Really? .. hmmm My curiosity is up ... WHO is this "McStumped"@cox-internet.com??? I noticed that he / she didn't give a name at the end of the ( email ) message! Another scam?? How aboot it, list owner ... is this legitimate? Former list owner Dick Schweiss researching SCHWEISS, MEIER, SCHMIDT / SCHMITT http://www.harbornet.com/folks/dick/SchweissFamilyHistory2.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:41 AM Subject: [MN-BROWN COUNTY] Minn. Family Group Sheets > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACE/125 > > Message Board Post: > > I'm happy to announce a new Special Project, the Minnesota > Family Group Sheet (FGS) project. It's my privilege to be managing > it, and I hope to be very busy adding family group sheets submitted > by all of you. > > The URL for the page is > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/minnesota/ > > I think you'll find the page easy to read and use, but if you have > any questions or concerns, please let me know. > > The USFGS home page, http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/ links to > all the states that have a family group project. > > I hope you'll take advantage of this new project. Those of us who > have been working to bring it to Minnesota are very excited about > its possibilities. Any family group that lived in Minnesota, even for a > short time, can be posted. THE ONLY MINNESOTA PERSON > WHO CANNOT BE POSTED ARE THOSE WHO ARE LIVING. > Each family group sheet provides space for basic information about > father, mother, and children; so if you only know about one family > unit, you know enough to put the information up. If you know more, > you can add more family group sheets: the father's parents and > siblings, the mother's parents and siblings, the children's spouses > and children, and on and on. If you've traced the family on into > Wisconson, Iowa, and the Dakotas, you can post your group sheet > in those states as well as Minnesota. But just one family sheet in > one state can be enough to make new and exciting connections. > > We've prepared the pages and forms, added search engines and > links, and now it's in your hands. Send in your family group sheets. > One a day, ten a day, one a week, whatever works for you. Tell > your fellow researchers about the site. Talk about it at your next > genealogical society meeting. Mention it in your emails. The more > people hear about the site, the more contributions we're likely to > get; and the more contributions we receive, the more valuable the > project is going to be in helping you make family connections. > > I'll be waiting for your family to turn up in my mailbox! > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >