I'd really appreciate it if each of you would do a short test of the custom search engine. You will find a long search box near the bottom of each state page including the home page. Will you pick a resource that is available at your county or special project site and put in search terms that should find it and perform the search? Then report back to me if your resource was found at the current URL and I would greatly appreciate it. Mike St. Clair

I've heard from quite a number of you so far, all saying that you want us to adopt the draft volunteer Requirements and Guidelines. There have been no more suggestions for additions or changes. If you do have some such input, please provide that by the end of February. Otherwise we will adopt these effective the first of March 2010. Mike St. Clair

I say "yes" let's adopt them. Penny Idaho County > From: mike@saintclair.org > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:03:47 -0700 > Subject: [IDGEN] Input on the IDGENWEB Volunteer Requirements and Suggestions > > The Requirements and Suggestions for IDGENWEB volunteers are documented at: http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_main_volunteers.php > > I think these have been posted long enough that it is time now for any discussion that needs to take place before they move from Draft status to Adopted status. If you are satisfied with them as currently written, please indicate that here on this list. "Yes", "let's adopt them", or any other way you want to say it will be adequate to indicate your approval. If you have questions, want clarification, or have suggestions for their improvement, that is also appropriate. > > Remember, that once adopted, the floor is always open for suggestions to improve these requirements and suggestions. If you encounter a situation where you think adjustments are needed, speak out at any time. > > I also want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your service to fellow genealogical researchers with Idaho roots. Your volunteer service is greatly appreciated. > > I'd also like to remind you all that we will have a regular election for State Coordinator in October this year, as described in the document linked to above. You should be thinking about whether you are interested in so serving, or if there is someone in the project that you think would be a good coordinator. > > 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

Yes! Let's adopt them. Mitch Ryder Ada and Canyon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 12:03 PM Subject: [IDGEN] Input on the IDGENWEB Volunteer Requirements and Suggestions > The Requirements and Suggestions for IDGENWEB volunteers are documented > at: http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_main_volunteers.php > > I think these have been posted long enough that it is time now for any > discussion that needs to take place before they move from Draft status to > Adopted status. If you are satisfied with them as currently written, > please indicate that here on this list. "Yes", "let's adopt them", or any > other way you want to say it will be adequate to indicate your approval. > If you have questions, want clarification, or have suggestions for their > improvement, that is also appropriate. > > Remember, that once adopted, the floor is always open for suggestions to > improve these requirements and suggestions. If you encounter a situation > where you think adjustments are needed, speak out at any time. > > I also want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your service to > fellow genealogical researchers with Idaho roots. Your volunteer service > is greatly appreciated. > > I'd also like to remind you all that we will have a regular election for > State Coordinator in October this year, as described in the document > linked to above. You should be thinking about whether you are interested > in so serving, or if there is someone in the project that you think would > be a good coordinator. > > 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 >

A bunch of updates have been made to the Idaho Gazeteer during the last few days. It is found at: http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_gazetteer.php The plan is to convert this into a searchable database, and to include substantially more information in it, such as geographic coordinates, USGS map name, altitude, and more descriptive information. If you find any communities for your counties are not found here, I'd like to know about it. Mike St. Clair

Howdy & welcome! You might take a look at the State Historical Society Reference Series http://www.idahohistory.net/reference_series.html if you haven't already done so -- lots of good stuff here. Also, the Boise Nat'l Forest has some good history, at least for the Emmett District, which names names -- I still I haven't figured out the best way to link to those. Their URL's are abt. a half a mile long & they seem to change periodically. Sharon Gem, Boise, Valley CC ________________________________ From: Jeanne Hicks <jmcolby_hicks@yahoo.com> To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, February 22, 2010 8:42:59 PM Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Please Welcome Jeanne Hicks, New Coordinator for Elmore County Thank you everyone.  I just spent quite a bit of time updating the site and fixing some links.  I hope you'll have a chance to look at what I've done and let me know if you find something that doesn't work or if I need something else. Thank you for this opportunity. Jeanne --- On Mon, 2/22/10, Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> wrote: > From: Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> > Subject: [IDGEN] Please Welcome Jeanne Hicks, New Coordinator for Elmore County > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 2:23 PM > I am delighted to let you all know > that we have a new member of our IDGENWEB team.  Jeanne > Hicks has just been appointed as the coordinator for Elmore > County.  She is also a coordinator in NCGENWEB, for > McDowell County.  Jeanne, welcome aboard, and we all > look forward to getting better acquainted.  > > 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

yes adopt them. Have a great day Chris > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:14:20 -0800 > From: idaho1417@gmail.com > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Input on the IDGENWEB Volunteer Requirements and Suggestions > > Yes, adopt them. > Oma Sanders, Boundary County, ID > > ------------------------------- > 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

Thank you everyone. I just spent quite a bit of time updating the site and fixing some links. I hope you'll have a chance to look at what I've done and let me know if you find something that doesn't work or if I need something else. Thank you for this opportunity. Jeanne --- On Mon, 2/22/10, Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> wrote: > From: Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> > Subject: [IDGEN] Please Welcome Jeanne Hicks, New Coordinator for Elmore County > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 2:23 PM > I am delighted to let you all know > that we have a new member of our IDGENWEB team.  Jeanne > Hicks has just been appointed as the coordinator for Elmore > County.  She is also a coordinator in NCGENWEB, for > McDowell County.  Jeanne, welcome aboard, and we all > look forward to getting better acquainted.  > > 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 >

Welcome aboard, Jeanne! We need all the help we can get ... <g>. Mitch Ada and Canyon counties ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 11:23 AM Subject: [IDGEN] Please Welcome Jeanne Hicks,New Coordinator for Elmore County >I am delighted to let you all know that we have a new member of our >IDGENWEB team. Jeanne Hicks has just been appointed as the coordinator for >Elmore County. She is also a coordinator in NCGENWEB, for McDowell County. >Jeanne, welcome aboard, and we all look forward to getting better >acquainted. > > 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 >

Yes, adopt them. Tim Harper Benewah, Latah & Nez Perce Counties</HTML>

Welcome aboard Jeanne. Tim Harper Benewah, Latah & Nez Perce Counties</HTML>

Welcome, Jeanne... Have fun.

Yes, adopt them. Oma Sanders, Boundary County, ID

Welcome to the new coordinator! Its always good when the counties up for adoption list gets smaller! Joe Mike St. Clair/ST wrote: > I am delighted to let you all know that we have a new member of our IDGENWEB team. Jeanne Hicks has just been appointed as the coordinator for Elmore County. She is also a coordinator in NCGENWEB, for McDowell County. Jeanne, welcome aboard, and we all look forward to getting better acquainted. > > 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 > > >

Yes, lets adopt them. Mike St. Clair/ST wrote: > The Requirements and Suggestions for IDGENWEB volunteers are documented at: http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_main_volunteers.php > > I think these have been posted long enough that it is time now for any discussion that needs to take place before they move from Draft status to Adopted status. If you are satisfied with them as currently written, please indicate that here on this list. "Yes", "let's adopt them", or any other way you want to say it will be adequate to indicate your approval. If you have questions, want clarification, or have suggestions for their improvement, that is also appropriate. > > Remember, that once adopted, the floor is always open for suggestions to improve these requirements and suggestions. If you encounter a situation where you think adjustments are needed, speak out at any time. > > I also want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your service to fellow genealogical researchers with Idaho roots. Your volunteer service is greatly appreciated. > > I'd also like to remind you all that we will have a regular election for State Coordinator in October this year, as described in the document linked to above. You should be thinking about whether you are interested in so serving, or if there is someone in the project that you think would be a good coordinator. > > 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 > > >

The Requirements and Suggestions for IDGENWEB volunteers are documented at: http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_main_volunteers.php I think these have been posted long enough that it is time now for any discussion that needs to take place before they move from Draft status to Adopted status. If you are satisfied with them as currently written, please indicate that here on this list. "Yes", "let's adopt them", or any other way you want to say it will be adequate to indicate your approval. If you have questions, want clarification, or have suggestions for their improvement, that is also appropriate. Remember, that once adopted, the floor is always open for suggestions to improve these requirements and suggestions. If you encounter a situation where you think adjustments are needed, speak out at any time. I also want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your service to fellow genealogical researchers with Idaho roots. Your volunteer service is greatly appreciated. I'd also like to remind you all that we will have a regular election for State Coordinator in October this year, as described in the document linked to above. You should be thinking about whether you are interested in so serving, or if there is someone in the project that you think would be a good coordinator. Mike St. Clair State Coordinator - IDGENWEB

I am delighted to let you all know that we have a new member of our IDGENWEB team. Jeanne Hicks has just been appointed as the coordinator for Elmore County. She is also a coordinator in NCGENWEB, for McDowell County. Jeanne, welcome aboard, and we all look forward to getting better acquainted. Mike St. Clair IDGENWEB State Coordinator

Fabulous!!! Your hard work on this is really appreciated. I'll check to make sure that all the state pages that link to the archives use the proper URL. Mike St. Clair -------------------------------------------------- From: "Mitch Ryder" <williamcdf@aol.com> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:46 PM To: "IDGENWEB Mail List" <idgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: [IDGEN] USGenWeb Idaho Archives > Hello to all! > > During the last three weeks seventeen Idaho counties in the USGenWeb Idaho > Archives have been rebuilt. Hopefully, the rest will be completed within > the next six weeks. The Archives are being compressed from approximately > 500 HTML index pages to a more manageable approximate of 175. > > For those of you that link to the Idaho Archives ... please be aware that > the old URL http://usgwarchives.org/id/idfiles.htm is no longer an updated > site. This is basically a backup server today. To the best of my knowledge > none of the HTML index pages get updated. The file manager listed on them > does NOT respond to e-mail. This is one of two backup servers for the > USGenWeb Archives and only TXT and JPG files are updated. > > The new URL for the active USGenWeb Idaho Archives is > http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm . > > Best regards, > Mitch Ryder

Hello to all! During the last three weeks seventeen Idaho counties in the USGenWeb Idaho Archives have been rebuilt. Hopefully, the rest will be completed within the next six weeks. The Archives are being compressed from approximately 500 HTML index pages to a more manageable approximate of 175. For those of you that link to the Idaho Archives ... please be aware that the old URL http://usgwarchives.org/id/idfiles.htm is no longer an updated site. This is basically a backup server today. To the best of my knowledge none of the HTML index pages get updated. The file manager listed on them does NOT respond to e-mail. This is one of two backup servers for the USGenWeb Archives and only TXT and JPG files are updated. The new URL for the active USGenWeb Idaho Archives is http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm . Best regards, Mitch Ryder

Mitch reporting for Ada and Canyon counties. I added a few pictures to Canyon recently. I am also scanning three 1940s high school year books to be transcribed later. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:35 AM Subject: [IDGEN] February 2010 Monthly 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. > > 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 >