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