Thank you Christine. It is a lot of work and we appreciate it. The Houston Genealogical Forum just went online at www.hgftx.org with records for Harris County, TX. Dave Sarles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Walters" <chrisw1940@yahoo.com> To: <ILWHITES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [ILWHITES] Whiteside County IL Gen Web Site > Dave and all listers.. > > I have a Whiteside County Website on IL Trails.. http://www.iltrails.org/whiteside/ > > There is an abundance of information on my website and its growing by leaps and bounds. > No website can be successful unless you work at it - and my IL Trails Whiteside site is > updated every 3 weeks with a ton of information each time. I feature everything in the > world on the site - Birth, Deaths, Bios, Newspapers, Obits, Marriages, Cemetery Listing, > the whole nine yards. > > Its true what Dana says. The Genealogical and Historical Societies in all counties, do > not want any information put online - anywhere. They cannot sell their books and > services if websites like mine are on here giving it away free. Well Gen Web promised > Free and for the most part tried to keep that promise. IL Trails promises "Free" and we > actually mean it. > > If any of you would like to see your family line and information on this site just let > me know. My site welcomes contributions of any kind, everyone gets credit and this is > what makes it so successful. Everyone on this list are all welcome to join the fun - > and we would certainly welcome your input. > > I also do Carroll County and Lee County -- check them all out. I am dedicated to "Free" > Genealogy and will do everything possible to make it happen.. > > Hope to hear from you all soon. > > Christine Walters chrisw1940@yahoo.com > http://www.iltrails.org/whiteside/ > http://www.iltrails.org/lee/ > http://www.iltrails/org/carroll/ > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > --- Dave Sarles <sarles@hal-pc.org> wrote: > > Dana, you have done a good job. We'll miss you if you resign. No one else > > has been able to put together a good web page for Whiteside County. The > > county government doesn't cooperate with IRAD, even. We'd appreciate it if > > you would just resign yourself to the circumstances and continue as > > coordinator unless someone else really wants the job. > > Dave Sarles > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dana Fellows" <fellows@grics.net> > > To: <ILWHITES-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 8:10 PM > > Subject: [ILWHITES] Whiteside County IL Gen Web Site > > > > > > > > > > Hello Listers, > > > > > > I'm thinking of giving up the Whiteside County IL Gen Website. > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwhites/ > > > > > > I have been doing it for about one year. I also help with the Lee County > > > IL GenWeb Site. I have found Whiteside County very difficult to put > > > together an informative page. There is a lot of research material > > > availible in Whiteside County but I don't have the time to transcribe > > > all of it for the site. Also most of the organiztions in Whiteside > > > County do not wish to post indexes or information online. I have been > > > very careful not to get these groups mad at me for posting their info. > > > > > > If anyone wishes to take over the site and has the web skills contact me > > > and we can contact the proper folks on the state level. > > > > > > Thank You, > > > > > > Dana Fellows > > > Dixon IL > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > > > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo > > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >