A great idea! -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Read <MomsterR@usa.net> To: READ-L@rootsweb.com <READ-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 8:48 PM Subject: [READ-L] Genealogical Acts of Kindness >Hi everyone, > >The Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness website is back online and >going >strong after a one week hiatus. > >This site was started by two gals with a heart of gold not realizing >how big >it was going to become, and found they had no time to properly take >care of >it. They were considering closing it down, and asked if the two new >administrators would like to take it on to keep it going. The premise >for >this site is too good to just let it die, and we decided to go ahead >and take >it over. We were down for a week, getting the site changed over, but >now we >are back ! > >The site was created as an avenue for genealogists to post their email >address and area in which they live to do legwork for others far away >at >cost. The idea is that many of us do not live in the area that we are >researching and might need to obtain a copy of a record at a county >courthouse, picture of a tombstone, etc., and don't know where to turn >to >obtain this bit of hard data. Most of us can spare one day out of the >month >to do this for others. All of us have been helped by someone with >their act >of kindness, and this is a way of returning the favor. > >Our goal is to have at least one volunteer in each county in the >United >States and with over 1,000 volunteers signed up to date, we are well >on our >way. We also have volunteers from other countries and quite a few in >Canada. >Drop by our site and check us out. If you can spare one day a month to >help >another genealogist, we'd love to have you join our group. > >Looking forward to hearing from you. > >Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness >Administrators >raogk@aol.com > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/ > >______________________________