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Elmore County checking in. I haven't been doing as much with the site this past month. I pulled out some obits and got those posted. I got the site connected with the Family Group Sheet Project. However, I've been busy in other arenas and haven't devoted as much time to the county as I intend, so I will remedy that this month! Now....back to the grindstone.... Jeanne --- On Thu, 4/1/10, Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> wrote: > From: Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> > Subject: [IDGEN] April 2010 Monthly Check-in > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 11:51 AM > It is that time once again to let us > all know you are alive and on the job. Please check in, > listing the counties you are acting as coordinator for. I'd > also love to have you let us know what you are working on at > the present time and to identify any obstacles that any of > the rest of us can be of help on. > > Your service to genealogical researchers with roots in > Idaho is greatly appreciated! > > Mike St. Clair > IDGENWEB - State Coordinator > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Roosevelt Cemetery to Valley Co.; update to Yellow Pine Cemetery, Valley Co.; update to Sweet Cemetery, Gem Co.; Emmett city plat to Gem Co.; another alley art pic to Gem Co.; Washington Co. post offices & postmasters to Wash Co. genweb & to state archives; completed posting Sweet cemetery to state archives; IGS Boise Co. newspaper death extracts from 1863 to 1918 to state archives -- this valuable file contains deaths from multiple counties & Mitch is putting it in the statewide files, next to the death certificate index. Sharon Gem, Valley, & Boise Cos. ________________________________ From: Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, April 1, 2010 9:51:35 AM Subject: [IDGEN] April 2010 Monthly Check-in It is that time once again to let us all know you are alive and on the job. Please check in, listing the counties you are acting as coordinator for. I'd also love to have you let us know what you are working on at the present time and to identify any obstacles that any of the rest of us can be of help on. Your service to genealogical researchers with roots in Idaho is greatly appreciated! Mike St. Clair IDGENWEB - State Coordinator ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It is that time once again to let us all know you are alive and on the job. Please check in, listing the counties you are acting as coordinator for. I'd also love to have you let us know what you are working on at the present time and to identify any obstacles that any of the rest of us can be of help on. Your service to genealogical researchers with roots in Idaho is greatly appreciated! Mike St. Clair IDGENWEB - State Coordinator

A few years ago the Idaho County Gen Society asked me to come up and do a presentation on the Idaho Co Genweb. I didn't know what to do, so I made up a power point presentation. My presentation was to a bunch of old gals that weren't too good on the computer or the web, so I tried to show them how to navigate the site, etc. I also included an overview of the whole Genweb project, with a little history of it. Then I did screen shots of some of the pages on the Idaho County site and also some records that needed transcribing and how I went about that part. I also made up some flyers about the Genweb project and passed those out to them all. I was very nervous at the beginning, but after I got going, it was really fun. They were all so interested and had tons of questions. It turned out to be a fun thing to do. They still put a plug in the Idaho County newspaper for me on occasion listing the Genweb site address. I think that whatever you do, as Tim says, make it fun. If you build it, they will come. . . . Keep us up on how it goes. Penny Idaho County > From: Tharper1963@wmconnect.com > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:22:14 -0400 > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] FW: Family History Fair > > But aren't you talking to us right now....hehehe. Seriously though, it is > scary at first, but once you start talking about something you love...You > will realize that they are all your friends anyway (or relatives). Have fun > with it, and the next thing we will hear is that you are a National Speaker > at some Genealogical Society somewhere....lol > > Tim</HTML> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Remember A stranger is only a friend you haven't met. Someone once told me when I started doing some public speaking to just imagine the audience in their underwear. It doesn't work and can actually make it MORE scary! Don't try that one!!!! Depending on the space, you may set up a table and have everyone gather around the table so that you can "teach" that way. Have samples of writing (ones that genuinely need transcribing --kill two or three birds with one stone!!!) and everyone work together. Jeanne Elmore --- On Mon, 3/15/10, CHRISTINE M STOREY <chrissy_7@q.com> wrote: > From: CHRISTINE M STOREY <chrissy_7@q.com> > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] FW: Family History Fair > To: "Mike Stclair" <idgen@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 10:51 PM > > Great, that is good advice,I probley will try and do this > thou its kinda scary talking to people I dont know. > > Thanks so much! > > Have a great day > Chris > > > > > > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:16:55 -0700 > > From: jmcolby_hicks@yahoo.com > > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] FW: Family History Fair > > > > Personally, if it were up to me and I was available, I > would go. You might consider teaching something about > reading old scripts and deciphering censuses and the like > and encourage practice by bringing some older census pages > that need transcription..... > > > > What about encouraging submissions and explaining that > everything you have available on your site was either > donated by someone or was something that you did yourself? > Sometimes people don't realize that we don't have much > unless we actively seek it out.... > > > > Maybe show some sample pages and how they were > transcribed. Or giving samples of items that people > volunteer to "lookup". I think I would concentrate not so > much on how to use the items but on how to transcribe them > to be the most accurate and therefore the most > valuable..... > > > > Just my two cents (because of inflation, only worth a > half a cent....) > > > > Jeanne > > Elmore County > > > > > > --- On Mon, 3/15/10, CHRISTINE M STOREY <chrissy_7@q.com> > wrote: > > > > > From: CHRISTINE M STOREY <chrissy_7@q.com> > > > Subject: [IDGEN] FW: Family History Fair > > > To: "Mike Stclair" <idgen@rootsweb.com> > > > Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 5:31 PM > > > > > > > > > Hi Mike, I just received this email and thought I > would > > > share it with you. It makes me feel good that > perhaps we > > > county coordinators do make a difference and our > sites here > > > in Idaho do have a great impact on visitors. I > havent > > > deciced if I am going to do this as I am not sure > what to > > > teach on a class for the genweb. Any ideas or > advice??? > > > Have a great day > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: durffam@atcnet.net > > > To: Chrissy_7@q.com > > > Subject: Family History Fair > > > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:21:32 -0600 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I am the director of the Declo Stake Family > History > > > center.  We are planning a Family History > Fair on April > > > 24 (Saturday) from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Declo > Stake > > > Center.  One of the classes that we have > discussed > > > would be a how to on usgenweb.  I was > wondering if you > > > might be interested in teaching an hour class on > the > > > usgenweb.  If not, that is fine.  I > just thought > > > you might like the opportunity.  I use your > Cassia > > > County site a lot and do appreciate the time and > effort you > > > put into it.  > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Janis Durfee > > > Almo    > > >          > > >            > > >    > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to IDGEN-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 > IDGEN-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 IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Great, that is good advice,I probley will try and do this thou its kinda scary talking to people I dont know. Thanks so much! Have a great day Chris > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:16:55 -0700 > From: jmcolby_hicks@yahoo.com > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] FW: Family History Fair > > Personally, if it were up to me and I was available, I would go. You might consider teaching something about reading old scripts and deciphering censuses and the like and encourage practice by bringing some older census pages that need transcription..... > > What about encouraging submissions and explaining that everything you have available on your site was either donated by someone or was something that you did yourself? Sometimes people don't realize that we don't have much unless we actively seek it out.... > > Maybe show some sample pages and how they were transcribed. Or giving samples of items that people volunteer to "lookup". I think I would concentrate not so much on how to use the items but on how to transcribe them to be the most accurate and therefore the most valuable..... > > Just my two cents (because of inflation, only worth a half a cent....) > > Jeanne > Elmore County > > > --- On Mon, 3/15/10, CHRISTINE M STOREY <chrissy_7@q.com> wrote: > > > From: CHRISTINE M STOREY <chrissy_7@q.com> > > Subject: [IDGEN] FW: Family History Fair > > To: "Mike Stclair" <idgen@rootsweb.com> > > Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 5:31 PM > > > > > > Hi Mike, I just received this email and thought I would > > share it with you. It makes me feel good that perhaps we > > county coordinators do make a difference and our sites here > > in Idaho do have a great impact on visitors. I havent > > deciced if I am going to do this as I am not sure what to > > teach on a class for the genweb. Any ideas or advice??? > > Have a great day > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: durffam@atcnet.net > > To: Chrissy_7@q.com > > Subject: Family History Fair > > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:21:32 -0600 > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > I am the director of the Declo Stake Family History > > center. We are planning a Family History Fair on April > > 24 (Saturday) from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Declo Stake > > Center. One of the classes that we have discussed > > would be a how to on usgenweb. I was wondering if you > > might be interested in teaching an hour class on the > > usgenweb. If not, that is fine. I just thought > > you might like the opportunity. I use your Cassia > > County site a lot and do appreciate the time and effort you > > put into it. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Janis Durfee > > Almo > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IDGEN-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 IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

But aren't you talking to us right now....hehehe. Seriously though, it is scary at first, but once you start talking about something you love...You will realize that they are all your friends anyway (or relatives). Have fun with it, and the next thing we will hear is that you are a National Speaker at some Genealogical Society somewhere....lol Tim</HTML>

Hi Mike, I just received this email and thought I would share it with you. It makes me feel good that perhaps we county coordinators do make a difference and our sites here in Idaho do have a great impact on visitors. I havent deciced if I am going to do this as I am not sure what to teach on a class for the genweb. Any ideas or advice??? Have a great day Chris From: durffam@atcnet.net To: Chrissy_7@q.com Subject: Family History Fair Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:21:32 -0600 Hi, I am the director of the Declo Stake Family History center. We are planning a Family History Fair on April 24 (Saturday) from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Declo Stake Center. One of the classes that we have discussed would be a how to on usgenweb. I was wondering if you might be interested in teaching an hour class on the usgenweb. If not, that is fine. I just thought you might like the opportunity. I use your Cassia County site a lot and do appreciate the time and effort you put into it. Thanks Janis Durfee Almo

Personally, if it were up to me and I was available, I would go. You might consider teaching something about reading old scripts and deciphering censuses and the like and encourage practice by bringing some older census pages that need transcription..... What about encouraging submissions and explaining that everything you have available on your site was either donated by someone or was something that you did yourself? Sometimes people don't realize that we don't have much unless we actively seek it out.... Maybe show some sample pages and how they were transcribed. Or giving samples of items that people volunteer to "lookup". I think I would concentrate not so much on how to use the items but on how to transcribe them to be the most accurate and therefore the most valuable..... Just my two cents (because of inflation, only worth a half a cent....) Jeanne Elmore County --- On Mon, 3/15/10, CHRISTINE M STOREY <chrissy_7@q.com> wrote: > From: CHRISTINE M STOREY <chrissy_7@q.com> > Subject: [IDGEN] FW: Family History Fair > To: "Mike Stclair" <idgen@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 5:31 PM > > > Hi Mike, I just received this email and thought I would > share it with you. It makes me feel good that perhaps we > county coordinators do make a difference and our sites here > in Idaho do have a great impact on visitors. I havent > deciced if I am going to do this as I am not sure what to > teach on a class for the genweb. Any ideas or advice??? > Have a great day > Chris > > > > > > > From: durffam@atcnet.net > To: Chrissy_7@q.com > Subject: Family History Fair > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:21:32 -0600 > > > > > Hi, > I am the director of the Declo Stake Family History > center.  We are planning a Family History Fair on April > 24 (Saturday) from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Declo Stake > Center.  One of the classes that we have discussed > would be a how to on usgenweb.  I was wondering if you > might be interested in teaching an hour class on the > usgenweb.  If not, that is fine.  I just thought > you might like the opportunity.  I use your Cassia > County site a lot and do appreciate the time and effort you > put into it.  > > > Thanks > > Janis Durfee > Almo     >          >            >   > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Joe Markovich now has Custer County rebuilt. The direct URL for Custer County is now http://custer.genwebsite.org/ Note also that anyone who tries to visit the old site at http://custer.idgenweb.org/ will automatically redirect to the new location. If you have a a neighboring county with links to Gooding, be sure to make sure your links don't point to the ancient Rootsweb site. Mike St. Clair

The direct URL for Gooding County is now http://gooding.genwebsite.org/ Note also that anyone who tries to visit the old site at http://gooding.idgenweb.org/ will automatically redirect to the new location. If you have a a neighboring county with links to Gooding, be sure to make sure you links don't point to the ancient Rootsweb site. Mike St. Clair

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The "A" section has finally been completed. There are 88 place names listed under A, although there are a couple of dozen of these places known to have existed, but for which further details are not yet known. If you know anything more about any of those places, pass it on! Now on the the "B" section.

jerome, cassia and twin falls being worked on, have not been able to upload lincoln yet. Have a great day Chris > Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 04:44:23 -0600 > From: allotherbiz@comcast.net > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IDGEN] March Check In - Butte & Camas Counties > > Greetings All: > > Checking in for March. Spring, warm weather, and green are hopefully > just around the corner . I live in Northern Indiana in a rural area > Lake effect snow can really pile it up!!! > > *FTP Program:* I use File Zilla for my FTP. This application is very > fast and is updated frequently. > > *Web Site Editor: * I use TreePad Business edition for my editor. I > discovered this application by accident about 5 years ago. TreePad is > entirely self contained, easy to use and is very fast. TreePad offers > the unique ability to sort tables either by rows or columns and the tree > portion itself can be sorted and moved by simple drag and drop. Large > tables and other text or HTML files can be imported with ease and TP has > excellent text editing features. If you can use MS Word, you can use > TreePad! Lifetime license costs $44.95. The developer updates this > application twice a year. I have received many positive comments on the > ease of navigation and the overall look and format of my sites. I also > use TreePad for several outside business clients also. It has received > rave reviews from them! They love simplicity and the bargain software price! > > *Backups:* I maintain a working copy and a saved copy of the original > site files that I acquire when I pick up a new county. Both are backed > up in 2 different locations, as are my current county site files, on a > daily basis. For backup software, I use Karen's Power Tools Replicator. > It is free, easy to use and setup and is very fast on file backups. > Nothing fancy here but the Replicator application works! > > *Hosting Service:* I use Just Host. They define the words "quick" and > "dependable". Lightening fast FTP and connections. I have had no > problem whatsoever with them!! I have several registered domains. I use > GoDaddy for my registrations only. > > Thats my update. Pleas let me know if there are any questions on > TreePad, FileZilla, GoDaddy, Karen's Power Tools or whatever! > > Thanks > Joe > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jared - Bingham County - Here

Welcome aboard, Penny.... Oma, Boundary County On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org>wrote: > First I want to express my appreciation for the hard work Linda Simpson has > put into the Lewis County site over the years. She is moving on to some > other projects outside of IDGENWEB and releasing Lewis County. We will miss > her and would love to have her back at some future time. > > Penny Casey is going to add responsibility for Lewis County in addition to > her present Coordination of Idaho County. Thanks for your interest and > willingness, Penny. > > Mike St. Clair > State Coordinator - IDGENWEB > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Boundary County here, not much done. I am in AZ for a month, but still working on stuff from here. We have a young man in Boundary County that teaches web pages, and some of us are going to take some lessons, so we can keep current on updating the site. It is something I have been wanting to do for a long time, and don't want to overwhelm Mags. I have a new back up drive for my computer, that I keep everything on, after almost losing 1075 obits. Fortunately, my computer guru, got them back, but made me go get the backup drive <smart man>. Could not open the obits that are listed. Don't want to retype 1075 obits for submission, so we are working on the .pps files. Do I have that right? Thanks for everyone out there that is doing the great job, we will try to catch up soon. Oma Sanders

scot - washington county.

I should have clarified ... I have some four drawer filing cabinets that are fireproof. I store a backup hard drive there when not in use. I also keep a backup in a separate building in case one burns. It sounds like you are doing a great job with backup copies. Better safe than sorry as you know. Mitch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy White" <jjwalliswhite@gmail.com> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [IDGEN] March 2010 Monthly IDGENWEB Roll Call > Mitch I am interested in the fire proof cabinet, how do you keep it cool > enough for the drive? I have 4 externals and without centeral air have to > run a AC in my office to keep everything cool, (including myself). > > I back everything up on a second computer that I turn on every 3 days, > virus > check and back up. I also have 2 back up hard drives in main computer and > online backup. One loss taught me to backup and backup (ok so I a > obsessive). > > Bonner and Bannock are hanging in this month while I work on other things. > > Judy > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Mitch Ryder <williamcdf@aol.com> wrote: > >> Checking in for Ada and Canyon counties. Neither got much attention this >> month due to the Archives rebuild. I'll be back at them soon. >> >> I currently use Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 as a web editor and have been a >> Dreamweaver user for eight years. This is my FTP client as well. >> >> I have a copy of my county sites on my PC along with a copy of the >> Archives. >> They get backed up onto two external hard drives about every three days. >> One >> external drive is kept in a fire proof cabinet. >> >> Mitch Ryder >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> >> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 9:03 PM >> Subject: [IDGEN] March 2010 Monthly IDGENWEB Roll Call >> >> >> > It is that time once again to let us all know you are alive and on the >> > job. Please check in, listing the counties for which you are acting as >> > coordinator >> > for. I'd also love to have you let us know what you are working on at >> > the >> > present time and to identify any obstacles that any of the rest of us >> > can >> > be of help on. >> > >> > It would be especially useful for each of you to give a brief >> > description >> > of how you you maintain your wesite, listing the primary software >> > involved. >> > >> > For Example: >> > >> > To maintain my sites, I keep a mirror image of all the pages in a >> > directory on my local computer. I use the free FTP client Filezilla to >> > transfer modified pages to the online website. >> > >> > Your service to genealogical researchers with roots in Idaho is greatly >> > appreciated! >> > >> > Mike St. Clair >> > IDGENWEB - State Coordinator >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > IDGEN-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 >> IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Native American Genealogy http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/ > AccessGenealogy http://www.accessgenealogy.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IDGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >