Hi everyone! By now I'm sure you've heard about the problems with USGenWeb and USGenWeb, Inc. so I'm not going to bore you all with any details. Because I know very little about law, and because I do feel there is something very funny going on...I am moving all information that has been donated to me to my local server and this information will not be accessible through my USGenWeb sites. It will, however, be accessible through Kentuckiana Genealogy. Some of you may feel I'm acting too quickly...but the news of USGenWeb, Inc (a for-profit company) was dropped on us very quickly and we were expected to change links, etc very quickly. I want everyone who donates their information to me to know that it will not be used for profit, that is why I decided to move everything away from my USGenWeb sites for the time being. Now there is no chance the for-profit USGenWeb, Inc. (or any other organization) will (legally) get their hands on the information that I and my visitors and friends have spent our time collecting. I have noticed too many contradictions in the information coming to me about this situation. I don't know about anyone else, but it has me worried. I hope my worries turn out to be for no reason...but I do know that I'm not the only person worried about the accusations, contradictions, etc. I hope you will all support me in my decision to move all of the records and make them inaccessible from my USGenWeb sites. The information is still there, and only one extra click away. I still fully support the USGenWebs original goal of providing genealogical material on-line and free to everyone. My concern is that there may be some in the non-profit or for-profit organization who no longer feels the same way. A few more things I'd like to tell you about; I've been hearing alot lately, as I'm sure some of you have, about the US Government not providing grave markers after the year 1999. I have spoken with the Veterans service officer in Floyd Co., IN and he has told me that he has received no notification of this and that, if it were true, he was sure he would have by now. He feels that this is just a rumor, and asks that if you are concerned, contact your local service officer instead of spreading this rumor any further. I've added many links to the family links section, including places to visit in the area, schools and family pages. A new gedcom database has been added, Wiseman, thanks to Wayne Wiseman for this addition! :-) The Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family Preface and Introduction are complete and on-line. I will be working on completing the index this evening. I've added the link to the Pigeon Roost pictures at Lois Mauk's site! Thanks Lois! I've added another newspaper to the "Looking Back" section! The Corydon Comet, dated February 14, 1898. I'm still working on all the other items that have been donated to us! Thanks to everyone! Dee Listowner for KENTUCKIANA-L Kentuckiana Genealogy http://www.aye.net/~dee1234/