suite 11B > Palm Desert, CA 92211 > (760) 360-4600 (FAX) (760) 772-3654 > Technical Contact, Zone Contact: > BHCOM Hostmaster (HC391-ORG) hostmaster@BHCOM.COM > Blueberry Hill Communications, Inc. > 77-670 Springfield Lane, Suite 11B > Palm Desert, CA 92211 > US > (760) 360-4600 > Fax- (760) 772-3654 > > --------------------- > > Administrative Contact: > Abodeey, Elias (EAP259) email@FAMILYDISCOVERY.COM > Family Discovery > PO BOX 83 > Hiawatha , IA 52233 > 3193637000 (FAX) 3193637000 > Technical Contact, Zone Contact: > Abodeely, Elias (EAO164) email@FAMILYDISCOVERY.COM > Family Discovery > 9843 Cambridge Drive > Cedar Rapids , IA 52404 > 319-378-9654 > Billing Contact: > Cook, Brad (BCI287) email@FAMILYDISCOVERY.COM > Family Discovery > PO BOX 83 > Hiawatha , IA 52233 > 3193637000 (FAX) 3193637000 > > Record last updated on 12-Sep-2000. > Record expires on 07-Jan-2002. > Record created on 07-Jan-2000. > Database last updated on 17-Sep-2000 04:05:05 EDT. > > Domain servers in listed order: > > NS1.4SERVERS.COM 209.176.24.140 > NS2.4SERVERS.COM 209.176.21.100 > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Sincerely, > > Teresa M. Rozich > http://lofthouse.com/USA/ga/butts/ > > > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > This list is for open communications among County Coordinators, Regional > Coordinators and the officers and project leaders of GAGenWeb. If you > wish to address only the GAGenWeb Board, send your email to: > <GAGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > >

I'm hoping to stir up some discussion as to what makes a county site "high quality" as opposed to "low quality". I think there are several criteria that can be used: 1) Information to be found 2) Ease of use 3) Appearance And probably some that I haven't even considered. This note is going to focus on *INFORMATION*. Our USGenWeb charter gives minimum requirements for county web sites: * Display the USGenWeb logo * Provide a link to the state and national home pages * Provide a means for collecting and displaying queries * Basic research help which might include lookups In Alabama, there are some additional items, stated as "suggested elements": * ALGenWeb logo * "Yahoo-like" navigational line * Signature including links to ALGenWeb and USGenWeb home pages, and how to contact you. Fortunately, most county pages go well beyond the minimum requirements. There are some that do not. I want to encourage everyone to move their sites well beyond the minimums in the next 12 months. If you don't live in or near the county you're hosting, then recruit some help from folks nearby. Let's strive to put some real data onto our pages, not just links. And don't overlook the obvious data: * Where's the courthouse located? Give the address and maybe a phone number. You can find this on the web, so look it up and add it to your "front page". * What census records cover this county? If your county was created in 1866, be sure to mention the parent county or counties for holding the census records of the area. * What books have been published with genealogical information in them? Use the online card catalogs to search for books having to do with your county. If you haven't seen it yet, check out the Alabama Public Library Service home page at http://www.apls.state.al.us/ and follow the link to the APLS Online Catalog which will allow you to search the combined card catalog of many local libraries all at once. * Speaking of libraries, which ones are located in your county? The library doesn't have to be online for you to list it on your web page. Some folks still do genealogical research the hard way, so give the location, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address if you can find it. If there's a web site for the library, so much the better. You also might consider writing a letter (you know -- those things with stamps) to the librarian asking for a listing of the genealogical holdings in the library. * Where is the nearest LDS library located? You can look that up at the LDS web site at http://www.familysearch.org/ -- follow the link to Custom Search. * What genealogical societies are there? Give the mailing address of the society. Find out the meeting location(s) and time(s) and post that on your site. Consider *JOINING* the society so you'll get their newsletter. If you don't live nearby, you might find a willing helper in the local society. * What newspapers are there in your county? Did you know that *LOTS* of the small papers are now online? You might include a link to the paper's obituary column. At the very least, include the name of today's papers with a mailing address and phone number. If you can find out the names of papers which *USED* to operate in the county, so much the better. Check at the State of Alabama Archives and both Auburn and Univ. of Alabama libraries to see what newpapers they have on microfilm. The next thing I want you to do is to make sure that you provide a link to the USGenWeb Archives records for your county. You should provide a link to the county index page at the very minimum. You can also provide links to any of the files in the archives as you wish. You need links to the adjacent counties. ALL the adjacent counties. Brian Davis made the small maps that many of us are using to indicate where our county is located within the state. I'm going to be recruiting someone to make customized clickable maps for those that want to use them. If you've got skills here and access to a graphic of the state and its counties, please let me know if you're willing to take this on. Then it's time to do some searching online for information that folks who are not part of our project have put online. Make liberal use of Cyndi's List (http://www.cyndislist.com), Amelia Willcutt's Alabama Genealogy (http://www.mindspring.com/~awillcut/home.html) and Lisa Franklin's Tracking Your Alabama Roots (http://home.att.net/~TrackingYourRoots/tyralachart.htm). I'm taking this challenge, too. I have 3 county sites which need a once-over. I mentioned in my previous note that Betty McCulloch will be focusing on web site quality. I'm asking her to check each county site for all of the mandatory items and to make sure that the county coordinator can be contacted. Any coordinators who do not respond within a reasonable period of time may wind up being replaced. I'm thinking 3 weeks is reasonable, but if you don't agree, let me know right away <grin>. That's it for now. I'm really looking for input on "quality". Regards, Leigh

