This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2RB.2ACI/256 Message Board Post: Hello New Mexico Researchers, Here is an update on the 1930 Census Project & Section 3 of the NMDI Project. I do apologies for sending this update later that the June, which I had promise. But due to some personal, health and family issues, I had to put the update on hold. If you had sent an email to the project or myself and used my NMIA email account, I am having problems receiving anything in my “inbox”. Please send anything regarding the project or myself to: newmexdi@hotmail.com. My computer will be getting an overhaul physical at the end of August, so I do hope all problems with my email account and my computer in general would be fix. Until then, I have to suffer the problems with my computer (turning off when it wants to, screen blinking on and off, the touch pad freezing, the hard drive sometimes works real slowly, etc.). So far, there are 17 counties of the 1930 NM Census Index have been partly or fully completed. These counties are Catron, Cháves, Curry, Doña Ana, Eddy, Guadalupe, Luna, McKinley, Roosevelt, San Juan, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fé, Sierra, Torrance, Union and Valencia. Most of these counties indices are listed in their Archives Files website [http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nm/nmfiles.htm]. When all the counties are completed, they will be combined into a searchable database. The deadline for the 1930 NM Census Index has been put back to December of this 2003. As we still need 4 more volunteers to work on sections and other volunteers are still working on their section. We wish for all the volunteers to enjoy this project and not rush them on their work. We must remember that all of us are volunteers. If anyone is interested in volunteering, we do need about 4 more volunteers. Email me at: newmexdi@hotmail.com for more information. You will need to have a CD ROM to help out and be working at home during your free time. When the counties are being completed, Gina will be posting that specific county in their NMGenWeb Archives File website at: www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nm/nmfiles.htm. When the project is completed, all the counties will be combined into an engine search and still leaving the specific counties in their Archives File websites. The NMDI (New Mexico Death Index) also will be in this engine search format once the Section 3 of the project is completed. As I had problems with the Post Office Box and mail being missing from the box, I have closed the box in the beginning of July and using my personal Post Office Box for the NMDI Project. It is much easier to collect the mail, as the original box was a bit out of the way in the Northeast Heights of Albuquerque. The new address is: P. O. Box 114, La Joya, NM 87028-0114. The Post Office in Albuquerque told me that all mail sent to the old address would be forwarded to my new address in La Joya for one year. But I know that some stuff had been sent to the old address and nothing as been forwarded. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANYTHING TO THE OLD ALBUQUERQUE ADDRESS. Now, lets get into the budget of the NMDI Projects. Sadly, we are still in the RED. The money raised to date is $1406.53 (donation total $1107.45 and look-up profits $298.98). The budget for the NMDI Projects (Census Project estimated budget to date is $1089.89) and Section 3 (estimated budget total is 545.80) total to $1635.69. So are still in debt of $229.16. All Donors &Volunteers will receive a certificate of appreciation once the project is completed. One of our major fundraiser toward all the NMDI Projects has been DC (death certificate) look-up. We only accept written request taken off the NMDI website, along with the fee and send them the photocopy of the DC. All the remaining money of the fees goes toward the NMDI Budget. For more information on this, go to: www.nmia.com/~samquito/nmdir.html. Another fundraiser for the NMDI Projects is collect used/cancel postage stamps from everyone (USA and Worldwide). Thanks to all those people who sent the stamps! We had received almost 2 kilogrammes of stamps. We were going to get $11.00 for the lot. I had explained to the dealer that the money is going for the NMDI Projects, so she made it an even $25.00. So send any used/cancel stamps to myself at: Sam-Quito Padilla G., P. O. Box 114, La Joya, NM 87028-0114. Please include your return address and note in the envelope if you wish to be reimbursed for the postage. Section 3 of the NMDI Project Update: About the 1941-1950 death index, still have not heard anything. I am expecting an answer any day from vital records to see if the index is going to be filmed by the LDS Church or the NMDI Projects (myself) into microfilm or microfiche. This death index is still in loose-leaf notebooks and not available to the public. I hope to have more news about the death index in the update in September. When Section 3 of the death index is completed, all of the NMDI (years 1899 to 1950) will be converted into a searchable database. For information on look-ups on the NMDI (New Mexico Death Index) Project, go to the website at: www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nm/nmdi.htm. Other news, the NMDI Project Co-Coordinator, Gina Heffernan, would like to invite all of you to visit the new Family Group Sheet Project. It is in its infancy and we have no sheets at this time but if it is anything like the other states that have them for a while it should prove to be a good place to find clues to those dead ends. The New Mexico project is at www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/newmexico/. The National page is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/. Along with my position as Host Coordinator for NMGenWeb Sierra, Socorro and Valencia Counties, and Head Coordinator for the New Mexico Death Index (NMDI) Projects, I am also the File Manager for NMGenWeb Archives Files Project. Please take a look at the NMGenWeb Archives Files Project and individual county sites at: www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nm/nmfiles.htm. If you have any information, which you would like to submit on individual counties, such as Family Bios, Obits, Cemeteries Surveys and etc., the Archives Files Project would be please to host them. Anything you submit belongs to you. If you submit anything, which is not written by yourself, we need a release from the writer for permission before we can include in the Archives Files Project. Also, to remove the information from the Archives Files Project, we just require a statement from the submitter. With your help, the NMGenWeb Archives Files Project can build large library of wealth that would benefit other New! Mexican Researchers. Just go to the county to get more information on how to submit. Thank you for your time. Bye for now, Sam-Quito * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A message from Sam-Quito Padilla G. NM Death Index Project Head Coordinator www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nm/nmdi.htm NMGenWeb Archives File Manager www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nm/nmfiles.htm NMGenWeb County Coordinator for Sierra, Socorro & Valencia www.nmgenweb.net