Please give a url with a download for the new logo. None of the urls given give a download just what it looks like and ask for a vote. Hoyt Marti Graham wrote: > Hi everyone, > > We should all strive to update our counties with the new OKGenWeb logo > within the next thirty days. > > As long as you're updating your counties to link to the new OKGenWeb logo > check the following to make sure you have all of these items/links on your > pages - they will now be requirements. > > USGenWeb logo/link > OKGenWeb logo/link > address/phone of courthouse > address/phone of local libraries > address/phone of local gensocs > > check your links to "View Queries" and "Post Queries" > If you need help setting up a query system, please ask. > Some pages still have links to the old querybot system that has been dead > for nearly a year. If you have links to > http://www.dsenter.com the forms no longer work. Also, > http://www.webtools.org/ is dead and undergoing ownership chg > > Marti

Harriette -- One advantage of the autoqueries is they are ALL indexed and people can find them much easier/faster than if you handle them the other way. Your choice, of course. Myra

>FWIW, I use all of these - CCHelper, Query Express and GenConnect - >depending on the county. The beauty of using one of these systems is that >your mailbox is not overflowing with queries - and with the GenConnect >system anyone can leave a message online. > >I also respond to many directly for the same reason. When I have a few >minutes to answer, all the queries for one county are right there - all on >one page - PLUS the added benefit that the surnames are being indexed by >Surname Helper. Well, Marti. You make a great case.... especially since I just spent half the day updating my to OK pages and still have to do my KS and Hoisington Family pages. Also, I saw a list of some of the new features that are being added. Sooo, maybe I'll come into the 20th century before the old wheel turns again! Since I didn't pay attention before <VBG>, how do I find out about doing this? Harriette researching: COMBS, DAVIS, HARDIN, HATFIELD, HOISINGTON, MILLS, MOORE, MORRIS, PERKINS, SPURGEON, BERGER (and JONES of Brown Co.OH) HOISINGTON Mailing List. To subscribe, e-mail<hariji@sirius.com> HOISINGTON FAMILY Web Site http://www.genweb.net/~hoisington/index.htm USGENWEB Coordinator for: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okkay/okkay.htm Kay County, OK http://www.rootsweb.com/~oklogan/oklogan.htm Logan County, OK. Co-host for the LOGAN CO. OK Mailing List. To subscribe, e-mail <hariji@sirius.com> http://www.rootsweb.com/~kssumner/kssumner.htm Sumner County, KS

Another option that's part way between the automated systems and straight email that I love is mailmerge. It lets you have the email come in like it used to with the querybot--with html preinserted to your specifications--but it still comes in via email. megan -- pigolit@ix.netcom.com * cochonnet@aol.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~piglet

