Over the years I have been using the following site for Fayette County, Iowa. Would it be possible for ND to develop 4 pages like these so we have a standard entry method? Fayette County and I believe all of Iowa. _http://www.rootsweb.com/~iafayett/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iafayett/)

I could use some advice. I received an email from someone who browses the web site in family research. He found an ancestor (success) but he wanted to let me know that in both the 1900 and 1910 census, the surname is not spelled correctly and asked to get them corrected. Both of these files are in USGenWeb Archives - I link to them. I sent an email to the transcriber asking him if he could change it. The email bounced. I've run across this problem before and once tried to have one corrected with no success. It seems the census records that are out there, some in various places, from my experience, never get updated. Am I assuming correctly. Would anyone wish to suggest something here. The last thing I really want to do is to go back to this fella and say tough luck; no change possible. I do intend to respond to him; he deserves a response. But I am really struggling with what to say. Sincerely, Mike Emmons CC

Heads up folks -- the NDSU Library has rearranged its website. Links to places like the Naturalization Records, 1885 Territorial Census, and the North Dakota Biography Index all need to be updated. I have some of the links on the state and general resources page if you want to snag the URLs from there: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndgenweb/resources.htm ~Lee S. King SC NDGenWeb Project

What -- you mean you can't just drop everything and do it **now**? ROFL!! No worries -- I'm spitting out ideas left and right, so just bear with me... ~Lee On Monday, July 12, 2004 3:06 PM [GMT+5=ET], Mike Peterson <geanie@cox.net> wrote: > I would be happy to do that but I'll need some time. > Sincerely, > Mike > Emmons > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "L. S. King" <GenealogyFreak@comcast.net> > To: <NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:54 AM > Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Hey Mike! > > >> For our new CCs -- why don't you share a few of the ideas you >> implemented in Emmons when you adopted it? >> Like the What's New page (which I stole! LOL). >> >> And if anyone else has any ideas for improving sites, adding little >> projects (like county surname lists as one example), or has a great >> resource or database link, please share it!! >> >> ~Lee S. King >> SC NDGenWeb Project >> (who has too many counties especially with the state site -- anyone >> want Griggs or LaMoure? They're still up for adoption....)

For our new CCs -- why don't you share a few of the ideas you implemented in Emmons when you adopted it? Like the What's New page (which I stole! LOL). And if anyone else has any ideas for improving sites, adding little projects (like county surname lists as one example), or has a great resource or database link, please share it!! ~Lee S. King SC NDGenWeb Project (who has too many counties especially with the state site -- anyone want Griggs or LaMoure? They're still up for adoption....)

Thanks for the suggestions, Mike! I agree that I don't want to burden CCs with lots of requirements, but things like the CC's name and current email addy and a search engine are common sense items that CCs should understand are necessary, yes? Another is checking and updating links. That should be a given, I would think. Sites come and go, as we all know, and often folks rearrange their websites. Links need to be checked. I've been on some sites looking for some elusive ancestors in New England and saw some fantastic looking websites (going by their names anyway) but the links were broken. :-( I'm sure many of you have been there, done that -- the feeling of frustration isn't fun. ~Lee S. King SC NDGenWeb Project On Monday, July 12, 2004 11:37 AM [GMT+5=ET], Mike Peterson <geanie@cox.net> wrote: > Although I frown on laying down a lot of requirements on CCs I don't > have a problem with the requirements in the below URL. I think we > should be consistent with requirements because we do belong to an > organization and they do provide us plenty of web space and in many > cases tools to help us. I don't think requirements however should > interfere with each coordinator's desire to create web sites they > envision as helping their county researchers. I suggest in addition > to the below URL these standards: 1] That the USGenWeb and the > NDGenWeb logos/links be displayed at the top of the home page. > 2] That each home page have the Coordinator's name and current email > link. 3] That each site have a search engine. No matter how well we > design our web sites there is no better tool than a search utility > for researchers in my mind. Now days there are three or four freebie > search engines and they provide all the tools for getting it > installed on our web sites. Very easy to use with tremendous payback > to the researcher. > Sincerely, > Mike > Emmons >> Greetings all! >> >> I am undertaking to write up some guidelines for CCs. We have new >> ones and potentially even more since there are quite a few counties >> up for adoption. It would be nice to clearly state what is expected >> of a CC in ND. >> We have the national guidelines: >> http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/countypage.html

Hi all! Yeah, it's me again. Go ahead -- roll your eyes. LOL Just wanted to remind you that if you list or link to the adjacent counties to your own, that you need to update those. The new counties are: Benson ndbenso2 Cavalier ndcaval2 Dunn nddunn2 Golden Valley ndgolde2 Hettinger ndhetti2 Logan ndlogan2 McIntosh ndmcint2 Pierce ndpierc2 Richland ndrichl2 Traill ndtrail2 And don't forget, we now have two Ward sites. You can either provide a link to both, or merely link to the Ward navigation page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndgenweb/ward.htm Also, some of you include the name and email address of the SC on your page -- that needs to be updated too. :-) ~Lee S. King SC NDGenWeb Project (who is sneaking off to doublecheck her sites to see that they are updated...)

The Dr. said last week I might live to the end of the week--but this is another Monday. George L. Barron, Eddy, Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells

I would be happy to do that but I'll need some time. Sincerely, Mike Emmons ----- Original Message ----- From: "L. S. King" <GenealogyFreak@comcast.net> To: <NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:54 AM Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Hey Mike! > For our new CCs -- why don't you share a few of the ideas you implemented in > Emmons when you adopted it? > Like the What's New page (which I stole! LOL). > > And if anyone else has any ideas for improving sites, adding little projects > (like county surname lists as one example), or has a great resource or > database link, please share it!! > > ~Lee S. King > SC NDGenWeb Project > (who has too many counties especially with the state site -- anyone want > Griggs or LaMoure? They're still up for adoption....) > > >

Hey all! If you haven't yet voted on whether we should have an election in ND every two years for SC, please do! Just email Greta at bluebear@new.rr.com. Thanks all! ~Lee S. King SC NDGenWeb Project

Thanks Mike! I'll take a look and see what I can snag! ~Lee On Monday, July 12, 2004 11:17 AM [GMT+5=ET], Mike Peterson <geanie@cox.net> wrote: > Hi Lee ! > Have you seen the fairly new USGenWeb Newsletters? I think there are > at least two published. Along with other good data they have > genealogy web site tips. I don't remember how I got them and maybe > they send them out to all CC's. If they don't go to everyone, it > would be good to have on NDGENWEB-L. If you have not seen, please let > me know and I'll try to find my back issues for you. > Sincerely, > Mike > Emmons > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "L. S. King" <GenealogyFreak@comcast.net> > To: <NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 6:32 AM > Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Help for CCs > > >> Greetings all! >> >> I am undertaking to write up some guidelines for CCs. We have new >> ones and potentially even more since there are quite a few counties >> up for adoption. It would be nice to clearly state what is expected >> of a CC in ND. >> We have the national guidelines: >> http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/countypage.html >> but do you have suggestions as to how we can hone those for ND, or >> what else we might recommend or require? >> >> Also, it would be nice to have some great helps for all of us CCs -- >> tutorials for example on html, FTP, submission forms, etc. That would >> benefit not only new CCs but all of us, because I don't think most >> of us can say we know it all when it comes to websites. :-) >> So if you have a favorite website that's helped you, or know of a >> fantastic tutorial, please share it! >> >> ~Lee S. King >> SC NDGenWeb Project

I'll second that! Since you're checking in for roll call, just send another message to vote. Thank you. :) Greta at bluebear@new.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "L. S. King" <GenealogyFreak@comcast.net> To: <NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:00 AM Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] vote!! > Hey all! > > If you haven't yet voted on whether we should have an election in ND every > two years for SC, please do! > Just email Greta at bluebear@new.rr.com. > > Thanks all! > > ~Lee S. King > SC NDGenWeb Project >

The newsletter is archived at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwpub/ and has been edited by National Coordinator Richard "Isaiah" Harrison since its inception several months ago. Greta -- wearing her Copy Editor hat, not her Election Committee hat :)) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Peterson" <geanie@cox.net> To: <NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [NDGENWEB-L] Help for CCs > Hi Lee ! > Have you seen the fairly new USGenWeb Newsletters? I think there are at > least two published. Along with other good data they have genealogy web site > tips. I don't remember how I got them and maybe they send them out to all > CC's. If they don't go to everyone, it would be good to have on NDGENWEB-L. > If you have not seen, please let me know and I'll try to find my back issues > for you. > Sincerely, > Mike > Emmons > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "L. S. King" <GenealogyFreak@comcast.net> > To: <NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 6:32 AM > Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Help for CCs > > > > Greetings all! > > > > I am undertaking to write up some guidelines for CCs. We have new ones and > > potentially even more since there are quite a few counties up for > adoption. > > It would be nice to clearly state what is expected of a CC in ND. > > We have the national guidelines: > > http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/countypage.html > > but do you have suggestions as to how we can hone those for ND, or what > else > > we might recommend or require? > > > > Also, it would be nice to have some great helps for all of us CCs -- > > tutorials for example on html, FTP, submission forms, etc. That would > > benefit not only new CCs but all of us, because I don't think most of us > can > > say we know it all when it comes to websites. :-) > > So if you have a favorite website that's helped you, or know of a > fantastic > > tutorial, please share it! > > > > ~Lee S. King > > SC NDGenWeb Project > > > >

Holly Timm reporting in... Ramsey County CC Cavalier County CC Dunn County Co-CC At 09:23 AM 7/12/2004 -0400, L. S. King wrote: >Hello all! > >Roll Call time! >Please reply as soon as you can either on list or privately to me so I know >you are still alive and well. LOL > >Some of you CCs I know from corresponding from time to time about info that >crosses our counties, or from sharing data or a useful link, but many I >don't know. If you have a problem, need help, want to offer advice, then >please feel free to include that in your email. :-) > >~Lee S. King >SC NDGenWeb Project

Joe Zsedeny Pembina

Greetings all! I am undertaking to write up some guidelines for CCs. We have new ones and potentially even more since there are quite a few counties up for adoption. It would be nice to clearly state what is expected of a CC in ND. We have the national guidelines: http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/countypage.html but do you have suggestions as to how we can hone those for ND, or what else we might recommend or require? Also, it would be nice to have some great helps for all of us CCs -- tutorials for example on html, FTP, submission forms, etc. That would benefit not only new CCs but all of us, because I don't think most of us can say we know it all when it comes to websites. :-) So if you have a favorite website that's helped you, or know of a fantastic tutorial, please share it! ~Lee S. King SC NDGenWeb Project

Hello all! Roll Call time! Please reply as soon as you can either on list or privately to me so I know you are still alive and well. LOL Some of you CCs I know from corresponding from time to time about info that crosses our counties, or from sharing data or a useful link, but many I don't know. If you have a problem, need help, want to offer advice, then please feel free to include that in your email. :-) ~Lee S. King SC NDGenWeb Project

Mary Lindbo Rolette County Towner County Nelson County

Although I frown on laying down a lot of requirements on CCs I don't have a problem with the requirements in the below URL. I think we should be consistent with requirements because we do belong to an organization and they do provide us plenty of web space and in many cases tools to help us. I don't think requirements however should interfere with each coordinator's desire to create web sites they envision as helping their county researchers. I suggest in addition to the below URL these standards: 1] That the USGenWeb and the NDGenWeb logos/links be displayed at the top of the home page. 2] That each home page have the Coordinator's name and current email link. 3] That each site have a search engine. No matter how well we design our web sites there is no better tool than a search utility for researchers in my mind. Now days there are three or four freebie search engines and they provide all the tools for getting it installed on our web sites. Very easy to use with tremendous payback to the researcher. Sincerely, Mike Emmons > Greetings all! > > I am undertaking to write up some guidelines for CCs. We have new ones and > potentially even more since there are quite a few counties up for adoption. > It would be nice to clearly state what is expected of a CC in ND. > We have the national guidelines: > http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/countypage.html

Hi Lee ! Have you seen the fairly new USGenWeb Newsletters? I think there are at least two published. Along with other good data they have genealogy web site tips. I don't remember how I got them and maybe they send them out to all CC's. If they don't go to everyone, it would be good to have on NDGENWEB-L. If you have not seen, please let me know and I'll try to find my back issues for you. Sincerely, Mike Emmons ----- Original Message ----- From: "L. S. King" <GenealogyFreak@comcast.net> To: <NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 6:32 AM Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Help for CCs > Greetings all! > > I am undertaking to write up some guidelines for CCs. We have new ones and > potentially even more since there are quite a few counties up for adoption. > It would be nice to clearly state what is expected of a CC in ND. > We have the national guidelines: > http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/countypage.html > but do you have suggestions as to how we can hone those for ND, or what else > we might recommend or require? > > Also, it would be nice to have some great helps for all of us CCs -- > tutorials for example on html, FTP, submission forms, etc. That would > benefit not only new CCs but all of us, because I don't think most of us can > say we know it all when it comes to websites. :-) > So if you have a favorite website that's helped you, or know of a fantastic > tutorial, please share it! > > ~Lee S. King > SC NDGenWeb Project >