NOTE to SCs - I have sent this email to duplicate addresses in a few cases. Since I had computer problems earlier in the Spring, I no longer am getting email from the lists in LA & OK and don't think I ever did get mail from KS or NM. Trying to cover you all so that CCs can see we are out there trying to represent their issues.... Please forward to the appropriate lists in your states if this does not make it to the list on its own. Thanks, Jana Black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello all, This is a report from your SW/SC CC Regional USGW Project Representatives: Elections are fast upon us. To vote, you need to register at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/register.html We understand that many of you are so frustrated at the tone and manner that posters have used on ALL-L that you are not subbed there, nor do you follow the actions of your Advisory Board on Board-L. From our perspective, this AB has not accomplished much in terms of new legislation. However, in making an overview assessment, you have had an opportunity to see what amounts to a face-to-face board meeting which drones on and on before anything actually gets done. This has created frustration and at times some volatility. In any case, if you are willing to plow through the archives of either list, you can catch yourself up on what has happened this year. Here are highlights of what in our opinion are the important issues of the day: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jana Black's SW/SC CC Rep seat is for two years, so this election signifies that she has survived (barely) her first year and has one more year to go. Phyllis Rippee, chosen to fill out the remainder of Ken Short's term, may not be running again, so one CC Rep seat in our region may be open. Betsy Mills' term is up and she has said she will not be running again. So the SC Rep's seat may be open as well. Eligible candidates for that seat would be: Betsy Mills - AR Michael Jarvis - AZ Richard Wilson - CA Tom or Carolyn Ward or Nancy Trice - KS Edward J. Hayden Jr. or Annette Womack - LA Larry Flescher or Jerry Holland or Yvonne James-Henderson - MO Patricia Scott or Mark Swarthout - NV Susan Bellomo or Pat Smith or Jo Fox - NM Marti Graham or Sharon Crawford - OK Trey Holt or Dana Thomas - TX Andy Wold - UT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Of importance to all of us is the current work on the Bylaws: A grass-roots group formed on ALL-L and hashed out amendments to the current Bylaws that make some definite shifts of control within the Project. In order to reach the ballot, this effort needs sponsorship from at least 5 state projects. Currently it has the sponsorship of NV. We are not endorsing this effort, but do commend the CCs, ASCs and SCs who worked together to come up with their proposals. If you wish to read them and familiarize yourselves with them, they can be found at http://www.usgenweb.org/official/official.html Meanwhile, the NC appointed a Bylaws Revision Committee that is working to revise the current bylaws. Their efforts may not be complete in time for this election. If the work of this committee is completed in time, the results will be posted and you will be able to compare and contrast the two efforts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the most important thing we have learned as AB members this year is how little authority the AB actually has. All the AB can actually do is Advise. What this means is that SCs (who can range anywhere on the efficacy scale from terrific to dictatorial) do not have any obligation to cooperate with the AB should they choose *not* do so. The only recourse CCs have if they have received an Advisory Board statement after filing a grievance, or if there has been a mediation process and the SC refuses to cooperate, would be to attempt a grass-roots campaign to vote out the SC according to the bylaws: "ARTICLE XII. STATE PROJECTS: Section 9. State Coordinators and Assistant State Coordinators are subject to possible removal by a 2/3 vote of the Advisory Board and a 2/3 vote of the Local Coordinators within the state. A quorum of 75% of the Local Coordinators shall participate in order for the vote to be binding." While this can be accomplished, such an effort puts the burden on CCs without any enforceable support from the National Level. Perhaps through the grass-roots proposals, or through the Bylaws Revision Committee, the bylaws will be changed to create a more equitable, thus more level playing field for the CCs. However, the SCs must also be able to remove CCs for reasons that should be listed as nation-wide policy. Obviously in some states, everyone already works cooperatively, so there is no problem. But, where such is not the case, the ultimate effect is that CCs get disgruntled, strip their sites and move elsewhere. This is not good for the Project. If you are interested in learning more, please email us or subscribe to Board-L. (You will be subbed as read only, but this will enable you to see exactly what your Board members are saying.) Jana Black & Phyllis Rippee County Coordinator Representatives SW/SC Region, USGW Project

