Debby Beheler wrote: > Indiana County Coordinators: > > It is March 1st and time to respond to roll call, please hit reply and send > me your county(ies) name(s). > > Please note that my Miami County pages have been moved to Rootsweb and > change any links you may have. > > Thanks. > Debby > Check out my Genealogical research in Indiana page: > http://www.netusa1.net/~beheler/INrsrch.html > > beheler@netusa1.net > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmiami/index.html - Miami Co., INGenweb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~incass/county.html - Cass Co., INGenweb > http://www.netusa1.net/~beheler/fambeh.html - Beheler family webpage > > Daviess County, here. -- Your Obedient Servant, Bart Johnson 49th Indiana 49th Indiana Volunteer Infantry,Company F http://www.kiva.net/~bjohnson/49th.html 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/1462/index.html Daviess County, Indiana, InGenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~indavies/ How to Research an Indiana Civil War Regiment http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/1462/research.htm ************************************************************ * I am researching the 49th Indiana and 11th Indiana. * * If you have information on these regiments, please, * * Let me Know! * ************************************************************

Rush County present. Sue Otte Debby Beheler wrote: > Indiana County Coordinators: > > It is March 1st and time to respond to roll call, please hit reply and send > me your county(ies) name(s). > > Please note that my Miami County pages have been moved to Rootsweb and > change any links you may have. > > Thanks. > Debby > Check out my Genealogical research in Indiana page: > http://www.netusa1.net/~beheler/INrsrch.html > > beheler@netusa1.net > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmiami/index.html - Miami Co., INGenweb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~incass/county.html - Cass Co., INGenweb > http://www.netusa1.net/~beheler/fambeh.html - Beheler family webpage >

Indiana County Coordinators: It is March 1st and time to respond to roll call, please hit reply and send me your county(ies) name(s). Please note that my Miami County pages have been moved to Rootsweb and change any links you may have. Thanks. Debby Check out my Genealogical research in Indiana page: http://www.netusa1.net/~beheler/INrsrch.html beheler@netusa1.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmiami/index.html - Miami Co., INGenweb http://www.rootsweb.com/~incass/county.html - Cass Co., INGenweb http://www.netusa1.net/~beheler/fambeh.html - Beheler family webpage

The new "Indiana Orphan Counties" page is up and running! You can find it at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~inorphan/ Amy Davis *New* Coordinator for Indiana Orphan Counties CC for Boone County INGenWeb

-----Original Message----- From: Joan Brausch <brauschj@pipeline.com> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 5:53 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Re: Gloria Craig >At 04:22 PM 2/26/99 -0800, you wrote: >>Indiana has placed a memorial rose on the InGenWeb home page located at: >>http://www.usroots.com/~kyseeker/indiana/index.html in memory of Gloria >>Craig, the dear wife of Eric Craig. Eric is the coordinator of Marshall, >>Starke, and St. Joseph counties of Indiana. Gloria passed away Wednesday. >>Our sympathy to Eric and the family. > >Gloria was an original CC for Bay and Arenac Counties in Michigan up until >about3 months ago. Eric has Michigan's prayers heading upward for him. >May Gloria rejoice in her new life free from pain. > >Joan >-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*'``'*:-.,,_, .* >Joan Brausch >The Gypsy Liturgist >Midland MI >brauschj@pipeline.com >Gypsy Liturgist HomePage: http://www.pipeline.com/~brauschj >State Coordinator MIGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb >MIGenWeb Clare County: http://www.rootsweb.com/~miclare/clareweb.htm > >-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,,_,.-:*'``'*'``'*:-.,,_, .* >Two Rules To Success In Life > 1. Don't tell people everything you know. > 2. >

-----Original Message----- From: Linda Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 5:39 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Daily Uploads >Please share with your county coordinators: > >To view the daily file uploads to the USGenWeb Archives: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/dailyuploads/ > >>From those files, which are dated, they can see if any files have been >uploaded for their county and might want to link to them. > >Thanks, > >Linda >

Amy will be seeking new coordinator's in a few days for counties that are up for adoption. After she the new Orphan County pages up and edited, please visit the page and see if there is a 'waiting' list' that you would like to be placed on to adopt a certain county. Also, as coordinator's when you decide to resign as county coordinator please contact me and your county will be placed on the Orphanee Co Page as available by Amy. This is the purpose of having an Orphan County Coordinator. Amy will do a good job! Betty a/k/a - Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana

Thanks to Amy we have a new Orphan County Coordinator! Gee these Indiana girls are on the ball! Again thanx to Dee for a wonderful job and Amy will be announcing when her new page is ready! Betty a/k/a - Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana

Lori has created a rose in memory of Gloria Craig and it has been placed on the Indiana page... Thanks Lori - you are so thoughtful and we appreciate it. Betty a/k/a - Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana

Dee is having a difficult time with her pregnancy and must spend a lot of time in bed. She is resigning as the Orphan County Coordinator ... Would anyone be interested in this project? Betty a/k/a - Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana

Eric Craig's lovely wife Gloria - went to sleep in Jesus Wednesday evening. Our sincerest sympathy to Eric and his family. May God comfort you in your sorrow. Funeral services will be Tuesday at the Palmer funeral Home on Mishawaka Avenue at South Bend. Visitation will be from 2-4 and 6-9 on Monday... Betty a/k/a - Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana

> Thanks Lori - you are so thoughtful and we appreciate it. You are welcome. I thought it would be the best way to express all (CCs) our sympathies. Lori

Betty a/k/a - Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana -----Original Message----- From: Linda Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: USGenWeb-SE-L@rootsweb.com <USGenWeb-SE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [USGenWeb-SE-L] [BOARD-L] Census Statement >jpowelljr wrote: > >I need to comment one part of the recent motion: > >> >> Patrons who submit data to "The >> USGenWeb Project Archives" through any of its special >> projects should feel confident and be aware that no matter >> what >> directory the data that they have submitted may reside, it >> is and shall remain a part of "The USGenWeb Project >> Archives". Patrons should also be aware that the directory >> locations of any data submitted may change from time to time >> within "The USGenWeb Project Archives" for organizational >> purposes. >> > >Only data submitted to the USGenWeb Archives and uploaded to the >USGenWeb Archives directory is "part of" the USGenWeb Archives. The home >directories of the Archives are: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/xx (two letter state abbr) >for webpages such as the tables of contents, and graphics, such as the >census microfilm images > >and > >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb >for the text files which are indexed by the search engine > >A file submitted, for instance to a county coordinator only, for >uploading to their site, is not part of the USGenWeb Archives. Files >residing on other servers or even on Rootsweb, but not in the above >directories, are not part of the USGenWeb Archives. > >When a file is received, the archivists/file managers make a commitment >to the submitter that the file will be stored permanently in the >USGenWeb Archives for the benefit of researchers, and that the data will >not be sold nor will any fees be charged to access the files. The >Archives volunteers cannot be responsible for files located elsewhere. > >Thanks, > >Linda > > >==== USGenWeb-SE Mailing List ==== >SE/Mid-Atlantic Bulletin Board >http://pluto.beseen.com/boardroom/p/18312/ >

Betty a/k/a - Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana -----Original Message----- From: jpowelljr <jpowelljr@worldnet.att.net> To: USGenWeb-SE-L@rootsweb.com <USGenWeb-SE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 2:43 PM Subject: [USGenWeb-SE-L] [BOARD-L] Census Statement >Hi fellow Volunteers... I should have posted this sooner. >This is the Official Board Statement regarding the recent >Census "misunderstandings". If you have any questions, just >ask Yvonne or myself. We'll try to help... >Jim > >"We, "The USGenWeb Project Advisory Board", want to remind >all persons involved with "The USGenWeb Project" that all >original records that are transcribed and submitted to any >special project whether it be "The USGenWeb Archives >Project", "The USGenWeb Census Project", "The USGenWeb >Tombstone Project" or any other special project are a part >of The USGenWeb Project's "digital library" known as "The >USGenWeb Project Archives". Patrons who submit data to "The >USGenWeb Project Archives" through any of its special >projects should feel confident and be aware that no matter >what >directory the data that they have submitted may reside, it >is and shall remain a part of "The USGenWeb Project >Archives". Patrons should also be aware that the directory >locations of any data submitted may change from time to time >within "The USGenWeb Project Archives" for organizational >purposes. > >The Board strongly recommends that the special project named >in the bylaws as "The USGenWeb Archives Project" leave the >job of transcribing original US Census records and >recruiting volunteers for the same purpose to the special >project named in the bylaws as "The USGenWeb Census Project" >and that "The USGenWeb Archives Project" should otherwise >direct their efforts to transcribing the other vast volumes >of original records that need to be transcribed in this >country. "The USGenWeb Census Project" should continue >to notify the file managers of "The USGenWeb Archives >Project" when new transcriptions are completed so that these >files may be included with original scanned images or other >county file structures as may have been established or >deemed necessary. > >The USGenWeb Project Advisory Board > > >==== USGenWeb-SE Mailing List ==== >SE/Mid-Atlantic Bulletin Board >http://pluto.beseen.com/boardroom/p/18312/ >

Betty a/k/a - Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana -----Original Message----- From: Linda Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 12:58 AM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Census Images >Uploaded census images: > >1850, 1860 San Luis Obispo County CA >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/sanluisobispo/census/ > >1880 Marion County IN (partially uploaded) >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/marion/census/1880 > >1850 Saginaw County MI >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/saginaw/census/1850 > >1840 Carteret County NC >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/carteret/census/1840/ > >Also coming: > >1910 Giles County TN >1900 Jefferson County PA (second half) > >Linda >

GenConnect will be down for possibly a few days while it is worked on. Please advise your visitors, should they ask. Thanks, Pam GenConnect

From: Nancy Trice <trice@vci.net> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 20, 1999 11:34 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Stoopid GC Questions and venting >At 03:05 PM 2/20/1999 -0500, Ellen Pack wrote: >>> it was said by a GC staffer that the queries, obits etc.. >>>belong to the submitter and NOT to USGW, XXGW or anyone else. > > That is absolutely correct. The data posted to a GenConnect board belongs >to the person that posted it. It does not belong to the county CC and it >does not belong to GenConnect, and it says so on the bottom of every board! >"Contents of any and all messages posted on this Forum remain the sole >property of the poster." > > >>That's been the MS and I'm sure USGW policy since day one. The info >>belongs to the submitters who uploaded (or think they uploaded) to a >>particular county. That being the case, there probably would be no problem >>with copying the submissions and uploading to the specific USGW county in >>the event a board went on the auction block. Still, I would like >>confirmation from either NT or Pam..... > > Ellen is right on this too... it has always been assumed that the queries >posted to a county should stay with the county if a CC left. Of course, if >they leave in a huff and remove their pages, the query and data is lost >isn't it? What is USGW gonna do about it? NOTHING! Nothing USGW can do >about it. Find a new CC and let them start over. That's happened to >everyone of us in the past 3 years I'm sure. > > The admin page on the boards include a batch print function where you can >copy/print any of the messages that you want. This makes it easy for you >to do a backup of all queries/data and put in the archives or on your own >page, or print them out and share with your genealogical society or >whatever. In addition, the CCH-format admin notices include the entire >message preformatted to be easily inserted into CCHelper for those who are >using it. GenConnect has tried to make your job easy and these >functions/options were added at the request of some of the CCs early last >year. By all means take advantage of them... that's what they are there >for. > > Just don't delete the queries or data from the boards. That isn't fair to >your/our visitors. They posted a query or data on a GC board. They expect >to be able to return later to see their query or data. They expect to one >day receive an answer to the query on the board if they are lucky. Visitors >exchange data on the boards and expect to be able to return to it later if >they want to share new finds with others. If someone decides they don't >want to use GC anymore, for whatever reason, by all means put the >information on your county pages... but the data posted to GenConnect will >also stay on the GC board where it was posted by the visitor for their >benefit unless they personally ask for it to be removed. To do otherwise >is not fair to the visitor that shared it in the first place. And believe >it or not it's safer on a GC board than on a disgruntled CCs page if they >up and leave in a huff! Ask Susan... ask me... we've both had a CC leave >this past week and take everything down... including wiping their GC >boards. And yes, if you are interested, we restored them. > > There is another very good reason as well. Let me explain something else >that I don't think that many of the CCs and SCs have grasped yet. Remember >that blurb that most of us have put on our pages explaining when and why >this whole thing started. > > In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized > the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database Project. The > idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties > in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In > addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so > that even if an individual were found in more than one county, > they could be located in the index. > > Read that last sentence again. > > GenConnect has provided the means for all the data to be cross-linked and >indexed... not just within a state but internationally, and without having >to visit a hundred different sites and use a hundred different search >engines. What would any one of you give to sit down at your computer >tonight and using the GC global search engine request a search for your >illusive ancestor and find the following: > > 1. His bio on a Ky bio board, where he lived for awhile, linked to > 2. His obit on a Tn obit board, where his married dau lived, linked to > 3. His death certificate entered on a Tx board where he died while >visiting his son, linked to > 4. His will and burial information posted to a Va will board because >that's where he lived, linked to > 5. His birth record posted to one of the England boards, linked to > 6. The family bible proving his ancestry, linked to > 7. A surname board giving all those links, including a link to > 8. His marriage recorded in the North Carolina USGW archives and maybe >even a file giving you his mothers ancestry for 3 or 4 generations and who >knows what else? > > Wasn't this cross-linking and making the data easily available what first >KyGenWeb then USGenWeb was all about? Isn't that why every one of us >joined this project in the first place? > > GenConnect has made all of this possible if you and your visitors will >take advantage of it. Your visitors probably don't take the time to read >the hints and tips explaining how this is all possible, and I'm sure that >at least 95% of the CCs haven't bothered to read it either. In fact, I'll >bet that most of them think of GC as just a simple way of handling their >queries so they don't have to be bothered with them. But if the CCs using >GC would begin cross-linking their data on their boards to other boards and >the archives, and setting an example, it wouldn't take the visitors long to >get the idea and begin doing it too. > > A few visitors and CCs are already doing it. This is one of the reasons >that GenConnect will not allow a board to be wiped out. You remove just >one bio [obit/will etc] or query that has been linked and you have >potentially broken hundreds of links within the GenConnect system... links >made by the visitors... links that could be making the connection that you >yourself have been looking for for the past 25 years. > > Ellen... I hope that helps to answer your question? > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BREAK <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > The rest of this email is ME venting... as a SC, CC, GC sysadmin and an >individual in this project and is strictly my own opinion... read at your >own risk or delete now... because I am definately going to say some things >that just might p*ss some of you off and I really don't care. > ><start venting> > > Folks, maybe I'm stupid... or naive... or whatever any of you want to call >me. At this point I really don't care. Almost 3 years ago a group of us >saw the vision and had the dream and we did something about it... we >started the KyGenWeb. Others saw the vision and joined us and still others >saw what we saw and helped start USGenWeb. But guess what... 2 years later >the dream still wasn't fulfilled... sure, the data was going up and folks >were posting queries and making connections, but it is still not >cross-linked... it is mainly just linked within a county, or buried in the >archives with no link to it from the county, and it still has to be >searched for, one file at a time. Even today, some of the counties are >almost bare of data. A person decides they want to handle the county page, >they put up a simple page and then forget it... and their attitude is "but >that's MY county and I'll do what I want to with it", and as SCs we don't >know what to do with them. > > Somewhere along the way, the dream and the vision died. USGW has some >very narrow-minded and selfish people with narrow-minded and selfish >attitudes. I'm not talking of or to any specific person here so don't >bother to flame me for it... I'll just delete it... BUT... if the shoe >fits, wear it! > > That's MY county... I don't want to take the time to add anything to the >pages, but... it's MINE... you can't have it... and no one else can have ir >or the GenConnect boards either... it's MINE MINE MINE!!! > That's MY county... that's MY data because the visitors gave it to ME... >those are MY queries... it's MINE MINE MINE!!! > > This one hates RootsWeb and Brian and Karen... save your data and USGW... >get it off RW before someone sells it... > That one hates usroots/rootsquest and the Dills... save your data and >USGW... get it off there before someone sells it... > Someone else hates GenConnect... save your data and USGW... get it off >there before they take it away from you or someone sells it... > ... it's MINE MINE MINE AND YOU CAN'T HAVE IT!!! > This is the attitude of children... 4 year olds who haven't learned any >better yet! > > Pam and I saw what our little query system was capable of doing... >fulfilling KyGenWeb's dream of cross-linking the data. We have shared it >with the rest of USGW as well as other projects. We never forced anyone to >use GenConnect... we offered it to the CCs to use if they wish. We are >constantly working to improve the system for the CCs. We work our butts >off hour after hour every day supporting the CCs and trying to give them >what they want to make their counties better and their jobs easier and it >doesn't cost them a single red penny. > > OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!! They won't let me wipe out a board... I don't >want it but I don't want anyone else to have it either... > ... it's MINE MINE MINE!!! > > Well IMHO the data and queries are not yours and they are not mine. They >belong to the genealogical community, and we... all of us... regardless of >who we are or where we live or what color we are or what religion we are >[or aren't], or what political party we belong to or which project we >belong to, are only the keepers of the gate. Our goal as members of USGW >is to make the data available, free of charge, or did that change somewhere >along the way during the past 3 years? > > The original dream and vision was to link everything together. For the >last 3 years we've seen most people in the project quietly putting up >data... the marriage lists, the tax lists, entire census transcriptions or >just extracts, birth and death records and more. Now, GenConnect has >provided the means to begin linking that data together. > > If you don't want to use GenConnect that's fine... but don't bitch when >someone else does. Maybe they still have the dream and vision that you >lost somewhere along the way in the last 2-3 years, or maybe they are a >loyal visitor to your county page that sees the vision and wants to help. >Quit trying to tarnish or destroy what might be the best thing to happen >for the USGW project and the genealogical community just because you happen >to not like it or me or RootsWeb. Besides... who appointed you guardian >and saviour of USGW? > > Am I disgusted? You bet I am. > > I'm disgusted by all the petty politics that rules this project. > I'm disgusted and sad when a few try to tear down [all in the name of what >*they* think is best for USGW] what so many have tried to build and the >majority sits still and lets them do it because if they open their mouth >and say anything they know what to expect from seeing what happened to >someone else. > I'm disappointed that so many either don't have, never had, or have lost, >the vision of what this project was meant to be and could still be if >everyone would stop their damn petty jealousies and bickering and try to >work together instead of constantly trying to belittle and destroy. > > If you're unhappy with USGW then go start your own project, but quit >trying to destroy this one! If you don't like RootsWeb or RootsQuest or >any other server, don't use it... but quit badmouthing those servers and >the people who so graciously give of their own time and money to make it >available for all of us. > > If you are one of those selfish people that thinks the data is yours, >transcribe all the stuff yourself, slap your copyright on it and put it on >your own site and start your own project! I'm sure that USGW will be glad >to link to it anyway... unless of course it pertains to a county 'owned' by >someone that has the MINE MINE MINE attitude like you have, and then you >both loose. Even worse, the visitors to both of your sites loose. > > If you don't want to use GenConnect then don't, but quit trying to make us >out as the bad guys. Our goals and contribution to the USGW project are >just as important as yours. Of course, I'm sure there are some who will >question that, but that doesn't bother me... those are the people I've been >talking about and I'll just consider the source and go on. > ></venting> > > If you want to fwd this to your state list feel free... but ONLY if you >include the entire message. > >nt > > > > > > >

Betty a/k/a - Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana PLEASE NOTE THE NEW HOME OF INDIANA - ********************************************************* http://www.usroots.com/~kyseeker/indiana/index.html -----Original Message----- From: Linda Russell Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 1:47 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] IN census Images >The 1900 Pike County IN census images are now online in the USGenWeb >Archives: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/pike/census/1900 > >Thanks, > >Linda >

The latest issue of the USIGS Signal is out and can be seen at: http://www.usigs.org/signal/99-02-2.htm Check out the reprinted article on "BUFFALO HUNTING" Genealogy Is More Than An Enumeration of Data Tell Us! Survey Report (using the Internet for genealogy) ALHN Announces Award of Excellence Reprinted Article from 1855 issue of United States Magazine Sue's Genealogy Recipes Benefits of Sustaining Membership in USIGS Memorial Tributes & Help Wanted James A. Streeter - james@rootsquest.com President - United States Internet Genealogical Society http://www.usigs.org - 501(c)(3) Non Profit Corporation Help Support Free Access To Online Genealogical Records

[NOTE: This message is being sent to the IN and MI CC Mailing lists, as well as USGENWEB-DISCUSS-L ] I have contacted one of the organizers of the Michiana Genealogy Fair, to be held March 20 (Saturday) in South Bend Indiana -- (Carol Collins - Mroots95@aol.com) and she said they would reserve a table for the USGenWeb Project at no cost. I plan on attending as a rep for the Howard Co IN Genealogy Society, so I will probably not be able to staff the USGenWeb table. If anyone lives in the area (or is willing to drive) and has that Saturday free from about 9:00 to about 4:00 - please let me know! I'd like to bring flyers - I can make up a banner - any other ideas? I doubt we'd have a computer hookup so any other ways we can "get the word out" would be great! For more info about the Fair - visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~insbags/Fair.htm Tracey Morris USGenWeb Project County Coordinator - Howard Co IN & Hillsdale Co MI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Tracey & Scott Morris -- Kokomo IN -- morris@netusa1.net Rootsweb Sponsor -- http://www.rootsweb.com USGenWeb Project Member -- http://www.usgenweb.org