No - they are degrading the stone every time they apply acid to it. Stones deteriorate fast enough from the environment without the maintenance people helping it. Mike Peterson <usgwdp@cox.net> wrote: Yesterday while at a gravesite doing an ROAGK request, I ended up talking with some maintenance people. They asked if I needed the headstone cleaned. I told them no but was curious what they used. They use acid. They use the same acid to balance the ph in a pool or spa. Now I'm curious - is this a good tool? Sincerely, Mike Mike Peterson USGenWeb RAL Candidate http://www.mpeterson.us/5/usgw.html CC Dickinson County IA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadickin/ CC Emmons County ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndemmons/ CC Traill County ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndtrail2/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

Yesterday while at a gravesite doing an ROAGK request, I ended up talking with some maintenance people. They asked if I needed the headstone cleaned. I told them no but was curious what they used. They use acid. They use the same acid to balance the ph in a pool or spa. Now I'm curious - is this a good tool? Sincerely, Mike Mike Peterson USGenWeb RAL Candidate http://www.mpeterson.us/5/usgw.html CC Dickinson County IA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadickin/ CC Emmons County ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndemmons/ CC Traill County ND - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndtrail2/

Thank you again Don for your hard work related to these counties. You are welcome back anytime!! Michelle On Aug 2, 2006, at 6:50 PM, DTGARDNER@aol.com wrote: > Hello > > About 3 months ago I came out of retirement and went back to work. > They have > now put me on nights. > > Because of my extremely limited time and one track mind I am going to > have > to stop being the county coordinator for Ward, McLean & Grand Forks > Counties, > North Dakota. > > As I can, I will contribute to these sites any information I may > acquire > through my diggin. > > Don Gardner >

Hi, It sounds as if you will be busy enough...I'd like to thank you for all your work too. I'm retired and am involved in many projects and busy with my grandkids. It is a great time of life, but sometimes you just have to say no! Thank you again. Pat Maas Richland County ----- Original Message ----- From: DTGARDNER@aol.com To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:50 PM Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Jumping Ship Hello About 3 months ago I came out of retirement and went back to work. They have now put me on nights. Because of my extremely limited time and one track mind I am going to have to stop being the county coordinator for Ward, McLean & Grand Forks Counties, North Dakota. As I can, I will contribute to these sites any information I may acquire through my diggin. Don Gardner

Hello About 3 months ago I came out of retirement and went back to work. They have now put me on nights. Because of my extremely limited time and one track mind I am going to have to stop being the county coordinator for Ward, McLean & Grand Forks Counties, North Dakota. As I can, I will contribute to these sites any information I may acquire through my diggin. Don Gardner

That is sad to hear Don. I'm going to miss you but I also understand and try to appreciate what you went through to come to the decision. Best of luck and hope you can stick around in some capacity. Sincerely, Mike Emmons Co Traill Co ----- Original Message ----- From: DTGARDNER@aol.com To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 02 August, 2006 4:50 pm Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Jumping Ship Hello About 3 months ago I came out of retirement and went back to work. They have now put me on nights. Because of my extremely limited time and one track mind I am going to have to stop being the county coordinator for Ward, McLean & Grand Forks Counties, North Dakota. As I can, I will contribute to these sites any information I may acquire through my diggin. Don Gardner

That's wonderful! Enjoy every precious minute of this sweet and beautiful time. I'm very happy for you. Best Regards, Terri Godlevsky Dunn CC >From: Michelle Savre <ndcounty@att.net> >Reply-To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com >To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Birth Announcement >Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:05:06 -0500 > >Hi all- > >Just to let you know, Amelia Elizabeth was born July 24th, weighing in at 7 >lbs. 10 oz, 19 inches long. We're home from the hospital and recovering >well, taking it easy. Amelia is a great baby, doing all those typical baby >things, including keeping her parents up most of the night. > >I've had several offers in the last few days to adopt counties, so I >anticipate some announcements in that area. Although I wasn't aware of it, >I guess there was some discussion on the Discuss list that we were in need >of coordinators. > >Feel free to email me directly with any issues/questions/etc., but it >obviously may take me awhile to respond with a newborn in the house (not to >mention the active 4 year old older brother). If your need it urgent, you >may want to at least copy Char as she may be able to respond sooner. > >Thanks all for your support and well wishes the last few weeks! >Michelle >

Congrats Michelle- Enjoy Sandi Bohle Coordinator Griggs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Savre" <ndcounty@att.net> To: <NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 11:05 PM Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Birth Announcement > Hi all- > > Just to let you know, Amelia Elizabeth was born July 24th, weighing in > at 7 lbs. 10 oz, 19 inches long. We're home from the hospital and > recovering well, taking it easy. Amelia is a great baby, doing all > those typical baby things, including keeping her parents up most of the > night. > > I've had several offers in the last few days to adopt counties, so I > anticipate some announcements in that area. Although I wasn't aware of > it, I guess there was some discussion on the Discuss list that we were > in need of coordinators. > > Feel free to email me directly with any issues/questions/etc., but it > obviously may take me awhile to respond with a newborn in the house > (not to mention the active 4 year old older brother). If your need it > urgent, you may want to at least copy Char as she may be able to > respond sooner. > > Thanks all for your support and well wishes the last few weeks! > Michelle > >

Hi all- Just to let you know, Amelia Elizabeth was born July 24th, weighing in at 7 lbs. 10 oz, 19 inches long. We're home from the hospital and recovering well, taking it easy. Amelia is a great baby, doing all those typical baby things, including keeping her parents up most of the night. I've had several offers in the last few days to adopt counties, so I anticipate some announcements in that area. Although I wasn't aware of it, I guess there was some discussion on the Discuss list that we were in need of coordinators. Feel free to email me directly with any issues/questions/etc., but it obviously may take me awhile to respond with a newborn in the house (not to mention the active 4 year old older brother). If your need it urgent, you may want to at least copy Char as she may be able to respond sooner. Thanks all for your support and well wishes the last few weeks! Michelle

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !! Peace, Joy, Health, and Happiness to Amelia, Mom, and Family ! Sincerely, Mike Emmons Traill ----- Original Message ----- From: Michelle Savre To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 31 July, 2006 8:05 pm Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Birth Announcement Hi all- Just to let you know, Amelia Elizabeth was born July 24th, weighing in at 7 lbs. 10 oz, 19 inches long. We're home from the hospital and recovering well, taking it easy. Amelia is a great baby, doing all those typical baby things, including keeping her parents up most of the night. I've had several offers in the last few days to adopt counties, so I anticipate some announcements in that area. Although I wasn't aware of it, I guess there was some discussion on the Discuss list that we were in need of coordinators. Feel free to email me directly with any issues/questions/etc., but it obviously may take me awhile to respond with a newborn in the house (not to mention the active 4 year old older brother). If your need it urgent, you may want to at least copy Char as she may be able to respond sooner. Thanks all for your support and well wishes the last few weeks! Michelle

> > > Call for Brochures. - 2006 Federation of Genealogical > Societies (FGS) Conference. > > The USGenWeb Project is proud to announce that in its > celebration of our 10th Anniversary, we are sponsoring a > track at the 2006 Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) > Conference. The conference will be held in Boston, > Massachusetts, home to the oldest genealogical society in > the United States and the local host for the 2006 conference > - the New England Historic Genealogical Society, August 30 - > September 2, 2006. > > http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/FGS.shtml > > We hope all of you will play a role. Our goal is that each > State/County/Special Project within the USGenWeb Project > will provide a brochure of it's resources for the USGenWeb > Project booth! > > If you wish to produce a brochure to share, please send > electronic copies to Tina Vickery, tsvickery@adelphia.net. > If you wish to provide hard copies, I will provide my > mailing address. > > If you are planning on attending, we would love to hear from > you! A call for booth volunteers will be forthcoming! We > look forward to meeting many USGenWeb Project volunteers, > visitors and contributors in celebration of our 10th > Anniversary! > > Sincerely, > Tina Vickery >

> Hi again! While you are all adding the cemetery information, this might be another site you want to consider adding to your pages. I visited it briefly, but did not have time to really investigate. I'm not sure how much their research would apply to your counties--but you can make that determination if you'd like to investigate it. Hope you are staying cool! Michelle > > Dear State Coordinator, >   > Please inform your County Coordinators of these African American > genealogy websites and suggest that they add the links to their sites > as a service to African American and other researchers: >   > AfriGeneas ~ African Ancestored Genealogy > The web's premier African American genealogy destination. > Transcriptions, databases, message boards, chats and much, much more. > http://www.afrigeneas.com >   > African American Cemeteries Online > The oldest and largest African American cemetery transcription site. > *Please note the new domain (formerly a subdomain of > prairiebluff.com).*  > http://africanamericancemeteries.com >   > Thank you. >   > B.J. Smothers > > > Site Administrator > AfriGeneas ~ African Ancestored Genealogy > www.afrigeneas.com >   > Webmaster > African American Cemeteries Online > africanamericancemeteries.com

Link added. Thanks, Joe and Joy! Mike B. McHenry Co. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Garnett J.(Joe) Zsedeny" <jzsed@arvig.net> Reply-To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] ND Veterans Cemetery (Information) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:02:27 -0500 There is no national veterans cemetery in ND. So, in 1989 the state legislature established a 35 acre veterans cemetery near Mandan. You can read about it here: http://www.state.nd.us/vet/. Joy Fisher has obtained the record of burials database which contains 2880 burials and can be linked to at: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/nd/morton/morton.htm. I am informing everyone of this because, although Mandan is in Morton county, the burials represent most if not every county in ND. Joe Zsedeny NDArchives Files Manager >

Thanks, I'll be adding it to my site too. Sandi Bohle Griggs County CC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garnett J.(Joe) Zsedeny" <jzsed@arvig.net> To: <NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 1:02 AM Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] ND Veterans Cemetery (Information) > There is no national veterans cemetery in ND. So, in 1989 the state > legislature established a 35 acre veterans cemetery near Mandan. You can > read about it here: > http://www.state.nd.us/vet/. > > Joy Fisher has obtained the record of burials database which contains > 2880 burials and can be linked to at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/nd/morton/morton.htm. > > I am informing everyone of this because, although Mandan is in Morton > county, the burials represent most if not every county in ND. > > Joe Zsedeny > NDArchives Files Manager >> > >

Thank you! I'll be adding them to my site too! Pat Maas Richland County ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike "Dino" Peterson To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 7:14 AM Subject: Re: [NDGENWEB-L] ND Veterans Cemetery (Information) Thanks Joe and Joy ! I'll be adding links from my sites. Sincerely, Mike Emmons Traill Mike Peterson USGenWeb RAL Candidate http://www.mpeterson.us/5/usgw.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Garnett J.(Joe) Zsedeny To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 11 July, 2006 10:02 pm Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] ND Veterans Cemetery (Information) There is no national veterans cemetery in ND. So, in 1989 the state legislature established a 35 acre veterans cemetery near Mandan. You can read about it here: http://www.state.nd.us/vet/. Joy Fisher has obtained the record of burials database which contains 2880 burials and can be linked to at: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/nd/morton/morton.htm. I am informing everyone of this because, although Mandan is in Morton county, the burials represent most if not every county in ND. Joe Zsedeny NDArchives Files Manager >

Thanks Joe and Joy ! I'll be adding links from my sites. Sincerely, Mike Emmons Traill Mike Peterson USGenWeb RAL Candidate http://www.mpeterson.us/5/usgw.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Garnett J.(Joe) Zsedeny To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 11 July, 2006 10:02 pm Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] ND Veterans Cemetery (Information) There is no national veterans cemetery in ND. So, in 1989 the state legislature established a 35 acre veterans cemetery near Mandan. You can read about it here: http://www.state.nd.us/vet/. Joy Fisher has obtained the record of burials database which contains 2880 burials and can be linked to at: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/nd/morton/morton.htm. I am informing everyone of this because, although Mandan is in Morton county, the burials represent most if not every county in ND. Joe Zsedeny NDArchives Files Manager >

There is no national veterans cemetery in ND. So, in 1989 the state legislature established a 35 acre veterans cemetery near Mandan. You can read about it here: http://www.state.nd.us/vet/. Joy Fisher has obtained the record of burials database which contains 2880 burials and can be linked to at: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/nd/morton/morton.htm. I am informing everyone of this because, although Mandan is in Morton county, the burials represent most if not every county in ND. Joe Zsedeny NDArchives Files Manager >

I didn't realize there was a wee one about to arrive Michelle. Congratulations ! That's great news ! Sincerely, Mike Emmons Traill ----- Original Message ----- From: Michelle Savre To: NDGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 10 July, 2006 8:39 pm Subject: [NDGENWEB-L] Marriages & a Baby Hello all- First of all, I would like to thank Mike for his marriages page. I'm excited to see the interest it has sparked to getting more information online and am confident it is a valuable tool for our visitors. As Lee likes to say "wOOt" (I may be miscapitalizing here, I apologize Lee). Secondly, I wanted you all to be aware that I will be taking a short maternity leave of sorts the end of the month. I am expecting our second child, who will likely arrive July 24th. I don't anticipate being gone earlier than that date, but wanted to give you heads up in case. I am guessing I will be out of communication for a couple of weeks at most, as long as there are no complications. During that time, please direct any issues or concerns to Char Kibbie, our wonderful ASC. Thank you for all that you do in your websites. In the last six months, it has been my pleasure to get to know some of you a little better and it's pretty neat to see how dedicated and hardworking you are. It inspires me to do more with my counties!! If you have sent me a personal email recently, I will try to respond before baby arrives, but please understand if it isn't possible for a few weeks yet. The keyboard seems farther away these days! Michelle SC-North Dakota

Hello all- First of all, I would like to thank Mike for his marriages page. I'm excited to see the interest it has sparked to getting more information online and am confident it is a valuable tool for our visitors. As Lee likes to say "wOOt" (I may be miscapitalizing here, I apologize Lee). Secondly, I wanted you all to be aware that I will be taking a short maternity leave of sorts the end of the month. I am expecting our second child, who will likely arrive July 24th. I don't anticipate being gone earlier than that date, but wanted to give you heads up in case. I am guessing I will be out of communication for a couple of weeks at most, as long as there are no complications. During that time, please direct any issues or concerns to Char Kibbie, our wonderful ASC. Thank you for all that you do in your websites. In the last six months, it has been my pleasure to get to know some of you a little better and it's pretty neat to see how dedicated and hardworking you are. It inspires me to do more with my counties!! If you have sent me a personal email recently, I will try to respond before baby arrives, but please understand if it isn't possible for a few weeks yet. The keyboard seems farther away these days! Michelle SC-North Dakota

Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com > From: Betsy <betsym@1starnet.com> > Date: June 30, 2006 6:51:45 PM CDT > To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [STATE-COORD] IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM THE ELECTION COMMITTEE > Reply-To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com > > **Please Forward to all USGenWeb Members and Lists** > > IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM THE ELECTION COMMITTEE > > Due to technical problems beyond the control of the EC, voting in the > USGenWeb National 2006 Election will not begin on 1 July as > scheduled. No voting passwords will be sent until some time early next > week. > > Please visit and bookmark the USGenWeb Election Committee web pages > for information regarding the exact time and date passwords will be > mailed, and voting will begin. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ > An announcement note will also be sent to all lists. > > The EC will extend the voting period for as many days as the delay > lasts, providing that the extension does not interfere with possible > run-off elections at the close of the normal voting period. > > The EC apologizes for the inconvenience. Your patience is appreciated. > > Ellen Pack > Chair, USGenWeb Election Committee >