Hello, I had someone ask me where the new stuff was about organizing and my computer hiccupped and I lost her address and the note I was typing to her. I thought others might find the link helpful, so here it is: http://www.familysearch.org/rg/guide/ALL_REF_DOC_-_Organizing_Paper_Files.ASP This is a great site and lots of other things to read now. AWESOME! Great reference for the new researcher.. glory bee xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Grand parents Raising Grandchildren Support Group 1st Wednesday of month---7:00 P.M. Katheryn Heidenreich Adult Center Governor's task force on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Grands place/by state--resource center http://www.grandsplace.com Over 5 million Grands are raising Grands Being a Grand is more than cookies and milk

http://www.danbbs.dk/~jensg/igi25545.htm This DOS program allows a genealogist to down load files from the "IGI" files at the FHC. Place a 1.44 mb disk in drive A of the FHC computer.. (this may require assistance from a volunteer at the FHC center. Volunteers are aware of the program. ) One creates a file "name.txt " (as "family1.txt, family2.txt, family3.txt etc) and downloads up to 13-15- igi files per your selected name--family1.txt etc , one can place as many as 20 of those created files or folders on a 1.44 mb disk. At home, create the 'name.txt ' file on your drive... and one can view whatever was copied from the IGI files of the FHC. This enables one to search and research at ones leisure..midnite or early in a.m. --whenever! I have not used this particular version if igi255, but this available on the net. I have used igi255 ver 4.9 for several years and luv it! The URL I used for igi255 ver 4.9 is now a # 404--unavailable! I down load about 2000 names per disk then research and look at my leisure at home! I have not only viewed the computer screen program, but managed to copy the info to my word processor, and also I screen print / print from processor, the info if need be. Hope this helps! glory bee http://www.danbbs.dk/~jensg/igi25545.htm -- Grand parents Raising Grandchildren Support Group 1st Wednesday of month---7:00 P.M. Katheryn Heidenreich Adult Center Governor's task force on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Grands place/by state--resource center http://www.grandsplace.com Over 5 million Grands are raising Grands Being a Grand is more than cookies and milk

found this to be of interest so am sharing... Home Made Microfilm Reader: http://www.us-census.org/resources/homemade.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/help/homemade.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwcens/homemade.htm Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> (Sheer-Luck Holmes) A RootsWeb Sponsor I got this off another maillist that I am on. I thought someone might be interested. Anna -- Grand parents Raising Grandchildren Support Group 1st Wednesday of month---7:00 P.M. Katheryn Heidenreich Adult Center Governor's task force on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Grands place/by state--resource center http://www.grandsplace.com Over 5 million Grands are raising Grands Being a Grand is more than cookies and milk

if intrested --info that someone out there can use.. passing it along.. if not interested, delete it! glory bee James W Anderson wrote: > Got this from FHCNET-L. The list manager there posted > this interesting article about the new Family History > Library Catalog. (contains initially some references > to LDS Scripture from 'The Book of Mormon; Another > Testament of Jesus Christ', but it is used to make a > key point about the new version being different enough > from the old one). > > --- ileenj <ileenj@sisna.com> wrote: > > I have been asked to send this article I wrote for > > our local newsletter > > to the List, as it may be helpful for FHC staff > > members. Here it is: > > > > > > ABOUT THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG > > by Ileen Johnson <ileenj@sisna.com> > > > > "A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there > > cannot be any more > > Bible." (2 Nephi 29:3) As with the gentiles, we > > today may lament, "A > > catalog! A catalog! We already have a catalog, and > > do not need any > > more catalogs." > > > > Since the beginning, genealogically speaking, when > > the Genealogical > > Society of Utah was first established in October of > > 1894, a catalog of > > the holdings of the society's library has continued > > to evolve. > > > > First we had the card catalog (on cards, naturally). > > When family > > history centers (or branch genealogical libraries > > (BGLs) as they were > > called then) began to be established, the cards were > > microfilmed for use > > there. Then, unlike most public libraries, the > > Genealogical Library > > began computerizing its entire catalog. This was a > > tremendously large > > task which was completed in 1987 when the catalog > > was first reproduced > > on microfiche for use in BGLs. At the same time, > > anything that had > > "genealogy" in the name became "family history", > > i.e., the Family > > History Library (FHL), Family History Centers > > (FHCs), Family History > > Library Catalog (FHLC), etc. > > > > About 1990 or 1991, computers began to creep into > > family history > > centers, and along with them came the DOS-based > > computer version of the > > FHLC--a giant step for FHC staff members and > > genealogists. > > > > May 1999 the Family History Library announced its > > plan to make family > > history resources available to individuals through > > FamilySearch Internet > > at http://www.familysearch.org. This naturally > > included a Web version > > of the FHLC. Although the same catalog, updated, > > this did and yet > > represents another giant step. Now with the May 25, > > 2000 announcement, > > this same Web-view FHLC is available on CD-ROM > > version for home use. > > (Somehow I get the impression that we as church > > members are supposed to > > be doing something family-history related.) > > > > Since the new Internet and CD-ROM versions of the > > FHLC work differently > > from the old catalog, it is important that FHC staff > > and patrons read > > through the Help screens, at least the sections on > > basic functionality > > and the different searches. To display the Help > > documents, scroll to > > the bottom right-hand part of the screen ane click > > on "Obtain more about > > the catalog." > > > > The CD-ROM FHLC employs standard Windows features > > and is quite intuitive > > to use. Users may, out of habit, click on the > > browser's Back button to > > go back to the previous screen; but since the > > browser sees the FHLC as a > > single address (URL), this action exits the program. > > Use Back at the > > bottom left of the screen instead. To print > > information from the Family > > History Library Catalog, right-click on the frame > > (section) that you > > want to print and select Print. Make sure that you > > use the print option > > Only Selected Frame. > > > > As for the FHLC in FamilySearch at FHCs, you will > > recall the last > > release had problems. The old DOS program is > > "broken," as is the > > process for producing it. Therefore, there will be > > no more updates of > > the DOS catalog. > > > > The new CD-ROM FHLC has none of the problems of the > > old DOS version. It > > also lacks some features of the old catalog, but > > these will reappear in > > future editions. We need to be patient. The > > Internet and CD-ROM > > versions do not contain notations as to which > > microforms are held on > > indefinite loan at individual FHCs. Neither do they > > do > > microfilm/microfiche conversions from old to new > > numbers. You will need > > to use the DOS CD catalog for this for now. > > > > The Web-view FHLC at the FHL is similar to, if not > > exactly the same as, > > the Internet and CD-ROM versions with the exception > > that it is updated > > weekly, making it the most current. > > > > So, as we glide towards the twenty-first century, > > let's try to accept > > these changes with open minds and hearts and fly > > with ‘em! > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com/ > > ==== LDS-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > LDS-GENEALOGY-L FAQ location: > http://members.tripod.com/~Genealogy_Infocenter/ldsgen-list.html -- Grand parents Raising Grandchildren Support Group 1st Wednesday of month---7:00 P.M. Katheryn Heidenreich Adult Center Governor's task force on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Grands place/by state--resource center http://www.grandsplace.com Over 5 million Grands are raising Grands Being a Grand is more than cookies and milk

If intrested and simply passing info along! glory bee Check out this site for information on the annual Hispanic Genealogical conference. This year it is being held in Corpus Christi, TX. All details on their website. http://members.aol.com/xxiannualconfer/info.html

of possible use to you and you.. simply sharing! Please visit the web page of the English-Spanish Dictionary and Text Composition System. The address is: http://tairona.apana.org.au/es/ Thanks glory bee

Good evening, We have 13 new photos added to the USGenWeb photos project. I would like to personally thank all who have visited the Colorado photos project and have sent their thanks for making it all come together. I would also like to thank Kristina Quintana & Marsha Petrie for sharing these wonderful photos with us. If any of you have Colorado Photos of your ancestors, first businesses, schools, churches, homesteads, old towns, ghost towns etc., you would like to share, we would love to add them to the site. Several family connections have all ready been made through this wonderful project. Clear Creek & Huerfano counties have a new page of photos. Many counties have more than one page of photos. Don't forget to use the links at the bottom of the county pages to view all of the photos. The new photos can be viewed by visiting the Colorado USGenWeb Photos Project at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm . Look for the counties with the gold stars for new additions. We have 7 counties that have no photos. If you have any of your ancestors from those counties, please help us reach our goal by adding every county on the map with photos. We are all most there! The new photos are as follows Clear Creek, Huerfano, Larimer, Teller & San Miquel Clear Creek (5) - Marsha Petrie - Gray's Peak, Forks of Creek, Inspiration Point, High Bridge, Mt.Mc Clellan Huerfano (3) - Kristina Quintana - Maria Francesca Pacheco, The generations photo & Pacheco wedding photo Larimer (2) - Marsha Petrie - Long's Peak, Stanley Hotel, Teller (2) - Marsha Petrie - Soda Springs & Rainbow Falls San Miquel (1) Marsha Petrie - Ophir Loop Thank you, Jack & Addie Morrissey Remember "The Truth Is Out There" Proper Citation is essential to a credible genealogy =============== cuznsrus@mindspring.com Our Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/ PROUD MEMBER OF: G. J. W. Chapter of the DAR http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3361 County Coordinator for USGenWeb Project Colorado Counties: Hinsdale Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohinsda/index.htm Kit Carson Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cokitcar/index.htm La Plata Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~colaplat/index.htm San Juan Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanjua/index.htm Colorado USGenWeb Photo Archive Coordinator / Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm List owner for the following Rootsweb County Mail Lists: Hinsdale, Kit Carson, La Plata & San Juan Counties Colorado Webmaster for Morris Family Association: http://genweb.net/~morris/ Member of NEHGS Member of Brown Family Genealogical Society Member of Disabled Veterans Association

Good evening, For those who may not have heard. I am listing the below data, as it might help someone. ----- Free Access to Ancestry.com Subscriber Databases Through July 31, 2000 ----- Sign up for free access today at: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AG Best Wishes, Addie (List owner)

Good afternoon, We have 13 new photos added to the Colorado USGenWeb Photo's project. I would like to personally thank Marsha Petrie, Jerry & Fern Walker, Carole Confar, Don Strangfeld & Kristina Quintana for sharing these with us. A lot of counties have more than one page of photo's. Be sure to look at the bottom of each Counties page for links to the additional pages of photos. We are almost there!!!!!! 7 more counties to go and the map is completed. This is absolutely wonderful. Send your photos in now. Help us get all the Colorado counties listed with photos. The photos can be viewed by following the link below and clicking on the counties with the gold star. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm If any of you have photo's and you would like to share with the Colorado USGenWeb Photo's Project, please drop me in a line. We would be honored to list them. The new counties with photos are Archuleta, Clear Creek, Gunnison, Huerfano & Mesa. Archuleta (4) - Carole Confar - Chromo School, Dolly's Homestead, Fred on his horse & Fred Confar with wolves. Clear Creek (1) - Marsha Petrie - Stairway to Clouds, Huerfano (1) - Kristina Quintana - Ramon Sanchez & Gunnison - (1) - Don Strangfeld - CF&I Big Mine Mesa (6) - Jerry & Fern Walker - First Baptist Church, Christian Science Church, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Old Post Office, Whitman School & Emerson Elementary School Thank you, Jack & Addie Morrissey Remember "The Truth Is Out There" Proper Citation is essential to a credible genealogy =============== cuznsrus@mindspring.com Our Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/ PROUD MEMBER OF: G. J. W. Chapter of the DAR http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3361 County Coordinator for USGenWeb Project Colorado Counties: Hinsdale Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohinsda/index.htm Kit Carson Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cokitcar/index.htm La Plata Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~colaplat/index.htm San Juan Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanjua/index.htm Colorado USGenWeb Photo Archive Coordinator / Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm List owner for the following Rootsweb County Mail Lists: Hinsdale, Kit Carson, La Plata & San Juan Counties Colorado Webmaster for Morris Family Association: http://genweb.net/~morris/ Member of NEHGS Member of Brown Family Genealogical Society Member of Disabled Veterans Association

LEHEINE@aol.com wrote: > If any of you are not familiar with these old Panoramic Maps, go to > http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html then click on Browse by > "Geographic Location", and then your state.. You'll find only several > maps listed, but other states, & Canada, also available. > > The maps are set up so you can "zoom" in and see things as the artist > saw them back in the 1860's or 1870's. Just wish my county was > represented among them, but then, it wasn't even a county then!!! > > Lois of Los Alamos -- Grand parents Raising Grandchildren Support Group 1st Wednesday of month---7:00 P.M. Katheryn Heidenreich Adult Center Governor's task force on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Grands place/by state--resource center http://www.grandsplace.com Over 5 million Grands are raising Grands Being a Grand is more than cookies and milk

>From another list, passing info along. It may not help everyone, it may not list one and all, nor may it be of benefit to you BUT it could help someone.. so in the overall interest of genealogy------------ glory bee Hi, Researchers: Won't you join us? Great chance to find your missing ancestors! Saturday Chats: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm ALL DAY--Genealogy "Open House"--all states; any surname 7 pm Eastern--NORTHERN STATES genealogy 8 pm Eastern--SOUTHERN STATES genealogy 9-11 pm Eastern--CIVIL WAR genealogy Sunday Chats: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm ALL DAY--Genealogy "Open House"--all states; any surname 7 pm Eastern--All Surnames starting with A-J (any state) 8 pm Eastern--All Surnames starting K-Z (any state) 9 pm Eastern--WISCONSIN genealogy 10 pm Eastern--GREAT BRITAIN genealogy Everyone is welcome! If you miss a chat......stop by the forum and post your surname queries or research questions and browse the board for messages of interest to you. Lots of action there. http://about.delphi.com/ab-huntsville If you need instructions for the chat room or the forum, write to me and I'll help you. If you'd like to be on our master chat list, let me know. Jean Brandau huntsville2@home.com --

http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Looking for cemetaries.. abandoned cemetaries.. this lists the USA etc. Have glanced at URL slightly.. hope it is of some help! glory bee -- Grand parents Raising Grandchildren Support Group 1st Wednesday of month---7:00 P.M. Katheryn Heidenreich Adult Center Governor's task force on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Grands place/by state--resource center http://www.grandsplace.com Over 5 million Grands are raising Grands Being a Grand is more than cookies and milk

Good morning, We have 16 new photos added to the Colorado USGenWeb Photo's project. I would like to personally thank Marsha Petrie & Ginny (Anderson) Suelzle & Robyn Asimus for sharing these with us. Denver & Fremont Counties both have new page of photos. Don't miss them. A lot of counties have more than one page of photo's. Be sure to look at the bottom of each County main page for links to the additional pages of photos. We are almost there!!!!!! 7 more counties to go and the map is completed. This is absolutely wonderful. Send your photos in now. Help us get all the Colorado counties listed with photos. The photos can be viewed by following the link below and clicking on the counties with the gold star. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm If any of you have photo's and you would like to share with the Colorado USGenWeb Photo's Project, please drop me in a line. We would be honored to list them. The new counties with photos are Denver, Douglas & Fremont. Denver (6) - Marsha Petrie - Cheesman Park, Eighteenth St. Entrance, Elitch Garden, Miniature Railway Station, Sixteenth St., Cherrelyn Horse Car & Luna Park Steam Boat Douglas (3) - Ginny (Anderson) Suelzle - Lars & Louise Anderson Family, An Unknown Friend with Olga Decker & Olga Decker and Elmer Anderson Fremont (7) - Robyn Asimus - John Kelley, Burns Family 1903, John & Sarah Callen, Lafayette Coffman, Lafayette and Mary Coffman, Clifford Burns & Levi Kelley Thank you, Jack & Addie Morrissey Remember "The Truth Is Out There" Proper Citation is essential to a credible genealogy =============== cuznsrus@mindspring.com Our Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/ PROUD MEMBER OF: G. J. W. Chapter of the DAR http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3361 County Coordinator for USGenWeb Project Colorado Counties: Hinsdale Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohinsda/index.htm Kit Carson Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cokitcar/index.htm La Plata Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~colaplat/index.htm San Juan Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanjua/index.htm Colorado USGenWeb Photo Archive Coordinator / Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm List owner for the following Rootsweb County Mail Lists: Hinsdale, Kit Carson, La Plata & San Juan Counties Colorado Webmaster for Morris Family Association: http://genweb.net/~morris/ Member of NEHGS Member of Brown Family Genealogical Society Member of Disabled Veterans Association

Good evening, We have 10 new photos added to the Colorado USGenWeb Photo's project. I would like to personally thank Marsha Petrie & Marcella Piersall for sharing these with us. Boulder County has a new page of photos. Don't miss that. A lot of counties have more than one page of photo's. Be sure to look at the bottom of each County main page for links to the additional pages of photos. We are almost there!!!!!! 7 more counties to go and the map is completed. This is absolutely wonderful. Send your photos in now. Help us get all the Colorado counties listed with photos. The photos can be viewed by following the link below and clicking on the counties with the gold star. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm If any of you have photo's and you would like to share with the Colorado USGenWeb Photo's Project, please drop me in a line. We would be honored to list them. The new counties with photos are Boulder, Denver, El Paso, Kit Carson & Ouray. Boulder - (1) - Marsha Petrie - Snow Cuts Rollins Pass,Moffat Rd. Co. Denver (1) - Marsha Petrie - Sunset , Cheesman Park, Denver ,Colorado El Paso (3) - Marsha Petrie - Pikes Peak Signal Station, Snow Drifts Pikes Peak & Cog Wheel Train Kit Carson ( 1) - Marcella Piersall- Grandfather Sigel Samuel Proctor Ouray (4) - Marsha Petrie - Switch Back, Sneffels Road, Camp Bird Mills, Hanging Rock circa 1908 & Snow Cut circa 1908 Thank you, Jack & Addie Morrissey Remember "The Truth Is Out There" Proper Citation is essential to a credible genealogy =============== cuznsrus@mindspring.com Our Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/ PROUD MEMBER OF: G. J. W. Chapter of the DAR http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3361 County Coordinator for USGenWeb Project Colorado Counties: Hinsdale Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohinsda/index.htm Kit Carson Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cokitcar/index.htm La Plata Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~colaplat/index.htm San Juan Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanjua/index.htm Colorado USGenWeb Photo Archive Coordinator / Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm List owner for the following Rootsweb County Mail Lists: Hinsdale, Kit Carson, La Plata & San Juan Counties Colorado Webmaster for Morris Family Association: http://genweb.net/~morris/ Member of NEHGS Member of Brown Family Genealogical Society Member of Disabled Veterans Association

For those of us who are not bilingual, that is, in English & Spanish try this. The URL may be of some help to you... Am passing this URL along.. Hope it is of some assistance! Please visit the web page of the English-Spanish Dictionary and Text Composition System. The address is: http://tairona.apana.org.au/es/ --

Good evening, We have 9 new photos added to the Colorado USGenWeb Photo's project. I would like to personally thank Dave Sparks, Ginny (Anderson) Suelzle & Raul and Sundee Maynez for sharing these with us. We are almost there!!!!!! 7 more counties to go and the map is completed. This is absolutely wonderful. Send your photos in now. Help us get all the Colorado counties listed with photos. The photos can be viewed by following the link below and looking for the counties with the gold star. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm If any of you have photo's and you would like to share with the Colorado USGenWeb Photo's Project, please drop me in a line. We would be honored to list them. The new counties with photos are Douglas, El Paso, Las Animas & Pueblo. Douglas (4) - Ginny (Anderson) Suelzle - Eighth Grade class of 1919, Golddale School classmates in 1923, Golddale School 1926 & Is this John Anderson? El Paso (3) - Raul and Sundee Maynez - Lowell School, Town Hall & Briarhurst Manor Las Animas (1) - Raul and Sundee Maynez - Historic downtown Trinidad Pueblo (1) - Dave Sparks - Sparks Home (underground) Thank you, Jack & Addie Morrissey Remember "The Truth Is Out There" Proper Citation is essential to a credible genealogy =============== cuznsrus@mindspring.com Our Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/ PROUD MEMBER OF: G. J. W. Chapter of the DAR http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3361 County Coordinator for USGenWeb Project Colorado Counties: Hinsdale Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohinsda/index.htm Kit Carson Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cokitcar/index.htm La Plata Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~colaplat/index.htm San Juan Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanjua/index.htm Colorado USGenWeb Photo Archive Coordinator / Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm List owner for the following Rootsweb County Mail Lists: Hinsdale, Kit Carson, La Plata & San Juan Counties Colorado Webmaster for Morris Family Association: http://genweb.net/~morris/ Member of NEHGS Member of Brown Family Genealogical Society Member of Disabled Veterans Association

Good evening, I have contacted our powers to be and have found that there is a merge in process with RootsWeb & Ancestry. The merge WILL NOT effect any of you at all or myself as a list owner or any method in which the way a list is ran. You will be able to perform your research as you always have. There is more details about this merge and also a free 14 day trial of Ancestry which allows you to have access of over 2,500 databases. If you have any questions please feel free to ask me. If you would like more information, please feel free to visit the two sites below for full information. Either of these sites will give you the full information. http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/rootsrelease.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/merge.html Thank you, Addie

Good evening, I wish you would not have posted this to the list. This is not a for sure thing as of yet. We as list owners have not yet gotten the final go ahead. As soon as I am notified about the change being final I will let all of the lists I have know about it. Please unless you know for a fact that a change is being made especially at this magnitude, verify what your stating is a fact. This lists is for genealogy and not for advertising and making early judgments. Again, I do apologize the message was sent to the list. And I want to keep the list for genealogy ONLY!!! Don't force me to baby-sit the list. RootsWeb is all about genealogy, don't get me wrong. But sending a message to a list before you know all the facts is also wrong. As soon as I know all the facts you as subscribers will be notified with all of the appropriate information. Addie -----Original Message----- From: richhart <richhart@kingman.com> To: COSANJUA-L@rootsweb.com <COSANJUA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 3:43 PM Subject: [COSANJUA] The Merger of RootsWeb and MyFamily.com >you knew this? put on the list? glory bee > >RootsWeb-Announce@rootsweb.com wrote: >

you knew this? put on the list? glory bee RootsWeb-Announce@rootsweb.com wrote: > Good News, Bad News, Good News: The Merger of RootsWeb and MyFamily.com > > Good news: You, our users, have helped create at RootsWeb one of the > largest and most popular sites on the Internet. In May, we had over > 149 million page views (according to Nielsen NetRatings combined home > and work statistics), sent over 155 million e-mails, and handled over > two million downloads of files from the various archives hosted at > RootsWeb. Everyone, take a bow! This is an incredible community of > genealogists, and the advances we're all making in our research due to > the sharing that occurs here is unprecedented. > > Bad news: The more popular RootsWeb becomes, the more costly it is to > simply stay alive and online. Expenses continue to exceed revenue. > We ran up a truly scary loss last year. Without outside help, it's > not clear how long we'd be able to go on like this. > > Good news: MyFamily.com (you may know them better as Ancestry.com) > recognizes the importance of the genealogical community that has grown > here at RootsWeb, and wants that community to continue to thrive. > They're excited to provide the financial stability we need to ensure > RootsWeb will be around for years to come. > > Brian and I are pleased by Ancestry.com's coming involvement with > RootsWeb. Now we can all focus on helping each other on the mailing > lists and message boards, uploading our GEDCOMs, and building Web > pages to share our research. > > Better news: As a special thank you to those of you who have helped > make RootsWeb such a vibrant Internet community, Ancestry.com is > making the following offer: > > You are invited to visit Ancestry.com today and sign up for a FREE > 14-day trial with no obligation. You'll gain full access to all 600 > million names in more than 2,500 databases. Go to the following address > to begin your free trial now: > > http://ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrialx.asp?sourcecode=G11BA > <http://ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrialx.asp?sourcecode=G11BA> > > You must activate your FREE trial by July 5, 2000. > > More good news: No one is going to charge you to use RootsWeb. You'll > still find RootsWeb at www.RootsWeb.com. Everything you're used to > using will still be here: the 19,000 mailing lists, the hundreds > of millions of names in free genealogy databases, the interactive > learning guides, the weekly RootsWeb Review and Missing Links, > the numerous tools for tracing your family history, the tens of thousands > of message boards, the thousands of independently authored web sites. > RootsWeb will still support worthy genealogy projects and societies, > such as the USGenWeb Project (www.USGenWeb.org), the Immigrant Ships > Transcribers Guild (ISTG.rootsweb.com) and the FreeBMD Project > (FreeBMD.rootsweb.com), and other groups that provide free > genealogical resources. > > And don't worry, you won't be charged to access RootsWeb. No one > will put your data on CD without your permission. Our Privacy Policy > (http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/pledge.html) and our Acceptable User > Policy (http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html) are unchanged. > Other promises made over the years will continue to be honored. You'll > still deal with the same RootsWeb volunteers and employees. In > fact, most users won't notice any changes, except exciting new tools, > more content, and better genealogical resources. > > If you would like more information, please check out our > official press release at > > http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/rootsrelease.htm > > Thanks again for your support! Now, let's go figure out where > great-great-grandpa really came from, before that UFO deposited him in > rural Indiana in 1848... > > Karen -- Grand parents Raising Grandchildren Support Group 1st Wednesday of month---7:00 P.M. Katheryn Heidenreich Adult Center Governor's task force on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Grands place/by state--resource center http://www.grandsplace.com Over 5 million Grands are raising Grands Being a Grand is more than cookies and milk

Good evening, We have 4 new photos added to the Colorado USGenWeb Photo's project. I would like to personally thank Nina Yei, Jon Miller & James Blazier for sharing these with us. We are almost there!!!!!! 7 more counties to go and the map is completed. This is absolutely wonderful. Send your photos in now. Help us get all the Colorado counties listed with photos. The photos can be viewed by following the link below and looking for the counties with the gold star. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm If any of you have photo's and you would like to share with the Colorado USGenWeb Photo's Project, please drop me in a line. We would be honored to list them. The new counties with photos are Kit Carson, Park & Saguache. Kit Carson (1) - Jon Miller - Mainstreet Flagler Park (1) - Nina Yei - Yars Nelson Family Saquache (2) - James Blazier - Sons of Maximillian and Annie Werner & Crow family. Thank you, Jack & Addie Morrissey Remember "The Truth Is Out There" Proper Citation is essential to a credible genealogy =============== cuznsrus@mindspring.com Our Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/ PROUD MEMBER OF: G. J. W. Chapter of the DAR http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3361 County Coordinator for USGenWeb Project Colorado Counties: Hinsdale Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohinsda/index.htm Kit Carson Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cokitcar/index.htm La Plata Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~colaplat/index.htm San Juan Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanjua/index.htm Colorado USGenWeb Photo Archive Coordinator / Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm List owner for the following Rootsweb County Mail Lists: Hinsdale, Kit Carson, La Plata & San Juan Counties Colorado Webmaster for Morris Family Association: http://genweb.net/~morris/ Member of NEHGS Member of Brown Family Genealogical Society Member of Disabled Veterans Association