----- Original Message ----- From: "bookstorelady" <bookstorelady@prodigy.net> To: <USGENWEB-SW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 2:32 PM Subject: [USGenWeb-SW] AB report... more to come... Hi Everyone... miss me??? Shari Handley presented a NC report to Board-L and I've copied and pasted it to the bottom of this report. I do have a comment to make about the report. I volunteered to chair the hearing committee and have reconvened the hearing... Yes, I've been working on it and seriously hope to be able to make an announcement next week... I will be posting two more items before the AB ... but I wanted to give you all time to read Shari's comments... Darilee... Shari Handley's report to Board-L ***** We welcome Mike St. Clair to the position of Recording Secretary for the Advisory Board. Please join me in thanking Mike for his willingness to serve the project in this capacity. Bylaws Revision Committee: The BRC continues its task of reworking the bylaws revision. There is a mailing list available (the USGW_WEB-L list) which serves as an open forum for communication between the membership and the BRC. To subscribe, send an email containing only the word "subscribe" to USGW_WEB-L-request@rootsweb.com. List archives can be perused at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/USGW_WEB. The closed-session disciplinary hearing will reconvene shortly, after a short break for the holidays. It has been slow going due to some requested recesses, as well as some new time constraints on my part. I am grateful to Darilee for volunteering to step in as moderator/chair of the hearing. It is anticipated that, with Darilee's help, work on the hearing can move at a more steady pace toward a conclusion. Logo Contest: The EC is working on setting up a poll to determine our membership's wishes regarding a logo contest coming up this summer. The poll will take place, tentatively, February 9 through 23. More details will be forthcoming as the schedule is worked out. Shari Handley National Coordinator The USGenWeb Project bookstorelady@prodigy.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit - Skagit USGW http://www.thirdstbooks.com - 3rd St. Book Exchange http://www.facesfromthewall.com - Faces From the Wall - Vietnam/Washington ==== USGENWEB-SW Mailing List ==== The CC representatives for the SW-SC region are currently David Morgan & Bettie Wood. The SC representative is Larry Flescher.

I've just put the rosters of Chaves County War Casualties on line: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enmchaves/wardead.html The rosters were transcribed from a monument outside the entrance to the County Administration Offices. Susan

Taos County checking in. Karen

Hello everyone, Sierra, Socorro, Torrance and Valencia Counties checking in. I want to remind all the CCs that Gina Heffernan and I are the Project Managers for the NMGenWeb Archives Files Project. The URL for the project is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nm/nmfiles.htm and would appreciate if you would link your county page to the NMGenWeb Archives Files Project and your county's specific website. Here is some information about the Archives Files Project from the USGenWeb site (snip snip): About the USGenWeb Archives In June 1996, the USGenWeb Digital Library (USGenWeb Archives TM) was developed to present actual transcriptions of public domain records on the Internet. This huge undertaking is the cooperative effort of volunteers who either have electronically formatted files on census records, marriage bonds, wills, and other public documents, or are willing to transcribe this information to contribute. Once the decision was made to develop a project, originally called "TimeToDo" Something, a call went out to volunteers who would be willing to transcribe primary records as a service to the Internet genealogical community, find a way to get them posted on the Internet, and supporting the The USGenWeb Project county hosts by storing large files in a central location with a search engine. Space is donated by RootsWeb.Com for storage of the files. The table above is broken down by state. The left column represents the location of a Table of Contents for each state, with a brief description of each file and a direct link to it. The right column is the actual location of the archived files. The USGenWeb Archives Digital Library was implemented in July 1996, and files are being added everyday. If you have transcriptions to contribute, please contact the person listed on the state Table of Contents page. Please read the Guidelines for file contributions. The files need to be in ASCII text format, and will be converted by the state archive manager if in another form. To help our volunteers, please read how to prepare files for submitting. If you have any information which would benefit New Mexican Researchers, please summit your files. Any summitions would be recorded as being received from you. Please remember that the NMGenWeb Archives Files Project is apart of the USGenWeb and NMGenWeb family and need your support. Happy Holidays and the best for the New Year ro everyone, bye for now, Sam-Quito Pat Bennett <mzwhiz@signalpeak.net> wrote: Hooray for Harold! Hidalgo and Grant Counties checking in Pat -----Original Message----- From: Harold Kilmer [mailto:hkilmer@plateautel.net] Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 10:47 AM To: NMGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NMGENWEB] January 1st 2005 check in. Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Quay and Roosevelt Counties are up and running. 2005 has got to be a better year than the last two have been. Things are looking up. _____________________________________ Harold Kilmer - NMGenWeb Coordinator for Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Roosevelt & Quay Counties in the great state of New Mexico. http://rootsweb.com/~nmcurry/index.html ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 **** A Message from the NMGenWeb CC for Valencia, Socorro, Sierra & Torrance Counties --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Send a seasonal email greeting and help others. Do good.

Marcena here for Jan 2005

Rio Arriba-alive and well in 2005 Janet

Eddy County Checking In for Jan 2005 Richard Wilkinson is still here.

Hooray for Harold! Hidalgo and Grant Counties checking in Pat -----Original Message----- From: Harold Kilmer [mailto:hkilmer@plateautel.net] Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 10:47 AM To: NMGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NMGENWEB] January 1st 2005 check in. Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Quay and Roosevelt Counties are up and running. 2005 has got to be a better year than the last two have been. Things are looking up. _____________________________________ Harold Kilmer - NMGenWeb Coordinator for Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Roosevelt & Quay Counties in the great state of New Mexico. http://rootsweb.com/~nmcurry/index.html ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Though I'm not a county coordinator, I still wanted to wish all of you a happy and blessed new year! Angela Lewis NMGenWeb volunteer Albuquerque, NM

Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Quay and Roosevelt Counties are up and running. 2005 has got to be a better year than the last two have been. Things are looking up. _____________________________________ Harold Kilmer - NMGenWeb Coordinator for Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Roosevelt & Quay Counties in the great state of New Mexico. http://rootsweb.com/~nmcurry/index.html

Chaves and Otero Counties checking in! Happy 2005 to the Wild Bunch! Susan Stockbridge Bellomo susanbellomo@yahoo.com State Coordinator, NMGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmgenweb/ County Coordinator, Chaves and Otero Counties

----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Swafford" <sagitta56@mchsi.com> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 10:15 AM Subject: [STATE-COORD] Bylaws Revision News - Final Review Changes (**Please forward to all appropriate project lists**) The Bylaws Revision Committee (BRC) has approved a change to Article I during final review. ARTICLE I. NAME The name of this organization shall be "The USGenWeb Project." The name of associated state projects shall be "The XXGenWeb Project" (where XX is the two-letter postal code abbreviation for each state). Revised bylaws http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/revisions.htm Comparison view http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/compare_table.htm

12-12-04 @ 1145 EST As a follow-up to the message sent yesterday regarding this subject, the Senate Bill S. 2845 has three suffixes to it. The one of specific interest is at this URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:3:./temp/~c1081PECkY:: Scrolling down to Section 3061 - Definitions, will take you to the area where the additional suggested definition be added: Sec. 3061(b)(1)(A) (i i i ) - "who is alive on the date that access to their birth certificate is requested." This addition would clarify that the legislation applies ONLY to birth certificates of CURRENTLY LIVING PERSONS. If you do not know your U.S. Senator's e-mail address, you can find it at http://www.senate.gov/ Carl C. ORIGINAL e-MAIL New Bill Will Close Records to Genealogists HR10, which was mentioned in the 13 October issue of RootsWeb Review, has passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives and is now part of S.2845. The amendments suggested by David Rencher in his letter to the bill's sponsor, Congressman J. Dennis Hastert, were NOT incorporated into this legislation. Thus, the terms of HR10 will now be considered by the Senate, as part of S.2845. If S.2845 becomes law, as now written, family historians will face some real challenges in attempts to obtain birth records, even on long- deceased individuals. Specifically, what genealogists need to do is suggest to their lawmakers the addition of Sec. 3061(b)(1)(A)(iii) that would read: "who is alive on the date that access to their birth certificate is requested." This addition would clarify that the legislation (soon to be law) applies ONLY to birth certificates of CURRENTLY LIVING PERSONS. If you do not know your U.S. Senator's e-mail address, you can find it at http://www.senate.gov/ This bill can be found online at http://thomas.loc.gov/ Put in S.2845 (in the bill number window) and then select item No. 3; and go to Subtitle B--Identity Management Security; Chapter 2--Improved Security for Birth Certificates. (It's a bit deeper than that actually, go to Title III, then the Improved security shows up) (mailto:mgreenhill@tconl.com)

FYI. Legislation that will affect genealogy research. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "W David Samuelsen" <dsam@sampubco.com> To: <USGENWEB-SW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 10:02 PM Subject: [USGenWeb-SW] Intel Bill without amendment ---Begin Message--- Senate Bill 2845 has passed the Senate without our suggested wording. One of the provisions that did pass reads as follows: "ISSUANCE TO FAMILY MEMBERS- Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the States, shall establish minimum standards for issuance of a birth certificate to specific family members, their authorized representatives, and others who demonstrate that the certificate is needed for the protection of the requestor's personal or property rights." Assuming we were not successful at getting our language in the bill, it looks like our next shot is to get our language in the minimum standards, making it clear that the States are free to issue non-certified copies to the public. You are free to forward this to other interested parties as you see fit. David E. Rencher Chair, Record Preservation and Access Committee Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genelaogical Society ==== USGENWEB-SW Mailing List ==== The Advisory Board: http://www.usgenweb.com/about/advisoryboard.shtml

New Bill Will Close Records to Genealogists HR10, which was mentioned in the 13 October issue of RootsWeb Review, has passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives and is now part of S.2845. The amendments suggested by David Rencher in his letter to the bill's sponsor, Congressman J. Dennis Hastert, were NOT incorporated into this legislation. Thus, the terms of HR10 will now be considered by the Senate, as part of S.2845. If S.2845 becomes law, as now written, family historians will face some real challenges in attempts to obtain birth records, even on long- deceased individuals. Specifically, what genealogists need to do is suggest to their lawmakers the addition of Sec. 3061(b)(1)(A)(iii) that would read: "who is alive on the date that access to their birth certificate is requested." This addition would clarify that the legislation (soon to be law) applies ONLY to birth certificates of CURRENTLY LIVING PERSONS. If you do not know your U.S. Senator's e-mail address, you can find it at http://www.senate.gov/ This bill can be found online at http://thomas.loc.gov/ Put in S.2845 (in the bill number window) and then select item No. 3; and go to Subtitle B--Identity Management Security; Chapter 2--Improved Security for Birth Certificates. (It's a bit deeper than that actually, go to Title III, then the Improved security shows up) (mailto:mgreenhill@tconl.com)

FYI. The beat goes on... Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "bookstorelady" <bookstorelady@prodigy.net> To: <USGENWEB-SW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:08 PM Subject: [USGenWeb-SW] the AB report... part 2 Hi Everyone again. At the end of this note is the Agenda that Shari presented to the AB when she called the December meeting to order. As you know we are discussing the motion to accept Julie McGrew-Ayres logo as an ALTERNATIVE. Also present for discussion is the possibility of viewing more created logos. A harder task will be dealing with non-responsive SC's... yes, we have some... I don't have a clue about item f... someone wanting to create another special project... so I'm really looking forward to that... As for the private hearing... It still hasn't resumed. Hurry Christmas hurry Darilee AGENDA December 2004 Meeting 1. Call to order 2. Continue with closed-session hearing 3. Reading, correction, approval, or disposition of minutes (when available) 4. NC Report 5. New business a. McGrew-Ayers logo design b. Possible contest for design of additional alternative logo c. Non-responsive State Coordinators d. Policy Statement: County sites vs. Archives as repository of collected data e. Evaluation of special projects f. Application received for possible new special project g. PR committee h. other 6. Begin Grievance Hearing in Closed Session when disciplinary hearing complete 7. Announcements 8. Adjournment bookstorelady@prodigy.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit - Skagit USGW http://www.thirdstbooks.com - 3rd St. Book Exchange http://www.facesfromthewall.com - Faces From the Wall - Vietnam/Washington ==== USGENWEB-SW Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a message to USGENWEB-SW-L-request@rootsweb.com with the one word, unsubscribe. If you are subbed to the digest, send it to USGENWEB-SW-D-request@rootsweb.com

You have to be kidding! _____________________________________ Harold Kilmer - NMGenWeb Coordinator for Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Roosevelt & Quay Counties in the great state of New Mexico. http://rootsweb.com/~nmcurry/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Bellomo" <susanbellomo@yahoo.com> To: <NMGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 6:07 AM Subject: Fw: [USGenWeb-SW] Logos--New logo proposed > This is a link to a new proposed logo in various views. One of the two > Webmasters, Julie McGrew-Ayers, designed it. > http://www.mcgrewfamily.com/usgw.html > > Susan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Kmcunningham3@aol.com> > To: <USGENWEB-SW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:49 PM > Subject: Re: [USGenWeb-SW] Logos > > > I for one really like this one. > Kay > > In a message dated 12/05/2004 11:19:39 PM Central Standard Time, > nana321@earthlink.net writes: > >> Discussion &comments please: >> >> A motion has been made to approve the McGrew-Ayers "USA/flag" logos >> shown on >> (http://www.usgenweb.org) as officially acceptable alternatives to the >> existing USGenWeb logo for all USGenWeb sites >> >> According to Shari Handley, our NC, (& some of the emails I have >> received), there's a significant desire on the part of project >> volunteers to have permission to utilize that image, which was designed >> by Assistant Webmaster Julie McGrew-Ayers. >> >> Julie created several versions. See: >> http://www.mcgrewfamily.com/usgw.html. >> Julie has offered irrevocable use of these logos to the project with the >> >> stipulation that they are not to be altered, esized or otherwise >> changed. >> >> Thanks all >> Bettie <>< >> >> > > > > ==== USGENWEB-SW Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to USGENWEB-SW-L-request@rootsweb.com > with the one word, unsubscribe. If you are subbed to the digest, > send it to USGENWEB-SW-D-request@rootsweb.com > > >

This is a link to a new proposed logo in various views. One of the two Webmasters, Julie McGrew-Ayers, designed it. http://www.mcgrewfamily.com/usgw.html Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kmcunningham3@aol.com> To: <USGENWEB-SW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:49 PM Subject: Re: [USGenWeb-SW] Logos I for one really like this one. Kay In a message dated 12/05/2004 11:19:39 PM Central Standard Time, nana321@earthlink.net writes: > Discussion &comments please: > > A motion has been made to approve the McGrew-Ayers "USA/flag" logos > shown on > (http://www.usgenweb.org) as officially acceptable alternatives to the > existing USGenWeb logo for all USGenWeb sites > > According to Shari Handley, our NC, (& some of the emails I have > received), there's a significant desire on the part of project > volunteers to have permission to utilize that image, which was designed > by Assistant Webmaster Julie McGrew-Ayers. > > Julie created several versions. See: > http://www.mcgrewfamily.com/usgw.html. > Julie has offered irrevocable use of these logos to the project with the > > stipulation that they are not to be altered, esized or otherwise > changed. > > Thanks all > Bettie <>< > > ==== USGENWEB-SW Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a message to USGENWEB-SW-L-request@rootsweb.com with the one word, unsubscribe. If you are subbed to the digest, send it to USGENWEB-SW-D-request@rootsweb.com

Thanks to Darilee Bendar's hard work and generosity, we have the names of New Mexico World War I casualties on our NMGenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmgenweb/wwinm.htm. Darilee scanned the index and the photo pages for me to download and transcribe. If you get a chance, please tell her "Thanks!" bookstorelady@prodigy.net This dedication and hard work on her part will make a big difference to researchers and is a way of honoring those who served. Susan

Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Quay & Roosevelt are up and running. _____________________________________ Harold Kilmer - NMGenWeb Coordinator for Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Roosevelt & Quay Counties in the great state of New Mexico. http://rootsweb.com/~nmcurry/index.html