--part1_a6.28073ed0.2a479368_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_a6.28073ed0.2a479368_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <info@uscitydirectories.com> Received: from rly-yb03.mx.aol.com (rly-yb03.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.3]) by air-yb05.mail.aol.com (v86.11) with ESMTP id MAILINYB51-0618144100; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:41:00 -0400 Received: from host05.ipowerweb.com (ipowerweb.com [38.144.87.93]) by rly-yb03.mx.aol.com (v86_r1.13) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYB39-0618144045; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:40:45 -0400 Received: from graslc.dsl.xmission.com ([204.228.149.38] helo=NC) by host05.ipowerweb.com with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 17KNtK-0006hF-00; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:39:46 -0700 Message-ID: <001201c216f7$740c6de0$0b01a8c0@graut.com> From: <info@uscitydirectories.com> To: <info@uscitydirectories.com> Subject: New City Directory site for New Jersey Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:39:14 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host05.ipowerweb.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - aol.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [0 0] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - uscitydirectories.com Dear New Jersey USGenWeb County Coordinator, I'm writing to let you know about a new genealogy site that your USGenWeb Project may be interested in. It is known as the "City Directories of the United States" project, found at http://www.uscitydirectories.com. The goal of this project is to identify all known city directories (whether they're in book form, have been microfilmed, or have been transcribed and published online), their years, and their repositories. For example, the 1852/53 directory of San Francisco is available at the Family History Library, Brigham Young University, and online at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~casanfra/52menu.htm>. Currently, the database has the holdings of the following major repositories: 1) National Archives 2) Library of Congress 3) Family History Library 4) Brigham Young University 5) Alabama Department of History Our goal is to eventually list the city directory holdings of all repositories in the United States. Possibly, your local library has a directory that exists nowhere else, or its whereabouts is unknown to other researchers. We'd like to add it to the database. To help you submit information, we've provided an extraction form on the web site, just click on the Submit Information link from any page. In addition to a database of directories, we've provided education on how to use directories, as well as an extensive list of resources regarding directories. We'd like your help in getting the word out. If you'd like, we suggest: 1) Add a link on your site to New Jersey's city directories. Use http://www.uscitydirectories.com/nj.htm as a direct link. 2) Send a message to your project's mailing list describing the project. 3) Participate! If you know of a register of directories, please let us know. If you'd like to create a register of directories, or employ the services of your volunteers, let us know, and we'll provide the direction you may need. 4) Give us feedback on how to make this nation-wide project a success. I appreciate your time and consideration. City directories, for me, were an unknown source for too long. Now my research is never complete if I haven't consulted them. I truly believe this project will be a valuable resource for our genealogy community. If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to contact me personally. Sincerely, Geoff Rasmussen info@uscitydirectories.com --part1_a6.28073ed0.2a479368_boundary--