Well, the USGenWeb elections are now over and the newly elected National Coordinator and Advisory Board are working to improve the election process for next year as well as reviewing out national bylaws. If this is of interest to you, please subscribe to one of the national mailing lists: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com USGW-CC-L@usgennet.org Some more "personnel changes" as volunteers join and leave the Alabama project: Mildred Stinson Brown has resigned as County Coordinator for Butler County. She has asked her Asst. CC, Karen Diard, to take over. I haven't received any notes from either Mildred or Karen to let me know that the transfer has taken place. Kristy Williams is now the CC of Monroe County (as well as Montgomery and Sumter counties), taking the reins from Cindy McCoy. We'll miss Cindy, but thank her for the hard work she put into the county for the 18 months that she was the CC. Sandra Lutz is resigning as CC for Choctaw County. She has a terrific helper, Sarah Mozingo, who has single-handedly researched all of the cemeteries online at the county site. Sarah may be taking over as CC, but she'll be looking for a co-CC who has strong HTML skills since the webmastering stuff is new to her. Some sad news. I've been informed that Carol Middleton has become gravely ill and will not be able to continue as CC for Mobile County. Carol was also webmistress of the very popular Alabama Marriage Indexes and Heritage of the South (Among the Creeks, French Colonials of the Gulf Coast, Herstories and Histories, and Pioneers to the Southwest) websites. My prayers are with Carol and her family at this time. It looks like I've got a good volunteer for Crenshaw County. Watch for further information very soon. I have one more very BIG announcement to make. I've asked Betty McCulloch <lacey2@ispchannel.com> to serve as an Assistant State Coordinator. Betty is CC for Lawrence County. For her first project, I want her to focus on "quality control" for our county pages. I'm sending out another note on "quality" and I'd like to see a lot of discussion on this topic over the next couple of weeks. I think we all have a lot of input on what makes for a County site which users will want to return to over and over again. Betty will be contacting you with a short questionnaire, please cooperate with her. Regards, Leigh

>From: "Roger Swafford" <sagitta56@earthlink.net> >To: "Ken Short" <kshort@kroo.com> >Subject: EC Report >Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:19:58 -0400 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 > >This report is not binding upon the AB in any manner. The EC is considered >dissolved upon receipt of this report. The report consists of four sections. >The first two sections were agreed upon by a quorum of six members. The last >two sections are recommendations based upon different views expressed by a >4-2 consensus with 3 members not participating. Both a majority and minority >recommendation section are included as permitted by the parliamentary >authority. > > >Election Committee Report FY-2000 > >##Operations: > >The EC was advised on May 27th that RootsWeb would not support the committee >for the conduct of the elections. Discussions then considered various other >means, including but not limited to use of one of the web based >polling/survey sites. The decision was reached to hold the election by >utilizing an online ballot form with voter ID numbers provided by the EC to >facilitate comparison to the e-mail address from which the ballot came. > >Message traffic regarding the possibility of "vote stacking" resulted in >much discussion and the committee approval of an April 1st 2000 cutoff date. > >Actions of the AB prior to the election cycle set precedent for >admissibility for questions related to the "good standing" of members. The >"good standing" of three candidates was discussed but no formal votes were >made. > >The cooperativeness of some State Coordinators was less than desirable >regarding the submission of voter lists to the EC. Delays created a very >compressed time frame for creating the master and regional lists. The >regional EC members only had about 48 hours to e-mail Voter ID's to members >then had to resolve an approximate 3% bounce rate. > >When voting began, errors and omissions to the online ballot site were >corrected as quickly as possible. The voting site worked flawlessly for the >duration of the election cycle. The volunteer spirit of Ms. Leigh Compton, >SC of ALGenWeb, combined with her "can do" attitude of helping in any way >possible is greatly appreciated by the EC. > >##Problems and Lessons Learned: > >Numerous votes were received in the regional races from members who didn't >qualify for a vote in that region. Instructions should have been included on >the ballots instructing members without a county in one of the XXGenWebs in >that region not to use that ballot. > >Some members voted repeatedly for the same candidate which increased the >workload of the validators. This was probably due to not sending a vote >confirmation message back to the voter. > >Getting valid addresses for members whose ID email bounced back was >difficult for the EC members. In some cases visiting the website didn't help >in obtaining a valid email address for the member. In future, EC members >should only be responsible for forwarding bounced mail notification to the >respective SC's. > >Feedback from some members asking what the ID was for indicates a lack of >participation on state lists or information isn't getting to the local >coordinators. Some members simply do not desire to participate in the >election process, to respect their wishes, a voter registration period >should be included in the annual election schedule. > >The method of validation used proved to be reliable and accurate, however, >the selection of a standard program to facilitate ease of tabulated >comparisons would be faster and easier for the EC members involved. > >Questions concerning the good standing of members or candidates focused >solely upon compliance with the bylaws rather than bylaws "and" applicable >sections of the parliamentary authority. > >##Majority Recommendations: > >A standing Elections Committee should be appointed annually be each >successive AB. If this is not accomplished, the Election Committee MUST be >appointed earlier than the committee this year and last year. The AB needs >to place any disagreements to the side and appoint an election committee by >the first of April (at the latest) to allow for proper preparation for the >election. To appoint later is unfair to the project and unfair to the >committee. > >Standards should be created and given to the EC regarding voting rights for >assistant ccs, co-ccs, special state project coordinators, and other >contributors to the project. Specifically, the board should decide if the >project should have limits on the number of people or positions in each >state. This instruction should be sent well before the election to prevent >any attempt by the AB to control the election. > >The AB should sponsor the creation of an automated online voting system run, >operated, and programmed for the project for use in future elections. > >An email list should be created for presenting information to all project >members (a read-only list that all CCs are subscribed to). > >"Good standing" should not be determined by the elections committee. In >order to maintain a sense of objectivity, independence, and fairness, the >elections committee should manage the election not judge project members. If >the AB wishes to clarify good standing, they should be responsible for >enforcing it, not forcing it onto a committee that must retain neutrality. > >The Election Committee should supervise all project elections, including >special project elections. > >##Minority Recommendations: > >Establish a standing Elections Committee appointed annually by each >successive AB following procedures contained in the parliamentary authority. > >Review past precedent and adopt standing rules for future elections with due >consideration for local coordinators, state level national special project >coordinators, state level special project coordinators and such other >contributors deemed to provide services useful to researchers. Particular >emphasis should be made regarding the number of cc's, co-cc's per county or >state level special project to be eligible to vote. > >Review the practice of members voting in multiple regions, it overly >complicates the process. Votes of members with only one county have less >impact than those with votes in multiple regions. This practice enables a >very small minority to "possibly" impact one or more regional elections and >therefore the makeup of the AB, which is contrary to ensuring the will of >the majority as required by the parliamentary authority. To assure that all >member are treated fairly and equitably by subscribing to the principal of >one person/one vote in "all" regional races is recommended >as the most fair and equitable method to effect a change in this practice. > >Develop and maintain a complete membership roster including transcribers and >look up volunteers utilizing procedures which provide the greatest possible >confidence in the accuracy of the data. Absolute confidentiality of the >roster must be maintained. Such complete rosters would enable a standing EC >to conduct elections for special projects upon request > >Create and maintain a member/voter registration website to assist in >preparation and maintaining of a membership roster to provide members with >the means of changing their address and membership data themselves, in >addition to notification of their respective SC's. This provides CC's with >the choice to participate or not in the project electoral process. > >Create and maintain an automated online voting system as the primary means >of conducting elections, referenda, polls or other uses germane to its >purpose as authorized by the AB. Utilize an alternate means of tabulation >and validation for comparison. > >Utilize a broadcast e-list for dissemination of election information to >"registered voters" who choose to participate in the project electoral >process. It is not desirable to mandate that ALL cc's be subscribed to any >list beyond current requirements. > >Adopt a resolution which more clearly defines the "good standing" of members >which includes an appropriate reference from the parliamentary authority. >Such as from page 638, inclusion of the text in []; >"Although ordinary societies seldom have occasion to discipline members, an >organization or assembly has the ultimate right to make and enforce its own >rules, and [to require that its members refrain from conduct injurious to >the organization or its purposes.]"

