Shalamar is having some computer problems that hopefully will be worked out soon. I'm not against anything being contributed to the archives, but would also like to have our state project and our counties have the option to make use of the same directly. I really appreciate what you are sharing with Sharon. I think she will make very good use of it. Mike -------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris Storey" <chrissy_7@q.com> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:30 PM To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Boise County > I have added alot of obits and articles to Boise county through shalmar. > They have not showed up yet under obits and etc. > Thanks and have a good day > Christine Storey > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon McConnel" <gem_genweb@yahoo.com> > To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:03 PM > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Boise County > > > YES! Boise County wants whatever you have to share! > Thank you! > Sharon > > > > > ________________________________ > From: charlotte slater <lotties@onewest.net> > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 11:20:48 AM > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County > > You are doing a great job as state coordinator. If the county has not had > any response from the volunteer you have every right to take it over. My > websites do not reflect the work I do for the ancestors of the people who > lived in them in the past because I type up articles from the old > newspapers > from 1865 - 1910. I have info that could be put on Boise county if the > coordinater wants it. > Charlotte > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> > To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 12:42 AM > Subject: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County > > > You all know I have been in the process of evaluating counties whose > coordinators have been missing in action. This month I will be announcing > several more counties that will become adoptable. Of that group, I have > chosen to appoint myself the coordinator of the county that seems to have > the least to offer visiting researchers at this time - Madison County. I > will be working to build up the value of the Madison County website, but > will be open to stepping aside for an enthusiastic volunteer who has a > stronger personal connection with the county or other motivation to turn > it > from what looks to me like the "poorest cousin" in IDGENWEB at present, to > something of real value to researchers. I will be taking on Madison County > effective immediately, after having received no response to attempted > contacts with the former coordinator, including roll calls, and finding > that > nothing has been done there for many years. > > I invite and encourage you all to speak up if you ever feel I am stepping > out of line in any of my State Coordinator actions. My only desire is to > make this project more useful to the researchers and more rewarding to the > coordinators. I greatly appreciate the many of you who are actively > working > on your websites. Thank you for your efforts. Do let me know if there is > anything I can do to help you. > > Mike St. Clair > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

I have added alot of obits and articles to Boise county through shalmar. They have not showed up yet under obits and etc. Thanks and have a good day Christine Storey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon McConnel" <gem_genweb@yahoo.com> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Boise County YES! Boise County wants whatever you have to share! Thank you! Sharon ________________________________ From: charlotte slater <lotties@onewest.net> To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 11:20:48 AM Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County You are doing a great job as state coordinator. If the county has not had any response from the volunteer you have every right to take it over. My websites do not reflect the work I do for the ancestors of the people who lived in them in the past because I type up articles from the old newspapers from 1865 - 1910. I have info that could be put on Boise county if the coordinater wants it. Charlotte ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 12:42 AM Subject: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County You all know I have been in the process of evaluating counties whose coordinators have been missing in action. This month I will be announcing several more counties that will become adoptable. Of that group, I have chosen to appoint myself the coordinator of the county that seems to have the least to offer visiting researchers at this time - Madison County. I will be working to build up the value of the Madison County website, but will be open to stepping aside for an enthusiastic volunteer who has a stronger personal connection with the county or other motivation to turn it from what looks to me like the "poorest cousin" in IDGENWEB at present, to something of real value to researchers. I will be taking on Madison County effective immediately, after having received no response to attempted contacts with the former coordinator, including roll calls, and finding that nothing has been done there for many years. I invite and encourage you all to speak up if you ever feel I am stepping out of line in any of my State Coordinator actions. My only desire is to make this project more useful to the researchers and more rewarding to the coordinators. I greatly appreciate the many of you who are actively working on your websites. Thank you for your efforts. Do let me know if there is anything I can do to help you. Mike St. Clair ------------------------------- 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

Charlotte, There is a size limit on what can be sent to the mailing list. But I grabbed that from the reject queue and forwarded it on the Sharon. You ought to send the rest directly to Sharon's address, which you can see below. Thanks for sharing!! Mike St. Clair -------------------------------------------------- From: "charlotte slater" <lotties@onewest.net> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 6:24 PM To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Boise County > If those files work I'll send the rest of them. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon McConnel" <gem_genweb@yahoo.com> > To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:03 PM > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Boise County > > > YES! Boise County wants whatever you have to share! > Thank you! > Sharon > > > > > ________________________________ > From: charlotte slater <lotties@onewest.net> > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 11:20:48 AM > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County > > You are doing a great job as state coordinator. If the county has not had > any response from the volunteer you have every right to take it over. My > websites do not reflect the work I do for the ancestors of the people who > lived in them in the past because I type up articles from the old > newspapers from 1865 - 1910. I have info that could be put on Boise county > if the coordinater wants it. > Charlotte > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> > To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 12:42 AM > Subject: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County > > > You all know I have been in the process of evaluating counties whose > coordinators have been missing in action. This month I will be announcing > several more counties that will become adoptable. Of that group, I have > chosen to appoint myself the coordinator of the county that seems to have > the least to offer visiting researchers at this time - Madison County. I > will be working to build up the value of the Madison County website, but > will be open to stepping aside for an enthusiastic volunteer who has a > stronger personal connection with the county or other motivation to turn > it from what looks to me like the "poorest cousin" in IDGENWEB at present, > to something of real value to researchers. I will be taking on Madison > County effective immediately, after having received no response to > attempted contacts with the former coordinator, including roll calls, and > finding that nothing has been done there for many years. > > I invite and encourage you all to speak up if you ever feel I am stepping > out of line in any of my State Coordinator actions. My only desire is to > make this project more useful to the researchers and more rewarding to the > coordinators. I greatly appreciate the many of you who are actively > working on your websites. Thank you for your efforts. Do let me know if > there is anything I can do to help you. > > Mike St. Clair > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

If those files work I'll send the rest of them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon McConnel" <gem_genweb@yahoo.com> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Boise County YES! Boise County wants whatever you have to share! Thank you! Sharon ________________________________ From: charlotte slater <lotties@onewest.net> To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 11:20:48 AM Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County You are doing a great job as state coordinator. If the county has not had any response from the volunteer you have every right to take it over. My websites do not reflect the work I do for the ancestors of the people who lived in them in the past because I type up articles from the old newspapers from 1865 - 1910. I have info that could be put on Boise county if the coordinater wants it. Charlotte ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 12:42 AM Subject: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County You all know I have been in the process of evaluating counties whose coordinators have been missing in action. This month I will be announcing several more counties that will become adoptable. Of that group, I have chosen to appoint myself the coordinator of the county that seems to have the least to offer visiting researchers at this time - Madison County. I will be working to build up the value of the Madison County website, but will be open to stepping aside for an enthusiastic volunteer who has a stronger personal connection with the county or other motivation to turn it from what looks to me like the "poorest cousin" in IDGENWEB at present, to something of real value to researchers. I will be taking on Madison County effective immediately, after having received no response to attempted contacts with the former coordinator, including roll calls, and finding that nothing has been done there for many years. I invite and encourage you all to speak up if you ever feel I am stepping out of line in any of my State Coordinator actions. My only desire is to make this project more useful to the researchers and more rewarding to the coordinators. I greatly appreciate the many of you who are actively working on your websites. Thank you for your efforts. Do let me know if there is anything I can do to help you. Mike St. Clair ------------------------------- 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

I discovered that Interment.net doesn't have websites for about a dozen Idaho counties. I've fixed that page now: http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_cemeteries.php Mike St. Clair

http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1   VA gravesite locator Sharon ________________________________ From: Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, December 6, 2009 5:51:18 PM Subject: [IDGEN] New Online Resource at IDGENWEB In addition to the cemetery information and transcripts available at our county websites, there are a bunch of other sources of such information.  I've created a new page (http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_cemeteries.php) that has links to four of these sources for each county.  Feel free to grab the links for your specific counties and add them to your website's cemetery section if you think they would be useful.  Note that some of these have a substantial amount of information.  Those I included are: The USGENWEB Tombstone Project Find A Grave Interment.net The Idaho State Historical Societies list of all state cemeteries If you are aware of any other site that offers free access to a lot of cemetery records covering all or most counties in Idaho, let me know and I will add them.  Also, please let me know if you see any problems or desirable changes. Mike St. Clair ------------------------------- 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! Boise County wants whatever you have to share! Thank you! Sharon ________________________________ From: charlotte slater <lotties@onewest.net> To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 11:20:48 AM Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County You are doing a great job as state coordinator. If the county has not had any response from the volunteer you have every right to take it over.  My websites do not reflect the work I do for the ancestors of the people who lived in them in the past because I type up articles from the old newspapers from 1865 - 1910.  I have info that could be put on Boise county if the coordinater wants it. Charlotte ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 12:42 AM Subject: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County You all know I have been in the process of evaluating counties whose coordinators have been missing in action.  This month I will be announcing several more counties that will become adoptable.  Of that group, I have chosen to appoint myself the coordinator of the county that seems to have the least to offer visiting researchers at this time - Madison County.  I will be working to build up the value of the Madison County website, but will be open to stepping aside for an enthusiastic volunteer who has a stronger personal connection with the county or other motivation to turn it from what looks to me like the "poorest cousin" in IDGENWEB at present, to something of real value to researchers.  I will be taking on Madison County effective immediately, after having received no response to attempted contacts with the former coordinator, including roll calls, and finding that nothing has been done there for many years. I invite and encourage you all to speak up if you ever feel I am stepping out of line in any of my State Coordinator actions.  My only desire is to make this project more useful to the researchers and more rewarding to the coordinators.  I greatly appreciate the many of you who are actively working on your websites.  Thank you for your efforts.  Do let me know if there is anything I can do to help you. Mike St. Clair ------------------------------- 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

Thanks, Charlotte. I'd love to assist in getting those articles online. The ideal would be to have a scan of the article and a transcription like you have typed. What papers are you using and where do you get access to them? Mike -------------------------------------------------- From: "charlotte slater" <lotties@onewest.net> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:20 AM To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County > You are doing a great job as state coordinator. If the county has not had > any response from the volunteer you have every right to take it over. My > websites do not reflect the work I do for the ancestors of the people who > lived in them in the past because I type up articles from the old > newspapers from 1865 - 1910. I have info that could be put on Boise > county if the coordinater wants it. > Charlotte > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> > To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 12:42 AM > Subject: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County > > > You all know I have been in the process of evaluating counties whose > coordinators have been missing in action. This month I will be announcing > several more counties that will become adoptable. Of that group, I have > chosen to appoint myself the coordinator of the county that seems to have > the least to offer visiting researchers at this time - Madison County. I > will be working to build up the value of the Madison County website, but > will be open to stepping aside for an enthusiastic volunteer who has a > stronger personal connection with the county or other motivation to turn > it from what looks to me like the "poorest cousin" in IDGENWEB at present, > to something of real value to researchers. I will be taking on Madison > County effective immediately, after having received no response to > attempted contacts with the former coordinator, including roll calls, and > finding that nothing has been done there for many years. > > I invite and encourage you all to speak up if you ever feel I am stepping > out of line in any of my State Coordinator actions. My only desire is to > make this project more useful to the researchers and more rewarding to the > coordinators. I greatly appreciate the many of you who are actively > working on your websites. Thank you for your efforts. Do let me know if > there is anything I can do to help you. > > Mike St. Clair > > ------------------------------- > 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

You are doing a great job as state coordinator. If the county has not had any response from the volunteer you have every right to take it over. My websites do not reflect the work I do for the ancestors of the people who lived in them in the past because I type up articles from the old newspapers from 1865 - 1910. I have info that could be put on Boise county if the coordinater wants it. Charlotte ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 12:42 AM Subject: [IDGEN] Change in County Coordinator - Madison County You all know I have been in the process of evaluating counties whose coordinators have been missing in action. This month I will be announcing several more counties that will become adoptable. Of that group, I have chosen to appoint myself the coordinator of the county that seems to have the least to offer visiting researchers at this time - Madison County. I will be working to build up the value of the Madison County website, but will be open to stepping aside for an enthusiastic volunteer who has a stronger personal connection with the county or other motivation to turn it from what looks to me like the "poorest cousin" in IDGENWEB at present, to something of real value to researchers. I will be taking on Madison County effective immediately, after having received no response to attempted contacts with the former coordinator, including roll calls, and finding that nothing has been done there for many years. I invite and encourage you all to speak up if you ever feel I am stepping out of line in any of my State Coordinator actions. My only desire is to make this project more useful to the researchers and more rewarding to the coordinators. I greatly appreciate the many of you who are actively working on your websites. Thank you for your efforts. Do let me know if there is anything I can do to help you. Mike St. Clair ------------------------------- 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

Hello Mike and Greetings All: Your view on this is the correct one in my judgment. Every state in the USGenWeb has county sites that are largely abandoned or updated on a very infrequent basis. Part of this is the SCs that simply do not respond to emails, such as from myself or other interested people. The result is the sites that are seemingly never adopted and left to languish for years! This of course only dissuades researchers and other interested people to look elsewhere. Also, when a site is adopted, most sites are never fully reviewed by the new CC. A few pages are added here and there, a name and date are changed, and dead links and other site content are ignored. I import my sites into a new application which results in every page, every link, every graphic, and all text being looked at. Regarding my sites in the other state genwebs; most of the sites I took over were either abandoned or not updated for 5 plus years. Two of the sites had inappropriate content in terms of personal resumes, a crude on-line store, personal letters, inappropriate graphics, links to porn sites that were in these two sites for over 5 years. What message does this send to any site visitor or researcher? Obviously, the CC never looked at any of the previous and existing content. I think the county sites should be reviewed by the SC and if the CC is overwhelmed or cannot continue, then its just best to give up the site. Volunteering to be a CC gives most anyone a very unique and rewarding opportunity to directly preserve and promote history and genealogy, all from the comfort of your home or office! Thats my 2 cents worth. Joe Mike St. Clair/ST wrote: > You all know I have been in the process of evaluating counties whose coordinators have been missing in action. This month I will be announcing several more counties that will become adoptable. Of that group, I have chosen to appoint myself the coordinator of the county that seems to have the least to offer visiting researchers at this time - Madison County. I will be working to build up the value of the Madison County website, but will be open to stepping aside for an enthusiastic volunteer who has a stronger personal connection with the county or other motivation to turn it from what looks to me like the "poorest cousin" in IDGENWEB at present, to something of real value to researchers. I will be taking on Madison County effective immediately, after having received no response to attempted contacts with the former coordinator, including roll calls, and finding that nothing has been done there for many years. > > I invite and encourage you all to speak up if you ever feel I am stepping out of line in any of my State Coordinator actions. My only desire is to make this project more useful to the researchers and more rewarding to the coordinators. I greatly appreciate the many of you who are actively working on your websites. Thank you for your efforts. Do let me know if there is anything I can do to help you. > > Mike St. Clair > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >

You all know I have been in the process of evaluating counties whose coordinators have been missing in action. This month I will be announcing several more counties that will become adoptable. Of that group, I have chosen to appoint myself the coordinator of the county that seems to have the least to offer visiting researchers at this time - Madison County. I will be working to build up the value of the Madison County website, but will be open to stepping aside for an enthusiastic volunteer who has a stronger personal connection with the county or other motivation to turn it from what looks to me like the "poorest cousin" in IDGENWEB at present, to something of real value to researchers. I will be taking on Madison County effective immediately, after having received no response to attempted contacts with the former coordinator, including roll calls, and finding that nothing has been done there for many years. I invite and encourage you all to speak up if you ever feel I am stepping out of line in any of my State Coordinator actions. My only desire is to make this project more useful to the researchers and more rewarding to the coordinators. I greatly appreciate the many of you who are actively working on your websites. Thank you for your efforts. Do let me know if there is anything I can do to help you. Mike St. Clair

Once the images are available it will be better. At least then you can compare what they have to the document. Penny > From: mike@saintclair.org > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:51:04 -0700 > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] A few newer resources of broad interest at IDGENWEB > > I'll do some exploring and let you know what I think. The big downside > right now is the images are not available, so it's harder to evaluate, but I > believe they should be later. I'm also interested in what others have > experienced. > > MIke > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "PENNY CASEY" <penny_randy@msn.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:39 PM > To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] A few newer resources of broad interest at IDGENWEB > > > > > Have very many of you used the FamilySearch Pilot Death Index? > > > > > > > > I am curious as to what others have to say about the accuracy of it. > > > > I have searched for my ancestors in it and have found that almost all of > > them have names misspelled, towns missspelled and some of the last names > > they have come up with don't even make sense. > > > > > > > > Example: last name should be Livingston - they have it as Sumiplin. Not > > sure how they came up with that one! > > > > > > > > I have transcribed documents for years and know the challenges of > > handwriting, but it sure looks like they may have some problems in that > > area. > > > > > > > > Perhaps it is just me. . . > > > > > > > > Penny > > > > Idaho County > > > > > > > > > >> From: mike@saintclair.org > >> To: idgen@rootsweb.com > >> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:42:50 -0700 > >> Subject: [IDGEN] A few newer resources of broad interest at IDGENWEB > >> > >> Here are a few fairly recent additions to our stable of information. > >> > >> > >> IDGENWEB Gazetteer - > >> http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_gazetteer.php > >> > >> A lot of work yet to go, but here is a start. I started with a limited > >> list of communities and am now working my way through the alphabet to add > >> a lot more from a large set of gazetteer-like publications to pick up > >> smaller and former communities. I'm on B now. Then I will go back and add > >> information like Township-Range-Section, GPS coordinates, Altitude, > >> population, when created, etc., whereever that information is available. > >> > >> > >> > >> Oregon Trail in Idaho - http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_trail.php > >> > >> This is an update of material that was located at the Rootsweb site but > >> has not yet been available at idgenweb.org. > >> > >> > >> > >> Ethnic Groups in Idaho - > >> http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_ethnic.php > >> > >> This is an update of material that was located at the Rootsweb site but > >> has not yet been available at idgenweb.org. The link updating hasn't yet > >> been finished. > >> > >> > >> > >> FamilySearch Pilot Index - Idaho Death Certificates - > >> http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1546448 > >> > >> A fairly new rich index of Idaho Death Certificates from 1911-1937. > >> Includes much information not available in other Idaho death indexes, > >> like parents names. > >> > >> > >> > >> Bancroft's History of Idaho (from Judy White) - > >> http://www.accessgenealogy.com/idaho/history_of_idaho.htm > >> > >> 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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

Have very many of you used the FamilySearch Pilot Death Index? I am curious as to what others have to say about the accuracy of it. I have searched for my ancestors in it and have found that almost all of them have names misspelled, towns missspelled and some of the last names they have come up with don't even make sense. Example: last name should be Livingston - they have it as Sumiplin. Not sure how they came up with that one! I have transcribed documents for years and know the challenges of handwriting, but it sure looks like they may have some problems in that area. Perhaps it is just me. . . Penny Idaho County > From: mike@saintclair.org > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:42:50 -0700 > Subject: [IDGEN] A few newer resources of broad interest at IDGENWEB > > Here are a few fairly recent additions to our stable of information. > > > IDGENWEB Gazetteer - http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_gazetteer.php > > A lot of work yet to go, but here is a start. I started with a limited list of communities and am now working my way through the alphabet to add a lot more from a large set of gazetteer-like publications to pick up smaller and former communities. I'm on B now. Then I will go back and add information like Township-Range-Section, GPS coordinates, Altitude, population, when created, etc., whereever that information is available. > > > > Oregon Trail in Idaho - http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_trail.php > > This is an update of material that was located at the Rootsweb site but has not yet been available at idgenweb.org. > > > > Ethnic Groups in Idaho - http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_ethnic.php > > This is an update of material that was located at the Rootsweb site but has not yet been available at idgenweb.org. The link updating hasn't yet been finished. > > > > FamilySearch Pilot Index - Idaho Death Certificates - http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1546448 > > A fairly new rich index of Idaho Death Certificates from 1911-1937. Includes much information not available in other Idaho death indexes, like parents names. > > > > Bancroft's History of Idaho (from Judy White) - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/idaho/history_of_idaho.htm > > 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

At about 10 pm Mountain Time I'm going to start a server backup because we've had so much growth in the last few weeks I want to make sure the new material and changes have been backed up. It might impact the performance over night. It should be finished well before morning. Mike St. Clair

In addition to the cemetery information and transcripts available at our county websites, there are a bunch of other sources of such information. I've created a new page (http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_cemeteries.php) that has links to four of these sources for each county. Feel free to grab the links for your specific counties and add them to your website's cemetery section if you think they would be useful. Note that some of these have a substantial amount of information. Those I included are: The USGENWEB Tombstone Project Find A Grave Interment.net The Idaho State Historical Societies list of all state cemeteries If you are aware of any other site that offers free access to a lot of cemetery records covering all or most counties in Idaho, let me know and I will add them. Also, please let me know if you see any problems or desirable changes. Mike St. Clair

I'll do some exploring and let you know what I think. The big downside right now is the images are not available, so it's harder to evaluate, but I believe they should be later. I'm also interested in what others have experienced. MIke -------------------------------------------------- From: "PENNY CASEY" <penny_randy@msn.com> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:39 PM To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IDGEN] A few newer resources of broad interest at IDGENWEB > > Have very many of you used the FamilySearch Pilot Death Index? > > > > I am curious as to what others have to say about the accuracy of it. > > I have searched for my ancestors in it and have found that almost all of > them have names misspelled, towns missspelled and some of the last names > they have come up with don't even make sense. > > > > Example: last name should be Livingston - they have it as Sumiplin. Not > sure how they came up with that one! > > > > I have transcribed documents for years and know the challenges of > handwriting, but it sure looks like they may have some problems in that > area. > > > > Perhaps it is just me. . . > > > > Penny > > Idaho County > > > > >> From: mike@saintclair.org >> To: idgen@rootsweb.com >> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:42:50 -0700 >> Subject: [IDGEN] A few newer resources of broad interest at IDGENWEB >> >> Here are a few fairly recent additions to our stable of information. >> >> >> IDGENWEB Gazetteer - >> http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_gazetteer.php >> >> A lot of work yet to go, but here is a start. I started with a limited >> list of communities and am now working my way through the alphabet to add >> a lot more from a large set of gazetteer-like publications to pick up >> smaller and former communities. I'm on B now. Then I will go back and add >> information like Township-Range-Section, GPS coordinates, Altitude, >> population, when created, etc., whereever that information is available. >> >> >> >> Oregon Trail in Idaho - http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_trail.php >> >> This is an update of material that was located at the Rootsweb site but >> has not yet been available at idgenweb.org. >> >> >> >> Ethnic Groups in Idaho - >> http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_ethnic.php >> >> This is an update of material that was located at the Rootsweb site but >> has not yet been available at idgenweb.org. The link updating hasn't yet >> been finished. >> >> >> >> FamilySearch Pilot Index - Idaho Death Certificates - >> http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1546448 >> >> A fairly new rich index of Idaho Death Certificates from 1911-1937. >> Includes much information not available in other Idaho death indexes, >> like parents names. >> >> >> >> Bancroft's History of Idaho (from Judy White) - >> http://www.accessgenealogy.com/idaho/history_of_idaho.htm >> >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

At this point within IDGENWEB we have only had County projects, but a new Idaho state special project is being created which will be called the Idaho Indian Tribe Project. We have always had a small amount of information relating to the Idaho reservations and tribes, but Judy White has agreed to take on the task of building something with more substance. I urge you all to encourage and support this effort where you have knowledge or access to resources that would fit. I also encourage you to let Judy know if there are any resources within your county sites that could/should be linked to from the special project. Thank you, Judy, and I look forward to seeing what you develop. When that is ready, it will replace the current page on that subject and I will be linking it prominently from the state page. Mike St. Clair State Coordinator - IDGENWEB

Lemhi County has been added to our list of adoptable counties. The website is now located on the idgenweb.org server. If you have an adjacent county with a pointer to Lemhi, you should update your links to use http://lemhi.idgenweb.org/. If you are interested in adopting this county, or know someone who might be interested, I'd love to hear from you. Mike St. Clair State Coordinator - IDGENWEB

Thanks, Chris. I'll take a look. By the way, I really appreciate your list of extinct towns at the Twin Falls site. I didn't have quite a few of those in my new state gazetteer. Thanks! Mike -------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris Storey" <chrissy_7@q.com> Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 8:17 AM To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Historic Idaho Postcards > hi, There are pictures on Twinfalls site that would be nice added to this > collection. also on jerome site. > Thanks and have a good day > Christine Storey > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> > To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:21 PM > Subject: [IDGEN] Historic Idaho Postcards > > >> Judith Glad's postcard collection is now located at: >> http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_postcard_index.php. If you have >> links to this collection at it's old URL, please update your link. If >> you >> haven't yet seen this, take a look. There are some very nice historic >> scenes within Idaho. >> >> Judith told me today that she also has many others and she is going to >> scan them as additions to this collection. If anyone else has something >> similar, I'd sure like to get scans of those as well. >> >> Mike St. Clair >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

hi, There are pictures on Twinfalls site that would be nice added to this collection. also on jerome site. Thanks and have a good day Christine Storey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:21 PM Subject: [IDGEN] Historic Idaho Postcards > Judith Glad's postcard collection is now located at: > http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_detail_postcard_index.php. If you have > links to this collection at it's old URL, please update your link. If you > haven't yet seen this, take a look. There are some very nice historic > scenes within Idaho. > > Judith told me today that she also has many others and she is going to > scan them as additions to this collection. If anyone else has something > similar, I'd sure like to get scans of those as well. > > Mike St. Clair > > ------------------------------- > 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 >