OK, so now we are into the elections for USGenWeb. What do we know about these candidates though. We have three candidates for National Coordinator: Beth E. Wills, Tim Stowell and Kevin Fraley. Beth and Tim both have web pages up talking about their candidacy, but Kevin does not. Beth supports a rewrite of the By-Laws. Unsure about where Tim stands other than wanting to be a calming influence. Know nothing about Kevin. Do any of you Indiana coordinators know these people. What else can be said about them? Same is true for the CC rep for North East/North Central. Candidates are: David Yound [note his name is spelled wrong, it is supposed to be David C. Young], Ed Book and Bonnie McVicar-Briggs. Only Bonnie has a web page up talking about the election. Nothing on either Ed Book or David Young. I found David Young as the State Coordinator for Maine. Could not find anything on Ed Book so don't no where he's from. Again, what can be said about these candidates? Gene Andert Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb Coordinator genea@ctlnet.com http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm Listowner: inkosciu-L@rootsweb.com

-----Original Message----- From: Kay Mason <kmfkm@ptw.com> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, January 17, 1999 3:22 PM Subject: Unidentified subject! Please share this with your County Coordinators. The 1999 Special USGenWeb Elections will start today. I would like to give a special thank you to Tim Pierce, Rootsweb's Senior Systems Administrator, who took over at the last minute and who has worked very hard so that we could have this election. It is indeed a pleasure to work with him! I would also like to thank Brian Leverich for the use of Rootsweb's resources for the election. The 1999 Special USGenWeb Elections start today, January 17, 1999, and will end on January 30, 1999. Results will be announced on Februay 1, 1999. All eligible USGenWeb Volunteers will receive a ballot for National Coordinator. All County Coordinators in the North East/ North Central; North West/Plains; South West/South Central and South East/Mid Altantic Regions will receive a ballot for County Coordinator Representative for their region. State Coordinators in the North West/Plains Region will receive a ballot for the State Coordinator Representative in that region. We are also running an election for Georgia State Coordinator, and all Georgia County Coordinators will receive a special ballot for that election. This election will be held using UseVote Software. When your ballot is received, UseVote will send you an acknowledgement. If you don't receive an acknowledgement within 24 hours, please vote again. You may change your mind and vote again. The software will automatically delete your previous vote. When the election ends, the software will count the ballots. If you don't receive a ballot, please write to: <vote-owner@yahoo.com> Give your name and the state and county(ies) that you are responsible for, and the email address that you use on your county page(s), also the email address that your State Coordinator has for you. Thank you Kay Mason Chair The USGenWeb Project Election Committee Member, USGenWeb Project National Advisory Board http://www.usgenweb.org National Coordinator USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census/ http://www.usgenweb.com/census/ http://www.usgenweb.net/census/

Hello Evryone... Rootsweb opened up the GenConnect Surname board to their sponsors and I have taken the Allen and Faughn Surname boards and hoping to take the Mitchell. I have created an Allen Home Page - its rather bare right now but I am adding information that I have in my book "Til We Meet Again" - and it is linked two six genconnect boards - Biographies, Wills, Deeds, Obituaries, Bibles and Queries. These are national GenConnect boards. Before I could get my page up I had 6 queries from outside of Ky. I'd like to tell you a little something about the picture on the home page - It is Melissa White Allen the 3rd wife of Felix Allen with her only child Felix. of Mississippi. Felix died in 1867 after serving in the Confederacy. He was a poet and many of his poems are in the archives in Mississippi. I'm hoping someday to be able to share some of these on the internet with permission. The GenConnect boards will be down til late Sunday evening as they are installing new equipment but I'd like to invite you to view the page at: http://www.usroots.com/~kyseeker/trigg/allen/allen.html Please - if you have any information - please list it . This will be in a national database and I would really like to see it do good... Thanks --- and 'good morning' <smile> Betty a/k/a Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana kyseeker@dynasty.net =========================== Indiana State InGenWeb Coordinator - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ingenweb/ Vanderburgh Co., In - http://www.rootsweb.com/~invander/vand.htm Trigg Co., Ky - http://www.usroots.com/~kyseeker/trigg/trigg.html Christian Co., Ky - http://www.usroots.com/kyseeker/public_html/christian/christian4.htm Betty a/k/a Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana kyseeker@dynasty.net =========================== Indiana State InGenWeb Coordinator - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ingenweb/ Vanderburgh Co., In - http://www.rootsweb.com/~invander/vand.htm Trigg Co., Ky - http://www.usroots.com/~kyseeker/trigg/trigg.html Christian Co., Ky - http://www.usroots.com/kyseeker/public_html/christian/christian4.htm

-----Original Message----- From: Kay Mason <kmfkm@ptw.com> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 8:19 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Election Dale "Doc" Schneider has decided not to conduct our special election.. which was scheduled to start today, January 15, 1999. This was a personal decision on his part. I have discussed this with Brian Leverich, and he assured me that Rootsweb will support our election. Tim Pierce, the Rootsweb's Senior System Administrator, will be in charge of the software. I think that almost all of us have worked with Tim in the past, and know of his dedication and ability to do great work. Tim will need a couple of days to familiarize himself with the software. Since all of the voting lists and ballots have already been prepared by the Election committee, as soon as he is ready, the voting will begin! I will keep you informed of any new developments. Thank you, Kay Mason I thank you for your patience. USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census/ http://www.usgenweb.com/census http://www.usgenweb.net/census/

-----Original Message----- From: Kay Mason <kmfkm@ptw.com> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Election '99 I was informed this morning that we've encountered some serious and unexpected problems regarding the Election. Dale "Doc" Schneider has lost the software in a HD crash. He's working furiously on it, however, we are going to have to postpone the start of the election until things are sorted out. As soon as I know anything, I will pass it along to you. I hope that we will have everything working as soon as possible and will be able to get this election going. Thank you, Kay Mason Chair The USGenWeb Project Election Committee Member, USGenWeb Project National Advisory Board http://www.usgenweb.org National Coordinator USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census/ http://www.usgenweb.com/census/ http://www.usgenweb.net/census/

-----Original Message----- From: Pam Carey <durp@one.net> To: GenConnect-L@rootsweb.com <GenConnect-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 11:17 AM Subject: *** Important GenConnect Announcement *** >GenConnect will be down for a bit on Saturday night and Sunday morning, >January 16 and 17, 1999, while it is being moved to a new box (bigger and >faster). > >You will not have to change any links, there's nothing that you need do. >This is simply to let you know that GenConnect will be down for a period. > >No "official" announcement will be made when it is back up. That will be >obvious when the pages are once again available through a web browser. > >Yours, >The GenConnect Team

Does anyone out there know where I can find information on Chief Ben Davis? We believe he was a chief of a Delaware tribe here in Indiana back in the early 1800s. Anyone have any bio information on him? Thanks!! Sue Otte

-----Original Message----- From: Alice J. Gayley <agayley@dgs.dgsys.com> To: USGenWeb-NE-L@rootsweb.com <USGenWeb-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 6:42 PM Subject: [USGenWeb-NE-L] By-Laws > Attention USGenWeb SC's, CC's, and all Volunteers: > > This is official notification of a new USGW Committee: > > This is official notification of a new USGW Committee: > > Like you, we are County Coordinators involved with the USGenWeb >Project, we support free online genealogical information to assist >all researchers in gaining their family origins. We are a small group >not currently sanctioned by the USGW Board. Our goal is to >improve the current By-Laws which will provide new and improved >leadership guidelines. As many of you know, we have recently lost two > National Coordinators and four Board representatives which we >believe is due in part to the lack of workable By-Laws. We need and >desire your help, opinions, and comments to help us fine tune the >By-Laws. >We believe leadership of this project should come from the majority of >the membership, the SC's, CC's and Volunteers who conduct the business >of this project daily. We believe to continue to grow in an effective, >progressive manner the majority must govern,and that majority is you! >To accomplish our goal we need sponsorship of several states and much >support from everyone involved with this project. > >We have provided a bulletin board site for you to post your suggestions >concerning the By-Laws. You will find examples of our work on the >By-Laws at this site also. http://mtnia.com/mmhill/discuss.htm > >You will find a copy of the current By-Laws on the following USGW site: > http://www.usgw.org > >If any of you would like to join this committee, please contact the >following e-mail. We intend to keep this committee small, diversified, >and composed primarily of CC's. mmhill@dwp.net > >We hope all members of the USGenWeb Project will join us in this >endeavor. All who have worked so diligently on this project in the past >and will continue in the future deserve a democratic and efficient >working >environment. > >With great sincerity, > > Roger Swafford CC Chair > Norma Lewis CC ViceChair > Margot Hill CC Secretary > David W. Samuelson CC Recorder > Jim Powell,Jr. CC > Debbie Axtman CC > Diane Kelly CC > Alice J. Gayley CC > Annette Womack CC > Clare Morgan CC > Barb Lavin CC > Melissa Simmons CC > > >==== USGenWeb-NE Mailing List ==== >NE/NC Reps > Kim Harris Myers - State Coordinator Rep. (estral@switchboard.net) > Beth Wills - County Coordinator Rep. (bwills@ionia-mi.net) >

Great! Our mailing list is ready to roll. !!! A mailing list for Indiana Genealogy discussion ("no politics") ("no national subjects") just plain ole down home Indiana Hoosier Genealogy. Everyone is welcome - researchers,visitors, coordinators, volunteers. Why not subscribe today and help us spread the news. Lori and I will be moderating the list and enjoy being with everyone! This does not replace Indytalk - as it is a list for Coordinator's wanting to talk amongst themselve's. Let's give everyone a great big Hoosier welcome! Anyone can subscribe to our list in mail mode by sending a message to INDIANA-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains the word subscribe and nothing else. If they prefer digest mode, they should send the command instead to INDIANA-D-request@rootsweb.com. To unsubscribe, they should send the command "unsubscribe" to INDIANA-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or INDIANA-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) To switch from one mode to the other, they should unsubscribe from one and then subscribe to the other. There is no "no mail" mode -- if they want messages to stop, they should simply unsubscribe. To post to both INDIANA-L and INDIANA-D, messages should be sent to INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com. Messages sent there will appear both places. Betty a/k/a Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana kyseeker@dynasty.net =========================== Indiana State InGenWeb Coordinator - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ingenweb/ Vanderburgh Co., In - http://www.rootsweb.com/~invander/vand.htm Trigg Co., Ky - http://www.usroots.com/~kyseeker/trigg/trigg.html Christian Co., Ky - http://www.usroots.com/kyseeker/public_html/christian/christian4.htm

I have unsubbed today from the 'new' USGENWEB-DISCUSS-L list and also from USGENWEB-ALL list. I will be passing only information sent to me from the USGenWeb-STATE list to you if it is an announcement and requested to be sent to you. I have a term for this 'CTW'... (circle the wagons) I cannot tolerate name calling and harsh ridicule of others. I suggest that Indiana open up a mailing list - for ALL Indiana researchers and coordinator's as a discussion list and I am willing to set it up. Motto - G-E-N-E-A-L-O-G-Y Betty a/k/a Kyseeker of Kentucky and Indiana kyseeker@dynasty.net =========================== Indiana State InGenWeb Coordinator - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ingenweb/ Vanderburgh Co., In - http://www.rootsweb.com/~invander/vand.htm Trigg Co., Ky - http://www.usroots.com/~kyseeker/trigg/trigg.html Christian Co., Ky - http://www.usroots.com/kyseeker/public_html/christian/christian4.htm

Indiana is very proud to announce that the Kosciusko Co site coordinated by Gene Andert has received recognition.... Congratulations Gene! I just learned that the Kosciusko County USGenWeb site was written up by Cyndi Howells in her Linage Links column in Heritage Quest magazine Nov/Dec issue. She describes seven sites as "examples of terrific web sites that are currently available" and the second one mentioned is the Kosciusko County USGenWeb Project. "A wonderful example of volunteer efforts at work online...". Cyndi Howells is the author of "Netting Your Ancestors" and the owner of CyndisList online. This was reported by one of the subscribers to the INKosciu-l@rootsweb.com mailing list. I have not yet seen the article myself.

Congratulations Gene!! You deserve the recognition!! Betty Sellers wrote: > > Indiana is very proud to announce that the Kosciusko Co site coordinated by > Gene Andert has received recognition.... > > Congratulations Gene! > > I just learned that the Kosciusko County USGenWeb site was written > up by Cyndi Howells in her Linage Links column in Heritage Quest magazine > Nov/Dec issue. She describes seven sites as "examples of terrific web > sites that are currently available" and the second one mentioned is the > Kosciusko County USGenWeb Project. "A wonderful example of volunteer > efforts at work online...". > > Cyndi Howells is the author of "Netting Your Ancestors" and the owner of > CyndisList online. > > This was reported by one of the subscribers to the INKosciu-l@rootsweb.com > mailing list. I have not yet seen the article myself.

-----Original Message----- From: Ginger <gingerh@intrnet.net> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 5:09 AM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Candidates >Please distribute this to all your state lists. Thanks! > >Nominations and acceptances are now closed. >The candidates for the upcoming election may be viewed >at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhardi2/nomi.htm > >Please check back, as all candidates have not >sent in their campaign URL's yet. > >The nominating committee would like to thank all those >candidates who exercised such patience during the time >I had trouble getting their information uploaded. > > >Ginger >gingerh@intrnet.net >Chair-Nominating Committee >

I've been a beta tester for this search engine for close to 3 months now and after reading the emails from my users and watching the site search engine in action, I can only say run, don't walk, and add this wonderful search engine on your site. It's truly a wonderful addition to any site. I only wish that it was available a year ago. The index for your site is updated twice a day, so your latest additions come online right away. Randy Winch, the programmer working on the GenConnect project and a RW administrator, has done a wonderful job on this piece of code. Tom Agan Orange County -----Original Message----- From: Betty Sellers <kyseeker@dynasty.net> To: INGEN-L@rootsweb.com <INGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 11:39 PM Subject: FYI Fw: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] Search engine > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@mccallie.org> >To: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com <USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 6:41 PM >Subject: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] Search engine > > >>For sites located on Rootsweb - the new Rootsweb search engine will allow >>your visitors to type in a surname or location and recieve a listing of all >>references to the search criteria on your site. >> >>To request the search engine go to: >>http://seeker.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/addsite >> >> >>Tim Stowell tstowell@mccallie.org >>The McCallie School 423.493.5604 (voice) >>Chattanooga, TN 37404 423.493.5656 (fax) >>http://www.mccallie.org >> >> >> >> >>==== USGENWEB-ALL Mailing List ==== >>The USGenWeb Project is not a commercial project. >> >> >> > > >

Present! Lawrence County GenWeb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rebecca Lewis rrowley@indiana.edu Current Caretaker for... Lawrence County, IN GenWeb: www.rootsweb.com/~inlawren/lawrengw.htm Orange County, IN Biographies: php.indiana.edu/~rrowley/orange.html and the Lawrence County Indiana Genealogy Mailing List

Hi Hancock and Fayette Co here. Our area has had quite a bit of ice and glazing here in SE KS. Lost power several times over the weekend, the longest for about 8 hours. Happy New Year to all, Tom & Carolyn WARD P.O. Box 77 Columbus KS 66725-0077 (316) 429-3475 tcward@columbus-ks.com

-----Original Message----- From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@mccallie.org> To: USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com <USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 6:41 PM Subject: [USGENWEB-ALL-L] Search engine >For sites located on Rootsweb - the new Rootsweb search engine will allow >your visitors to type in a surname or location and recieve a listing of all >references to the search criteria on your site. > >To request the search engine go to: >http://seeker.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/addsite > > >Tim Stowell tstowell@mccallie.org >The McCallie School 423.493.5604 (voice) >Chattanooga, TN 37404 423.493.5656 (fax) >http://www.mccallie.org > > > > >==== USGENWEB-ALL Mailing List ==== >The USGenWeb Project is not a commercial project. > > >

Lost in cyberspace....no copy of request for roll call came over although I think I responded to someone's answer. Just in case I didn't, Scott Co. is here! New GenConnect Boards for Obits, Deeds and Wills are activated and will be linked this week. The 1850 census is up but internal links are messed up so have to search by page for now. My guru will hopefully fix that this week....I've tried! Massachusetts is buried in ice and I'm not moving out of the house until something thaws! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Pat Mount

Rush Co under snow & ice... finally got to the Library... checking in... Sue Otte

-----Original Message----- From: Ginger <gingerh@intrnet.net> To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, January 03, 1999 6:16 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Election News >Please pass this on to all state lists. Thank you. > >Since the nominations closed Dec 31, 1998 there are >still a few potential candidates who have not answered >the committee's requests to let us know whether they >accept or decline. >We are aware that some people may not have been >readily available because of the holidays. The deadline >to accept a nomintion is set for Wednesday, January >6, 1999 at 10:00 pm CST. > >This is only for acceptances! The nominations are closed! > >Thanks, >Ginger >gingerh@intrnet.net >Chair-Nominating Committee >