Hey, you left out the RW box sitting four feet from me.<G> Yeah, Brian's from Warr Acres.<VBG> megan Kay Mason wrote: > > Yes, Rootsweb's headquarters are near Frazier Park.. in the mountains > between LA and Bakersfield.. We drove up that steep winding road > in the rain last sping.. and the higher we got, the colder it got..(and > we had the car, not the 4x4, and were starting to get a little > nervous before we got to the Leverich's).. but we had a great visit > with Brian (who is a native of ....OK!) and Karen. > > As Rootsweb grows, their NOCs are sprouting up all over..in NE, > in TN, in Boston and in various places in southern CA (there's one > in Redondo Beach too!) <grin> > > The NOC where the main server is currently located is in > Bakersfield, although I understand that it is moving to a new home > with a propane powered generator maybe as soon as next week! .. > The information that I passed on last night was from the messages > that Karen Issacson sent to the USGW Board.. > > Thanks, > > Kay Mason > Date forwarded: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 10:15:34 -0700 (PDT) > Date sent: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 10:12:18 -0700 > From: Pauline Phelps <paulinep@igalaxy.net> > Organization: Phelps Enterprises A Rootsweb Sponser > Subject: Re: [OK-IT-L] question correction > To: OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com > Forwarded by: OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com > Send reply to: OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com > > > Sorry, correction Rootsweb is not in Bakersfield it's about 50 up on the Grapevine > > in Frazer Park on the way to > > Los Angeles CA, It also snows up there in the winter & they are usually about 20 > > degrees cooler than we are. > > Yes we had a big storm yesterday, it never dawned on me that they might have had a > > power outage, because > > when it got real bad, with the big rain storms we had last winter, Brian 4 > > wheeled out to the I-5 & went to LA > > to get a generator. So part of Bakersfield did have an outage, but where I am we > > just had the lights flicker a lot. > > Pauline > > > > Kay Mason wrote: > > > > > There is a big storm system in SO CA.. and there was a severe thunderstorm > > > in Bakersfield, where the main Rootsweb server is located. Brian > > > Leverich is working on it right now.. and will have it up soon. > > > > > > I would just saw this post.. I'm about 50 miles south of Bakersfield, > > > and we had some of the storm hit here..with power outages etc..& > > > I've been offline for several hours. > > > > > > Kay Mason > > > > > > > > > > hello I was wondering are we having trouble with the ok web server. having > > > > trouble bring up my web page for noble county JoAnn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The Past is History. > > The Future is a Mystery. > > Today is a Gift, that's > > why we call it the present. > > **************************************** > > Pauline [Neeley] Phelps > > Bakersfield CA 93304 > > ========================================== > > Neeley Web Site http://www.genweb.net/~neeley/ > > Washita Co.OK URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~okwashit/ > > http://www.genweb.net/~tucker/ > > =========================================== > > Mail lists - > > NEELEY'S - NEELEY-L@ROOTSWEB.COM > > PRYOR'S - PRYOR-L@ROOTSWEB.COM > > FOUNTAIN/FOUNTAINE- FOUNTAINE-L@ROOTSWEB.COM > > KEMPERS - kempers@makelist.com > > Audrian Co., MO audraincomo@makelist.com > > Camden Co., MO camdencomo@makelist.com > > ************************************************** > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5716/index.html > > > > > > USGenWeb Census Project > http://www.usgenweb.org/census/ > http://www.usgenweb.net/census/ > http://www.usgenweb.com/census/ > > Kansas Unknown Counties > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksunknow/ > > USGenWeb Archives > Oklahoma File Manager > > The Tombstone Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/ -- pigolit@ix.netcom.com * cochonnet@aol.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~piglet

Hi all - Here's the reply from Nancy at GenConnect -- We need to fill in the " ? " - suggestions for a name? Who has volume 1 - does it have a blurb about the book? Anyone volunteering to coordinate the project? Ronda? M > Submit your request again... USA/Ok/? > Maybe use the name of the author or something that identifies what the > project is. [Send me an email first and let me know what it is]. > Once you get it activated, if you'll send me some basic info about > the book I'll add a blurb to the top of the page about it. You might > also want to wait to begin posting until after this weekend...we'll be > porting the latest version from the test server to the cgi server Sat > nite/Sun am. Once it's up there will be a subject line as well as a > surname field. Waiting until after it's up will save a lot of > editing. > nt

> wanted to check that the querybot system is NOT a requirement. > still receive and answer query requests the "oldfashioned" way... by > e-mail. While it is sometimes a lot of work, I find that it gives me > a more personal relationship with the people who visit the page and > also gets me lookup volunteers, bios, and tidbits about the counties. No, the automatic systems are not requirements. The only requirement pertaining to queries being that queries you receive be placed online in a timely manner - thirty days or less is timely. FWIW, I use all of these - CCHelper, Query Express and GenConnect - depending on the county. The beauty of using one of these systems is that your mailbox is not overflowing with queries - and with the GenConnect system anyone can leave a message online. I also respond to many directly for the same reason. When I have a few minutes to answer, all the queries for one county are right there - all on one page - PLUS the added benefit that the surnames are being indexed by Surname Helper. Marti

Yes, Rootsweb's headquarters are near Frazier Park.. in the mountains between LA and Bakersfield.. We drove up that steep winding road in the rain last sping.. and the higher we got, the colder it got..(and we had the car, not the 4x4, and were starting to get a little nervous before we got to the Leverich's).. but we had a great visit with Brian (who is a native of ....OK!) and Karen. As Rootsweb grows, their NOCs are sprouting up all over..in NE, in TN, in Boston and in various places in southern CA (there's one in Redondo Beach too!) <grin> The NOC where the main server is currently located is in Bakersfield, although I understand that it is moving to a new home with a propane powered generator maybe as soon as next week! .. The information that I passed on last night was from the messages that Karen Issacson sent to the USGW Board.. Thanks, Kay Mason Date forwarded: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 10:15:34 -0700 (PDT) Date sent: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 10:12:18 -0700 From: Pauline Phelps <paulinep@igalaxy.net> Organization: Phelps Enterprises A Rootsweb Sponser Subject: Re: [OK-IT-L] question correction To: OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com Send reply to: OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com > Sorry, correction Rootsweb is not in Bakersfield it's about 50 up on the Grapevine > in Frazer Park on the way to > Los Angeles CA, It also snows up there in the winter & they are usually about 20 > degrees cooler than we are. > Yes we had a big storm yesterday, it never dawned on me that they might have had a > power outage, because > when it got real bad, with the big rain storms we had last winter, Brian 4 > wheeled out to the I-5 & went to LA > to get a generator. So part of Bakersfield did have an outage, but where I am we > just had the lights flicker a lot. > Pauline > > Kay Mason wrote: > > > There is a big storm system in SO CA.. and there was a severe thunderstorm > > in Bakersfield, where the main Rootsweb server is located. Brian > > Leverich is working on it right now.. and will have it up soon. > > > > I would just saw this post.. I'm about 50 miles south of Bakersfield, > > and we had some of the storm hit here..with power outages etc..& > > I've been offline for several hours. > > > > Kay Mason > > > > > > > hello I was wondering are we having trouble with the ok web server. having > > > trouble bring up my web page for noble county JoAnn > > > > > > > > > > -- > The Past is History. > The Future is a Mystery. > Today is a Gift, that's > why we call it the present. > **************************************** > Pauline [Neeley] Phelps > Bakersfield CA 93304 > ========================================== > Neeley Web Site http://www.genweb.net/~neeley/ > Washita Co.OK URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~okwashit/ > http://www.genweb.net/~tucker/ > =========================================== > Mail lists - > NEELEY'S - NEELEY-L@ROOTSWEB.COM > PRYOR'S - PRYOR-L@ROOTSWEB.COM > FOUNTAIN/FOUNTAINE- FOUNTAINE-L@ROOTSWEB.COM > KEMPERS - kempers@makelist.com > Audrian Co., MO audraincomo@makelist.com > Camden Co., MO camdencomo@makelist.com > ************************************************** > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5716/index.html > > USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census/ http://www.usgenweb.net/census/ http://www.usgenweb.com/census/ Kansas Unknown Counties http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksunknow/ USGenWeb Archives Oklahoma File Manager The Tombstone Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/

Sorry, correction Rootsweb is not in Bakersfield it's about 50 up on the Grapevine in Frazer Park on the way to Los Angeles CA, It also snows up there in the winter & they are usually about 20 degrees cooler than we are. Yes we had a big storm yesterday, it never dawned on me that they might have had a power outage, because when it got real bad, with the big rain storms we had last winter, Brian 4 wheeled out to the I-5 & went to LA to get a generator. So part of Bakersfield did have an outage, but where I am we just had the lights flicker a lot. Pauline Kay Mason wrote: > There is a big storm system in SO CA.. and there was a severe thunderstorm > in Bakersfield, where the main Rootsweb server is located. Brian > Leverich is working on it right now.. and will have it up soon. > > I would just saw this post.. I'm about 50 miles south of Bakersfield, > and we had some of the storm hit here..with power outages etc..& > I've been offline for several hours. > > Kay Mason > > > > hello I was wondering are we having trouble with the ok web server. having > > trouble bring up my web page for noble county JoAnn > > > > > -- The Past is History. The Future is a Mystery. Today is a Gift, that's why we call it the present. **************************************** Pauline [Neeley] Phelps Bakersfield CA 93304 ========================================== Neeley Web Site http://www.genweb.net/~neeley/ Washita Co.OK URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~okwashit/ http://www.genweb.net/~tucker/ =========================================== Mail lists - NEELEY'S - NEELEY-L@ROOTSWEB.COM PRYOR'S - PRYOR-L@ROOTSWEB.COM FOUNTAIN/FOUNTAINE- FOUNTAINE-L@ROOTSWEB.COM KEMPERS - kempers@makelist.com Audrian Co., MO audraincomo@makelist.com Camden Co., MO camdencomo@makelist.com ************************************************** http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5716/index.html

There is a big storm system in SO CA.. and there was a severe thunderstorm in Bakersfield, where the main Rootsweb server is located. Brian Leverich is working on it right now.. and will have it up soon. I would just saw this post.. I'm about 50 miles south of Bakersfield, and we had some of the storm hit here..with power outages etc..& I've been offline for several hours. Kay Mason Date forwarded: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 16:36:15 -0700 (PDT) From: "JoAnn Thomas" <jot@iland.net> Date sent: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 18:39:57 -0500 Subject: [OK-IT-L] question To: OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com Send reply to: OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com > hello I was wondering are we having trouble with the ok web server. having > trouble bring up my web page for noble county JoAnn > > USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census/ http://www.usgenweb.net/census/ http://www.usgenweb.com/census/ Kansas Unknown Counties http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksunknow/ USGenWeb Archives Oklahoma File Manager The Tombstone Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/

>check your links to "View Queries" and "Post Queries" >If you need help setting up a query system, please ask. Marti, Just wanted to check that the querybot system is NOT a requirement. I still receive and answer query requests the "oldfashioned" way... by e-mail. While it is sometimes a lot of work, I find that it gives me a more personal relationship with the people who visit the page and also gets me lookup volunteers, bios, and tidbits about the counties. This last one is important to me, as I haven't lived in OK since I was 2.... and that's a very long time! Harriette researching: COMBS, DAVIS, HARDIN, HATFIELD, HOISINGTON, MILLS, MOORE, MORRIS, PERKINS, SPURGEON, BERGER (and JONES of Brown Co.OH) HOISINGTON Mailing List. To subscribe, e-mail<hariji@sirius.com> HOISINGTON FAMILY Web Site http://www.genweb.net/~hoisington/index.htm USGENWEB Coordinator for: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okkay/okkay.htm Kay County, OK http://www.rootsweb.com/~oklogan/oklogan.htm Logan County, OK. Co-host for the LOGAN CO. OK Mailing List. To subscribe, e-mail <hariji@sirius.com> http://www.rootsweb.com/~kssumner/kssumner.htm Sumner County, KS

In a message dated 98-09-02 15:33:27 EDT, you write: << Hi everyone, We should all strive to update our counties with the new OKGenWeb logo within the next thirty days. As long as you're updating your counties to link to the new OKGenWeb logo check the following to make sure you have all of these items/links on your pages - they will now be requirements. >> Marti: Hi it's Becky (Okfuskee County). I need some help in setting up the query system. Becky

Another thing that's nice to put up along with the snail address, *if* you can get hold of the information, is what day/time/location their meetings are held at. megan MYRA V GORMLEY wrote: > > David has a good point -- many local genealogical societies do not > phone numbers or offices or anyone who can handle e-mail queries. I > don't think we should put private individual's PHONE numbers up on > the Web. We also don't want to run the risk of offending local > genealogical groups -- we want their cooperation, not their distrust. > I fear that too many people using the internet are overwhelming > genealogists and librarians with their personal research questions -- > expecting instant answers instead of learning to do work themselves. > > The Genealogist's Address Book is the latest listing of genealogical > societies nationwide, but the local library can usually provide that > information. > > Myra -- pigolit@ix.netcom.com * cochonnet@aol.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~piglet

Those of us who don't choose to have the software or spend the time listening also tend to get real sick of having to click *two* message boxes that pop up to tell us we're deficient, too.<G> Doesn't mean I don't like music--I have an associate's degree in the stuff--but having ADD, I know better than to opt for distractions when I'm trying to do research...<VBG> megan Marti Graham wrote: > > Hi all - > > According to the Rootsweb guru -- "Crescendo is the better choice, if you > feel the need to have music. It's a client side application - if the > surfer doesn't have Crescendo installed they see a broken icon box. No midi > should be auto - visitor should have a choice - listen or not." > > > I had a request to remove the auto-midi 'Red River Valley' from the > > page...said it caused her computer to have problems. I removed it, > > but have since had several e-mails asking what happened to it...that > > they checked back to play it, and it was no longer there. > > > 'Take Me Back To Tulsa' > > Ah!! the memories of being young and living in T-town. ;) > > Anyone know if "Oklahoma" is available on midi? > > > Make it so someone has to turn it on, it they want to hear > > it. It tends to run people out of memory, even if they can't hear > > it, at least on some public library machines, which do not allow > > music. > > David has very valid point - we tend to forget everyone doesn't have the > biggest, fastest, top of the line. Our visitors are coming from anywhere > they can access the internet. > > M -- pigolit@ix.netcom.com * cochonnet@aol.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~piglet

David has a good point -- many local genealogical societies do not phone numbers or offices or anyone who can handle e-mail queries. I don't think we should put private individual's PHONE numbers up on the Web. We also don't want to run the risk of offending local genealogical groups -- we want their cooperation, not their distrust. I fear that too many people using the internet are overwhelming genealogists and librarians with their personal research questions -- expecting instant answers instead of learning to do work themselves. The Genealogist's Address Book is the latest listing of genealogical societies nationwide, but the local library can usually provide that information. Myra

Another way to find genealogy societies in your county is to put a note on the page that there is no society in the county to the best of your knowledge....honey, if you're wrong, somebody will let you know right quick.<G> megan Marti Graham wrote: > > > whether there is an active gensoc > > If we can't locate the info, we should enlist the help of those on mailing > list - OKGenWeb, Texahoma, etc. Many on the mailing list are more than > willing to help. Some of the counties just don't have genealogical > societies. If you don't find an address, it would be a good plan to say so > on the page and not leave the visitor wondering. > > Mike Taylor maintains a list of Genealogical Societies with online pages > at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpontot/ogs.htm > and Gene Phillips has a list of societies at > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/2596/genesocieties.html > I'm sure both would appreciate our help updating their information. > > > contact for the Cotton County gensoc asked that her e-mail address be > removed from the page as she was receiving more questions than she > > could answer in a timely mannner. > > Think we all understand her feeling. Online pages and email addy aren't > necessary, but we should at least have the mailing address available to the > visitor. > > > I just heard from the treasurer of the Johnston County gensoc who said > > that her phone number is NOT available. > > LeFlore Co. Gen Soc is the same way - she doesn't even publish a phone > number in the newsletter nor is there a listing in the phone book. If they > don't publish a number for phone contact, neither should we. > > Marti -- pigolit@ix.netcom.com * cochonnet@aol.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~piglet

Boy I can't hit the right keys tonight. Now it should make more since, I hope. Pauline Phelps wrote: > Nice spot to get midi files but you will need Crescendo player plug in which > is free to download from their site it has a button to turn it off if anyone > doesn't want to listen if the person goes to the page If don't have the plug in > it won't work anyway. I'm listing to the Oklahoma Swing as I'm writing this. OK > Hills is on the Washita Co., Site. > Pauline > > http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/9990/midi.html > > Marti Graham wrote: > > > Last message for the night - love seeing everyone talking, but I have to > > work tomorrow. ;) > > > > My opinion - all our pages should display the OKGenWeb logo - after all > > OKGenWeb and Twin Territories is part of 'Oklahoma Genealogy' and both are > > part of USGenWeb. > > > > > guess it would fall into the 'would be nice' category... > > > > Well said. > > > > > I'm trying to be more of a 'joiner' in the program, soooo, I want to > > > get things right! > > > > One of the main reasons for including -all- coordinators in the OK-IT-L > > mailing list - we seemed to have all pulled apart and no longer share > > thoughts/ ideas or pat each other on the back. > > > > Marti > > -- > The Past is History. > The Future is a Mystery. > Today is a Gift, that's > why we call it the present. > **************************************** > Pauline [Neeley] Phelps > Bakersfield CA 93304 > ========================================== > Neeley Web Site http://www.genweb.net/~neeley/ > Washita Co.OK URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~okwashit/ > http://www.genweb.net/~tucker/ > =========================================== > Mail lists - > NEELEY'S - NEELEY-L@ROOTSWEB.COM > PRYOR'S - PRYOR-L@ROOTSWEB.COM > FOUNTAIN/FOUNTAINE- FOUNTAINE-L@ROOTSWEB.COM > KEMPERS - kempers@makelist.com > Audrian Co., MO audraincomo@makelist.com > Camden Co., MO camdencomo@makelist.com > ************************************************** > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5716/index.html -- The Past is History. The Future is a Mystery. Today is a Gift, that's why we call it the present. **************************************** Pauline [Neeley] Phelps Bakersfield CA 93304 ========================================== Neeley Web Site http://www.genweb.net/~neeley/ Washita Co.OK URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~okwashit/ http://www.genweb.net/~tucker/ =========================================== Mail lists - NEELEY'S - NEELEY-L@ROOTSWEB.COM PRYOR'S - PRYOR-L@ROOTSWEB.COM FOUNTAIN/FOUNTAINE- FOUNTAINE-L@ROOTSWEB.COM KEMPERS - kempers@makelist.com Audrian Co., MO audraincomo@makelist.com Camden Co., MO camdencomo@makelist.com ************************************************** http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5716/index.html

Nice spot to get midi files but you will need Crescendo player plug in which is free to download from their site it has a button to turn it off if anyone doesn't want to listen if the person goes to the page I don't have the plug in it won't work anyway. I'm listing to the Oklahoma Sing as I'm writing this. OK Hills is on the Washita Co., Site. Pauline http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/9990/midi.html Marti Graham wrote: > Last message for the night - love seeing everyone talking, but I have to > work tomorrow. ;) > > My opinion - all our pages should display the OKGenWeb logo - after all > OKGenWeb and Twin Territories is part of 'Oklahoma Genealogy' and both are > part of USGenWeb. > > > guess it would fall into the 'would be nice' category... > > Well said. > > > I'm trying to be more of a 'joiner' in the program, soooo, I want to > > get things right! > > One of the main reasons for including -all- coordinators in the OK-IT-L > mailing list - we seemed to have all pulled apart and no longer share > thoughts/ ideas or pat each other on the back. > > Marti -- The Past is History. The Future is a Mystery. Today is a Gift, that's why we call it the present. **************************************** Pauline [Neeley] Phelps Bakersfield CA 93304 ========================================== Neeley Web Site http://www.genweb.net/~neeley/ Washita Co.OK URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~okwashit/ http://www.genweb.net/~tucker/ =========================================== Mail lists - NEELEY'S - NEELEY-L@ROOTSWEB.COM PRYOR'S - PRYOR-L@ROOTSWEB.COM FOUNTAIN/FOUNTAINE- FOUNTAINE-L@ROOTSWEB.COM KEMPERS - kempers@makelist.com Audrian Co., MO audraincomo@makelist.com Camden Co., MO camdencomo@makelist.com ************************************************** http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5716/index.html

Last message for the night - love seeing everyone talking, but I have to work tomorrow. ;) My opinion - all our pages should display the OKGenWeb logo - after all OKGenWeb and Twin Territories is part of 'Oklahoma Genealogy' and both are part of USGenWeb. > guess it would fall into the 'would be nice' category... Well said. > I'm trying to be more of a 'joiner' in the program, soooo, I want to > get things right! One of the main reasons for including -all- coordinators in the OK-IT-L mailing list - we seemed to have all pulled apart and no longer share thoughts/ ideas or pat each other on the back. Marti

> whether there is an active gensoc If we can't locate the info, we should enlist the help of those on mailing list - OKGenWeb, Texahoma, etc. Many on the mailing list are more than willing to help. Some of the counties just don't have genealogical societies. If you don't find an address, it would be a good plan to say so on the page and not leave the visitor wondering. Mike Taylor maintains a list of Genealogical Societies with online pages at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpontot/ogs.htm and Gene Phillips has a list of societies at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/2596/genesocieties.html I'm sure both would appreciate our help updating their information. > contact for the Cotton County gensoc asked that her e-mail address be > removed from the page as she was receiving more questions than she > could answer in a timely mannner. Think we all understand her feeling. Online pages and email addy aren't necessary, but we should at least have the mailing address available to the visitor. > I just heard from the treasurer of the Johnston County gensoc who said > that her phone number is NOT available. LeFlore Co. Gen Soc is the same way - she doesn't even publish a phone number in the newsletter nor is there a listing in the phone book. If they don't publish a number for phone contact, neither should we. Marti