Boundary County, Idaho checking in. Oma 'In God We Trust' This will be on every e-mail that I send out from now on because I don't want our right to say it to go away. (Be kind.. remove my email address when you forward. Use BCC, say no to spammers)

washington county here.

Teton County checking in. Working on the planning for a summer visit to Teton County. Besides all I reported a couple of weeks ago, I don't have anything more to report at this time. Mike St. Clair On 6/2/2012 8:13 PM, Matthew D. Friend wrote: > Good Evening Idahoans, > > Well, I am a bit behind for our first roll call for June. I hope this email > finds everyone well and enjoying your summer. This is our first call for > June 2012. You have all month to check in. Hope to hear from ya'll soon. > . . . . . > Well, don't forget to share what you have done to your website and what > successes you are getting from it. Thanks Reba for sharing your work of > adding the 1940 U.S. Census to your website. It is great that we would add > some interesting piece of our American history to our websites. > > All is well, in my neck of the woods while my wife is slowly recovering. > She still not herself yet but I think it will take time. Thanks to those > who sent their prayers and well-wishes. It is greatly appreciated. I am now > on the run-down leg of my graduate term and have another research essay to > complete. I think that before the summer over I will got back to the > traditional college setting rather than doing these online classes. It > seems to take too much time to work on. Where if go to the classroom I can > at least take part in some normal "verbal" discussion rather than online > discussions from something I have read that week (which is one whole book > in most cases). Sorry I don't read that fast anymore since my blindness > does scan words the quickly anymore. LOL. > > Have a great weekend ya'll, > Matt Friend >

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Good Evening Idahoans, Well, I am a bit behind for our first roll call for June. I hope this email finds everyone well and enjoying your summer. This is our first call for June 2012. You have all month to check in. Hope to hear from ya'll soon. One important annoucement from the National level ... ***Please Forward as appropriate to USGenWeb Members*** Reminder: The USGenWeb Election Committee will begin accepting nominations for: 1. National Coordinator One Year Term Ending 8/31/2013 2. NENC SC One Year Term Ending 8/31/2013 3. NENC CC Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2014 4. NWPL CC Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2014 5. SEMA SC Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2014 6. SEMA CC Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2014 7. SWSC SC Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2014 8. SWSC CC Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2014 Beginning today, June 1st. The nomination period runs two weeks. As a reminder to all registered, please make sure that your SPAM filter is set to accept: [email protected] so you can receive your password to vote. The nomination form may be found here: http://usgwelections.org/NationalNomination.cfm Please note: The form will not be activated until 1 June. Nominations made outside of the two week period will not be considered. Please visit and bookmark the EC National 2012 Election Pages: http://usgenweb.org/usgwelections/national-2012/index-2012.htm for more information, and for the latest status on nominees and candidates throughout the nomination period. If you have a question, please take a few moments to read the Election FAQ. http://usgenweb.org/usgwelections/national-2012/faq.htm Voting will take place from July 1 through July 31. Thank you, The USGenWeb Election Committee Also, for those who are not on our IDGenWeb Facebook, we seems to be getting many good discussions and links. One I would like to share with you is about the Old Bonner County Poor Farm ( http://www.poorhousestory.com/poorhouses_in_idaho.htm). This is very interesting history, yet it a part of our history we often don't think about what our ancestor had gone through in their lives. Did ya'll know that genealogy got started by an American historian named John Farmer from Massachuetts. Read this interesting article about it ... http://www.gvnews.com/lifestyle/genealogy-today-genealogy-s-roots-it-all-began-when/article_f1017866-a69a-11e1-ac10-001a4bcf887a.html . Well, don't forget to share what you have done to your website and what successes you are getting from it. Thanks Reba for sharing your work of adding the 1940 U.S. Census to your website. It is great that we would add some interesting piece of our American history to our websites. All is well, in my neck of the woods while my wife is slowly recovering. She still not herself yet but I think it will take time. Thanks to those who sent their prayers and well-wishes. It is greatly appreciated. I am now on the run-down leg of my graduate term and have another research essay to complete. I think that before the summer over I will got back to the traditional college setting rather than doing these online classes. It seems to take too much time to work on. Where if go to the classroom I can at least take part in some normal "verbal" discussion rather than online discussions from something I have read that week (which is one whole book in most cases). Sorry I don't read that fast anymore since my blindness does scan words the quickly anymore. LOL. Have a great weekend ya'll, Matt Friend -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend

Canyon County checking in.  Working on creating a biographical index for Canyon County. Virginia ________________________________ From: Matthew D. Friend <[email protected]> To: IDGenWeb Project <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 8:13 PM Subject: [IDGENWEB] Roll Call for June -- June 12, 2012 Good Evening Idahoans, Well, I am a bit behind for our first roll call for June. I hope this email finds everyone well and enjoying your summer. This is our first call for June 2012. You have all month to check in. Hope to hear from ya'll soon. One important annoucement from the National level ... ***Please Forward as appropriate to USGenWeb Members*** Reminder: The USGenWeb Election Committee will begin accepting nominations for: 1. National Coordinator One Year Term Ending  8/31/2013 2. NENC SC One Year Term Ending  8/31/2013 3. NENC CC Two Year Term Ending  8/31/2014 4. NWPL CC Two Year Term Ending  8/31/2014 5. SEMA SC Two Year Term Ending  8/31/2014 6. SEMA CC Two Year Term Ending  8/31/2014 7. SWSC SC Two Year Term Ending  8/31/2014 8. SWSC CC Two Year Term Ending  8/31/2014 Beginning today, June 1st. The nomination period runs two weeks. As a reminder to all registered, please make sure that your SPAM filter is set to accept: [email protected] so you can receive your password to vote. The nomination form may be found here: http://usgwelections.org/NationalNomination.cfm Please note: The form will not be activated until 1 June. Nominations made outside of the two week period will not be considered. Please visit and bookmark the EC National 2012 Election Pages: http://usgenweb.org/usgwelections/national-2012/index-2012.htm for more information, and for the latest status on nominees and candidates throughout the nomination period. If you have a question, please take a few moments to read the Election FAQ. http://usgenweb.org/usgwelections/national-2012/faq.htm Voting will take place from July 1 through July 31. Thank you, The USGenWeb Election Committee Also, for those who are not on our IDGenWeb Facebook, we seems to be getting many good discussions and links. One I would like to share with you is about the Old Bonner County Poor Farm ( http://www.poorhousestory.com/poorhouses_in_idaho.htm). This is very interesting history, yet it a part of our history we often don't think about what our ancestor had gone through in their lives. Did ya'll know that genealogy got started by an American historian named John Farmer from Massachuetts. Read this interesting article about it ... http://www.gvnews.com/lifestyle/genealogy-today-genealogy-s-roots-it-all-began-when/article_f1017866-a69a-11e1-ac10-001a4bcf887a.html . Well, don't forget to share what you have done to your website and what successes you are getting from it. Thanks Reba for sharing your work of adding the 1940 U.S. Census to your website. It is great that we would add some interesting piece of our American history to our websites. All is well, in my neck of the woods while my wife is slowly recovering. She still not herself yet but I think it will take time. Thanks to those who sent their prayers and well-wishes. It is greatly appreciated. I am now on the run-down leg of my graduate term and have another research essay to complete. I think that before the summer over I will got back to the traditional college setting rather than doing these online classes. It seems to take too much time to work on. Where if go to the classroom I can at least take part in some normal "verbal" discussion rather than online discussions from something I have read that week (which is one whole book in most cases). Sorry I don't read that fast anymore since my blindness does scan words the quickly anymore. LOL. Have a great weekend ya'll, Matt Friend -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I guess I was so busy with Indexing and creating a web page for Boise County's 1940 Census, I forgot to check in. Glad to hear your wife is improving. Reba McMillan BLOG: http://marydexter.blogspot.com/ > Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 15:04:49 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IDGENWEB] Final Roll Call for May 2012 > > Hello Idahoans, > > > > I’ve just realized that I haven’t made my roll call announcement last week > or yesterday. However, for those who haven’t check in for May, please do so > by the 31st. and you’ll be counted in. At this time, there’s not new > announcement to be made from the national level other than election will be > coming up soon. At our level, I just like to say ‘thanks’ to those who keep > our team members inform of the latest news of Idaho genealogy world. Thanks > ya’ll for that and keep on a peckin’ away on your keyboards to add more > things to your county’s website. > > > > I’ll will have to apologize for my absent as my wife last week was taken > into the hospital with some respirator problems that found multiple clots > in her lungs and other parts of her body that was causing her to > progressively slow down her oxygen flow. She was release from the hospital > this past Thursday but still working on her recovery, which the doctor told > her make take up to six months as her blood is being thinned with Coumadin. > So if you could send your prayer to our family for a speedy recovery of her > health. It would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks again ya’ll for being on our IDGenWeb Team. You guys are the > greatest of them all. Thanks for your support and willingness to help each > other out. > > > > Have a great Memorial Day weekend and remember our Veterans who fought for > our country. > > > > Matt Friend > > -- > *Matthew D. Friend* > Conway, Arkansas > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend > Twitter: @matthewdfriend > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for your prayers and well-wishes. I do appreciate it very much. My wife is doing good considering what she went through, however, we can see it's going to be a slow healing process. Thanks again, Matt Friend -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend

Hi Matt, Sorry to hear about your wife.  I am happy to add your family to my prayer list.  May the Lord heal her with amazing speed.  God is Good! Have a great Memorial Day! Virginia ________________________________ From: Matthew D. Friend <[email protected]> To: IDGenWeb Project <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 2:04 PM Subject: [IDGENWEB] Final Roll Call for May 2012 Hello Idahoans, I’ve just realized that I haven’t made my roll call announcement last week or yesterday. However, for those who haven’t check in for May, please do so by the 31st. and you’ll be counted in. At this time, there’s not new announcement to be made from the national level other than election will be coming up soon. At our level, I just like to say ‘thanks’ to those who keep our team members inform of the latest news of Idaho genealogy world. Thanks ya’ll for that and keep on a peckin’ away on your keyboards to add more things to your county’s website. I’ll will have to apologize for my absent as my wife last week was taken into the hospital with some respirator problems that found multiple clots in her lungs and other parts of her body that was causing her to progressively slow down her oxygen flow. She was release from the hospital this past Thursday but still working on her recovery, which the doctor told her make take up to six months as her blood is being thinned with Coumadin. So if you could send your prayer to our family for a speedy recovery of her health. It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again ya’ll for being on our IDGenWeb Team. You guys are the greatest of them all. Thanks for your support and willingness to help each other out. Have a great Memorial Day weekend and remember our Veterans who fought for our country. Matt Friend -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not sure if I checked in, but want you to know my prayers are with you and your wife. Praying for a quick recovery. Oma Sanders Boundary County -- 'In God We Trust' This will be on every e-mail that I send out from now on because I don't want our right to say it to go away. (Be kind.. remove my email address when you forward. Use BCC, say no to spammers)

My prayers are with you and your wife! So sorry to hear about her illiness! Good luck and many blessings! I believe I checked in and all is fine, cleaning up a few links still! Chris

Can't find a record of my checking in for May, so here goes - Teton is alive and well. We've cleaned up all the bad links this month, plus add some new links to useful resources like the 1940 census Our prayers are with you and your wife, Matt, and hoping for a rapid and full recovery. Mike

Hello Idahoans, I’ve just realized that I haven’t made my roll call announcement last week or yesterday. However, for those who haven’t check in for May, please do so by the 31st. and you’ll be counted in. At this time, there’s not new announcement to be made from the national level other than election will be coming up soon. At our level, I just like to say ‘thanks’ to those who keep our team members inform of the latest news of Idaho genealogy world. Thanks ya’ll for that and keep on a peckin’ away on your keyboards to add more things to your county’s website. I’ll will have to apologize for my absent as my wife last week was taken into the hospital with some respirator problems that found multiple clots in her lungs and other parts of her body that was causing her to progressively slow down her oxygen flow. She was release from the hospital this past Thursday but still working on her recovery, which the doctor told her make take up to six months as her blood is being thinned with Coumadin. So if you could send your prayer to our family for a speedy recovery of her health. It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again ya’ll for being on our IDGenWeb Team. You guys are the greatest of them all. Thanks for your support and willingness to help each other out. Have a great Memorial Day weekend and remember our Veterans who fought for our country. Matt Friend -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend

Mags - thanks for digging deeper. I heard abt this awhile back, but didn't see how I could access it from rural Gem Co. I think they've added heritagequest.com to the lili.org since the last time I looked at the site.   Sharon ________________________________ From: "Michael "Mags" Shaw" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:27 PM Subject: [IDGENWEB] Idaho Research Okay, here's the gouge/dope/info:  The Boise City Library cards are reserved to Boise City taxpayers since they pay into the pot that funds the City Library.  People outside this group can get a nonresident card, but it costs the same as what the taxpayers put into the system which works out to be about $69/year.  Individual searches can be requested for $5/each request. So not real viable if you aren't a Boise City Resident, although she said she believed they honored cards from the "immediately" surrounding cities, i.e. Meridian, Garden City, Eagle etc. Further, she forwarded some additional info which I'll just cut and paste below:  Hope this is more beneficial than frustrating. VR. Mags. Thanks so much for visiting our website!  I'm glad you found something that you found useful for yourself and the other members of your organization. You can learn a bit more about our other options for geneaology research here: 1) Access to Heritage Quest for any state of Idaho resident:  www.lili.org 2) Idaho/Obituary Research request from the Idaho Statesman by our research team: http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/Research/Idaho_Information/obitform.html 3) NonResident Card Purchasing Information: http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/My_Account/howtoget.shtml#other cards If you have any questions or if I can help with anything else, just let me know. Thanks again and have a great night! Lindsay Zamara Lindsay Zamara Business and eResources Librarian Boise Public Library 715 S. Capitol Blvd. Boise, ID 83702 208.384.4442 From: Oma Sanders [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:33 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [IDGENWEB] Idaho Research I access Sandpoint library from home with Bonners Ferry library card, can we do the same with Boise? Oma Sanders On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Michael "Mags" Shaw <[email protected]> wrote: http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/eCollections/Databases/default.asp Okay, I'm usually the last guy on the block to learn stuff, so if some of you are aware of this already, sorry.  Found out you can research online in the Boise Public Library System, and The Statesman (including obits and death notices).  There is a free area open to the world (provides an index), but if you have a Boise Idaho Library card, you can sign in and read the info online.  All you have to do is sign-in with your library card bar code number. The link is for the Main page, and shows all the search areas.  To get into the obits, select Newspapers.  VR, Mags IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- 'In God We Trust' This will be on every e-mail that I send out from now on because I don't want our right to say it to go away. (Be kind.. remove my email address when you forward. Use BCC, say no to spammers) IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Okay, here's the gouge/dope/info: The Boise City Library cards are reserved to Boise City taxpayers since they pay into the pot that funds the City Library. People outside this group can get a nonresident card, but it costs the same as what the taxpayers put into the system which works out to be about $69/year. Individual searches can be requested for $5/each request. So not real viable if you aren't a Boise City Resident, although she said she believed they honored cards from the "immediately" surrounding cities, i.e. Meridian, Garden City, Eagle etc. Further, she forwarded some additional info which I'll just cut and paste below: Hope this is more beneficial than frustrating. VR. Mags. Thanks so much for visiting our website! I'm glad you found something that you found useful for yourself and the other members of your organization. You can learn a bit more about our other options for geneaology research here: 1) Access to Heritage Quest for any state of Idaho resident: www.lili.org 2) Idaho/Obituary Research request from the Idaho Statesman by our research team: http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/Research/Idaho_Information/obitform.html 3) NonResident Card Purchasing Information: http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/My_Account/howtoget.shtml#other cards If you have any questions or if I can help with anything else, just let me know. Thanks again and have a great night! Lindsay Zamara Lindsay Zamara Business and eResources Librarian Boise Public Library 715 S. Capitol Blvd. Boise, ID 83702 208.384.4442 From: Oma Sanders [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:33 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [IDGENWEB] Idaho Research I access Sandpoint library from home with Bonners Ferry library card, can we do the same with Boise? Oma Sanders On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Michael "Mags" Shaw <[email protected]> wrote: http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/eCollections/Databases/default.asp Okay, I'm usually the last guy on the block to learn stuff, so if some of you are aware of this already, sorry. Found out you can research online in the Boise Public Library System, and The Statesman (including obits and death notices). There is a free area open to the world (provides an index), but if you have a Boise Idaho Library card, you can sign in and read the info online. All you have to do is sign-in with your library card bar code number. The link is for the Main page, and shows all the search areas. To get into the obits, select Newspapers. VR, Mags IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- 'In God We Trust' This will be on every e-mail that I send out from now on because I don't want our right to say it to go away. (Be kind.. remove my email address when you forward. Use BCC, say no to spammers)

http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/eCollections/Databases/default.asp Okay, I'm usually the last guy on the block to learn stuff, so if some of you are aware of this already, sorry. Found out you can research online in the Boise Public Library System, and The Statesman (including obits and death notices). There is a free area open to the world (provides an index), but if you have a Boise Idaho Library card, you can sign in and read the info online. All you have to do is sign-in with your library card bar code number. The link is for the Main page, and shows all the search areas. To get into the obits, select Newspapers. VR, Mags

I access Sandpoint library from home with Bonners Ferry library card, can we do the same with Boise? Oma Sanders On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Michael "Mags" Shaw <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/eCollections/Databases/default.asp > > Okay, I'm usually the last guy on the block to learn stuff, so if some of > you are aware of this already, sorry. Found out you can research online in > the Boise Public Library System, and The Statesman (including obits and > death notices). There is a free area open to the world (provides an > index), but if you have a Boise Idaho Library card, you can sign in and > read the info online. All you have to do is sign-in with your library card > bar code number. > > The link is for the Main page, and shows all the search areas. To get > into the obits, select Newspapers. VR, Mags > > > > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ > http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- 'In God We Trust' This will be on every e-mail that I send out from now on because I don't want our right to say it to go away. (Be kind.. remove my email address when you forward. Use BCC, say no to spammers)

Thanks Matt. ________________________________ From: Matthew D. Friend <[email protected]> To: IDGenWeb Project <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 12:19 PM Subject: [IDGENWEB] Happy Mother's Day Happy Mother's Day to all of our Mothers and Grandmothers http://idgenweb.org/mother_day.html Have a Great Day! IDGenWeb Team -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Happy Mothers Day, Grandmothers, GreatGrandmothers, Potential Mothers, Surrogate Mothers, and Tribe Mothers... and Sisters... Have a Wonderful Day! Kelly~ Shoshone and Benewah On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Matthew D. Friend < [email protected]> wrote: > Happy Mother's Day to all of our Mothers and Grandmothers > > http://idgenweb.org/mother_day.html > > Have a Great Day! > IDGenWeb Team > > -- > *Matthew D. Friend* > Conway, Arkansas > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend > Twitter: @matthewdfriend > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ > http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you so much..... Oma Boundary County, ID On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Matthew D. Friend < [email protected]> wrote: > Happy Mother's Day to all of our Mothers and Grandmothers > > http://idgenweb.org/mother_day.html > > Have a Great Day! > IDGenWeb Team > > -- > *Matthew D. Friend* > Conway, Arkansas > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend > Twitter: @matthewdfriend > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ > http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- 'In God We Trust' This will be on every e-mail that I send out from now on because I don't want our right to say it to go away. (Be kind.. remove my email address when you forward. Use BCC, say no to spammers)