SB 1608 says in part: B. The State Commissioner of Health may authorize the disclosure of data contained in vital statistics records for research purposes; provided, however, such release shall be in conformity with the Privacy Standards of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. ********************** Does anyone know what the Health Insurance Protablility and Accountablilty Act of 1996 says? --- Ron Long <[email protected]> wrote: > Marti, > > What's the number of the bill? Exactly what does it > say? > > --- Frederick Dittmar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > IMPORTANT > > > > This one needs our attention "NOW" before they > pass > > a bill that may limit > > our access to these records. > > > > Contact information for the legislature is below. > > > > Marti > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= original message > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 07:01:55 -0500 > > From: Frederick Dittmar <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Fwd: Genealogist Alert re: Senate Bill > > 1608] > > To: [email protected] > > Reply-to: [email protected] > > > > The following was sent to all e-mail registered > OGS > > members yesterday and > > then contact was made with the Legislature both by > > phone and mail. Now > > it's your turn. > > > > One Representative said that it was to keep people > > from acquiring Social > > Security Numbers of the deceased. He was informed > > about the SSDI link on > > Rootsweb and and others plus the fact that Death > > Certificates do not have > > SSN on them. The way this "law" is written only > the > > deceased can obtain a > > copy, "disclosing information from or releasing > > any part or copy of any > > Vital Statistics Records to anyone but "the person > > who is the subject of > > the record ..." > > > > Talk with your Senator and Representative SOON - > > NOW. Let your County > > Board know what's happening. > > > > Another link to the Oklahoma House & Senant and > the > > US Representatives & > > Senators > > is: > > > <http://www.state.ok.us/?c=7&sc=80>http://www.state.ok.us/?c=7&sc=80 > > > > for addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. > > > > Thank you, Fred > > Frederick M. Dittmar > > Board Member & Genealogical Assistant > > Oklahoma Genealogical Society > > > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs>http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs > > > > > > Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service > > Box 2601 - Norman, Oklahoma 73070-2601 > > > <http://www.dittmar.net/fred>http://www.dittmar.net/fred > > > > Member: Association of Professional Genealogists > > > > > > Received: from iris.SERVICES.ou.edu > > Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 15:52:19 -0400 (EDT) > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: Genealogist Alert re: Senate Bill 1608 > > To: [email protected] > > > > Dear OGS members and friends, > > > > The Oklahoma legislature is about to pass into law > > something that affects > > genealogists in a very big way. Senate Bill No. > > 1608 makes several changes > > to the Statute (63 O. S. 2001) dealing with Vital > > Statistics. One part > > (Section 1-323) deletes the language that exempts > > death certificates from > > the prohibition against permitting inspection of, > > disclosing information > > from or releasing any part or copy of any Vital > > Statistics Records to > > anyone but "the person who is the subject of the > > record or in such person's > > interest unless ordered to do so by a court of > > competent > > jurisdiction". Until this bill, death > certificates > > were specifically > > exempted from that prohibition against release. > The > > deletion of that > > exemption places Oklahoma death certificates among > > the records that will no > > longer be available to researchers. > > > > If passed with the emergency declaration as > written, > > this becomes law July > > 1, 2002. The original bill was passed in the > Senate > > on March 18, > > 2002. The House added amendments relating to > other > > sections and passed it > > April 15, 2002. The House amendments are still to > > be dealt with and so it > > will be before our legislators again in > conference. > > There is also the > > Governor's signature still to come. > > > > The bill's intention is probably not to restrict > our > > access, but that may > > be the result. An immediate phone call followed > > quickly by a letter to > > your Senator and your Representative (and possibly > > the Governor) to express > > your views of the bill would be useful at this > time. > > As with all contacts > > with our elected representatives, clearly and > > respectfully stated views on > > pending legislation is usually appreciated. > Please > > make contact as quickly > > as possible as the legislature is trying to wind > > down this session > > soon. The switch board number for the Senate is > > 524-0126 and for the > > House is 521-2711. You may track the progress of > > the bill and get contact > > information at the Oklahoma Legislature website < > > > <http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/>http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/ > > > (Each > > representative has an e-mail address listed at > this > > site.) > > > > Thank you for your prompt attention to this > matter. > > Your fellow > > genealogists will be in your debt. > > > > Sincerely, > > Oklahoma Genealogical Society Board of Directors > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > Ron Long > Ada, OK > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > > > > ===== Ron Long Ada, OK [email protected] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com

Hey!, Don't feel lonesome. With two audits and a site visit the end of this month, I am really backlogged!! A reprieve of a couple of weeks would certainly help! Susan Pottawatomie County > I don't know yet, if I'm one of the 16....I will check shortly...in case I > am I will probably miss the deadline as I've been dealing with a sick > family, roto-tilling & planting my parents' garden & working on my > (currently) rock garden, plus getting 3 home base businesses going, & doing > exploring for bones (relax its only cow parts out in our landlord's field), > so far we've discovered a snake (thought it was a rattler turned out to be > a bull snake, but skinned it & then checked out the body parts) & caught 2 > Great Basin spaded toed toads last night :)(let them go this morning) & > working on my son's homework (he's been out for the last 2 wks--pre-k) > anyway, these are my excuses & reasons....but I'll get busy if I need to :) > Alli > Usborne Educational Consultant > www.ubah.com/D1525 > Independent Pampered Chef Consultant > www.pamperedchef.com > a new Independent AdvoCare Distributor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Charmaine Keith > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:58 PM > Subject: [OK-Coordinators] Evaluation Reminder > > > May 15, 2002 is closing date for all Evaluations > > There are still 16 who have not responded to county evaluations! > > The following url is the work sheet for the evaluations. This work sheet > shows when the evaluation was done and sent to coordinator and the date > the > evaluation was completed (county meets all OKGenWeb requirements). > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~itcherok/evaluation2.htm > > If your county evaluation indicated you needed to make changes, contact > Charmaine at [email protected] immediately after completing required > changes in order to have your county rechecked and listed as complete > > If your county evaluation shows that county page is within all of the > requirements or you have already made the needed changes and the county > has > been rechecked, you DO NOT need to contact anyone as your counties are > already marked as completed. > > Charmaine > Atoka Co. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okatoka/atoka.htm > Cherokee Nation > http://www.rootsweb.com/~itcherok/ > Choctaw Nation > http://www.rootsweb.com/~itchocta/ > Delaware Co. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okdelawa/del.htm > >

