So who are you transcribing this for? Gail On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Vicki Conklin <viconk@chase3000.com> wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > I was offline because of illness for some time & still haven't caught up > will all messages. So I must have missed your previous postings about the > cemeteries. > > What is the source & content of the information you're transcribing and > what > will be done with the transcriptions? > > You have Phillips County in your list to be transcribed. I have complete > indexes (many linked to headstone photos & obits) on the Phillips County > Museum Web Site http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~copchs/ & in the > Phillips > County Archives http://usgwarchives.net/co/phillips.htm for Colorado. All > posted except for the three smallest cemeteries, which I do have the > information for. > > Catch me up on your project, ok? > > Thanks! > > Vicki Conklin > Phillips County > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!

Hi Matthew, I was offline because of illness for some time & still haven't caught up will all messages. So I must have missed your previous postings about the cemeteries. What is the source & content of the information you're transcribing and what will be done with the transcriptions? You have Phillips County in your list to be transcribed. I have complete indexes (many linked to headstone photos & obits) on the Phillips County Museum Web Site http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~copchs/ & in the Phillips County Archives http://usgwarchives.net/co/phillips.htm for Colorado. All posted except for the three smallest cemeteries, which I do have the information for. Catch me up on your project, ok? Thanks! Vicki Conklin Phillips County

Send me a copy of your template. Ray Hinsdale county Sent from my iPad On Mar 19, 2012, at 17:11, Matthew Prythero <egyptmap@aol.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > > Some of you have already received digital copies of this information that lists the cemeteries in all 64 counties. They have a lot of information for each cemetery. But I need some help, I will be happy to transcribe the lists, but if anybody would like to help me transcribe I would greatly appreciate it. I have a template to be used and I need to use this for a complete directory of Colorado Cemeteries, I will send scans if you would like to help. Long list, I know, but unfortunately, it is going rather slow as some of the counties are rather long. > > > Thanks, > > Matthew Prythero > JEFFERSON COUNTY, COGENWEB CC > > > Here are the counties yet to be transcribed: > > > Archuleta > Baca > Bent > Chaffee > Cheyenne > Clear Creek > Conejos > Costilla > Crowley > Custer > Delta > Dolores > Douglas > Fremont > Gilpin > Grand > Gunnison > Hinsdale > Jackson > Lake > La Plata > Las Animas > Lincoln > Logan > Mesa > Mineral > Montezuma > Montrose > Otero > Park > Phillips > Pitkin > Prowers > Pueblo > Rio Blanco > Routt > Saguache > San Juan > Summit > Teller > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks... Gail On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh@swbell.net> wrote: > Her schedule has been insane. Ten to fourteen hour work days and a > husband that has had some health issues. We are still trying to get a > time for a call. Maybe Sunday. > > On 03/07/2012 12:35 AM, Gail Kilgore wrote: > > Billie how did you do with that Charlie who wanted Douglas Co.? > > > > Gail > > > -- > “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain > the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the > government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. > > - Patrick Henry - > > > _ _... ..._ _ > _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!

Her schedule has been insane. Ten to fourteen hour work days and a husband that has had some health issues. We are still trying to get a time for a call. Maybe Sunday. On 03/07/2012 12:35 AM, Gail Kilgore wrote: > Billie how did you do with that Charlie who wanted Douglas Co.? > > Gail -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._

If nothing else, maybe they can at least take those counties and get them cleaned up and all updated so they look more welcoming to possible CC's. Billie how did you do with that Charlie who wanted Douglas Co.? Gail On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:32 PM, m. d. monk <mdmonk@tx.rr.com> wrote: > You're absolutely right - unless a teacher makes it a continuing project, > we > might be spinning our wheels. > > And Northeastern is not the school you'd think of for web design ! Its > strengths are in other areas. I only talked to her because it bornders > Yuma, and Logan County is an orphan. > > The skills needed for genweb sites aren't high-level, and a high school > student could do the technical work - but a college level might be more > suited to the decisions on what to include in a site. > > If Front Range is interested (heck - it'd only take one class of 25 > students to match our 25 orphan counties) then lgo for it. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pauli Smith" <historylover@q.com> > To: <cogen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 12:41 PM > Subject: Re: [COGEN] A thought > > > > M. D., > > > > That is an interesting idea. I could do the same at Front Range Community > > College (FRCC) Boulder County campus (I tutor graphic design classes > > there, and I know the instructors). I do have a couple questions. What > > happens after the semester is over? Is the site abandoned again? Also, > > most of the web classes taught at FRCC (don't know about other community > > colleges) require students to create an original website, usually having > > only three or four, or at best seven pages. Tackling much more than that > > can be beyond the scope of the class, although if a student is interested > > enough and not taking a lot of other classes, doable. I wonder if the > > younger students will be all that interested, but some of the more > > non-traditional ones might be. These days about 30%+ of students in most > > community colleges are non-traditional, i.e: older. > > > > In the past, I have tried getting the MGD (multi-media Graphic Design) > > department to sponsor poster contests for the historical society that I > > work for. I've even thrown in gift cards to Best Buy or Visa gift cards > > for prizes. In the end, no one ever entered, or maybe their instructors > > never even mentioned it in class, or if they did, they didn't push it. > The > > lesson? Unless you can get the instructors enthusiastically involved and > > get them to actually assign the project as a requirement, you probably > > won't have much luck. > > > > Worth a try though. You never know who you might reach. I know that I am > > probably coming across as a wet-blanket, but in my experience, things > like > > this usually are great ideas, but usually don't end up going anywhere. > Not > > because of the person who gets the idea, but due to others down the line > > that we depend on to follow through. Don't get me wrong, I want this to > > succeed, just trying to put out a little dose of reality. > > > > Pauli > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "m. d. monk" > > > > I phoned a teacher of a web-design class at Northeastern Junior College > in > > Sterling, and asked about the possibilities of student involvement in > > "orphan" counties. She said that it will be offered in the fall > semester, > > and she didn't reject it out of hand. If she's interested, she'll use > the > > emal addresses of state managers from www.cogenwb.com > > > > (I didn't volunteer any of you to be an "GenWeb Advisor" to a student, > but > > that might sweeten the deal.) > > > > Just something that might be beneficial to the students and GenWeb. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > COGEN-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 > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!

M. D., That is an interesting idea. I could do the same at Front Range Community College (FRCC) Boulder County campus (I tutor graphic design classes there, and I know the instructors). I do have a couple questions. What happens after the semester is over? Is the site abandoned again? Also, most of the web classes taught at FRCC (don't know about other community colleges) require students to create an original website, usually having only three or four, or at best seven pages. Tackling much more than that can be beyond the scope of the class, although if a student is interested enough and not taking a lot of other classes, doable. I wonder if the younger students will be all that interested, but some of the more non-traditional ones might be. These days about 30%+ of students in most community colleges are non-traditional, i.e: older. In the past, I have tried getting the MGD (multi-media Graphic Design) department to sponsor poster contests for the historical society that I work for. I've even thrown in gift cards to Best Buy or Visa gift cards for prizes. In the end, no one ever entered, or maybe their instructors never even mentioned it in class, or if they did, they didn't push it. The lesson? Unless you can get the instructors enthusiastically involved and get them to actually assign the project as a requirement, you probably won't have much luck. Worth a try though. You never know who you might reach. I know that I am probably coming across as a wet-blanket, but in my experience, things like this usually are great ideas, but usually don't end up going anywhere. Not because of the person who gets the idea, but due to others down the line that we depend on to follow through. Don't get me wrong, I want this to succeed, just trying to put out a little dose of reality. Pauli ----- Original Message ----- From: "m. d. monk" I phoned a teacher of a web-design class at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, and asked about the possibilities of student involvement in "orphan" counties. She said that it will be offered in the fall semester, and she didn't reject it out of hand. If she's interested, she'll use the emal addresses of state managers from www.cogenwb.com (I didn't volunteer any of you to be an "GenWeb Advisor" to a student, but that might sweeten the deal.) Just something that might be beneficial to the students and GenWeb.

You're absolutely right - unless a teacher makes it a continuing project, we might be spinning our wheels. And Northeastern is not the school you'd think of for web design ! Its strengths are in other areas. I only talked to her because it bornders Yuma, and Logan County is an orphan. The skills needed for genweb sites aren't high-level, and a high school student could do the technical work - but a college level might be more suited to the decisions on what to include in a site. If Front Range is interested (heck - it'd only take one class of 25 students to match our 25 orphan counties) then lgo for it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauli Smith" <historylover@q.com> To: <cogen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [COGEN] A thought > M. D., > > That is an interesting idea. I could do the same at Front Range Community > College (FRCC) Boulder County campus (I tutor graphic design classes > there, and I know the instructors). I do have a couple questions. What > happens after the semester is over? Is the site abandoned again? Also, > most of the web classes taught at FRCC (don't know about other community > colleges) require students to create an original website, usually having > only three or four, or at best seven pages. Tackling much more than that > can be beyond the scope of the class, although if a student is interested > enough and not taking a lot of other classes, doable. I wonder if the > younger students will be all that interested, but some of the more > non-traditional ones might be. These days about 30%+ of students in most > community colleges are non-traditional, i.e: older. > > In the past, I have tried getting the MGD (multi-media Graphic Design) > department to sponsor poster contests for the historical society that I > work for. I've even thrown in gift cards to Best Buy or Visa gift cards > for prizes. In the end, no one ever entered, or maybe their instructors > never even mentioned it in class, or if they did, they didn't push it. The > lesson? Unless you can get the instructors enthusiastically involved and > get them to actually assign the project as a requirement, you probably > won't have much luck. > > Worth a try though. You never know who you might reach. I know that I am > probably coming across as a wet-blanket, but in my experience, things like > this usually are great ideas, but usually don't end up going anywhere. Not > because of the person who gets the idea, but due to others down the line > that we depend on to follow through. Don't get me wrong, I want this to > succeed, just trying to put out a little dose of reality. > > Pauli > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "m. d. monk" > > I phoned a teacher of a web-design class at Northeastern Junior College in > Sterling, and asked about the possibilities of student involvement in > "orphan" counties. She said that it will be offered in the fall semester, > and she didn't reject it out of hand. If she's interested, she'll use the > emal addresses of state managers from www.cogenwb.com > > (I didn't volunteer any of you to be an "GenWeb Advisor" to a student, but > that might sweeten the deal.) > > Just something that might be beneficial to the students and GenWeb. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, Conejos checking in a little late this month. Connie Perkins CC Stoddard Co., MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostodd2/index.html

Hi Everyone, I desperately need a translation (or transcription) of an old family document of mine. My family's book is soon to be published and I need the transcription or translation of this document. It is in German and my German is so rusty, it's beginning to peel off of my brain. This is in the late 1800's and I know there might be a difference in German dialect (mainly from Luxembourg). So if anybody can help, I will send you the document (and it is handwritten) so you may be able to help. Thank you so much! Matthew Prythero Jefferson County, Colorado

What a terrific idea M.D... let's hope that something can be worked out and that someone on the site can mentor possible CC's or at least temporary CC's. Gail On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:41 AM, m. d. monk <mdmonk@tx.rr.com> wrote: > I phoned a teacher of a web-design class at Northeastern Junior College in > Sterling, and asked about the possibilities of student involvement in > "orphan" counties. She said that it will be offered in the fall semester, > and she didn't reject it out of hand. If she's interested, she'll use the > emal addresses of state managers from www.cogenwb.com > > (I didn't volunteer any of you to be an "GenWeb Advisor" to a student, but > that might sweeten the deal.) > > Just something that might be beneficial to the students and GenWeb. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!

I phoned a teacher of a web-design class at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, and asked about the possibilities of student involvement in "orphan" counties. She said that it will be offered in the fall semester, and she didn't reject it out of hand. If she's interested, she'll use the emal addresses of state managers from www.cogenwb.com (I didn't volunteer any of you to be an "GenWeb Advisor" to a student, but that might sweeten the deal.) Just something that might be beneficial to the students and GenWeb.

Las Animas here, on its own two feet!

Adams County here. Carolyn Golowka

To bring this down to a manageable issue lets look at it like a "Mon-n-Pop" [ us ] with Wal Mart [ Ancestry, et. al. ] coming to town. How can "we" compete with the "Big Box". "We" don't have the buying power they do. "We" don't have the "deep pockets" [ budget ] they do. The issues just keep coming. The answer comes from Sam Walton himself. In his book he tells the "Mon-n-Pops" how to stay in business and even prosper when Wal Mart comes to town. I see your analogy... I look at it this way, based on your example. When I am just doing my random searches or looking for leads, I do use Ancestry ALOT. However, when I want to drill down and really get some dirt on the lead, I go to the counties or the different countries of GenWeb. I have found much more based on the resources listed there, than the information found on Ancestry. I don't trust all the information on Ancestry because so much of it is generic and unsourced or just gathered from others work. It's like the difference in me going to Walmart for groceries when I am making meatloaf or macaroni and cheese versus when I go to a specialty shop to make some of my Hungarian ethnic favorites! I do believe that we (as genweb volunteers) put so much heart and soul into our sites and it shines through! My thirteen cents worth. (Inflation, ya know!) Sandi Las Animas

I checked in this morning and it is still not showing. The only way I am able to post is to reply to an already posted checkin. Thanks to everyone who has let me piggyback!!!!! Maggie, do you get any kind of response from your checkins like I am? They tell me I don't have permission to post to the group. I think Google just doesn't like me!!!! :-) On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Maggie Stewart <lists.msz55@gmail.com>wrote: > I'm here and did a checkin every month. I wonder if something is eating my > emails. > > Maggie Stewart > Baca and Rio Blanco > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Gail Kilgore <gail.kilgore@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > First, I want to thank those of you who are faithful in checking in > > monthly. It is greatly appreciated. > > > > Those I need to hear from are: > > > > Cheyenne Co. - Karla Mahlberg who has not checked in the past two months. > > Broomfield Co. - Julie Miller > > Baca and Rio Blanco - Maggie Stewart > > Las Animas - Sandi Barber > > Rio Grande - Linda Simpson > > Clear Creek - Mike Irwin > > Lake Co. - Mike Irwin > > > > Then, I got an email today that left me with a lot of mixed feelings. > > > > I will only send bits and pieces of the email and the person sending it > is > > not from Colorado. > > > > "There is too much well funded competition out there. We used to be it > and > > now we are yesterday's news. The crap that USGenWeb did is partially to > > blame but it is also a function of being out of date. Volunteers don't > have > > the funds to do massive databases." > > > > "Thanks for asking. I don't know anyone [useful] who would be interested. > > They are dropping fast - age, illness, etc. We probably have 25% > adoptable > > at this point." > > This left me to thinking today and trying to find replacements for these > > counties is becoming impossible. They have moved on with the new > > technology. I would like to see a roll call from all states as to what > > their vacancy is. I have a lady interested in a county and still trying > to > > work it out, had another one interested but didn't know beans about web > > pages. > > > > I agree with this person that we are now a lot older than when we > started. > > Life is playing on our times, there are illnesses and all that goes along > > with getting older. I have been trying to bring in young blood new > people > > to carry on. > > > > I would like to hear your thoughts and thoughts on recruiting, or else I > am > > going to have to back up and ask that some of us take on more counties to > > get them updated. I can't do them all and Billie has been helping. I am > > not asking you to adopt them but to at least work on the main pages of > the > > sites that are up for adoption. > > > > I am not quite ready to retire from COGenWeb but I may have to take a > leave > > of absence and would like Billie to step up to the plate to keep things > > rolling. > > > > I really haven't said anything but I am just finishing up radiation for > > skin cancer, now I think I have found some more, will get this checked > > tomorrow when I go in for my last treatment. I am falling apart.. as > soon > > as my MRI is done, I will be having surgery on my cervical discs. I had > C > > 4 & 5 fused 40 years ago and they are shrinking and C3 is in trouble and > I > > am in 24 hour pain with this neck problems. I can't be on pain meds and > > try and think about what I am doing and pain meds really make me crabby > and > > you get enough of that from me with out something else being added too > it. > > > > Billie is very capable of handling everything... and I will let you all > > know when I am going to be out of touch for a while. My computer will be > > near but I will just have to see how I am doing. > > > > If you have any questions I am here. > > > > Gail > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > COGEN-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 > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

BRRRR! Thanks for the reminder next week!!! Sandi Las Animas On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Ray Blaum <lakecity789@gmail.com> wrote: > Hinsdale County here. Minus 14 this morning - hopefully Spring is not too > far off. Don't forget daylight savings time next Sumday (Mar 11) > > Ray Blaum > Lake City, CO > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Maggie Stewart <lists.msz55@gmail.com>wrote: > Baca and Rio Blanco still here. > > Maggie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!

Hinsdale County here. Minus 14 this morning - hopefully Spring is not too far off. Don't forget daylight savings time next Sumday (Mar 11) Ray Blaum Lake City, CO

Baca and Rio Blanco still here. Maggie