Welcome aboard, Mary Lynne! We are glad to have your help and experience! I have been doing occasional research in Marion County, MO., since 2005. I bet I've visited your site there several times. I was born & raised in Boise. My son still lives there. I live just three miles from the actual end of 'The Oregon Trail' in Oregon City, OR. We have a small equestrian farm here that keeps me busy. However, I'm never too busy for genealogy and the IDGENWEB. We look forward to your help with the site! Mitch Ada & Canyon County -----Original Message----- From: Mary Ellis <mogeneal@gmail.com> To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 8:49 am Subject: Re: [IDGEN] December Monthly Roll Call Wishing everyone a great day! This is my 1st time answering the IDGenWeb roll call: I am the Shoshone county host and adopted it this past weekend. I will be updating the site with new data and a new look. I plan to add new data and will begin with additional census years. I am new resident of Idaho and wanted to learn more about my new home. What better way to do this than to be a county host! While new to IDGenWeb, I have been a part of USGenWeb for several years: co-hosting 2 counties in Missouri (Marion & Monroe) and one in Vermont. Hope everyone has a happy holiday season! Mary Lynne ------------------------------- 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

Ada and Canyon counties still being managed by Mitch Ryder. -----Original Message----- From: Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, Nov 30, 2009 11:35 pm Subject: [IDGEN] December 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 you are acting as coordinator for. We would also love to hear about what you have done to your site recently and what your plans are for the up coming month. Your service to genealogical researchers with roots in Idaho is greatly appreciated. We especially welcome our new coordinators and look forward to getting better acquainted with each of you. You are invited to give the rest of us a brief introduction as part of this month's roll call. 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

I didn't know! My dad was born in Taney and came to Idaho with his dad and brothers for a potato harvest, meeting and marrying my mom of Washington County. What are some of your Taney surnames? Mike -------------------------------------------------- From: "Sharon McConnel" <gem_genweb@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:36 AM To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IDGEN] December Monthly Roll Call > welcome -- I'm sure you will feel at home in a short time. Many Idahoans > have Missouri roots. Part of my ancestors came from Taney Co. & I have > identified a Taney Co. cluster in northern Gem Co. -- all of whom > intermarried & are related to me to a greater or lesser degree. > > Sharon > Gem, Valley & Boise Co. > > ________________________________ > From: Mary Ellis <mogeneal@gmail.com> > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 9:49:35 AM > Subject: Re: [IDGEN] December Monthly Roll Call > > Wishing everyone a great day! > > This is my 1st time answering the IDGenWeb roll call: I am the Shoshone > county host and adopted it this past weekend. > I will be updating the site with new data and a new look. I plan to add > new > data and will begin with additional census years. > I am new resident of Idaho and wanted to learn more about my new home. > What > better way to do this than to be a county host! > While new to IDGenWeb, I have been a part of USGenWeb for several years: > co-hosting 2 counties in Missouri (Marion & Monroe) and one in Vermont. > Hope everyone has a happy holiday season! > Mary Lynne

For those of you with county sites on other servers than Rootsweb, I wanted to let you know that Rootsweb does not allow actual redirects or effective redirects (e.g., a page that says something like "this site is now located at http://......"). I'm planning to "repair" any Rootsweb sites for Idaho counties that I have access to, removing that violation of the Rootsweb policies. After I have made those repairs, I'll give you a chance to object to what I've done, and/or suggest further changes. Although the official links to each county come from our state pages, we do want people who have bookmarked those older locations to still receive useful help in the short run. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please contact me directly. And let me remind you about USGENWEB and IDGENWEB policy about locations of websites. That is, each coordinator chooses where their county will be hosted. You can chose to host your counties on Rootsweb (who have been a great supporter and friend of USGENWEB from very early), at idgenweb.org, or at another server of your choice. No particular location is mandated. You decide based on what works best for you. Mike St. Clair State Coordinator - IDGENWEB

welcome -- I'm sure you will feel at home in a short time.  Many Idahoans have Missouri roots. Part of my ancestors came from Taney Co. & I have identified a Taney Co. cluster in northern Gem Co. -- all of whom intermarried & are related to me to a greater or lesser degree. Sharon Gem, Valley & Boise Co. ________________________________ From: Mary Ellis <mogeneal@gmail.com> To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 9:49:35 AM Subject: Re: [IDGEN] December Monthly Roll Call Wishing everyone a great day! This is my 1st time answering the IDGenWeb roll call: I am the Shoshone county host and adopted it this past weekend. I will be updating the site with new data and a new look. I plan to add new data and will begin with additional census years. I am new resident of Idaho and wanted to learn more about my new home. What better way to do this than to be a county host! While new to IDGenWeb, I have been a part of USGenWeb for several years: co-hosting 2 counties in Missouri (Marion & Monroe) and one in Vermont. Hope everyone has a happy holiday season! Mary Lynne ------------------------------- 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

Checking in for Benewah, Latah & Nez Perce Counties. I FINALLY have the phone/internet at our new place. Tim "PITA" Harper

Lewis County - Linda Simpson ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike St. Clair/ST To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 1:35 AM Subject: [IDGEN] December 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 you are acting as coordinator for. We would also love to hear about what you have done to your site recently and what your plans are for the up coming month. Your service to genealogical researchers with roots in Idaho is greatly appreciated. We especially welcome our new coordinators and look forward to getting better acquainted with each of you. You are invited to give the rest of us a brief introduction as part of this month's roll call. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 270.14.88/2537 - Release Date: 11/30/09 21:05:00

Gem County: completed upload of Sweet Cemetery pics -- 510; Pearl cemetery pics -- 40; Ola Cemetery pics -- 226. Created pg for Sweet Church (on historical registar); created pg for Ola Church (102 yrs old). Valley County: updated suggested reading pg; updated Yellow Pine Cemetery pg; created Carlson Stage Stop pg (same as my family website pg). Sharon  ________________________________ From: Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 12:35:02 AM Subject: [IDGEN] December 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 you are acting as coordinator for.  We would also love to hear about what you have done to your site recently and what your plans are for the up coming month.  Your service to genealogical researchers with roots in Idaho is greatly appreciated. We especially welcome our new coordinators and look forward to getting better acquainted with each of you.  You are invited to give the rest of us a brief introduction as part of this month's roll call. 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

Wishing everyone a great day! This is my 1st time answering the IDGenWeb roll call: I am the Shoshone county host and adopted it this past weekend. I will be updating the site with new data and a new look. I plan to add new data and will begin with additional census years. I am new resident of Idaho and wanted to learn more about my new home. What better way to do this than to be a county host! While new to IDGenWeb, I have been a part of USGenWeb for several years: co-hosting 2 counties in Missouri (Marion & Monroe) and one in Vermont. Hope everyone has a happy holiday season! Mary Lynne

Hi! I am still updating information and adding etc. This is for Cassia, Jerome and Twinfalls counties. Thanks and have a good day Christine Storey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike St. Clair/ST" <mike@saintclair.org> To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:35 AM Subject: [IDGEN] December 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 you are acting as coordinator > for. We would also love to hear about what you have done to your site > recently and what your plans are for the up coming month. Your service to > genealogical researchers with roots in Idaho is greatly appreciated. > > We especially welcome our new coordinators and look forward to getting > better acquainted with each of you. You are invited to give the rest of > us a brief introduction as part of this month's roll call. > > 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 >

Hello Mike, I have had Bear Lake County since spring. I was born there but live now in Kentucky and also do the Campbell County genweb page. I am working on adding early obituaries to the site and get the cemeteries current. Shirlene Jensen

Greetings All: This my first IDGenWeb roll call. I am the new CC for Butte and Camas counties. I have been active in the USGenWeb for 2 plus years, specifically in the INGenWeb, MIGenWeb, ILGenWeb, COGenWeb and the CAGenWeb. I am also the coordinator for the USGenWeb Genealogical Events project. As volunteers in the USGenWeb or any state gen webs, I think we are all in a unique position to both help genealogical researchers and to promote and preserve history. Besides that, this is a fun activity! I am resident of Indiana. I retired from the IT field, worked for a large multi-hospital health care organization as director of desk top support. I have worked with virtually every level of personnel and support staff with widely varying expertise levels. Its great to be in the IDGenWeb and I look forward to being of assistance. Thanks Joe Markovich Mike St. Clair/ST wrote: > 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. We would also love to hear about what you have done to your site recently and what your plans are for the up coming month. Your service to genealogical researchers with roots in Idaho is greatly appreciated. > > We especially welcome our new coordinators and look forward to getting better acquainted with each of you. You are invited to give the rest of us a brief introduction as part of this month's roll call. > > 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. We would also love to hear about what you have done to your site recently and what your plans are for the up coming month. Your service to genealogical researchers with roots in Idaho is greatly appreciated. We especially welcome our new coordinators and look forward to getting better acquainted with each of you. You are invited to give the rest of us a brief introduction as part of this month's roll call. Mike St. Clair IDGENWEB - State Coordinator

A new coordinator is joining IDGENWEB. Joe Markovich will be taking responsibility for two of our vacant counties, Camas and Butte. I think he will be a great addition to our team and look forward to what he will do to build upon the efforts of earlier coordinators of these two counties. Mike St. Clair State Coordinator - IDGENWEB

Judy White, currently coordinator for Bonner County, will be taking on an additional responsibility. Bannock County has had a vacancy for several months and Judy will become its new coordinator. I know she has a significant new resource to add. I applaud her willingness to support another county and look forward to seeing what she does with it as she builds on the efforts of the previous coordinator. Mike St. Clair State Coordinator

You are right. #4, the 2nd one was supposed to say Canada GENWEB sites of adjacent counties. We actually only have a single county in Idaho bordering on Canada (or any other country). I've fixed it. Thanks for noticing the confusion. Mike -------------------------------------------------- From: <williamcdf@aol.com> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:48 PM To: <idgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IDGEN] Project Member/County Coordinator Guidelines > > Regarding the CC guidelines, I am comfortable with them as they are > currently written. > > One comment I'd like to make about the bulleted lines under 'Other Links' > is that line #1 and line #4 appear to me to be basically the same idea. If > they are not, clarification may be in order. > > Mitch Ryder > > ASC, CC for Ada and Canyon Counties > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> > To: idgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sun, Nov 29, 2009 9:24 am > Subject: [IDGEN] Project Member/County Coordinator Guidelines > > > I'd like to invite feedback and kick off any needed discussion on the > current > draft guidelines for IDGENWEB so we can make progress towards formally > adopting > them. I do realize that some members would prefer to have no guidelines > in > place, relying instead on the good will of those who serve as volunteer > coordinators. But having served in quite a few state projects over the > last 10 > years, I have come to learn that one disruptive project member can wreak > havoc > in the absence of any guidelines at all. I think there is a happy medium, > and > have attempted to craft these towards that moderate view. I have also > received > a few suggestions and incorporated them over time. > > The draft guidelines can be reviewed at > http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_main_volunteers.php. > Note that there is descriptive material at the very top, followed by a set > of > requirements which must be followed by project members, and at the very > end are > a set of suggestions, which are felt to improve a website but are not > required. > > I would appreciate each of you reviewing this material and responding in > one of > the following ways: > > You approve of them as currently written. > > You would like to see some specific changes or additions - say what they > are. > > You would like to see some changes or additions, but don't have a > suggested > wording. > > In the later two cases, we will discuss the areas that someone thinks need > more > work. That discussion will take place here on the list. > > 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

Regarding the CC guidelines, I am comfortable with them as they are currently written. One comment I'd like to make about the bulleted lines under 'Other Links' is that line #1 and line #4 appear to me to be basically the same idea. If they are not, clarification may be in order. Mitch Ryder ASC, CC for Ada and Canyon Counties -----Original Message----- From: Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org> To: idgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, Nov 29, 2009 9:24 am Subject: [IDGEN] Project Member/County Coordinator Guidelines I'd like to invite feedback and kick off any needed discussion on the current draft guidelines for IDGENWEB so we can make progress towards formally adopting them. I do realize that some members would prefer to have no guidelines in place, relying instead on the good will of those who serve as volunteer coordinators. But having served in quite a few state projects over the last 10 years, I have come to learn that one disruptive project member can wreak havoc in the absence of any guidelines at all. I think there is a happy medium, and have attempted to craft these towards that moderate view. I have also received a few suggestions and incorporated them over time. The draft guidelines can be reviewed at http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_main_volunteers.php. Note that there is descriptive material at the very top, followed by a set of requirements which must be followed by project members, and at the very end are a set of suggestions, which are felt to improve a website but are not required. I would appreciate each of you reviewing this material and responding in one of the following ways: You approve of them as currently written. You would like to see some specific changes or additions - say what they are. You would like to see some changes or additions, but don't have a suggested wording. In the later two cases, we will discuss the areas that someone thinks need more work. That discussion will take place here on the list. 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

You approve of them as currently written. Oma Sanders Boundary County On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Mike St. Clair/ST <mike@saintclair.org>wrote: > I'd like to invite feedback and kick off any needed discussion on the > current draft guidelines for IDGENWEB so we can make progress towards > formally adopting them. I do realize that some members would prefer to have > no guidelines in place, relying instead on the good will of those who serve > as volunteer coordinators. But having served in quite a few state projects > over the last 10 years, I have come to learn that one disruptive project > member can wreak havoc in the absence of any guidelines at all. I think > there is a happy medium, and have attempted to craft these towards that > moderate view. I have also received a few suggestions and incorporated them > over time. > > The draft guidelines can be reviewed at > http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_main_volunteers.php. Note that there is > descriptive material at the very top, followed by a set of requirements > which must be followed by project members, and at the very end are a set of > suggestions, which are felt to improve a website but are not required. > > I would appreciate each of you reviewing this material and responding in > one of the following ways: > > You approve of them as currently written. > > You would like to see some specific changes or additions - say what they > are. > > You would like to see some changes or additions, but don't have a suggested > wording. > > In the later two cases, we will discuss the areas that someone thinks need > more work. That discussion will take place here on the list. > > 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 > -- Paranoid Idaho Senior Citizen In God We Trust

I'd like to invite feedback and kick off any needed discussion on the current draft guidelines for IDGENWEB so we can make progress towards formally adopting them. I do realize that some members would prefer to have no guidelines in place, relying instead on the good will of those who serve as volunteer coordinators. But having served in quite a few state projects over the last 10 years, I have come to learn that one disruptive project member can wreak havoc in the absence of any guidelines at all. I think there is a happy medium, and have attempted to craft these towards that moderate view. I have also received a few suggestions and incorporated them over time. The draft guidelines can be reviewed at http://www.idgenweb.org/idgenweb_main_volunteers.php. Note that there is descriptive material at the very top, followed by a set of requirements which must be followed by project members, and at the very end are a set of suggestions, which are felt to improve a website but are not required. I would appreciate each of you reviewing this material and responding in one of the following ways: You approve of them as currently written. You would like to see some specific changes or additions - say what they are. You would like to see some changes or additions, but don't have a suggested wording. In the later two cases, we will discuss the areas that someone thinks need more work. That discussion will take place here on the list. MIke St. Clair State Coordinator - IDGENWEB

I am happy to announce that we have a new County Coordinator within IDGENWEB. Mary Ellis has just been appointed as Coordinator for Shoshone County, one of our current vacancies. I have served with her together for some time in MOGENWEB and am excited to have her join us. She is not on the mailing list yet, but will be soon. I will ask her to introduce herself once she has been subscribed. Mike St. Clair State Coordinator - IDGENWEB