Duhh! Guess I should read the subject --- Ron Long <[email protected]> wrote: > Marti, > > What's the number of the bill? Exactly what does it > say? > > --- Frederick Dittmar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > IMPORTANT > > > > This one needs our attention "NOW" before they > pass > > a bill that may limit > > our access to these records. > > > > Contact information for the legislature is below. > > > > Marti > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= original message > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 07:01:55 -0500 > > From: Frederick Dittmar <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Fwd: Genealogist Alert re: Senate Bill > > 1608] > > To: [email protected] > > Reply-to: [email protected] > > > > The following was sent to all e-mail registered > OGS > > members yesterday and > > then contact was made with the Legislature both by > > phone and mail. Now > > it's your turn. > > > > One Representative said that it was to keep people > > from acquiring Social > > Security Numbers of the deceased. He was informed > > about the SSDI link on > > Rootsweb and and others plus the fact that Death > > Certificates do not have > > SSN on them. The way this "law" is written only > the > > deceased can obtain a > > copy, "disclosing information from or releasing > > any part or copy of any > > Vital Statistics Records to anyone but "the person > > who is the subject of > > the record ..." > > > > Talk with your Senator and Representative SOON - > > NOW. Let your County > > Board know what's happening. > > > > Another link to the Oklahoma House & Senant and > the > > US Representatives & > > Senators > > is: > > > <http://www.state.ok.us/?c=7&sc=80>http://www.state.ok.us/?c=7&sc=80 > > > > for addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. > > > > Thank you, Fred > > Frederick M. Dittmar > > Board Member & Genealogical Assistant > > Oklahoma Genealogical Society > > > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs>http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs > > > > > > Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service > > Box 2601 - Norman, Oklahoma 73070-2601 > > > <http://www.dittmar.net/fred>http://www.dittmar.net/fred > > > > Member: Association of Professional Genealogists > > > > > > Received: from iris.SERVICES.ou.edu > > Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 15:52:19 -0400 (EDT) > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: Genealogist Alert re: Senate Bill 1608 > > To: [email protected] > > > > Dear OGS members and friends, > > > > The Oklahoma legislature is about to pass into law > > something that affects > > genealogists in a very big way. Senate Bill No. > > 1608 makes several changes > > to the Statute (63 O. S. 2001) dealing with Vital > > Statistics. One part > > (Section 1-323) deletes the language that exempts > > death certificates from > > the prohibition against permitting inspection of, > > disclosing information > > from or releasing any part or copy of any Vital > > Statistics Records to > > anyone but "the person who is the subject of the > > record or in such person's > > interest unless ordered to do so by a court of > > competent > > jurisdiction". Until this bill, death > certificates > > were specifically > > exempted from that prohibition against release. > The > > deletion of that > > exemption places Oklahoma death certificates among > > the records that will no > > longer be available to researchers. > > > > If passed with the emergency declaration as > written, > > this becomes law July > > 1, 2002. The original bill was passed in the > Senate > > on March 18, > > 2002. The House added amendments relating to > other > > sections and passed it > > April 15, 2002. The House amendments are still to > > be dealt with and so it > > will be before our legislators again in > conference. > > There is also the > > Governor's signature still to come. > > > > The bill's intention is probably not to restrict > our > > access, but that may > > be the result. An immediate phone call followed > > quickly by a letter to > > your Senator and your Representative (and possibly > > the Governor) to express > > your views of the bill would be useful at this > time. > > As with all contacts > > with our elected representatives, clearly and > > respectfully stated views on > > pending legislation is usually appreciated. > Please > > make contact as quickly > > as possible as the legislature is trying to wind > > down this session > > soon. The switch board number for the Senate is > > 524-0126 and for the > > House is 521-2711. You may track the progress of > > the bill and get contact > > information at the Oklahoma Legislature website < > > > <http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/>http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/ > > > (Each > > representative has an e-mail address listed at > this > > site.) > > > > Thank you for your prompt attention to this > matter. > > Your fellow > > genealogists will be in your debt. > > > > Sincerely, > > Oklahoma Genealogical Society Board of Directors > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > Ron Long > Ada, OK > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > > > > ===== Ron Long Ada, OK [email protected] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com

Marti, What's the number of the bill? Exactly what does it say? --- Frederick Dittmar <[email protected]> wrote: > > IMPORTANT > > This one needs our attention "NOW" before they pass > a bill that may limit > our access to these records. > > Contact information for the legislature is below. > > Marti > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= original message > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 07:01:55 -0500 > From: Frederick Dittmar <[email protected]> > Subject: [Fwd: Genealogist Alert re: Senate Bill > 1608] > To: [email protected] > Reply-to: [email protected] > > The following was sent to all e-mail registered OGS > members yesterday and > then contact was made with the Legislature both by > phone and mail. Now > it's your turn. > > One Representative said that it was to keep people > from acquiring Social > Security Numbers of the deceased. He was informed > about the SSDI link on > Rootsweb and and others plus the fact that Death > Certificates do not have > SSN on them. The way this "law" is written only the > deceased can obtain a > copy, "disclosing information from or releasing > any part or copy of any > Vital Statistics Records to anyone but "the person > who is the subject of > the record ..." > > Talk with your Senator and Representative SOON - > NOW. Let your County > Board know what's happening. > > Another link to the Oklahoma House & Senant and the > US Representatives & > Senators > is: > <http://www.state.ok.us/?c=7&sc=80>http://www.state.ok.us/?c=7&sc=80 > > for addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. > > Thank you, Fred > Frederick M. Dittmar > Board Member & Genealogical Assistant > Oklahoma Genealogical Society > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs>http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs > > > Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service > Box 2601 - Norman, Oklahoma 73070-2601 > <http://www.dittmar.net/fred>http://www.dittmar.net/fred > > Member: Association of Professional Genealogists > > > Received: from iris.SERVICES.ou.edu > Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 15:52:19 -0400 (EDT) > From: [email protected] > Subject: Genealogist Alert re: Senate Bill 1608 > To: [email protected] > > Dear OGS members and friends, > > The Oklahoma legislature is about to pass into law > something that affects > genealogists in a very big way. Senate Bill No. > 1608 makes several changes > to the Statute (63 O. S. 2001) dealing with Vital > Statistics. One part > (Section 1-323) deletes the language that exempts > death certificates from > the prohibition against permitting inspection of, > disclosing information > from or releasing any part or copy of any Vital > Statistics Records to > anyone but "the person who is the subject of the > record or in such person's > interest unless ordered to do so by a court of > competent > jurisdiction". Until this bill, death certificates > were specifically > exempted from that prohibition against release. The > deletion of that > exemption places Oklahoma death certificates among > the records that will no > longer be available to researchers. > > If passed with the emergency declaration as written, > this becomes law July > 1, 2002. The original bill was passed in the Senate > on March 18, > 2002. The House added amendments relating to other > sections and passed it > April 15, 2002. The House amendments are still to > be dealt with and so it > will be before our legislators again in conference. > There is also the > Governor's signature still to come. > > The bill's intention is probably not to restrict our > access, but that may > be the result. An immediate phone call followed > quickly by a letter to > your Senator and your Representative (and possibly > the Governor) to express > your views of the bill would be useful at this time. > As with all contacts > with our elected representatives, clearly and > respectfully stated views on > pending legislation is usually appreciated. Please > make contact as quickly > as possible as the legislature is trying to wind > down this session > soon. The switch board number for the Senate is > 524-0126 and for the > House is 521-2711. You may track the progress of > the bill and get contact > information at the Oklahoma Legislature website < > <http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/>http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/ > > (Each > representative has an e-mail address listed at this > site.) > > Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. > Your fellow > genealogists will be in your debt. > > Sincerely, > Oklahoma Genealogical Society Board of Directors > > > > ===== Ron Long Ada, OK [email protected] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com

I don't know yet, if I'm one of the 16....I will check shortly...in case I am I will probably miss the deadline as I've been dealing with a sick family, roto-tilling & planting my parents' garden & working on my (currently) rock garden, plus getting 3 home base businesses going, & doing exploring for bones (relax its only cow parts out in our landlord's field), so far we've discovered a snake (thought it was a rattler turned out to be a bull snake, but skinned it & then checked out the body parts) & caught 2 Great Basin spaded toed toads last night :)(let them go this morning) & working on my son's homework (he's been out for the last 2 wks--pre-k) anyway, these are my excuses & reasons....but I'll get busy if I need to :) Alli Usborne Educational Consultant www.ubah.com/D1525 Independent Pampered Chef Consultant www.pamperedchef.com a new Independent AdvoCare Distributor ----- Original Message ----- From: Charmaine Keith To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:58 PM Subject: [OK-Coordinators] Evaluation Reminder May 15, 2002 is closing date for all Evaluations There are still 16 who have not responded to county evaluations! The following url is the work sheet for the evaluations. This work sheet shows when the evaluation was done and sent to coordinator and the date the evaluation was completed (county meets all OKGenWeb requirements). http://www.rootsweb.com/~itcherok/evaluation2.htm If your county evaluation indicated you needed to make changes, contact Charmaine at [email protected] immediately after completing required changes in order to have your county rechecked and listed as complete If your county evaluation shows that county page is within all of the requirements or you have already made the needed changes and the county has been rechecked, you DO NOT need to contact anyone as your counties are already marked as completed. Charmaine Atoka Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okatoka/atoka.htm Cherokee Nation http://www.rootsweb.com/~itcherok/ Choctaw Nation http://www.rootsweb.com/~itchocta/ Delaware Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okdelawa/del.htm

Barbara - I did a quick search of the net but found nothing similar to her request. Would you help if you can. Thanks, Marti cc: Barbara Clayton, Cheyenne-Arapaho Coordinator <[email protected]> Anne <[email protected]> >From: [email protected] >Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 11:37:46 EDT >Subject: Cheyeene >To: [email protected] > >Dear Marti, >I have searched various sites. I am looking for information about "Moon >Stones Cheyenne Oracle" I have seen the stones but know nothing about >them. I believe they are used in a similar way to our Rune Stones, to >predict the future. I would love to find out the meanings of the stones >but have had no success in finding any information about them. >Can you help, Thank you > >Regards Anne

May 15, 2002 is closing date for all Evaluations There are still 16 who have not responded to county evaluations! The following url is the work sheet for the evaluations. This work sheet shows when the evaluation was done and sent to coordinator and the date the evaluation was completed (county meets all OKGenWeb requirements). http://www.rootsweb.com/~itcherok/evaluation2.htm If your county evaluation indicated you needed to make changes, contact Charmaine at [email protected] immediately after completing required changes in order to have your county rechecked and listed as complete If your county evaluation shows that county page is within all of the requirements or you have already made the needed changes and the county has been rechecked, you DO NOT need to contact anyone as your counties are already marked as completed. Charmaine Atoka Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okatoka/atoka.htm Cherokee Nation http://www.rootsweb.com/~itcherok/ Choctaw Nation http://www.rootsweb.com/~itchocta/ Delaware Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okdelawa/del.htm

May 15, 2002 is closing date for all Evaluations The Evaluation Work Sheet has been updated as of May 13, 2002 The following url is the work sheet for the evaluations. This work sheet shows when the evaluation was done and sent to coordinator and the date the evaluation was completed (county meets all OKGenWeb requirements). http://www.rootsweb.com/~itcherok/evaluation2.htm If your county evaluation shows that county page is within all of the requirements or you have already made the needed changes and the county has been rechecked, you DO NOT need to contact anyone as your counties are already marked as completed. If your county evaluation indicated you needed to make changes, contact Charmaine at [email protected] immediately after completing required changes in order to have your county rechecked and listed as complete Thank You Charmaine Atoka Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okatoka/atoka.htm Cherokee Nation http://www.rootsweb.com/~itcherok/ Choctaw Nation http://www.rootsweb.com/~itchocta/ Delaware Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okdelawa/del.htm

I too am named an assistant to Vickie on the Roger Mills website. The families of both of my parents were Roger Mills families and I lived there as a small child and spent most of my summers there. I grew up in neighboring Beckham Co. I have done little assisting. There is so much activity on this listserv - it makes it really hard to keep up. It seems that the Coordinators are expected to do much work, and I wonder how much of it is truly necessary. And I seriously hope that last statement does not start a rash of e-mails. Martha Kendall Holmes Oklahoma City

Hi Blessings to you from western OK - namely Roger Mills County where we just had the HUGE Old Settlers Celebration to observe the 110 th anniversary of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Land Run of April 19, 1892. I am an assistant to Vickie for the Roger Mills County website. His Blessings to you, Judy Tracy,

This is a hoax. Do Not Delete! Vickie Neill Taylor [email protected]

Information about things we all need to be aware of: I know that many (if not most) of you are not the least bit interested in the "politics" at National Level and pretty much ignore what goes on there. However, over these past months things have been going on at National that each of us as Project members need to, at least, be aware of. There is a new By-Laws Committee that is busy reviewing the existing By-Laws and will be coming up with a new set to send to the membership for vote. There is also a grass-roots group that has come up with a new set of By-Laws (that REALLY have an impact on all SCs/CCs/Special Project volunteers) that they are trying to get the necessary 5 states to sponsor. If that happens then that set of By-Laws will also be up for vote by the membership. A new Guidelines Committee is in operation and they are busy establishing guidelines for all USGenWeb members and sites. It is assumed at this time that these Guidelines will also be submitted to the membership for vote. The Election Committee is being asked by different groups to host some polls to gather input from the members. There is a new Newsletter / PR committee that is busy developing a Project wide newsletter and ways to promote the Project to outsiders. All of these things have the potential to impact each of us and our web sites. Over the next few months the Election Committee's web site will have links and/or information on all of these things. And just as a reminder - The USGenWeb Project's annual election is almost here and the Election Committee is busy updating each state's membership list. The Election Committee has a registration form on its web site (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/) and it will help the EC (not to mention your SC) if you will take a minute or two to register. I know that John doesn't usually post National level information to the list since so many people don't wish to hear it but I encourage each of you to find the time to keep an eye on the developments at National since so much of what is going on will effect each of us. And, please go register to vote. Thanks. Linda Haas Davenport Acting Secretary USGenWeb Project Election Committee ==== USGENWEB-SW Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the one word, unsubscribe. If you are subbed to the digest, send it to [email protected]

Welcome Aboard! J. Myles Felihkatubbe Vivian Sternenberg Pittsburg Co. CC http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpitts2/

I am not sure if I answered this Roll call. I am here for Carter, Cimarron, Custer, McCurtain and Woodward. Harold D. Massey Edward A. Black, Sr. wrote: >I am here for Woods & Grant Co. > >Sincerely, > Edward, Sr. > >okgenweb wrote: > >>Hi folks, >> >>Every coordinator is expected to answer this roll call -- a simple "here" >>is sufficient. >> >>In preparation for USGenWeb elections in June 2002, please check your email >>linked at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/counties/countyall.htm to >>ascertain this is the email you want the Election Committee to use to >>contact you. >> >>If this is not the email you choose to use for the election, go to >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/regchange.html and change your >>information. >> >>Marti >> > > >. >

--part1_95.1c5f2af1.2a0fc866_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 02-05-12 08:31:38 EDT, [email protected] writes: << Subj: Don't delete your teddy bear icon files! Read this first. Date: 02-05-12 08:31:38 EDT From: [email protected] (Linda Oldham) To: [email protected] This is not a virus, but a part of the Windows program files. Removing it means you have to find a way of reinstalling it. There is a lot of information from reputable virus scan people on the internet. If you use www.google.com and type in the name of the virus, you will find lots of information on the subject from companies such as Symantics. The reason that our virus programs don't find it is that it is not actually there! This hoax is not new, only new to us in the US. It has been under way for many months, beginning, it is believed, in Portugal and spreading across the world. And not the first of its kind. We need always to check before deleting things in response to virus scares. Linda Oldham >> --part1_95.1c5f2af1.2a0fc866_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-xa05.mx.aol.com (rly-xa05.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.74]) by air-xa05.mail.aol.com (v86.11) with ESMTP id MAILINXA52-0512083138; Sun, 12 May 2002 08:31:38 -0400 Received: from hall.mail.mindspring.net (hall.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.60]) by rly-xa05.mx.aol.com (v84.10) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXA56-0512083121; Sun, 12 May 2002 08:31:21 -0400 Received: from user-2ivf8n2.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.162.226] helo=oemcomputer) by hall.mail.mindspring.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 176sVT-0001Uw-00 for [email protected]; Sun, 12 May 2002 08:31:20 -0400 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Linda Oldham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Subject: Don't delete your teddy bear icon files! Read this first. Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 08:28:43 -0400 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 5.50.4133.2400 Disposition-Notification-To: "Linda Oldham" <[email protected]> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 This is not a virus, but a part of the Windows program files. Removing it means you have to find a way of reinstalling it. There is a lot of information from reputable virus scan people on the internet. If you use www.google.com and type in the name of the virus, you will find lots of information on the subject from companies such as Symantics. The reason that our virus programs don't find it is that it is not actually there! This hoax is not new, only new to us in the US. It has been under way for many months, beginning, it is believed, in Portugal and spreading across the world. And not the first of its kind. We need always to check before deleting things in response to virus scares. Linda Oldham ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 8:21 AM Subject: [MSCarrol] I got hit with a virus > Please check your computers. I may have unknowingly sent you this virus. > ============ > Please follow the instructions specifically if you do not already know how > to delete virus. By the way, this virus will supposedly lie silent in your > computer for 14 days before it explodes and causes damage to information > stored on your hard drive. > > STEP 1: Click START, then click SEARCH, then click FILES OR PEOPLE. > STEP 2: Search for the virus. It is called "jdbgmgr.exe". > STEP 3: If you are infected, it should show up in the search box. It has a > teddy bear icon. DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!!. Instead, RIGHT CLICK on the > file, then click DELETE. > STEP 4: Go to your RECYCLE BIN, and THEN RIGHT CLICK, then CLICK DELETE. > This should completely remove the virus from your system. > STEP 5: If the virus is on your system, I advise you to be good internet > citizens and forward this message (especially the instructions and the > warning) to EVERYONE in your address book. > > PS: Anti-virus programs seems to be having a problem detecting this virus. > That's only because it is so very new. > > Rebecca > [email protected] > > > ==== MSCARROL Mailing List ==== > If your new to the list or you haven't introduced yourself, please do. We are all eager to share and learn about our Carroll County, Mississippi Ancestors. > Carroll County, MSGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mscarrol > --part1_95.1c5f2af1.2a0fc866_boundary--

Please check your computers. I may have unknowingly sent you this virus. ============ Please follow the instructions specifically if you do not already know how to delete virus. By the way, this virus will supposedly lie silent in your computer for 14 days before it explodes and causes damage to information stored on your hard drive. STEP 1: Click START, then click SEARCH, then click FILES OR PEOPLE. STEP 2: Search for the virus. It is called "jdbgmgr.exe". STEP 3: If you are infected, it should show up in the search box. It has a teddy bear icon. DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!!. Instead, RIGHT CLICK on the file, then click DELETE. STEP 4: Go to your RECYCLE BIN, and THEN RIGHT CLICK, then CLICK DELETE. This should completely remove the virus from your system. STEP 5: If the virus is on your system, I advise you to be good internet citizens and forward this message (especially the instructions and the warning) to EVERYONE in your address book. PS: Anti-virus programs seems to be having a problem detecting this virus. That's only because it is so very new. Becky

Its a hoax! http://www.europe.f-secure.com/hoaxes/jdbgmgr.shtml In April 2002 there appeared a hoax message concerning a new virus that was reportedly discovered in Windows utility JDBGMGR.EXE. The jdbgmgr is a standard windows component that is found in every windows installation, it is used as Java debugger manager in Microsoft Java runtime engine. We checked several versions of this utility from Windows installations and found nothing malicious in them. Ron & Elaine Long ~McIntosh County OKGenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmcinto/index.htm> ~McIntosh County Archives <http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ok/mcintosh/mcintosh.html> ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 5:20 AM Subject: [OK-Coordinators] from rebecca r: I got hit with a virus > Please check your computers. I may have unknowingly sent you this virus. > ============ > Please follow the instructions specifically if you do not already know how > to delete virus. By the way, this virus will supposedly lie silent in your > computer for 14 days before it explodes and causes damage to information > stored on your hard drive. > > STEP 1: Click START, then click SEARCH, then click FILES OR PEOPLE. > STEP 2: Search for the virus. It is called "jdbgmgr.exe". > STEP 3: If you are infected, it should show up in the search box. It has a > teddy bear icon. DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!!. Instead, RIGHT CLICK on the > file, then click DELETE. > STEP 4: Go to your RECYCLE BIN, and THEN RIGHT CLICK, then CLICK DELETE. > This should completely remove the virus from your system. > STEP 5: If the virus is on your system, I advise you to be good internet > citizens and forward this message (especially the instructions and the > warning) to EVERYONE in your address book. > > PS: Anti-virus programs seems to be having a problem detecting this virus. > That's only because it is so very new. > > Becky > >

FWIW - this warning is a file hoax see http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html for more information. mg [email protected] wrote on 5/12/2002: >Please check your computers. I may have unknowingly sent you this virus. >============ > Please follow the instructions specifically if you do not already know how >to delete virus. By the way, this virus will supposedly lie silent in your >computer for 14 days before it explodes and causes damage to information >stored on your hard drive. > >STEP 1: Click START, then click SEARCH, then click FILES OR PEOPLE. >STEP 2: Search for the virus. It is called "jdbgmgr.exe". >STEP 3: If you are infected, it should show up in the search box. It has a >teddy bear icon. DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!!. Instead, RIGHT CLICK on the >file, then click DELETE. >STEP 4: Go to your RECYCLE BIN, and THEN RIGHT CLICK, then CLICK DELETE. >This should completely remove the virus from your system. >STEP 5: If the virus is on your system, I advise you to be good internet >citizens and forward this message (especially the instructions and the >warning) to EVERYONE in your address book. > >PS: Anti-virus programs seems to be having a problem detecting this virus. >That's only because it is so very new. > >Becky

Someone submitted to your personally or did they submit it to the county coordinator of Beckham Co. Are you using the okgenweb Beckham Co. site to harvest info for the archives? I think that the decision is not yours but the submitters, as the archives state that you have to have permission to post info to the archives. I've heard of archivist also harvesting information from county boards and adding to their archives page and according to the guidelines of the archives, this practice is also against their guidelines being that do not have permission from the person that submitted the information. Sharon C ----- Original Message ----- From: "David W. Morgan" <[email protected]> > It was submitted to me. I made the decision where to put it. > > I told everybody that I would put it in the archives. > > David > > [email protected] David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm > >