Brenda Best of luck with a new baby. How exciting! Gaila

In a message dated 5/4/03 12:12:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mannannan@maclyr.com writes: > She and Chuck came out of their way to meet us at > Town Center Mall and drove our car home. That was very nice of them. I know you appreciated it. You had a rough day. How was X-Men? Donna

I second Jeff's suggestions. MK Harrison <A HREF="http://mkharrison.com">mkharrison.com</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~gabarrow/">Barrow County, GA</A> <A HREF="http://www.ancestry.com/landing/homelandsweeps2/landing2.html?SourceCode=3913&iid=3913%3A+Sweepstakes+1">Ancestry.com</A> I don't know what kind of weapons will be used in the third world war, assuming there will be a third world war. But I can tell you what the fourth world war will be fought with - stone clubs. -Albert Einstein Copyright © 2003

I must have missed the announcement of the adoption or birth of a baby! Now I can't find the emails referring to him - so .... whoever the proud parents are: may all your hopes be achieved and your son's dreams come true. Before you were conceived I wanted you Before you were born I loved you Before you were here an hour I would die for you This is the miracle of life. - Maureen Hawkins MK Harrison

I would like to add my two cents worth, here, too. As a member of the leadership team of this Project, I can tell you that the last five months have not been fun. They have been lots of things - hard, gut-wrenching, tearful, stressful, unproductive, difficult - the last few months have been a major blemish on the Project. I presume many of you, too, would call the last five months anything other than fun. I truly hope that this is ALL behind us and that we can move forward. We worked well as a team for a very long time - and I do mean WE as in CC's AND RC's and the ASC and the SC - we were a well-oiled machine. And then things happened - bad things. Maybe we handled them wrong. Maybe we handled them right and, because so much happened behind the scenes, we were wrongly accused of handling them wrong. That's water under the bridge. We have all learned something. I think the primary lessons that we have learned are to share more information with the CC's of this project and to involve you more in the decisions that we are required to reach. We will strive to do this. There are times where we might have to decide and advise you later, allowing for your feedback. We pledge to have a policy of openness and we pledge to have an open-door policy. If you have questions or comments, email your RC. Email the SC. Email me. You will get honest and truthful answers to the extent we can. And when we can not for confidentiality reasons, we will tell you that, too. This is our pledge to the members of this Project. That is how the Guidelines Revision Committee came into being. This is why your feedback is so important to us. Thank you, Richard ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "B.Pierce" <ltlbit@mindspring.com> To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 3 May 2003 08:37:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GAGEN] My Request > this msg comes to you via webmail... > > I want to thank all of those that have responded thus far, and I > have read through most of them, but I will probably reread them a > couple more times and put some thought into them before I respond to > each of you. > > I had an interesting response from one person and said they did not > mind their note being shared with everyone, but I will only quote > part of it, and quite honestly I was puzzled by it for several hours, > but finally understood when I read the archived messages for this > list. "Better the devil I know than the one that took his ball and > went home, or to another Region". So, I guess my response to those > that think this person would make a great SC, please do search the > archived list for this project, and for several others, search the > internet and see what you find, it might surprise you, it did me! > > I will not be online most of the day as we are off to pickup our new > Adoptee today "Pierce". Cool isn't it his name is already the same > as ours. > > I wish all of you a happy Saturday and please do respond to my > questions, I heard from many of you that people that did not > participate in the election were not interested, should I draw the > same conclusion if I don't hear from you? > > Brenda Pierce > LTLBIT@MINDSPRING.COM > Mailto:ltlbit@mindspring.com > > <BOLD> Brenda </Bold> > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > Confused about Copyrights??? Review USGenWeb's policy on copyrights > at: http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html ------- End of Original Message -------

Pierce is DA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did not meet Pierce, although our son did and I think Katie did. Brenda and Chuck did an extreme kindness for me that I would be remiss not to mention. I hurt my ankle at the movie theatre tonight (yes, yes, I am on the Tim Stowell health plan! <grins>). I had called Brenda earlier in the day and she called back while I was in the movie - yes, I turned my phone off. My ankle was hurting so bad that I could not concentrate on the movie and went out to the car. I heard Brenda's message and called her back. I told her what had happened. She and Chuck came out of their way to meet us at Town Center Mall and drove our car home. This was on the way home from retrieving Pierce. Thank you, Brenda and Chuck. Better friends could not have been found anywhere in this world! Richard ---------- Original Message ----------- From: John Holback <john2936@comcast.net> To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 03 May 2003 19:36:50 -0400 Subject: [GAGEN] Welcome Pierce > Gaila, what do you think though about his name already being Pierce? > Wonder if they will want to leave it like that? But it is sort of > cute. Maybe Brenda and Chuck will post a photo of Pierce for all of > us to see so we can welcome the little fellow. Gloria > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim & Gaila" <gaila@merrington.net> > To: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 7:09 PM > Subject: Re: [GAGEN] My Request > > > Brenda > > Best of luck with a new baby. How exciting! > > > > Gaila > > > > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > > Do you have a suggestion to include in our taglines? If so, please write > > GAGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > Got a problem? Contact your RC or ASC at GAGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com ------- End of Original Message -------

>Gaila, what do you think though about his name already being Pierce? Wonder if they will want to leave it like that? But it is sort of cute. Maybe Brenda and Chuck will post a photo of Pierce for all of us to see so we can welcome the little fellow. Gloria< I cannot imagine changing that name! It is adorable. The new James Bond made it very popular again lately. Don't know about Pierce Pierce tho. ;-) Wish I'd adopted lo those many years ago, I ended up with no children. Best wishes for Brenda and Chuck and little Pierce. Hope your lives are filled with joy and love always. Congrats to both of you, on the addition to your family. Chuck, also, I'd like to tell you that I wish you well on your new appointment with GAGenWeb as an RC. Sharon

Gaila, what do you think though about his name already being Pierce? Wonder if they will want to leave it like that? But it is sort of cute. Maybe Brenda and Chuck will post a photo of Pierce for all of us to see so we can welcome the little fellow. Gloria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Gaila" <gaila@merrington.net> To: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [GAGEN] My Request > Brenda > Best of luck with a new baby. How exciting! > > Gaila > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > Do you have a suggestion to include in our taglines? If so, please write > GAGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com >

I apologize if I've sent this to the wrong list. I really like the idea of the CCs Bill of Rights but I'm afraid the document alone will not instill CC confidence in our project.  The CCs already have many rights under the current guidelines.  The problem has been when the CCs feel these rights have been trampled and the CCs are left without real recourse. The current suggestions are showing positive progress.  Each expectation of the CC is enforceable by the SC but unless there is some form of real, built in recourse for the CCs, there is no enforcement for the CCs.  Thus, a Bill of Rights would be meaningless and nothing in GAGENWEB really changes. With this in mind, I suggest the new guidelines establish a Grievance Council who will rule on grievances and/or appeals.  This Grievance Council must be made up of elected CCs who have experience within the GAGENWEB.  This council would replace the current appointed GAGENWEB council in the grievance process. This council would ONLY act when there was an appeal by a CC, RC, ASC for action(s) under the guidelines or when a need for a final and binding decision is needed in regard to interpretation of the guidelines. Petitioning the Council many occur ONLY when all other avenues of recourse within GAGENWEB are exhausted.   In other words, issues must go up the chain of command. The decisions of the council would be final unless overturned by action of the USGENWEB. In regard to this Grievance/Appeals Council, I would also suggest the following:        1) A qualified CC will have a minimum of two years experiences within GAGENWEB        or one year experience within GAGENWEB combined with two years experience within the USGENWEB project.        2) A qualified CC shall not hold an appointed position within the GAGENWEB or another elected position within GAGENWEB.   (We would not want any hint of conflict of interest.) 3) Each elected Grievence/Appeals Council member would serve a four year term. (This election would be the opposite bi-year as the SC election see suggestion #1below.) The election would occur in 2003 and every four (4) years thereafter. style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTS4) In the event of a vacated Council position an election would be held to fill the remainder of the term unless said vacancy occurs within twelve (12) months of the next election. Then, in addition to the remainder of the term, the elected would also serve the next four year term. Other Guideline suggestions: 1) A call for an immediate election for the position of SC. This elected SC would be for a term of two (2) years. In 2005, and every four years thereafter, the elected SC would serve a term of four (4) years. In the event of a vacated SC position an election would be held to fill the remainder of the term unless said vacancy occurs within twelve (12) months of the next election. Then, in addition to the remainder of the term, the elected would also serve the next four year term. 2) Make the RC position a two (2) year position elected by the CCs of the region which they will serve. 3) Divest the current, appointed GAGENWEB council of its roll in amending the guidelines. I would suggest in its place, a standing guidelines committee made up of the elected RCs, the or one (1) ASC, plus 3 at large members elected by the CCs during the SC election. Besides reviewing suggestions from time to time, the council must bring to a vote any guideline revision(s) when petitioned by a minimum of 5% of the voting membership. 4) Advisory Board members should be elected serving two year terms. 5) I would also ask the committee to review who votes in an election. Avoid the possibility of stacking votes. It should be an even number of votes within each county, project, etc. If one county has two votes because it has a co-cc then every county should have two votes even if it doesn't have a co-cc situation. If one project gets two votes because of co-leadership then all should get two votes. There are probably similar issues which should be reviewed. It may be best to have one county - one vote and one project - one vote. Also please review which projects would get a vote so the appearance of creating a bunch of projects to gain votes could not occur. When I began working in this project late in 1996, I was told this project was of the CCs and by the CCs, for the betterment of genealogy research. This is an upside down pyramid approach. Meaning that the higher up in leadership one climbs the more people they are to serve. I would offer one more word of advice to this current committee: When a question of doubt arises within the committee, err on the side of the CC. I hope that the current guideline revisions will return the project to the CCs. Respectfully, Jeff Johnson Wilkinson County since 1996

Congrats Harris and MK! I am particularly grateful for their willingness to take these counties, as I know they are in good hands! I know that all the researchers from Marion and Worth Cos. will benefit from their help. Mary Kathryn Kozy Mitchell Co., CC

Congratulations and good luck to you both. I am especially excited to see more information on Worth as I have some ancestors that went to Dooley County and I think it then became Worth. So I will be looking forward to seeing more information on Worth online. Gaila ----- > Congrats to both MK and Harris!! Glad you both got your counties!!! > I know you'll do a great job for the researchers in those counties. > > Debra > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Crilley > To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 9:07 PM > Subject: [GAGEN] West Central New County Coordinator - Marion > > > I'm pleased to announce that Harris Hill has agreed to be the new >

this msg comes to you via webmail... I want to thank all of those that have responded thus far, and I have read through most of them, but I will probably reread them a couple more times and put some thought into them before I respond to each of you. I had an interesting response from one person and said they did not mind their note being shared with everyone, but I will only quote part of it, and quite honestly I was puzzled by it for several hours, but finally understood when I read the archived messages for this list. "Better the devil I know than the one that took his ball and went home, or to another Region". So, I guess my response to those that think this person would make a great SC, please do search the archived list for this project, and for several others, search the internet and see what you find, it might surprise you, it did me! I will not be online most of the day as we are off to pickup our new Adoptee today "Pierce". Cool isn't it his name is already the same as ours. I wish all of you a happy Saturday and please do respond to my questions, I heard from many of you that people that did not participate in the election were not interested, should I draw the same conclusion if I don't hear from you? Brenda Pierce LTLBIT@MINDSPRING.COM Mailto:ltlbit@mindspring.com <BOLD> Brenda </Bold>

I know we're all interested in Guidelines right now.... and the National Committee has been working for a long time.... take a look at their proposals. Click and go to the actual page to see all of them.....the one included here is just one small portion. They announce these as they complete each section and eventually all CCs will have a chance to vote. Also note that there are openings on the committee right now, if anyone has the time to dedicate to this process. At 05:31 PM 5/2/03, Roger Swafford, Chairman Bylaws Committee, wrote: >(**Please forward to all appropriate project lists**) > >The Bylaws Revision Committee (BRC) has completed a first draft revision for >Section 1 of Article VIII Guidelines/Standards for Websites/Members. > >Section 1. All USGenWeb web sites shall display an official USGenWeb >logo prominently, on the home or index page, in such away that >the entire image is visible without scrolling down on a standard browser >screen. The USGenWeb logo used shall be at least 100 pixels by 100 >pixels in size. > >All revision drafts may be viewed at http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/ > >Members are encouraged to send comments or questions related to this or >other revision drafts. A FAQ section has been added to the committee >website. > >The BRC has two vacancies, interested members please contact the Chairman >or the National Coordinator. > >Roger Swafford >BRC - Chairman e Virginia Crilley

> thought that Wyndall Taylor had this region? Wyndell probably has that region for the Guidelines Committee. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Stowell > To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 9:29 PM > Subject: [GAGEN] interim RC - East Central Region > > > I'm pleased that Chuck Pierce has agreed to take the RC position for > the East Central Region on an interim basis. > > Tim > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb's motto is - Volunteers dedicated to free, online > information. > > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > Confused about Copyrights??? Review USGenWeb's policy on copyrights > at: > http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net

I'm pleased that Chuck Pierce has agreed to take the RC position for the East Central Region on an interim basis. Tim

Brenda, I do not mind sharing my response. I would like to say the following: My children (3) and grandchildren(6) have already seen what I have written and said. The little ones sometimes sit in my lap while I work on my projects. They also see the material that I work with and know that it is not only for our family heritage that I do this work, but that I am willing to sacrifice time I could use with them to help others learn about their families and their heritage. As far as my grandparents and those before them, I feel they would be proud that my sister and I are dedicated to a project like this. Isn't that what this is all about??? Sharing and recording births, deaths, marriages, life, and American History in our areas? Recording this information is an important task that most do not take lightly and do take to heart. And, from my heart, I view what I do as a painting that will not be complete until the last breath is taken from the last person in my family. The history of each will be added to the painting as I record their life or as another volunteer behind me records it. It is like the olympic torch that is handed off from one person to another...never letting the flame die. Yes, I do have fun. And...US is very important. Teri Hopper On Thu, 1 May 2003 23:38:36 B.Pierce wrote: > >It is interesting to view things from another's eyes, and in retrospect over the past few months I have found that I have attempted to do that on more than a few occasions and have come to the conclusion that I was not looking through two that were 20 20 at all times. However I have been told that hind sight is 20/20. > >In order to make decisions in my own life >I have a few questions that I would like folks to respond to me privately, and honestly. If you do not want to, that is of course your choice however without communication we are at a stalemate in this project or in anything else. NOte that I am referring to true communication, not a way to tell me off or whatever, but if that is how you feel then by all means feel free to do that as well. (I may only ever offer this one time, so here's your chance). I can't say that it will not affect my decisions on what role I choose to go forward with in my life, but it will not be used in a retaliatory way against you. (I only ask one thing, please don't use inappropriate language). I also ask that you follow the 1) 2) 3) so that I can review and see what areas are the same from multiple parties. This is not something that I am going to forward to others, this will be treated with confidence and respectful of your opinions and answers. > >Again, please answer these honestly and really think about it, the answers may surprise you, they certainly did me. > >1) Are you having fun here? >2) Do you miss the days that we all had fun? >3) Do you like the fussing and ugliness that makes this not fun? >4) Do you want it to change? >5) Are you willing to work towards that change, not only you, but to help others initiate that change? >6) What is the result of what you are doing at the end of the day? Do you feel good about it? What would make it feel better? >7) How many of you want the guidelines? >8) How many would like a more structured environment? Please explain. >9) How many of you want a less structured environment? Please explain. >10) What do you see as your goals in this project for today, tomorrow and the rest of the year and going forward? >11) What is the best thing about this project? >12) What is the worst thing about this project? >13) Would you feel comfortable with your grandparents being on this list (assuming they are still alive), will you feel comfortable with your children, grandchildren, ggrandchildren, etc. reading the archives from this list and your comments? Bear in mind that some of these will never have the opportunity to know you, is this the legacy of history you want to leave behind recorded for future generations to add to their genealogy family history? >13) Are you up to the challenge of building something that is great? >14) Do you want to continue to cross swords with each other? >15) How can all of the "me and you" become US, and not just (ME) Brenda Pierce, me with a title Brenda Pierce, me Tim Stowell, me Richard, me Virginia, me Gloria, etc., me ... you..., real people, real goals and aspirations, US with a good time to be had by all and a heck of lot of data for people to find on our sites? >16) What guideline do you absolutely positively think is BAD? Which guideline do you think is positively good? > >If you hated all of the above you should probably stop reading here. > >With sacrifices, an open line of communication, an honest to goodness tried and true blue effort from all parties minus the personality issues, can there be a project here to exceed all? >If you are sitting there at this point saying there goes that witch again with a power play and trying to make up to us, then the answer is ... probably not. If you find yourself remembering how much fun we used to have, the sharing that we all did, the concern that we had over each other and not just over one or two, the "family" that we had and missing that, then we have something to build on. > >I have to tell you that anything worth anything is worth saving, but it takes a heartfelt effort from each and every person, if one of us can not do that then the effort is much more difficult, and the success rate is not so good. I guess my whole thought pattern here is that we either can build something starting today with the bricks and mortar that we have, design the house we want to live in, landscape the yard and continue to make additions as our family grows, or we can live in a shabby house or just board it up and declare it a hazard zone. > >This is not something that only one or two of us can do, it requires that every person want to, be willing to do what is necessary to provide input, and more importantly the EFFORT togo along with the input, and team work. We can not be a we versus them venture. > >I have through another person's thoughts and views come to a better understanding of somethings, one is that the way I write makes some people think that I am talking down to them, that I am either impersonal or all Miss Management. Unfortunately one of the faults with email is that you can not "know" the real person's feelings unless you know them on a personal level. I have not been the most patient with complaints, nor have I listened when people repeatedly said the same things over and over, instead I have in alot of cases taken it personally that it was just to harrass me because I thought I had actually answered things in a way that were clear. Reading back through some items I saw that when an explanation was forthcoming for something, it still continued as a thread, and when it continued and the same questions were raised I grew weary and after a period of time looked over the message and said to myself, why did people not get what I said? The fact is that there! ! >are several answers to that one, someone is really not understanding, or one of them is that if we don't get the answer we want we sometimes continue to ask to see if someone will finally get fed up and just give us what we want (me asking Chuck for a screened in porch and him buying me a screened in tent which had much more usefulness according to him). Obviously if I had wanted a tent I would have asked for one, or would I have? The fact is I really like the tent, for all intents and purposes is an absolute treasure, I can use it at the townie shows to sit in the shade while others bake in the sun, it is great for the beach, it is great for camping, it can be put up and taken down with ease, I can put it in my car, or under the bed, and better yet it did not increase my property taxes 150%. What I am trying to point out here is that sometimes another person does have a better idea of what would be more appropriate, we may not want to hear that, or to understand it, or! ! >to even take it under advisement, but if we TRY it, it's very much like that tent. I did not have to keep it and sit in it. That's pretty much the same here, we can try things, if we absolutely hate them, we can always work to make them better, ultimately I found that with the tent I needed a few accessories, the small television with the vcr, a new swinging bench, well, you get the picture. The addons were the bonus, such as in this project. The more items we build on the better it could be but we need the tent first. > >If you take the time to answer this, that at least is one step in a direction. I am a firm believer that inasmuch as destiny rules that we as individuals control some of those destinies and that we absolutely can affect the outcomes of our lives and or ultimate destiny. I plan to utilize your answers to help in the decision of one of mine. >I would also ask the RC's if they are interested in your answers to tell you so as well. > >In addition, I am sorry for the loss of Jimmy from the project, I hope that he will enjoy a few days of leisure and get back to his genealogy work with the rest of us. > >I look forward to your response(s). > >With Kind Regards to All, > >Brenda Pierce > > > > > >==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== >Did your county's courthouse ever meet with a disaster?? >Check out GAGenWeb's List and Research Tips at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/cchelp/courthouses.htm > > Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com

Congrats to both MK and Harris!! Glad you both got your counties!!! I know you'll do a great job for the researchers in those counties. Debra ----- Original Message ----- From: Crilley To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 9:07 PM Subject: [GAGEN] West Central New County Coordinator - Marion I'm pleased to announce that Harris Hill has agreed to be the new coordinator for Marion County. Harris has done a wonderful job with Schley County and brings so much enthusiasm to his work. He's been transcribing newspapers, researching Civil War Letters and Company rosters for some time now. harrishill@starband.net Marion and Schley are closely connected, so much of the data overlaps. I consider myself very lucky to have someone of this caliber working in West Central Region. Virginia Crilley ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== Genealogy research usually begins with our great-grandparents to preserve the privacy of 'living persons'. If you encounter a person searching their birth parents, the need to go to the area on the web that deals with just this type of research. Please refer them to: http://www.adoption.org

thought that Wyndall Taylor had this region? ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Stowell To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 9:29 PM Subject: [GAGEN] interim RC - East Central Region I'm pleased that Chuck Pierce has agreed to take the RC position for the East Central Region on an interim basis. Tim ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== USGenWeb's motto is - Volunteers dedicated to free, online information.

Yes Congrats!! Really glad that you got Worth MK I know you have been trying a long time to get it!! ED GORDON CCHS Clay County GaGenWeb Early County AHGP Miller County GaGenWeb Miller County AHGP Seminole County GaGenWeb Ed and Kim's Connection's From: "Debra Crosby" <poohbos@poohbos.com> Reply-To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GAGEN] New County CC's Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 21:37:30 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com ([207.40.200.41]) by mc4-f9.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Fri, 2 May 2003 13:39:05 -0700 Received: (from slist@localhost)by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id h42Kb41g009018;Fri, 2 May 2003 14:37:04 -0600 X-Message-Info: vAu4ZEtdRigLaEiTQQBlDPU44G8LMD9u Resent-Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 14:37:04 -0600 X-Original-Sender: poohbos@poohbos.com Fri May 2 14:37:04 2003 Message-ID: <00c401c310ea$a7b51500$1500a8c0@venus> Old-To: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030502150249.0221ba80@pop-server.hot.rr.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Resent-Message-ID: <XyIYL.A.kMC.wbts-@lists5.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/5271 X-Loop: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GAGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com Return-Path: GAGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 May 2003 20:39:05.0824 (UTC) FILETIME=[DFB77600:01C310EA] Congrats to both MK and Harris!! Glad you both got your counties!!! I know you'll do a great job for the researchers in those counties. Debra ----- Original Message ----- From: Crilley To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 9:07 PM Subject: [GAGEN] West Central New County Coordinator - Marion I'm pleased to announce that Harris Hill has agreed to be the new coordinator for Marion County. Harris has done a wonderful job with Schley County and brings so much enthusiasm to his work. He's been transcribing newspapers, researching Civil War Letters and Company rosters for some time now. harrishill@starband.net Marion and Schley are closely connected, so much of the data overlaps. I consider myself very lucky to have someone of this caliber working in West Central Region. Virginia Crilley ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== Genealogy research usually begins with our great-grandparents to preserve the privacy of 'living persons'. If you encounter a person searching their birth parents, the need to go to the area on the web that deals with just this type of research. Please refer them to: http://www.adoption.org ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== USGenWeb's motto is - Volunteers dedicated to free, online information. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Good Luck to both MK and Harris on your new websites. Jan Cortez Banks County