Hello Gail. Thank you. To answer your question........I am the County Coordinator for the Washington County, Rhode Island USGenWeb Project and have been for about a year now. Very involved and help in any way I possibly can. When I received an invitation to join the GenExchange project and offer my knowledge to those folks, I thought it could be mutually beneficial, so I agreed to take on Rhode Island and Vermont (my home state). I agree with you whole-heartedly about UsGenWeb being a leader in efforts to increase free access to genealogical information over the Internet. But, there is no reason that there cannot be others who also offer free access to the same types of information. As I'm sure you're aware, there are many, many opportunities of finding genealogy free over the internet. GenExchange is just one more opportunity for researchers to find information at no charge to them. There are so many people out there charging for information, and those of us who don't agree with charging for information volunteer our time to projects to transribe histories and vital records to be made available to ALL at no charge. In most cases, the information available on GenExchange is not the same as the information available on Rootsweb or any other project site. I'm basically jumping into the pot instead of just dipping my toes in!<G> Live to help others and this is just one more way I can do that. Best regards, Debbie -----Original Message----- From: Gail Brown <rexbrown@shreve.net> To: NHHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com <NHHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 10:13 PM Subject: [NHHILLSB] Re: Invitation >Dear Debbie, > >Your efforts are to be praised, but I have a question - in view of the fact >that we already have the USGenWeb Project, with state and county sites for >the U.S., why is another similar project necessary? The USGenWeb Project >has been a leader in efforts to increase free access to genealogical >information over the Internet since April of 1996. Wouldn't it be more >productive for those who share this goal to offer assistance to USGenWeb >county coordinators, or to offer to adopt counties within that project? > >Gail > >----- Original Message ----- >From: DA Whitman <debbiew@sover.net> >To: <NHROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 7:49 PM >Subject: Invitation > > >> I recently became the State Contact for Rhode Island and Vermont. I'm >looking for a few good volunteers to join GenExchange and our group of many >volunteers working to bring free access to genealogical information over the >internet. >> >> If you live in or near one of the open counties or have access to >material from any county, please consider adopting a county and becoming a >county contact. >> >> >> To adopt a county go to the county contact list on the state page and >click adopt me from any vacant county. Fill out the application and hit >return. It is that simple, Your application will be reviewed and you will >hear from us in a couple of days. >> >snip > > >==== NHHILLSB Mailing List ==== >If you can books or CD's in your home library on Hillsboro Co. towns or famlies, please Volunteer to be listed on the Hillsboro Co. Volunteers Lookups Page. >http://members.aol.com/fredkun1/hillsboro.htm >Hillsboro County, NH USGenWeb County Coordinator >ROOTSWEB'S COMMON-SENSE ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html