Leigh, Do you have any suggestions as to what to do about commercial companies linking to our free pages? This particular company is linked to a lot of AL sites - including rootsweb archives, which plainly states that it is a free site! For those that may be interested, the following URL, which was posted on USGW-CCL, will take you to the site to see just what is linked to. http://www.familydiscovery.com/Records/states/pennsylvania.htm Substitute pennsylvania for whatever state you are interested in. Pat M. Mahan CC Lauderdale Co ----- Original Message ----- From: Elsi <elsi@augustmail.com> To: <ALGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 9:55 PM Subject: [ALGEN-L] [STATE-COORD-L] Open Invvitation. > Alabama CCs are invited to join the WIGenWeb discussion this Wednesday > evening. Instructions on how to use IRC can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/irc-chat.html > > Regards, > Leigh > > > >Resent-From: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com > > >There has been some discussion lately on the SC list and other lists > >of a site that charges for access and appears to be mostly > >links to other people's online data. > > > >It does this by using frames and frequently it appears as if the off-site > >data is actually part of the site. Several USGenWeb data pages > >have been located on this site. There are some things we can do with > >our pages to make it clear where a visitor is and to help them break out > >of the frame. > > > >Wednesday evening, at WIGenWeb regularly scheduled chat, I have > >invited Joy Fisher, SDGenWeb, SC and Holly Timm, NYGenWeb, SC to > >discuss page identification/linking problems. I extend the invitation > >to all of you, to join us. Please feel free to post this invitation to > >your XXGenWeb Lists and Regional Lists. > > > >WIGenWeb Project Meetings > >Place: IRC server: irc.rootsweb.com (6667) > >Room: #USGW-WI > >Time: 9 PM EST Wednesday - Septenber 6, 2000 > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/irc-chat.html > > > >Tina S. Vickery > >WIGenWeb Project SC >

Alabama CCs are invited to join the WIGenWeb discussion this Wednesday evening. Instructions on how to use IRC can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/irc-chat.html Regards, Leigh >Resent-From: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com >There has been some discussion lately on the SC list and other lists >of a site that charges for access and appears to be mostly >links to other people's online data. > >It does this by using frames and frequently it appears as if the off-site >data is actually part of the site. Several USGenWeb data pages >have been located on this site. There are some things we can do with >our pages to make it clear where a visitor is and to help them break out >of the frame. > >Wednesday evening, at WIGenWeb regularly scheduled chat, I have >invited Joy Fisher, SDGenWeb, SC and Holly Timm, NYGenWeb, SC to >discuss page identification/linking problems. I extend the invitation >to all of you, to join us. Please feel free to post this invitation to >your XXGenWeb Lists and Regional Lists. > >WIGenWeb Project Meetings >Place: IRC server: irc.rootsweb.com (6667) >Room: #USGW-WI >Time: 9 PM EST Wednesday - Septenber 6, 2000 >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/irc-chat.html > >Tina S. Vickery >WIGenWeb Project SC

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:07:05 -0400 From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> Reply-To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com To: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOARD-L] MyFamily acquisition of RootsWeb Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:10:42 -0700 Resent-From: BOARD-L@rootsweb.com Dear USGenWeb Members: By now, news of MyFamily.com's acquisition of RootsWeb has made its way through the genealogical community. We are thrilled with the overwhelming positive feedback we have received. I would like to take this opportunity to assure the USGenWeb Board and Members of MyFamily.com's desire to continue our support of your project. And in response to some of your questions, we will make the following pledges to the USGenWeb Project: * MyFamily will continue to support the USGenWeb Project with free, unlimited server space. * MyFamily will not place advertising banners on USGenWeb Project pages without the express permission of the page creator. * MyFamily will never charge for access to any USGenWeb data, nor will we use it in any way other than its current use, without the express permission of the contributor and/or the Project. * The USGenWeb.org and USGenWeb.net domains will be transfered to The USGenWeb Project. We have been working with Tim Stowell, the National Coordinator, to ensure a swift transfer. * MyFamily will continue to strive towards open communication with the Board and Members of the USGenWeb Project. On a related subject, I want to reassure you that all of the current RootsWeb features, including mailing lists, message boards, user databases, and WorldConnect GEDCOMs, will continue to be FREE. And while we will no longer solicit financial contributions, we will continue to honor all commitments to current contributors for tagline-free mailing lists, banner-free home pages, use of Personalized Mailing Lists (PML), vanity domains, etc. We appreciate your on-going support of RootsWeb, and look forward to a long relationship. Sincerely, Curt Allen Chairman of the Board MyFamily.com, Inc.

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:25:23 -0400 From: Roger Swafford <sagitta56@earthlink.net> To: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] EC -- Polls Resent-Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:32:17 -0700 Resent-From: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com Greetings, The polls will be open through 2359 CDT, 22 August 2000. Votes cast after midnight CDT shall not be validated. Less than 12 hours remain to vote in the NC runoff election. The ballot is located at http://elsi123.august.net/~usgenweb/vote-nc2.html you must use your voter ID and email address. For any voter ID problems after 6 pm CDT members are encouraged to contact the EC Chairman at sagitta56@earthlink.net *Request widest possible distribution*

Alabama Archive Updates: Clarke County: Mount Olive Cemetery: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/clarke/cemetery/mtolive.txt Coosa County: Will of Thomas Carlisle: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/coosa/wills/tcarlisle.txt Lamar County: Deed from Stevens Children to George W. Campbell: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lamar/deed/stevens.txt Monroe County: Coleman Cemetery, Coleman Assembly of God Church, Burnt Corn: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/monroe/cemetery/coleman.txt Estate Settlement of James Richard Coleman: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/monroe/probate/jrcoleman.txt Pike County: Obituary of Rebecca S(pradley) Furlow ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/pike/obits/rsfurlow.txt Obituary of Charles Robert Youngblood ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/pike/obits/cryngbld.txt David Morgan, one of my assistants reports the following: Chambers County: Estate Settlement of Thomas Staples: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/chambers/court/staples.txt Happy weekend! Carolyn Golowka ALGenWeb Archives File Manager ALGenWeb Lowndes County Coordinator

Hi I went to the Lee County Archive website (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/lee.htm) and noticed the link back to the Lee County home page is wrong! http://www.floyd-pavey.com/allee/ is obsolete. The correct address for Lee County is http://www.rootsweb.com/~allee Thanks Laura

These cemeteries were donated to the archives by Marilyn Marshall Girardi, mmgir@aol.com Almond United Methodist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/almond.txt 9 kb Canaan Baptist Cnurch Cemetery (African-American) ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/canaan.txt 4 kb Concord Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/concord.txt 49 kb Corinth Congregational Christian Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/corinth.txt 4 kb Forrester's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/forrestr.txt 25 kb Friendship Christian Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/friendsh.txt 11 kb Lebanon Christian Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/lebanon.txt 20 kb Liberty West Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/liberty.txt 5 kb Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/macedoni.txt 9 kb Malone Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/malone.txt 5 kb Pine Grove Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/pinegrov.txt 4 kb Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/plesntgr.txt 26 kb Radney's Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/radneych.txt 1 kb Roanoke Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/roanokeb.txt 3 kb Rock Springs Congregational Christian Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/rocksprg.txt 18 kb Rock Stand Congregational Christian Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/rckstand.txt 12 kb (not a duplicate of the one already in the archives) Swann-Hinton Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/swanhint.txt 1 kb White's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/whitechp.txt 18 kb Zions Rest Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/randolph/cemetery/zionsrst.txt 10 kb Merry Christmas, Elsi! David

Finally, I have been able to upload new files and correct TOC's that were missing links to files already in the archives. It has been a pretty busy 2 months with moving and trying to get my computer and server here to work. Had to get a new server for me because my old one didn't work here. So, on to the work. Leon Weekley contributed the transcription of his grandfather's Bible, Thomas A. Quinley for Baldwin County. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/baldwin/bible/quinley.txt Robert Torbert contributed Abstracts Obits Abstracted From Florence Times Daily Newspaper - Florence, Lauderdale Co., AL. He sent this last November, but it takes me literally hours to translate these files into .txt. Nearly done, though. And they contain thousands of names. Very worthwhile. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/lauderdale/obits/o96.txt Linda Raybon has contributed a survey for the Round Hill Cemetery in Clarke County. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/clarke/cemetery/rndhill.txt and Bassett Creek Cemetery, Clarke County ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/clarke/cemetery/bassettcrk.txt Letty Harrington contributed the Russell Cemetery survey for Marshall county. This cemetery is now underwater! ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/marshall/cemetery/russell.txt Ronald Bridges has once again contributed to the archives. This is one busy man! He has contributed the following: The Biography of Evie Davis Bridges, Sr., Coosa County ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/coosa/bios/edbridges.txt Carolyn Golowka ALGenWeb Archives File Manager ALGenWeb Lowndes County Coordinator

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 15:54:15 -0400 From: Roger Swafford <sagitta56@earthlink.net> To: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] EC -- Voter ID's / Ballot /Polls Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:00:57 -0700 Resent-From: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com Members who require their ID re-sent visit http://www.usgenweb.org/elections/election-central.html#contacts and e-mail your regional EC representative. The NC runoff ballot at http://elsi123.august.net/~usgenweb/vote-nc2.html requires your voter ID and e-mail address in order to be correctly tabulated. The polls are open through 2359 CDT 22 August 2000. Request widest dissemination of this information. ==== USGENWEB-ALL Mailing List ==== The USGenWeb Project is not a commercial project.

Wacoochee Valley is in Lee County, AL Feature Name: Wacoochee Valley Feature Type: populated place Elevation: 510 State: Alabama County: Lee Variant Name(s) Dupriest Crossroads Valley Wacoochee USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Beulah Latitude: 323746N Longitude: 0850818W Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Golowka" <CGolowka@Prodigy.net> To: <ALGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 8:35 AM Subject: [ALGEN-L] Fw: Question > Can anyone help with this? > > Carolyn Golowka > ALGenWeb Archives File Manager > ALGenWeb Lowndes County Coordinator > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NitaUno@aol.com> > To: <cgolowka@prodigy.net> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:22 PM > Subject: Question > > > > Have you ever heard of a community called Wacecoochee Valley, Monroe Co., > AL > > or could be Wacoochee Valley. > >