These are excellent ideas and suggestions that everyone should try to achieve, Barbara. Actually, it is something Sharon and I began doing in 2004 when we first began creating our first alhn web site. Much of the #1 McMinn County, Tennessee web site is thanks to volunteer transcriptions. Something we still practice today. Right now I have a great volunteer who is transcribing McMinn County Road Orders of 1831-1832. I think we have been successful. I might also add to the list - COMMUNICATION and SHARING. Keeping lines of communication and active is of primary importance. As a long time researcher there have been many cases in which I have seen inter-relationships between families and places. IE- southeast Tennessee has a LOT of families whose second generations emigrated to s/e Missouri, Arkansas and Texas....just why do you think the folks with the Texas drawl sound so much like Tennesseans? So if I have information about things concerning Fort Smith, Arkansas, I should be willing to share it with the Arkansas state coordinator who could either use it or send it to the proper county site for use. We should all be doing this. I just offered Rhonda Smith some information I had on Idaho and Montana. All we have to do is keep our eyes open for useable data then pass it on. Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org Barbara Hutchinson wrote: I do feel that the Volunteer Committee Chairperson (me), and the Publicity Committee (Marketing) are 2 different positions. I would like some input on this, please. I am going to give you a brief listing of some ideas that I am working on. Listing of Volunteer Recruiting: 1. * Volunteers to manage State Websites -- once a volunteer adopts a State, they may be involved in recruiting volunteers for the County pages > 2. * Volunteers to manage County Websites -- once a person adopts a > County, they may be involved in recruiting volunteers to contribute and > share History & Genealogical data > 3. * Volunteers that contribute either by email or regular snail > mail of History and Genealogical data >I know and and I am sure that several of you and other volunteers have >contact with a lot of people that work on their family genealogy that have >lots of history and family data that they would be willing to submit. > 4. * Volunteers for History and other Topics >Of course I am wanting input from each of you on these listings. I am >actively working on that myself. >I am also open to Volunteers contacting me, letting me know where they are >needing volunteers ** Another means of Recruiting Volunteers -- I have set up a Facebook for ALHN Volunteers Group. Alhn Volunteer. This list is for the purpose of the VOLUNTEERS of ALHN. A way for them to be able to connect and share ALHN Websites and let other volunteers know what areas may need to be Adopted or need help. A social means of communication for the purpose of advancing ALHN. I feel that chatting with other volunteers greatly increases the chance of finding others and also some volunteers may have time to take on another area(s). I am still working on this facebook page. Barbara Cline-Hutchinson ALHN - Board member & Volunteer Chairperson Coordinator

Do we have a FB ALHN? Mary -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Hutchinson Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 12:34 PM To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] [ALHN-BOARD] session, Tuesday, Nov 12 Thank you, I will add Volunteer - Communication & Sharing, * one way this will be achieved is with those that are listed on Facebook to send a Friend request and join. Yes, I have had great success with communicating and sharing family history, photos, and genealogical documentations. Onward and upward for ALHN!! Barbara Cline Hutchnson On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:24 PM, Joyce Gaston Reece <bjreece@bellsouth.net> wrote: These are excellent ideas and suggestions that everyone should try to achieve, Barbara. Actually, it is something Sharon and I began doing in 2004 when we first began creating our first alhn web site. Much of the #1 McMinn County, Tennessee web site is thanks to volunteer transcriptions. Something we still practice today. Right now I have a great volunteer who is transcribing McMinn County Road Orders of 1831-1832. I think we have been successful. I might also add to the list - COMMUNICATION and SHARING. Keeping lines of communication and active is of primary importance. As a long time researcher there have been many cases in which I have seen inter-relationships between families and places. IE- southeast Tennessee has a LOT of families whose second generations emigrated to s/e Missouri, Arkansas and Texas....just why do you think the folks with the Texas drawl sound so much like Tennesseans? So if I have information about things concerning Fort Smith, Arkansas, I should be willing to share it with the Arkansas state coordinator who could either use it or send it to the proper county site for use. We should all be doing this. I just offered Rhonda Smith some information I had on Idaho and Montana. All we have to do is keep our eyes open for useable data then pass it on. Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org Barbara Hutchinson wrote: I do feel that the Volunteer Committee Chairperson (me), and the Publicity Committee (Marketing) are 2 different positions. I would like some input on this, please. I am going to give you a brief listing of some ideas that I am working on. Listing of Volunteer Recruiting: 1. * Volunteers to manage State Websites -- once a volunteer adopts a State, they may be involved in recruiting volunteers for the County pages > 2. * Volunteers to manage County Websites -- once a person adopts a > County, they may be involved in recruiting volunteers to contribute and > share History & Genealogical data > 3. * Volunteers that contribute either by email or regular snail > mail of History and Genealogical data >I know and and I am sure that several of you and other volunteers have >contact with a lot of people that work on their family genealogy that have >lots of history and family data that they would be willing to submit. > 4. * Volunteers for History and other Topics >Of course I am wanting input from each of you on these listings. I am >actively working on that myself. >I am also open to Volunteers contacting me, letting me know where they are >needing volunteers ** Another means of Recruiting Volunteers -- I