Dear All: Membership with the Marin County Genealogical Society is not required to subscribe to the maringensoc@rootsweb.com list. Not everyone subscribed to this email discussion list is a current member of the Marin County Genealogical Society and therefore, not all subscribed will have access to the Members Only area of the Society's web site. If you want access, you will need to ensure your dues are paid and current with the Society. If you have not supplied your CURRENT email address to Esther Mott in the last several months.... or in years, please ensure she has it so you can have access to the Members Only Area. ( Especially true for LIFE members!) Account IDs were set up based on what the Society has on record for you. Subscription to this list is NOT the same as submitting your info to the Society. The subscription information for the MarinGenSoc list subscribers is housed at Rootsweb.com and is not visible by, nor supplied to, the Society Registrar. Your names are not listed with your email addresses when you are subscribed to the list. IF you are having trouble accessing the Members Only area of the Society's new website, you will be best served to contact Gene Pennington <genepenn1@comcast.net> and Esther Mott <emott6@comcast.net> at their personal email addresses rather than via this list.... especially if you feel the need to send an attachment that shows error messages, etc. If you have not submitted your dues to the Society you have by now fallen off the rolls and won't be able to gain access until your dues are paid. I know you won't want to be missing the Kin Tracer! and the other goodies planned for the Members Only area. Please submit your updated application and your dues to the Society at PO Box 1511, Novato, CA 94948-1511. Dues are due in September each year. The Society relies on membership dues to continue to provide all of the valued services it offers. Please DO renew your dues, or join the Society, support it as it has supported you and others in your quest for Family History. Help it to continue. Happy Trails, Lauren MarinGenSoc List Admin
Esther, I'm beginning to think that the Registrar job may be to complicated for me. I don't have the Access program. What do you think? All this back & forth e-mails have me worried. Shirley
Rootsweb lists do not accept attachments. Please send your access issues directly to Gene Pennington and Esther Mott, not to the list. Happy Trails, Lauren On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Vernon Smith <vsmith@lvha.net> wrote: > I was able to use the directions to download Kin Tracer, however when I came > to open the pdf file I got the message shown in the attachment. > I use Acrobat 8 Professional but apparently this pdf file requires something > else. > > Vernon Smith > > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website -- we are in the midst of some changes: > > 1. The NEW (temporary) website address is http://mcgs.camp9.org/ > > 2. The OLD website address is www.maringensoc.org. This is the Domain name that MCGS owns. At this time it connects to our OLD website pages. > > 3. We will SOON be changing the connection for our Domain name > (www.maringensoc.org) so it will point to our NEW website. So... don't get rid of that URL in your favorites/bookmarks. When the change is implemented you will be able to delete the temporary URL and go directly to the new website using the address that is familiar to you. > > No specific date has been set for this change but we're working to complete this change. > ============================= > Have you visited the new website and not been able to access the Members Only area? Check with Esther Mott to ensure your dues are up to date! If you are not current in your dues, you are no longer a member until you renew your membership. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
OK, folks. It's time for Gene to step in. I don't have the answers........ :( Cathy Marin Co., CA
Good suggestion, Phyllis, although you should be redirected from the old web address for a while. Maybe our List Mom will see this and take action. In a message dated 3/29/10 1:39:06 PM, pgarratt@gessert.us writes: > The automatic message at the end of your email gives the old address > link to the site and that may be what people are going to. It might be > good to change that to the new website address. > >
Thanks for your perserverance! I hope Gene is getting these messages, since he is the bug fixer. Cathy In a message dated 3/29/10 1:35:42 PM, bcalex@earthlink.net writes: > > AH, success..... > > > > the only change I did on the log in is not check the "remember me" > box....then I was allowed in. Maybe there is something wrong with that box. > > > > Barbara > >
Hello Gene and Esther---I have tried to access the site and they won't recognize my e-mail address. I have had this address and password 12-15 years and never changed a thing. I have written to you Gene, Jim and also Cathy over the past couple of years and my address has always been recognized. Have I been dropped along the way somewhere. I've been a life member for many years. Carlma Houweling ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Pennington" <genepenn1@comcast.net> To: "MCGS Mail List" <maringensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 2:36 PM Subject: [MarinGenSoc] New MCGS Website - How to Login > Thanks to Esther for forwarding the instructions. Below is a little more > information if you need it. I added some explanation about the MCGS > Domain > name (www.maringensoc.org) to clear up the confusion between the OLD and > NEW > websites. > > I hope this helps. > > 1. The NEW website address is http://mcgs.camp9.org/. > 2. The OLD website address is www.maringensoc.org. This is our Domain > name > that MCGS owns. At this time it connects to our OLD website pages. > 3. We will SOON be changing the connection for our Domain name > (www.maringensoc.org) so it will connect to our NEW website. No specific > date has been set for this change but we're working to complete this > change. > 4. Most of the NEW website at http://mcgs.camp9.org/ is visible to > anybody > who visit it (i.e., the PUBLIC). > 5. The NEW website has a MCGS Members only section that can ONLY be > viewed > by current MCGS 2010 Members. That is where the KIN Tracer and Member > Directory are located. > 6. To view the Members only section, you must login. > 7. IF you have NEVER signed in to the website before, the easiest way to > login the first time is to click on the "Forgot password" link by the > login > box. This is located on the LOWER LEFT of the window below the last > section. > 8. AFTER you click on the "Forgot password" link by the login box, a > window > will open asking you to enter the e-mail address you gave to MCGS with > your > membership application. Once you follow the directions to do this, it > will > send a message to you with instructions. > 9. IF you are NOT a current MCGS 2010 Member, please contact Esther Mott, > Registrar or click on the link on the left side that says "Join MCGS" and > download a membership application and mail it to Esther. Esther's e-mail > is > linked to her name on the "Join MCGS" membership application page. > > If you need more help, contact me at webmaster@maringensoc.org. > > > Gene Pennington > MCGS Webmaster, CIG & TMG User Group > http://www.maringensoc.org > http://mcgs.camp9.org/ > MCGS Blog: http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ > > > > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time > volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: > <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: > http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
In a message dated 3/29/10 1:12:19 PM, kldevlin@pacbell.net writes: > Cathy -- my mistake earlier. I meant, that members might need to sign in > to get to the KIN TRACER - not the newsletters. > Yes, Kin Tracer. Newsletters are open to the public. Cathy Marin Co., CA
OF COURSE! Sorry. I am automatically signed in cuz my little MAC remembers me. Thank you, Kathy. So sign in everyone! In a message dated 3/29/10 1:10:40 PM, kldevlin@pacbell.net writes: > Nope - that option does not show. However, there is a place for "email" > and "password".... I bet that members need to sign in to get to the > newsletters? > > Cathy Marin Co., CA
OK everyone. It's time for class. Go to our new web address http://mcgs.camp9.org/ On the left hand side click on "Members-only" Click on "Premium Content" Click on "KinTracer" My AOL browser is dreadful. There are many websites that do not come up properly when I use it. Therefore, I enter the URL for these sites in my Firefox browser and wonder-of-wonders, I'm THERE! Try it and see if it works for you. If it doesn't, I have no idea what is wrong. Time to contact Gene Pennington - guess he sort of has the role of the Lone Ranger at this point. genepenn1@comcast.net Cathy Marin Co., CA
I was able to use the directions to download Kin Tracer, however when I came to open the pdf file I got the message shown in the attachment. I use Acrobat 8 Professional but apparently this pdf file requires something else. Vernon Smith
Lauren - no need to do that. thanks. I suspected that it was necessary to login.. Kathy ________________________________ From: Lauren Boyd McLachlan <confido@gmail.com> To: maringensoc@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, March 29, 2010 3:01:31 PM Subject: Re: [MarinGenSoc] new web site Kin Tracer Kathy: I will send you a screen print. I will amend it so you can see it more easily. It really is easy, once you see where you need to "go." Happy Trails, Lauren MarinGenSoc List Admin ______________________________________ A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time volunteering for the Society. --------------------------------- Visit our website -- we are in the midst of some changes: 1. The NEW (temporary) website address is http://mcgs.camp9.org/ 2. The OLD website address is www.maringensoc.org. This is the Domain name that MCGS owns. At this time it connects to our OLD website pages. 3. We will SOON be changing the connection for our Domain name (www.maringensoc.org) so it will point to our NEW website. So... don't get rid of that URL in your favorites/bookmarks. When the change is implemented you will be able to delete the temporary URL and go directly to the new website using the address that is familiar to you. No specific date has been set for this change but we're working to complete this change. ============================= Have you visited the new website and not been able to access the Members Only area? Check with Esther Mott to ensure your dues are up to date! If you are not current in your dues, you are no longer a member until you renew your membership. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Kathy: I will send you a screen print. I will amend it so you can see it more easily. It really is easy, once you see where you need to "go." Happy Trails, Lauren MarinGenSoc List Admin
Has already been done. Look to the bottom of this message. All should take note that the "current" URL is a temporary URL. Just til the DNS entry is transferred to the new server from the old. Happy Trails, Lauren MarinGenSoc List Admin On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:43 PM, <CYLGowdy@aol.com> wrote: > > Good suggestion, Phyllis, although you should be redirected from the old > web address for a while. Maybe our List Mom will see this and take action. > > > In a message dated 3/29/10 1:39:06 PM, pgarratt@gessert.us writes: > > >> The automatic message at the end of your email gives the old address >> link to the site and that may be what people are going to. It might be >> good to change that to the new website address. >> >> > > > > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: > http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Hello All: I had issues the first time I tried to access the website. An old email address was used as my log in. AND there was a typo in it. That was a block. HOWEVER -- Gene and Esther worked with me and got the bumps out. I now can access it easily. So.... my suggestion is that if you are unable to access the website's member area, you write to Gene Pennington <genepenn1@comcast.net> and Esther Mott <emott6@comcast.net> privately to ensure they have the correct email address for your login and that there are no differences between what you type and what they entered for your account to be established. This is still a new thing and there's likely a few bumps to work through. The website is *very* easy to use. Cathy -- I miss being able to thumb through the Kin Tracer and be able to hand it off to others when I am finished with it. However, I have to say, I like that the Society is saving money spent to print it -- thus enabling it to continue --- and I like that the photos are more clear and we can see the colors. As an added boon, for those with challenges reading regular print, it can be "blown up" to 400% if need be to be able to read the content. Now the only limit to content is file size! lol Happy Trails, Lauren MarinGenSoc List Admin
Thanks to Esther for forwarding the instructions. Below is a little more information if you need it. I added some explanation about the MCGS Domain name (www.maringensoc.org) to clear up the confusion between the OLD and NEW websites. I hope this helps. 1. The NEW website address is http://mcgs.camp9.org/. 2. The OLD website address is www.maringensoc.org. This is our Domain name that MCGS owns. At this time it connects to our OLD website pages. 3. We will SOON be changing the connection for our Domain name (www.maringensoc.org) so it will connect to our NEW website. No specific date has been set for this change but we're working to complete this change. 4. Most of the NEW website at http://mcgs.camp9.org/ is visible to anybody who visit it (i.e., the PUBLIC). 5. The NEW website has a MCGS Members only section that can ONLY be viewed by current MCGS 2010 Members. That is where the KIN Tracer and Member Directory are located. 6. To view the Members only section, you must login. 7. IF you have NEVER signed in to the website before, the easiest way to login the first time is to click on the "Forgot password" link by the login box. This is located on the LOWER LEFT of the window below the last section. 8. AFTER you click on the "Forgot password" link by the login box, a window will open asking you to enter the e-mail address you gave to MCGS with your membership application. Once you follow the directions to do this, it will send a message to you with instructions. 9. IF you are NOT a current MCGS 2010 Member, please contact Esther Mott, Registrar or click on the link on the left side that says "Join MCGS" and download a membership application and mail it to Esther. Esther's e-mail is linked to her name on the "Join MCGS" membership application page. If you need more help, contact me at webmaster@maringensoc.org. Gene Pennington MCGS Webmaster, CIG & TMG User Group http://www.maringensoc.org http://mcgs.camp9.org/ MCGS Blog: http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/
Kathleen, At <http://mcgs.camp9.org/> you need to enter your email/password in the box at the bottom left and press the Login button. This will get you to the "Premium Content" link which has the Kin Tracer. Ron > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:43:58 -0700 (PDT) > From: Kathleen Devlin <kldevlin@pacbell.net> > Subject: Re: [MarinGenSoc] new web site Kin Tracer > To: maringensoc@rootsweb.com > > This is what I see on the left side of the page: > > HOME > CONNECT WITH US > SERVICES & RESOURCES > JOIN MCGS > CALENDAR > FORUMS > NEWS (BLOG) > NEWSLETTERS > TERMS OF USE > PRIVACY STATEMENT > COPYRIGHT > > on several of the above there is a right arrow; I clicked on each; there is no reference to KIN TRACER
Hi Cathy---I tried following Gene's instructions and now I get the message they don't recognize my e-mail address. It's the same one I've used writing to you or others for years, why wouldn't it be reognizing me? Carlma ----- Original Message ----- From: <CYLGowdy@aol.com> To: <MarinGenSoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:52 PM Subject: [MarinGenSoc] new website > OK, folks. It's time for Gene to step in. I don't have the answers........ > :( > > > > Cathy > Marin Co., CA > > > > ______________________________________ > > A big "THANK YOU" to all of you that give so generously of your time > volunteering for the Society. > --------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://www.maringensoc.org > > Read the meeting notices: > <http://www.maringensoc.org/News/newsletters.htm> > > Read the Society's blog run by Gene Pennington: > http://maringensoc.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Again, below are Gene's instructions. Please note that if your CURRENT email address is not entered in your profile, you will not receive the emails that go out when the Kin Tracer goes up on the site, or the dues notice next fall. Being subscribed to this mailing list, DOES NOT MEAN that we have your current email address in our database. If you change your email address later in the year, be sure to correct your profile! We hope you've enjoyed your visit to the new MCGS website. Now that you've been there and looked around, it's time to update your Member Profile. While it may seem like there are a lot of steps, it will go quickly. It is not as difficult as it may seem at first. Take your time. You can always go back and change something if you change your mind or make a mistake. Once you've successfully signed in to the website, follow these steps to update your Member profile. 1.. Login on the lower left corner of the page at http://mcgs.camp9.org/ 2.. Click "View profile" 3.. Click "Edit profile" and make the following changes: a. You MUST check the "Terms of Use" box to agree or won't be allowed to use website. b. You MUST check the "Consent to Use Your Information" box or won't be allowed to use website. c. You MUST check EITHER the ""Yes" or "Yes but please do not publish my name on any public membership list." a.. You can add a personal photo if you want. b.. You can add personal website address if you want. Click "Save" to save changes 1. Click "View Profile" 2. Click "Privacy" 3. The default is shown but you can change it. If it is OK as shown, leave it alone. If you want to change it, select EITHER option #1 or option #2 below. Option #1. - Completely removes your profile details from viewing by MCGS Members. Think carefully about selecting At the top is "Allow to show profile". Next is a box with a check mark in it (default). IF you do NOT want anybody to see ANY of your profile (i.e. the information shown below in the "Details" window, CLICK ON THE BOX TO REMOVE THE CHECK MARK. This will remove your profile information so NOBODY (except web site administrator/s) can view your information. Click "Save" to save changes Option #2. Allows you to determine what details MCGS Members can view. Click on "Edit profile" The default will be show with each "dot" showing a blue circle in it for those allowed to see certain details in your profile. PLEASE NOTE: By default there are NO checks for "Anybody" (public). DO NOT click any boxes under "Anybody" unless you want the public (anybody) to view the information. IF you want to change any of the details, click on those boxes you do want to change. For example, you may want your first, last and spouses names and e-mail address show so leave them alone (i.e. a blue circle in the button) but you do NOT want other MCGS members to see your phone, address so you can UNCHECK them. Click "Save" to save changes Return to your profile to be sure it is listed the way you want it listed. Contact Gene Pennington (genepenn1@gmail.com) if you have any questions or need help.
Below are Gene Pennington's instructions for logging on to the new website. Welcome to the new MCGS website. We hope you will enjoy the new features and find the site easy to use. You will receive a 2nd message later from us with information on how to update your Member Profile. To login to our new website, follow these easy steps: 1.. Go to our website at http://mcgs.camp9.org/. Look in the lower left corner. You'll see a box for your e-mail address and password. Look below those boxes. 2.. Look to the right of the box that says "Login". You will see an underlined sentence that says "Forgot password?" - Click on it. 3.. Another window will open that will ask you to enter your e-mail address. Enter the e-mail address you gave to MCGS when you completed your membership application for 2010. After you enter your e-mail address, the system will send you an e-mail message with instructions on how to create a password. 4.. Check your e-mail in box after a few minutes and follow those instructions to set your password. 5.. Once you've done that, return to http://mcgs.camp9.org/ and return to the login area in the lower left corner. 6.. Enter your e-mail address and the new password. You should now be able to login. Contact Gene Pennington (genepenn1@gmail.com) if you have any questions or need help.