The Election Committee is now accepting nominations for the election of July 1 - 31, 2001. The Nomination Period closes June 18th at midnight. Please visit the Election Committee's web site for information. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections Linda Haas Davenport Chair, USGenWeb Project Election Committee lhaasdav@mindspring.com

George Barron spends those cold winter days transcribing school census, essentially saving them from the ravages of time. Last winter George transcribed the 1922 Stutsman County School Census, 7,156 lines of dedicated work. I finally got it linked and uploaded, George, and it is a nice addition to the other four. Thanks Joe -- Zsedeny Genealogy - http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm NDGenWeb Archives - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ndfiles.htm Pembina County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm Ramsey County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm

Ward, Wells and Williams county TOCs are now linked to the subject uploads. Joe -- Zsedeny Genealogy - http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm NDGenWeb Archives - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ndfiles.htm Pembina County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm Ramsey County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm

The 1893 plat map images are online for Walsh County and linked to your TOC page, Larry. Joe -- Zsedeny Genealogy - http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm NDGenWeb Archives - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ndfiles.htm Pembina County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm Ramsey County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm

Ransom and Richland 1900 Census Images are now online linked to your Archive TOC pages. The NARA film was excellent resulting in some really clear images uploaded at 60% full size. Joe -- Zsedeny Genealogy - http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm NDGenWeb Archives - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ndfiles.htm Pembina County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm Ramsey County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm

The 1900 Census Images are nearly completed (30 counties scanned) with the uploads today of: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/mcintosh/census/1900 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/mclean/census/1900 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/mercer/census/1900 Ward, Wells and Williams have been scanned and will be uploaded upon completion of checking. These last three will essentially complete the 1900 Census uploads. Towner and Traill need some rescans which will be done upon arrival of a NARA film. All scans can be accessed from your Archive TOCs which you should be linked to. Or link to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ndfiles.htm Joe -- Zsedeny Genealogy - http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm NDGenWeb Archives - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ndfiles.htm Pembina County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm Ramsey County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm

To find out the population and other statistics regarding your county or any other county in the US for the census year 2000 visit: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html So far, in my review of North Dakota counties - Slope County has the smallest population with 767 persons. With 1218 square miles in the county that works out to .6 persons per square mile, according to the website. Tim

http://hudemaps2.esri.com/SearchFrame.asp Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net Chattanooga, TN

Hi Tim, I host the Grand Forks and Cavalier counties. My email is the same: LJGrantham@aol.com Just this past weekend, I uploaded two more cemeteries on the Grand Forks Co., NDGenWeb site: The Montefiore (Jewish) Cemetery in Grand Forks & the Washington Lutheran Cemetery in Northwood. Other than that, everything else is the same. Lori Bush LJGrantham@aol.com Grand Forks & Cavalier Cos., NDGenWeb Project County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndgrandf http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndcavali/cavalier.htm

From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> [] > Please reply with what counties you host, the email you use for this Project, > and what's been going on with your county of late. Hi Tim! My email address is still the same: kingetal@ce.net I host Adams, Bowman, Griggs, LaMoure, Mercer, Morton, Oliver and Sheridan. There isn't much is going on. There are occasional posts on the email lists and there is just a little more action in most of my counties on their GenConnect Bulletin Boards. Some counties are getting quite a few queries -- and replies which is very encouraging! :-) About a month or so ago I finished checking all links on all my county pages and checking in some other ND counties to see if they had any resource links I didn't, so I could then add them. Can't have too many resource links, y'know! ;-) Speaking of which, the archives are growing wonderfully! Kudos to those working on them -- a wonderful resource! ~Lee ".....maybe there is woe enough yet to come, though still hope may seem bright." --Galadriel

Hi, Tim, It's pretty quiet, as usual, up in McHenry Co. There have been nine queries added from some of the approximately 500 visits that have been made in 2001. My email address is still the same. Thanks for checking! Mike Borchardt _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

I host Stark County, North Dakota. I am still working on transcribing all the cemeteries in Stark County. I have 4 more cemeteries to put online -- just need get get the data into the right format (I will hopefully get that done this weekend). I am halfway through St. Mary's Cemetery in Richardton. Crystal Lampl crystal@lampl.net -----Original Message----- From: Tim Stowell [mailto:tstowell@chattanooga.net] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 5:48 PM To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Roll Call / Address verification Dear North Dakota CCs: It's been a long time since the last Roll Call. I'm doing this to verify your address - that it is the same here as on the web page and to get the voter list together for the July election. Please reply with what counties you host, the email you use for this Project, and what's been going on with your county of late. Thanks, Tim

Dear North Dakota CCs: It's been a long time since the last Roll Call. I'm doing this to verify your address - that it is the same here as on the web page and to get the voter list together for the July election. Please reply with what counties you host, the email you use for this Project, and what's been going on with your county of late. Thanks, Tim

Deadline for submitting your name to fill one of these positions will be 11:59PM April 13th Pacific Daylight Savings Time. ----------- The Advisory Board seeks volunteers to fill current open Board slots. Candidates for each position should be a CC in that particular region. CC Rep positions open: Northeast/North Central Region for the states of: Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin Southeast/Mid Atlantic Region for the states of: Alabama, Delaware, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia >From the Bylaws: Section 9. Nominees for National Coordinator shall have the following qualifications: at least one year (the twelve months immediately preceding an election) of continuous service and current activity as a member in good standing, and eligibility to vote within The USGenWeb Project. Qualifications of nominees for State Coordinator Representative, Local Coordinator Representative, and Special Project Representative are the same with the addition that their service shall have been as a State Coordinator, Local Coordinator, or one of the various positions associated with the Special Projects, respectively. "In good standing" is demonstrated by responding promptly to email, actively supporting researchers' efforts to find information, maintaining their website with appropriate, up-to-date content, and serving as a good example of the guidelines and standards of The USGenWeb Project. If you qualify and are interested in serving in this capacity please email: - your name - the county or counties you host in the region you are seeking the positon to: Holly Timm - At Large Representative - Holly Timm <hollyft@bright.net> AND Tim Stowell - National Coordinator - Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net>

The Advisory Board seeks volunteers to fill current open Board slots. Candidates for each position should be a CC in that particular region. CC Rep positions open: Northeast/North Central Region for the states of: Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin Southeast/Mid Atlantic Region for the states of: Alabama, Delaware, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia >From the Bylaws: Section 9. Nominees for National Coordinator shall have the following qualifications: at least one year (the twelve months immediately preceding an election) of continuous service and current activity as a member in good standing, and eligibility to vote within The USGenWeb Project. Qualifications of nominees for State Coordinator Representative, Local Coordinator Representative, and Special Project Representative are the same with the addition that their service shall have been as a State Coordinator, Local Coordinator, or one of the various positions associated with the Special Projects, respectively. "In good standing" is demonstrated by responding promptly to email, actively supporting researchers' efforts to find information, maintaining their website with appropriate, up-to-date content, and serving as a good example of the guidelines and standards of The USGenWeb Project. If you qualify and are interested in serving in this capacity please email: - your name - the county or counties you host in the region you are seeking the positon to: Holly Timm - At Large Representative - Holly Timm <hollyft@bright.net> AND Tim Stowell - National Coordinator - Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net>

The service mark applications for the Project, USGenWeb and The USGenWeb Project, have been completed and sent off to the appropriate address in Washington, DC as of 3/28/01. Tim

This is forwarded with permission. Please share with other USGenWeb Project lists. Tina Vickery SC WIGenWeb Project _______ Subj: [WIGEN-L] Family Discovery jumps to Prodigy Date: 3/9/01 1:04:09 PM Eastern Standard Time From: zorblitz@mindspring.com (zorblitz) Reply-to: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com True to their history, Family Discovery was getting "heat" for their business (mis) practices and have now jumped to Prodigy and are also using PayPal (info from the Belgium list). Their last server is thought to have dumped them after receiving numerous spam complaints. This company is thought to go to Gen sites of all kinds and pick the e-mail address off them to use for spam mailings of the $49.00 "service". In their spam, they say that another Gen site has suggested that they contact the recipient, when the original gen site does not even know it has been used for the addresses. Please consider encoding the e-mail addresses on sites into the name so they can not be easily picked off the pages. It means an extra "click" for visitors but the spammer's programs only "see" a name and no addresses to pick up. Here is the latest followed by a summery of recent events for anyone who wants a quick update on the matter. It looks like the fictitious Family Discovery genealogy service has moved to Prodigy now. I contacted Prodigy this morning and they have asked that anyone who receives solicitation email from familydiscovery.com to take the following steps immediately: 1) Forward the entire Family Discovery message to: abuse@prodigy.com 2) Include the following information (most of which was provided by Rita from the Oconto County, WI list): Please note that the attached message is now being sent through your ISP service. They have been reported to various State Attorney General's Office on computer fraud, but it is hard to catch up with them. Originally the "company" linked to free information sites and placed the pages in "frames" so that it looked like it was their own work. Customers paid for that information. The scam, now, is paying for the free information links and then they "move" frequently and leave their paid-up customers without services. 3) Post these same instructions on any other lists today so that Prodigy has a better chance of finding the spammers.

The Complete 1880 Census is now online for ND. I suggest that everyone put a prominent link to your Archive TOC page. In this way researchers get the advantage of any uploads as they occur. Here is a list of the Counties enumerated on the 1880 Census. Barnes, Billings, Burleigh, Cass, Emmons, Foster, Grand Forks, Kidder, Morton, Mountrail, Pembina, Ramsey, Ransom, LaMoure, Richland, Stutsman and Traill. The 1900 Census images are progressing. Again, link to the TOC and our reseachers can easily take advantage of new information as it goes up. I have the only link authorized me on each TOC page, the county page. So if a reseacher goes to the Archives first I guide them to your pages. Joe -- Zsedeny Genealogy - http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm NDGenWeb Archives - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ndfiles.htm Pembina County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm Ramsey County, ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm

Starting at 8 a.m. PST Friday, February 23, RootsWeb will begin a planned temporary downtime for maintenance of its servers and hosting process. It will limit this downtime as much as possible, and will return with increased performance and reliability for future growth. In the meantime, please take time to visit RootsWeb.com's sister sites -- Ancestry.com and FamilyHistory.com -- where you will find additional tools such as message boards, communities, and databases to help you in the search for your ancestors. Thank you for your patience. --The RootsWeb Staff

To: tstowell@chattanooga.net From: LDRS GFSByron <LDRSGFSByron@aol.com> Subject: Best Site Pick Award Tim Stowell and all USGenWeb volunteers, Congratulations! Your site "USGenWeb" (http://www.usgenweb.org) has been selected by the Genealogy Forum on AOL to receive the Best Site Pick for the month of January 2001. Your site has been chosen because of its comprehensive nature in providing research help to those searching their ancestry in the United States. USGenWeb is the premier site for doing United States research. Your volunteers have acheived such a major task through building sites for each county within the US. It is essential for anybody searching US genealogy to check the USGenWeb site for the counties researching to find information, databases, queries, etc. with possible leads to obtaining knowledge about one's family. This county by county approach is also providing much searched information in tombstone and census data. Volunteers of the Genealogy Forum find USGenWeb an essential resource in helping people with the US research. Your site will be listed on the Best Site Picks Award web page (http://www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfaol/bsp.htm). As an award winning site, you are entitled to place the attached graphic on "USGenWeb" with a link back to the award web site (http://www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfaol/bsp.htm). The information and organization of "USGenWeb" shows the dedication and effort in providing easily accessible information to people searching their genealogy. On behalf of the Genealogy Forum on AOL, we would like to thank you for your time and effort in making the Internet a better place to do research. Congratulations, Byron Holdiman, Internet Center Coordinator ___________________________________________________ Genealogy Forum.com "No Matter what your level is in tracing family history -- from beginner to professional genealogist -- there's something for you in Genealogy Forum.com" www.genealogyforum.com ___________________________________________________