have set up a Facebook for ALHN Volunteers Group. Alhn Volunteer. This list is for the purpose of the VOLUNTEERS of ALHN. A way for them to be able to connect and share ALHN Websites and let other volunteers know what areas may need to be Adopted or need help. A social means of communication for the purpose of advancing ALHN. I feel that chatting with other volunteers greatly increases the chance of finding others and also some volunteers may have time to take on another area(s). I am still working on this facebook page. Barbara Cline-Hutchinson ALHN - Board member & Volunteer Chairperson Coordinator ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I will add surounding states asap. Am under a truck right now . Lol. On Nov 12, 2013 11:23 AM, "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> wrote: > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wa/state/ > > Dan, Link to Washington state > > > Joyce Gaston Reece,President > American Local History Network > www.alhn.org > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Whats on her site? Ps folks. If you do not want your private phone used. Google talk has a way to get an internet number. On Nov 12, 2013 11:07 AM, "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Does anyone have a current address for Annette Bame Peebles? She is state > coordinator for Washington. > > Thanks > > Joyce Gaston Reece,President > American Local History Network > www.alhn.org > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you,  I will add Volunteer - Communication & Sharing,  * one way this will be achieved is with those that are listed on Facebook to send a Friend request and join. Yes,  I have had great success with communicating and sharing family history, photos, and genealogical documentations. Onward and upward for ALHN!!   Barbara Cline Hutchnson       On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:24 PM, Joyce Gaston Reece <bjreece@bellsouth.net> wrote: These are excellent ideas and suggestions that everyone should try to achieve, Barbara.  Actually, it is something Sharon and I began doing in 2004 when we first began creating our first alhn web site.  Much of the #1 McMinn County, Tennessee web site is thanks to volunteer transcriptions. Something we still practice today.  Right now I have a great volunteer who is transcribing McMinn County Road Orders of 1831-1832.  I think we have been successful. I might also add to the list - COMMUNICATION and SHARING.  Keeping lines of communication and active is of primary importance. As a long time researcher there have been many cases in which I have seen inter-relationships between families and places.  IE- southeast Tennessee has a LOT of families whose second generations emigrated to s/e Missouri, Arkansas and Texas....just why do you think the folks with the Texas drawl sound so much like Tennesseans?  So if I have information about things concerning Fort Smith, Arkansas, I should be willing to share it with the Arkansas state coordinator who could either use it or send it to the proper county site for use.  We should all be doing this.  I just offered Rhonda Smith some information I had on Idaho and Montana.  All we have to do is keep our eyes open for useable data then pass it on. Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org Barbara Hutchinson wrote: I do feel that the Volunteer Committee Chairperson (me), and the Publicity Committee (Marketing) are 2 different positions.  I would like some input on this, please. I am going to give you a brief listing of some ideas that I am working on. Listing of  Volunteer Recruiting:       1. * Volunteers to manage State Websites -- once a volunteer adopts a State, they may be involved in recruiting volunteers for the County pages >      2. * Volunteers to manage County Websites -- once a person adopts a > County, they may be involved in recruiting volunteers to contribute and > share History & Genealogical data >      3. * Volunteers that contribute either by email or regular snail > mail of History and Genealogical data >I know and and I am sure that several of you and other volunteers have >contact with a lot of people that work on their family genealogy that have >lots of history and family data that they would be willing to submit. >      4. * Volunteers for History and other Topics >Of course I am wanting input from each of you on these listings.  I am >actively working on that myself. >I am also open to Volunteers contacting me, letting me know where they are >needing volunteers ** Another means of Recruiting Volunteers  -- I have set up a Facebook for ALHN Volunteers Group. Alhn Volunteer.  This list is for the purpose of the VOLUNTEERS of ALHN.  A way for them to be able to connect and share ALHN Websites and let other volunteers know what areas may need to be Adopted or need help.  A social means of communication for the purpose of advancing ALHN.       I feel that chatting with other volunteers greatly increases the chance of finding others and also some volunteers may have time to take on another area(s).    I am still working on this facebook page. Barbara Cline-Hutchinson ALHN - Board member & Volunteer Chairperson Coordinator ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I sent this response once to the board, but neglected to "reply-all"; so I'm resending this for the general list. I am seeing notices that people are unsubscribing from the lists quite a lot lately, especially from the board list, and I suspect it is due to the large number of emails flooding their inboxes. While it would be very good to have the wholen membership participating, I think it would be best to create a new list, and also not to flood the board list with this. If this was added to the board list it would make sorting out meetings from this committee difficult. Any person who wished to follow this and comment could subscribe to the new list. David Johnson On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Joyce Gaston Reece <bjreece@bellsouth.net>wrote: > ALHM Board of Directors Meeting is again in Session > Monday morning, 9:00 am est, Nov 11 > > > Status > Minutes Approved > Issue of adding links to national page is defeated > Meeting Format – David please report on that this morning. > > Next agenda item: > > We are forming a committee that will act as a Marketing ALHN and Volunteer > Recruitment. > > Members: > Cyndy Cox, Membership coordinator > David Johnson, Parliamentarian > Barbara Hutchinson, Volunteer Coordinator > Rebekah Headings, Board Secretary & creator of Facebook page > > Dan Matney, Voting Member, state coordinator for Oregon and Montana > Colleen Pustola, Publicity Coordinator. > > The function of this committee will be an ongoing one. It will be > responsible for creating ways and means to improve ALHN’s use and public > appearance. Provide volunteers with ways and means of improving their web > sites as needed. Recruiting new volunteers for vacant state / county / > topics. Improving usage of ALHN’s face book pages or any other conceivable > means of improvements. > > First order of business concerning this is: WHICH list do you wish to > meet on? I would suggest the alhn-general list since everyone can > participate on that list OR we can subscribe the members to the board list, > temporarily....which is allowed. Or we can create a separate list for > this purpose. > > Secondly- It wouldn’t hurt to have at least one more volunteer so you have > a total of 7 and a quorum of 4 > > Third- I had appointed Rebekah chair of this committee but since she is > only available for communications in the late afternoons I think we should > appoint a co-chair...David Johnson, to conduct meetings. > > Discussion is now open for the ways and means of this committee. > > Membership volunteers and comments are most welcome!! > > > > > Joyce Gaston Reece,President > American Local History Network > www.alhn.org > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-BOARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

ALHM Board of Directors Meeting is again in Session Monday morning, 9:00 am est, Nov 11 Status Minutes Approved Issue of adding links to national page is defeated Meeting Format – David please report on that this morning. Next agenda item: We are forming a committee that will act as a Marketing ALHN and Volunteer Recruitment. Members: Cyndy Cox, Membership coordinator David Johnson, Parliamentarian Barbara Hutchinson, Volunteer Coordinator Rebekah Headings, Board Secretary & creator of Facebook page Dan Matney, Voting Member, state coordinator for Oregon and Montana Colleen Pustola, Publicity Coordinator. The function of this committee will be an ongoing one. It will be responsible for creating ways and means to improve ALHN’s use and public appearance. Provide volunteers with ways and means of improving their web sites as needed. Recruiting new volunteers for vacant state / county / topics. Improving usage of ALHN’s face book pages or any other conceivable means of improvements. First order of business concerning this is: WHICH list do you wish to meet on? I would suggest the alhn-general list since everyone can participate on that list OR we can subscribe the members to the board list, temporarily....which is allowed. Or we can create a separate list for this purpose. Secondly- It wouldn’t hurt to have at least one more volunteer so you have a total of 7 and a quorum of 4 Third- I had appointed Rebekah chair of this committee but since she is only available for communications in the late afternoons I think we should appoint a co-chair...David Johnson, to conduct meetings. Discussion is now open for the ways and means of this committee. Membership volunteers and comments are most welcome!! Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org

The ones we have are on www.alhn.org As long as they're on the index page it is your choice as to where. The graphic should be linked somehow to www.alhn.org Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org -----Original Message----- From: Dan M Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 5:29 PM To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome Am in the shop all day. But send me the logos and sample of how you want them to show. Will put them on tonight. On Nov 10, 2013 2:27 PM, "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> wrote: > If you will get the alhn logo onto this page Dan we can link to it until > you > get something else done....if that is acceptable with you. > > > > Joyce Gaston Reece,President > American Local History Network > www.alhn.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan M > Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:12 PM > To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > I have a full documentary of our experiences getting going here off grid > from day one. ;) > I have a web page I started 2010, here. > http://www.d-matney.com/OregoninView.html > Its just a beginning that sat while I was busy with getting home things > done. > And having other issues that slows us down. > SO I will be making a new face and index here and my volunteers who join > the yahoo group will be able to make folders to share data and stuff. > I also have 3 interviews set up of interesting people. > History, not only of the past, but present is still history. > I have not played with the page for a while, I have been through 4 laptops > and saving for newer ones takes time. Now I have 3 and my old tower is my > back up, I have better solar and bigger batteries so I hope do not have > any > more issues. > I usually do it all in html 4.01, now 5 and other codes are in the new. > I > downloaded a free editor called blue griffin, I don't like editors, but > maybe I will try a page lol. > Dan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Saban" <msaban@wyoming.com> > To: <alhn-general@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 12:25 PM > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > > > Dan, the high desert, living the pioneer way - sounds great to me. I am > a > > country girl through and through! Welcome! I have Wyoming, so if > > there > > is > > anything I can do, let me know. Do you have your pages up yet? > > > > Mary > > CO WY > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan M > > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 11:10 AM > > To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > > > Thanks. > > I am also a chatter box. > > But living out here in a pioneer way on the high desert makes one like > > to > > chat to any one who hold still ... lol > > Dan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> > > To: "ALHN-GENERAL" <ALHN-GENERAL@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 4:51 AM > > Subject: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > > > > >> We would like to welcome Dan Matney as host of Oregon and Montana. I’ve > >> been working with Dan on his Cherokee oriented mail lists for quite a > >> while and know he is a dedicated genealogist and historian. > >> > >> Also want to thank Rebekah Headings for adopting Nebraska. You’ll all > >> recognize her as your Board of Directors secretary. > >> > >> Joyce Gaston Reece,President > >> American Local History Network > >> www.alhn.org > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If you will get the alhn logo onto this page Dan we can link to it until you get something else done....if that is acceptable with you. Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org -----Original Message----- From: Dan M Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:12 PM To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome I have a full documentary of our experiences getting going here off grid from day one. ;) I have a web page I started 2010, here. http://www.d-matney.com/OregoninView.html Its just a beginning that sat while I was busy with getting home things done. And having other issues that slows us down. SO I will be making a new face and index here and my volunteers who join the yahoo group will be able to make folders to share data and stuff. I also have 3 interviews set up of interesting people. History, not only of the past, but present is still history. I have not played with the page for a while, I have been through 4 laptops and saving for newer ones takes time. Now I have 3 and my old tower is my back up, I have better solar and bigger batteries so I hope do not have any more issues. I usually do it all in html 4.01, now 5 and other codes are in the new. I downloaded a free editor called blue griffin, I don't like editors, but maybe I will try a page lol. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Saban" <msaban@wyoming.com> To: <alhn-general@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > Dan, the high desert, living the pioneer way - sounds great to me. I am a > country girl through and through! Welcome! I have Wyoming, so if there > is > anything I can do, let me know. Do you have your pages up yet? > > Mary > CO WY > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan M > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 11:10 AM > To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > Thanks. > I am also a chatter box. > But living out here in a pioneer way on the high desert makes one like to > chat to any one who hold still ... lol > Dan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> > To: "ALHN-GENERAL" <ALHN-GENERAL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 4:51 AM > Subject: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > >> We would like to welcome Dan Matney as host of Oregon and Montana. I’ve >> been working with Dan on his Cherokee oriented mail lists for quite a >> while and know he is a dedicated genealogist and historian. >> >> Also want to thank Rebekah Headings for adopting Nebraska. You’ll all >> recognize her as your Board of Directors secretary. >> >> Joyce Gaston Reece,President >> American Local History Network >> www.alhn.org >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not a problem. I have some changes coming up. Just time is being used so much with chores still. On Nov 10, 2013 2:56 PM, "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> wrote: > The ones we have are on www.alhn.org > > As long as they're on the index page it is your choice as to where. The > graphic should be linked somehow to www.alhn.org > > > > > Joyce Gaston Reece,President > American Local History Network > www.alhn.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan M > Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 5:29 PM > To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > Am in the shop all day. > But send me the logos and sample of how you want them to show. > Will put them on tonight. > On Nov 10, 2013 2:27 PM, "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> > wrote: > > > If you will get the alhn logo onto this page Dan we can link to it until > > you > > get something else done....if that is acceptable with you. > > > > > > > > Joyce Gaston Reece,President > > American Local History Network > > www.alhn.org > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan M > > Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:12 PM > > To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > > > I have a full documentary of our experiences getting going here off grid > > from day one. ;) > > I have a web page I started 2010, here. > > http://www.d-matney.com/OregoninView.html > > Its just a beginning that sat while I was busy with getting home things > > done. > > And having other issues that slows us down. > > SO I will be making a new face and index here and my volunteers who > join > > the yahoo group will be able to make folders to share data and stuff. > > I also have 3 interviews set up of interesting people. > > History, not only of the past, but present is still history. > > I have not played with the page for a while, I have been through 4 > laptops > > and saving for newer ones takes time. Now I have 3 and my old tower is my > > back up, I have better solar and bigger batteries so I hope do not have > > any > > more issues. > > I usually do it all in html 4.01, now 5 and other codes are in the > new. > > I > > downloaded a free editor called blue griffin, I don't like editors, but > > maybe I will try a page lol. > > Dan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mary Saban" <msaban@wyoming.com> > > To: <alhn-general@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 12:25 PM > > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > > > > > > Dan, the high desert, living the pioneer way - sounds great to me. I > am > > a > > > country girl through and through! Welcome! I have Wyoming, so if > > > there > > > is > > > anything I can do, let me know. Do you have your pages up yet? > > > > > > Mary > > > CO WY > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dan M > > > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 11:10 AM > > > To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > > > > > Thanks. > > > I am also a chatter box. > > > But living out here in a pioneer way on the high desert makes one like > > > to > > > chat to any one who hold still ... lol > > > Dan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> > > > To: "ALHN-GENERAL" <ALHN-GENERAL@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 4:51 AM > > > Subject: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > > > > > > > >> We would like to welcome Dan Matney as host of Oregon and Montana. > I’ve > > >> been working with Dan on his Cherokee oriented mail lists for quite a > > >> while and know he is a dedicated genealogist and historian. > > >> > > >> Also want to thank Rebekah Headings for adopting Nebraska. You’ll all > > >> recognize her as your Board of Directors secretary. > > >> > > >> Joyce Gaston Reece,President > > >> American Local History Network > > >> www.alhn.org > > >> > > >> ------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >> ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Am in the shop all day. But send me the logos and sample of how you want them to show. Will put them on tonight. On Nov 10, 2013 2:27 PM, "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> wrote: > If you will get the alhn logo onto this page Dan we can link to it until > you > get something else done....if that is acceptable with you. > > > > Joyce Gaston Reece,President > American Local History Network > www.alhn.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan M > Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:12 PM > To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > I have a full documentary of our experiences getting going here off grid > from day one. ;) > I have a web page I started 2010, here. > http://www.d-matney.com/OregoninView.html > Its just a beginning that sat while I was busy with getting home things > done. > And having other issues that slows us down. > SO I will be making a new face and index here and my volunteers who join > the yahoo group will be able to make folders to share data and stuff. > I also have 3 interviews set up of interesting people. > History, not only of the past, but present is still history. > I have not played with the page for a while, I have been through 4 laptops > and saving for newer ones takes time. Now I have 3 and my old tower is my > back up, I have better solar and bigger batteries so I hope do not have any > more issues. > I usually do it all in html 4.01, now 5 and other codes are in the new. > I > downloaded a free editor called blue griffin, I don't like editors, but > maybe I will try a page lol. > Dan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Saban" <msaban@wyoming.com> > To: <alhn-general@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 12:25 PM > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > > > Dan, the high desert, living the pioneer way - sounds great to me. I am > a > > country girl through and through! Welcome! I have Wyoming, so if there > > is > > anything I can do, let me know. Do you have your pages up yet? > > > > Mary > > CO WY > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan M > > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 11:10 AM > > To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > > > Thanks. > > I am also a chatter box. > > But living out here in a pioneer way on the high desert makes one like to > > chat to any one who hold still ... lol > > Dan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> > > To: "ALHN-GENERAL" <ALHN-GENERAL@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 4:51 AM > > Subject: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > > > > >> We would like to welcome Dan Matney as host of Oregon and Montana. I’ve > >> been working with Dan on his Cherokee oriented mail lists for quite a > >> while and know he is a dedicated genealogist and historian. > >> > >> Also want to thank Rebekah Headings for adopting Nebraska. You’ll all > >> recognize her as your Board of Directors secretary. > >> > >> Joyce Gaston Reece,President > >> American Local History Network > >> www.alhn.org > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have a full documentary of our experiences getting going here off grid from day one. ;) I have a web page I started 2010, here. http://www.d-matney.com/OregoninView.html Its just a beginning that sat while I was busy with getting home things done. And having other issues that slows us down. SO I will be making a new face and index here and my volunteers who join the yahoo group will be able to make folders to share data and stuff. I also have 3 interviews set up of interesting people. History, not only of the past, but present is still history. I have not played with the page for a while, I have been through 4 laptops and saving for newer ones takes time. Now I have 3 and my old tower is my back up, I have better solar and bigger batteries so I hope do not have any more issues. I usually do it all in html 4.01, now 5 and other codes are in the new. I downloaded a free editor called blue griffin, I don't like editors, but maybe I will try a page lol. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Saban" <msaban@wyoming.com> To: <alhn-general@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > Dan, the high desert, living the pioneer way - sounds great to me. I am a > country girl through and through! Welcome! I have Wyoming, so if there > is > anything I can do, let me know. Do you have your pages up yet? > > Mary > CO WY > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan M > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 11:10 AM > To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > Thanks. > I am also a chatter box. > But living out here in a pioneer way on the high desert makes one like to > chat to any one who hold still ... lol > Dan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> > To: "ALHN-GENERAL" <ALHN-GENERAL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 4:51 AM > Subject: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > > >> We would like to welcome Dan Matney as host of Oregon and Montana. I’ve >> been working with Dan on his Cherokee oriented mail lists for quite a >> while and know he is a dedicated genealogist and historian. >> >> Also want to thank Rebekah Headings for adopting Nebraska. You’ll all >> recognize her as your Board of Directors secretary. >> >> Joyce Gaston Reece,President >> American Local History Network >> www.alhn.org >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Errrrrrr, Rebekah. Sorry Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 3:45 PM To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome Two things, Mary. I'm a country girl too....Hillbilly to the bone and doggone proud of it. Grow, harvest and preserve our own foods, got all that stuff going. And thanks for the Nebraska pages. Cyndy is tickled pink, I'm sure. Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org -----Original Message----- From: Mary Saban Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 3:26 PM To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome I have several full county projects in Nebraska. Get with me to make sure you have the right URL for them Mary -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 6:51 AM To: ALHN-GENERAL Subject: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome We would like to welcome Dan Matney as host of Oregon and Montana. I’ve been working with Dan on his Cherokee oriented mail lists for quite a while and know he is a dedicated genealogist and historian. Also want to thank Rebekah Headings for adopting Nebraska. You’ll all recognize her as your Board of Directors secretary. Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Two things, Mary. I'm a country girl too....Hillbilly to the bone and doggone proud of it. Grow, harvest and preserve our own foods, got all that stuff going. And thanks for the Nebraska pages. Cyndy is tickled pink, I'm sure. Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org -----Original Message----- From: Mary Saban Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 3:26 PM To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome I have several full county projects in Nebraska. Get with me to make sure you have the right URL for them Mary -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 6:51 AM To: ALHN-GENERAL Subject: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome We would like to welcome Dan Matney as host of Oregon and Montana. I’ve been working with Dan on his Cherokee oriented mail lists for quite a while and know he is a dedicated genealogist and historian. Also want to thank Rebekah Headings for adopting Nebraska. You’ll all recognize her as your Board of Directors secretary. Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Rebekah,when you are ready to update or change the Nebraska page (the link I show is the one Ginger created), let me know and I will send you the URLs for my counties - Off the top of my head they are Hitchcock, Madison, Rock, Sheridan and Wayne. Mary -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 2:46 PM To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome Errrrrrr, Rebekah. Sorry Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 3:45 PM To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome Two things, Mary. I'm a country girl too....Hillbilly to the bone and doggone proud of it. Grow, harvest and preserve our own foods, got all that stuff going. And thanks for the Nebraska pages. Cyndy is tickled pink, I'm sure. Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org -----Original Message----- From: Mary Saban Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 3:26 PM To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome I have several full county projects in Nebraska. Get with me to make sure you have the right URL for them Mary -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 6:51 AM To: ALHN-GENERAL Subject: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome We would like to welcome Dan Matney as host of Oregon and Montana. I’ve been working with Dan on his Cherokee oriented mail lists for quite a while and know he is a dedicated genealogist and historian. Also want to thank Rebekah Headings for adopting Nebraska. You’ll all recognize her as your Board of Directors secretary. Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dan, lots of different sources, newspapers, public records, books, etc.... Nathan On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Dan M <dmatney@gmail.com> wrote: > Those resources, where are they from? > Dan > ----- Original Message ----- > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nathan Zipfel > > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 8:29 PM > > To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] available states - Michigan > > > > In the mean > > time, we've added over 1200 pages of data within the past 6 to 12 months. > > We're currently working on putting on-line a marriage index with 100's of > > thousands of records. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have several full county projects in Nebraska. Get with me to make sure you have the right URL for them Mary -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 6:51 AM To: ALHN-GENERAL Subject: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome We would like to welcome Dan Matney as host of Oregon and Montana. I’ve been working with Dan on his Cherokee oriented mail lists for quite a while and know he is a dedicated genealogist and historian. Also want to thank Rebekah Headings for adopting Nebraska. You’ll all recognize her as your Board of Directors secretary. Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dan, the high desert, living the pioneer way - sounds great to me. I am a country girl through and through! Welcome! I have Wyoming, so if there is anything I can do, let me know. Do you have your pages up yet? Mary CO WY -----Original Message----- From: Dan M Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 11:10 AM To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome Thanks. I am also a chatter box. But living out here in a pioneer way on the high desert makes one like to chat to any one who hold still ... lol Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> To: "ALHN-GENERAL" <ALHN-GENERAL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 4:51 AM Subject: [ALHN-GENERAL] welcome > We would like to welcome Dan Matney as host of Oregon and Montana. I’ve > been working with Dan on his Cherokee oriented mail lists for quite a > while and know he is a dedicated genealogist and historian. > > Also want to thank Rebekah Headings for adopting Nebraska. You’ll all > recognize her as your Board of Directors secretary. > > Joyce Gaston Reece,President > American Local History Network > www.alhn.org > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

As we review some of the state linked sites it’s becoming more and more apparent that some haven’t been updated in years. As I stated before. If we don’t have some pride in alhn then alhn is doomed to failure. If we want an organization we can be proud of then it’s up to us to begin to act like it. I am reduced to begging. If you are a state site web manager PLEASE update your site with a current copyright and current contact information. Make it something to be proud of. If you need help then please just let us know what we can do. If you just don’t want to do it then help us find you an assistant that will do them. Upload new data occasionally...give visitors something new to see. It is up to us as volunteers to make alhn a source of pride.... Joyce Gaston Reece,President American Local History Network www.alhn.org

Joyce has identified some key problems in our organization and is really trying to do something about it. I applaud her efforts. My suggestion is to focus only on two, or at most, three of the most pressing problems. I believe that promoting ALHN and obtaining volunteers are the most important issues in my opinion. I will only address myself to the issue of marketing ALHN in this email. I do have some ideas about how to recruit volunteers but I will comment on that in a week or so. Quoting Joyce: “*After 12 years of existence I still have people tell me that they've never heard of ALHN. ALHN has done a very poor job of getting it's name to mainstream genealogy researchers.”* To market ALHN we have to understand what our business is before we can market it. And, make no mistake about it; we are a company. Perhaps this is self evident to all of you but let’s go through the exercise anyhow. Our organization - We are virtual company. There are no bricks and mortar stores to promote our product – we exist only in an online world. We have a board of directors, a mission statement, and an unpaid work force. Our customers - are people who are interested in finding information about their ancestors and the times and places in which they lived. Our product - is historical information and/or how to obtain it. Our competitors - are companies that are very sophisticated and provide much of this same information. Why talk about competitors? Because if you don’t show up on the first two pages of a search on Google or other search engines your product will never be found. I could go on with this analogy but I’ll jump to the crucial point. The principal means we have of attracting people to our product is with our websites. I have done some analysis of the source code of some of the ALHN websites and from what I see there are a number of technical problems that are preventing us from competing effectively and getting our brand known. Those sites that I randomly selected from our network had poor keywords or in a number of cases no keywords at all. Some had the incorrect doctype and others had no doctype at all. Not having a doctype will prevent a page from validating. Validated HTML is important for search engine indexing. If our sites don’t get indexed properly by Google, Bing, etc. they don’t get found at all! Do a test for yourself. Open Google and type in the words “genealogy” and the name of your state or county in the search box. When the results appear go down the list one by one until you find your state website. Did you find it? Was it on the first two pages? All of those sites that you saw before you found your site are your competitors. If you didn’t find your website on the first two pages or even the 3rd or 4th pages, people will never know you exist unless they enter an extremely targeted search. Now, once a customer has found your site, do we have products that will interest them. What can we offer that our competitors don’t offer. Examine your competitors information. What can you offer that they don’t. Unless you have interesting and unique information customers won’t hang around. A year or two ago, I made a suggestion of developing a template for website construction that could be given to new volunteers who were not very computer literate. My idea was wildly misinterpreted by a few people and the criticism was so harsh that I gave up on even pursuing it. However, I can see by examining those randomly selected websites that I mentioned that there is a need for at least a review of website header information if we will ever hope to get people to learn about our organization. I might add that there is a need to have this clean meta tag information in the head of every web page on your site, not just the home page. The second point I want to make is that there is a real science in creating effective keywords that can in some instances differentiate your site from others. But, at a minimum there should be some keywords on every page. I would be happy to examine your website for clean html coding as my time allows. If you would prefer to do it yourself there are plenty of resources on the web. But in my opinion this issue is the single greatest problem we have in getting our brand known. Paul On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Joyce Gaston Reece <bjreece@bellsouth.net>wrote: > One of the agenda items for the current meeting is discussing how to get > more volunteers. Barbara Hutchinson has been appointed volunteer committee > chairperson. The focus of this group is to act as a buffer to recruit more > volunteers and to help them with getting web space, answering questions and > offering advice and ideas. As a matter of fact it comes up on the agenda > for tomorrow morning. Colleen, if you would like to volunteer for this > committee your input and help would be very appreciated. > > On the agenda following this item is 'marketing alhn'. After 12 years of > existence I still have people tell me that they've never heard of ALHN. > ALHN has done a very poor job of getting it's name to mainstream genealogy > researchers. Everyone should know about it. So just how we achieve this > is the subject of this discussion. IMO, one thing we really have to do is > to get volunteers to 'CARE' again. Some of us are complacent and haven't > updated our sites in years. When I've been to a site and thoroughly > researched it I have no reason to return if nothing new is ever posted. We > are the American Local History Network. Our goal is to get historical and > genealogical data to the public. It doesn't take a lot of effort to update > a site and add new data every couple of months. > > > > Joyce Gaston Reece,President > American Local History Network > www.alhn.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Colleen > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:27 PM > To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] thoughts on clusters > > Hi Darlene, > > You wrote: "I'm not sure if this would work because we don't have > volunteers > to do 1 county in a lot of states much less a volunteer for a cluster of > counties. I think ALHN needs more work and more volunteers for this to be a > viable option for us." > > Although it's going against what I wrote in my first message, working from > the top down IS a good idea because empty states get filled with fewer > volunteers and data gets added more quickly. Hence, Joyce's idea is a good > one. > > However, and here is where I jump the fence, I agree with you because ALHN > does need more volunteers. But where is one to find them? I've looked > through most of the project's states and see that there just aren't that > many volunteers. > > So, what needs to happen? In my opinion, top down should most, if not all, > the states adopted. Working a state isn't much different than working a > single county, believe it or not. > > I guess what I'm really saying is use what you have (volunteers) and spread > them out to an effective use, work the states and THEN go after volunteers > again by publicizing. > > Colleen > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Darlene Anderson <darlene-anderson@hughes.net> > >Sent: Nov 8, 2013 8:31 AM > >To: alhn-general@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [ALHN-GENERAL] thoughts on clusters > > > >Hi Colleen, > > > >Would you please clarify for me what you believe my opinion is? I just > want > >to be sure we're on the same page with the cluster idea so that there are > >not any misconceptions about what I said. Thanks! > > > >Make it a Great Genealogy Day! > > > >Darlene Anderson, Vice-President > >American Local History Network > >http://www.alhn.org/ > >State Coordinator for South Carolina-ALHN > >And Kentucky-ALHN! > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: alhn-general-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:alhn-general-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joyce Gaston > Reece > >Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 10:05 AM > >To: ALHN-GENERAL > >Subject: [ALHN-GENERAL] thoughts on clusters > > > >I see where Joyce and Darlene are headed with her opinions. > > > >A project I once belonged to had a problem enlisting volunteers and > decided > >to work from the top down -- volunteers will adopt entire states as > opposed > >to individual counties, in an effort to get all the states adopted. > >Definitely that's a cluster idea. That idea, however, didn't work. > > > >I gave up long ago trying to get volunteers to work on Alaska. Though I > >still have borough/census area pages up, I decided to forego volunteers > and > >do the work myself. It isn't for everyone, but when you talk about > >clustering... in my lowly opinion, working the state overall is simpler > >than working individual counties. I'm not alone in my belief here as > there > >is another state whose manager declares names in the million and has done > >the work alone. > > > >So, it's six of one / half dozen of another. > > > >I will add one thing -- as successful as ALHN is, I believe ALHN is sort > >of on the fringe of that other, well-established project. The only way to > >defeat 'that other project' is to out-do them, pure and simple. Build > ALHN > >so much that the traffic comes this way and not the other -- it's > uploading > >fresher data and out-trafficking the peer project. > > > >I had a point to make here and in this missive somewhere; I hope I made > it. > > > >Colleen > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >>From: Darlene Anderson <darlene-anderson@hughes.net> > >>Sent: Nov 7, 2013 3:58 PM > >>To: alhn-board@rootsweb.com > >>Subject: Re: [ALHN-BOARD] thought > >> > >>I'm not sure if this would work because we don't have volunteers to do 1 > >>county in a lot of states much less a volunteer for a cluster of > counties. > >>I think ALHN needs more work and more volunteers for this to be a viable > >>option for us. Maybe if enough folks see that ALHN is changing we can > >>increase the county site volunteers. This is my hope anyway. And from > >>these volunteers, we can encourage them to take on more than 1 county to > >>create the cluster. For example, in Middle Tennessee, I volunteered for > >>Hickman and Maury and I could volunteer for Williamson and Dickson (not > >>volunteering yet though) and this would be a cluster. > >> > >>I don't know that we need an additional person to manage the cluster. > >>Maybe what we need to do first is write an article for the county cluster > >>project explaining what it is. Have a county coordinator maintain the web > >>sites and then ask for volunteers to help with transcribing documents, > >>taking photographs, and so on. Maybe a county transcriber, county indexer > >>(there are tons of books not indexed). We could pick up folks to > volunteer > >>for something other than doing web sites. > >> > >>Joyce, I think the idea might work. Just needs planning, ideas and so on. > >>My 2 cents worth. > >> > >>Make it a Great Genealogy Day! > >>Darlene Anderson, Vice-President > >>American Local History Network > >>http://www.alhn.org/ > >>State Coordinator for South Carolina-ALHN And Kentucky-ALHN! > >> > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: alhn-board-bounces@rootsweb.com > >>[mailto:alhn-board-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joyce Gaston Reece > >>Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 5:16 PM > >>To: ALHN-BOARD R/W > >>Subject: [ALHN-BOARD] thought > >> > >>I ve been bouncing around a thought for awhile and thought to see what > >>you all thought. > >> > >>Rather than confine our state coordinators to seeking county sites we > >>offer regional sites. That may or may not work for all state > >>coordinators. But I know that here in southeast Tennessee it is a huge > >>mistake to confine research to one county. IE, we have one community now > >>in McMinn that was in three other counties first. The families in the > >>area show in records for all 4 counties. Early county lines in east TN > >>were constantly changing. We could offer clusters of counties???? Or at > >>least plant the idea as an option?? > >> > >> > >>Joyce Gaston Reece,President > >>American Local History Network > >>www.alhn.org > >> > >Joyce Gaston Reece,President > >American Local History Network > >www.alhn.org > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALHN-GENERAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >