For safeties sake I keep all my web pages "mirrored" on my computer with (somewhat) frequent backups to disk. If something should happen to the server I can just upload one of the backups without losing much. (o:]>*HUGGLES*<[:o) Billie Walsh The three best words in the English Language: "I LOVE YOU" Pass them on!

Also my surnames page is gone! *&#)$)(# I have put temp pages up in place, but if anyone knows if these have been stored somewhere that I can get them back please let me know. Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Kimberly Vieyra" <mkvieyra@sbcglobal.net> To: <OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:21 PM Subject: [OK-Coordinators] Files Missing on FTP site > Hi all! I was noticing that my marriage file is no longer on the ftp site. > YIKES! Any idea if this file was archived somewhere? It would be the Payne > County Marriages 1894-1897. Trying to do some housecleaning on the site and > I do not have a hard copy of this! > > Thanks! > Kimberly Vieyra > Payne County Coordinator > > > ==== OK-IT Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Project Election Committee Web Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ >

Hi all! I was noticing that my marriage file is no longer on the ftp site. YIKES! Any idea if this file was archived somewhere? It would be the Payne County Marriages 1894-1897. Trying to do some housecleaning on the site and I do not have a hard copy of this! Thanks! Kimberly Vieyra Payne County Coordinator

My hard drive crashed and am now finally online with new hard drive. I do not know what I did with my passwords or where I downloaded my ftp program. So...please send the password, etc. and would like info where I can download the ftp program for free. Sharon Hamilton Osage County and Osage Nation

> Count me among those that believe logos of other projects similar to ours do not belong on our main pages. I agree... Susan Morris Pottawatomie County Count me among those that believe logos of other projects similar to ours do not belong on our main pages. I have no problem linking on secondary pages. If fact, on our OKGenWeb Basic Requirements page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/vol/basicreq.htm we now have "Your site represents the OKGenWeb - ITGenWeb - USGenWeb Project. Respect our goals, refrain from displaying logos of similar projects on your main page." Marti From: <okchocta@yahoo.com> Subject: [OK-Coordinators] question for CC's Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:48:37 -0600 What are the feelings among our Oklahoma coordinators concerning having logos of other organizations (ahln, aghp, etc) on our county pages. Yea or Nay?

That's it for the flurry today, have to get back to "real work". During the past week or so my okgenweb@cox.net mailbox was being bombed at the rate of 500-800 messages a day. I was sick during that time too and didn't get to delete as often as I should have... result, I bounced off a number of list, including our OK-IT CC list and many messages were returned to the sender. If you wrote lately and didn't get a reply, please email me again. Thanks everyone for all the hard work you do!! Best, Marti

Im in agreement with you Marti! Kimberly Payne CC ----- Original Message ----- From: <okgenweb@cox.net> To: <OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:21 PM Subject: [OK-Coordinators] Re: question for CC's > Count me among those that believe logos of other projects similar to ours do not belong on our main pages. I have no problem linking on secondary pages. > > If fact, on our OKGenWeb Basic Requirements page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/vol/basicreq.htm we now have "Your site represents the OKGenWeb - ITGenWeb - USGenWeb Project. Respect our goals, refrain from displaying logos of similar projects on your main page." > > Marti > > From: <okchocta@yahoo.com> > Subject: [OK-Coordinators] question for CC's > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:48:37 -0600 > > What are the feelings among our Oklahoma coordinators concerning having logos of other organizations (ahln, aghp, etc) on our county pages. Yea or Nay? > > > > ==== OK-IT Mailing List ==== > Oklahoma Mailing List > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OK/ >

Count me among those that believe logos of other projects similar to ours do not belong on our main pages. I have no problem linking on secondary pages. If fact, on our OKGenWeb Basic Requirements page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/vol/basicreq.htm we now have "Your site represents the OKGenWeb - ITGenWeb - USGenWeb Project. Respect our goals, refrain from displaying logos of similar projects on your main page." Marti From: <okchocta@yahoo.com> Subject: [OK-Coordinators] question for CC's Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:48:37 -0600 What are the feelings among our Oklahoma coordinators concerning having logos of other organizations (ahln, aghp, etc) on our county pages. Yea or Nay?

Congratulations, Judy!!! One of our newest CCs and coached by Redgie. :) Way to go!!! I will add to the main OKGenWeb page now. Who is passing out the logo's now? RonH, RonL or Redgie?? Marti From: "Ron Long" <ronglong@adacomp.net> Subject: [OK-Coordinators] County of the Month Award Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:42:30 -0600 Ottawa county is the winner of the County of the Month Award for March. Congratulations to Judy Good, coordinator. 1st place - Atoka (won in Feb) and Ottawa each with 4 votes 2nd place - LeFlore with 2 votes 3rd place - 15 other counties each with one vote There were 25 votes for 18 different counties.

We do have a wonderful map system thanks to Sharon. If you haven't checked lately she's made additions to include other states. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/okprojects/index.htm Marti From: Odonna470@wmconnect.com Date: 2004/02/06 Fri PM 09:45:40 EST To: okgenweb@cox.net Subject: Map The Oklahoma map system you have is one that every state should have. It is excellent for genealogy. The townships and ranges help considerably. Thanks Donna Owen O'Connor Keizer Oregon

> > From: <inhs777@sbcglobal.net> > Date: 2004/01/24 Sat PM 04:41:01 EST > To: <okgenweb@cox.net> > Subject: Thank you for your work > > Dear Sir/Mam, > Please thank Brenda for her work in transcribing this information. It actually helps settle some stories that our family had been holding on to for a long time. My Great Great Grandfather was Doctor Patterson (full name is actually Sterling Price Patterson), and we know he was shot by a Mr. Wade William's (the dispute was over Dr. Patterson's daughter), we never heard about what happened to Wade, only that Doctor Patterson's sons, David, Orban, and Troy went after him. Interesting and strange times back in those days when Oklahoma was still Indian Territory. We also have tales that we are of Indian descent and we have genetic characteristics, like teeth and feet that indicate it, but no paper work. Still working on that one. > > VR > > Neil Price Patterson II > > > Indian Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma > Date: September 20, 1937 > Name: Mr. E. H. Scrivner > Post Office: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma > Residence Address: > Date of Birth: January 7, 1855 > Place of Birth: Tennessee > Father: B. Scrivner > Place of Birth: Virginia > Information on father: > Mother: Mary Snyder > Place of birth: Tennessee > Information on mother: > Field Worker: Maurice R. Anderson > Interview #: 8610 > I was born in 1855 in Tennessee. > > I came to the Indian Territory from Texas in 1888 and settled in the Choctaw > Nation, on Red River. I leased a section of land and began farming. > > I had to go to Texas for my groceries and supplies. > > I didn't do so good the first year, but in 1889, I raised two hundred and > fifty-bales of cotton. > > There was an old horse power gin, that had been in use before I settled > there but the man that had built this gin had moved off and left it. It was > either fix this gin up or haul my cotton across Red River to a gin in Texas, > so I went to Gainesville, Texas, and got the parts I needed. This old gin > was the find, that after the lint was cut from the seeds, the lint had to be > carried to the press in baskets. That fall, with the help of three Negroes, > I ginned two hundred and fifty bales of cotton. I raised this cotton on > three hundred acres. > > Besides making this much cotton I raised eighteen thousand bushels of corn > that year. I got forty cents a bushel for my corn, hauled to Texas, and I > sold my cotton for eleven cents a pound. > > I have been in the Choctaw Indian Ball games. They would pull off their > clothes and put on a breech clout made of the skin of some kind of animal > with the tail of the animal hanging down behind them. They would use a > hickory stick about three feet long and there would be a round end on this > stick like a saucer made out of buckskin. Instead of a ball game to me it > looked like a free for all fight. I have been at several ball games where > there were some got killed by getting hit over the head with these sticks. > > The full blood Choctaw men usually had seven or eight wives. > > They cooked their food in a pot and they didn't have plates to eat out of. > They had spoons made out of wood or bone and when they got hungry they would > go eat out of this pot which contained corn beat up and meat of some kind > cooked together. > > The Indians never did much farming. What little farming was done the squaws > did it and they usually had four or five acres of Tom Fuller corn and > sometimes two or three acres of cotton. > > They lived in one-room log houses with a dirt floor or in dugouts and all > they had were a few blankets and buffalo and deer skins to sleep on. > > I used to buy cattle from the Choctaw Indians and when I would buy from a > full blood Indian I would have to have gold or silver. That was all they > would take. They never did have very many cattle at a time. > > I came to Pauls Valley in 1890. I leased seven hundred acres of land from > Sam Paul and took up farming again. I had all of the land where the high > school is now in Pauls Valley, in corn in 1890. At that time the government > was shipping the supplies for the Comanche and Kiowa Indians to Pauls Valley > and the Indians would come and freight those supplies over to Fort Sill, > where they were camped. Sometimes they would stay three or four days. Their > squaws and children would be with them. They would camp on Rush Creek, south > of where Pauls Valley was then, by the old cemetery and while they were > camped here the Government agent would issue steers to them for meat. I have > watched them kill and eat these steers. As soon as they killed the steer and > skinned it the Indian children and women would start eating it raw and they > never lost anything except the hide and horns. At night they would have a > big fire and barbecue the bones and eat them. They came to Pauls Valley for > their freight until 1893. > > I was made a Deputy United States Marshal under McAlester in 1891. I held > the deputyship for six years and during that six years I arrested more men > for murder than I did for anything else. These killings happened around > Pauls Valley and Wynnewood. I arrested Bill Lewis two times for murder. He > told me he had killed fourteen men, but John Walner put a stop to Bill > Lewis' killings at Wynnewood. John Walner sent word by me one day when I was > at Wynnewood to tell Bill Lewis if he ever came to Wynnewood that he was > going to kill him. I told Bill about this and the next day Bill went to > Wynnewood. He was a nervy little fellow, but John Walner did what he said he > would do. The six years I was a deputy I never killed a man but a number of > them had said they were going to kill me if I ever crossed their trail. It > was an old saying, that if you killed a man you would get killed. I believed > in that old saying for I have seen nine out of ten that had killed someone > get killed. There was John Swain, he and I got into some trouble and he > swore he was going to kill me on sight. Well, I kept out of his way for a > while and it happened that I was in Paris, Texas, where I had taken some > prisoners to jail when John Swain, thinking I was in Pauls Valley, got drunk > and came to Pauls Valley to get me. However, he crossed someone else's trail > and was killed. His wife thought I had a hand in his killing and she swore > she was going to kill me if it was the last thing she ever did. I heard a > few years back that she was living over around Lawton. I don't know, she may > still have that old feeling about me. I never did get a chance to tell her > that I knew nothing about the killing of her man. > > John Swain was a deputy United States Marshal at one time and while he was a > deputy he was the head of a band of cattle thieves. At that time I was > deputy and I got the proof on him and went to Paris, Texas, and showed the > proof and his commission was taken from him. That was the cause of our > trouble. > > There was Charley Strickland, he killed West Harris. At that time if men got > in a quarrel the first thing they thought of was to see which one could kill > the other. > > Wade Williams killed Doctor Patterson and Wade Williams got killed and also > Charley Strickland died with his boots on. > > When I came to the Choctaw Nation in 1888, Joe Edwards was a United States > Marshal and he was called the 'king bee' over the Choctaw Nation. The man > who did the hanging for Judge Parker in the Choctaw Nation had hanged > ninety-seven men before he quit his job. He had the ninety-seven nooses when > he quit and he started around over the country putting on shows and telling > about his days when he was the official hangman for Judge Parker. This > didn't last long, for he went insane. The United States Commissioners in > Territorial days were like the Justices of the Peace are now, they tried > small cases. All murder cases were tired at Paris, Texas, until the court > was established at Pauls Valley in 1895. After then they began trying murder > cases at Pauls Valley. > > I now live on East Charles Avenue, in Pauls Valley. > > Transcribed for OKGenWeb by Brenda Choate. > > >

We do have a wonderful map system thanks to Sharon. If you haven't checked lately she's made additions to include other states. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/okprojects/index.htm Marti > > From: Odonna470@wmconnect.com > Date: 2004/02/06 Fri PM 09:45:40 EST > To: okgenweb@cox.net > Subject: Map > > The Oklahoma map system you have is one that every state should have. It is > excellent for genealogy. The townships and ranges help considerably. > Thanks > Donna Owen O'Connor > Keizer Oregon > >

Thank you, I have been working hard to get information online for everyone to use. I am working on some other stuff to get added before long. Received the logo info from Ron, but forgive me don't know which Ron. Can't believe I love doing this 'stuff' so much, but I do. Judy okgenweb@cox.net wrote: >Congratulations, Judy!!! One of our newest CCs and coached by Redgie. :) Way to go!!! > >I will add to the main OKGenWeb page now. Who is passing out the logo's now? RonH, RonL or Redgie?? > >Marti > > >From: "Ron Long" <ronglong@adacomp.net> >Subject: [OK-Coordinators] County of the Month Award >Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:42:30 -0600 > >Ottawa county is the winner of the County of the Month Award for March. >Congratulations to Judy Good, coordinator. > >1st place - Atoka (won in Feb) and Ottawa each with 4 votes >2nd place - LeFlore with 2 votes >3rd place - 15 other counties each with one vote > >There were 25 votes for 18 different counties. > > > >==== OK-IT Mailing List ==== >USGenWeb Project Election Committee Web Site >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ > > > >

http://okgenweb.blogspot.com/ updated with upcoming Muskogee County Genealogical Seminary and link to National Women's History Project. Marti OKGenWeb State Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/

> > From: "Margie Etter" <margie_etter@sbcglobal.net> > Date: 2004/02/20 Fri PM 08:17:33 EST > To: <OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com>, <OKCOMANC-L@rootsweb.com> > Subject: {not a subscriber} new pages > > I have added a military page for Comanche County. > > I have added the names of men and women listed in "The Men and Women in World War II from Comanche County. The book does not have everyone listed. I am adding an index for ones that are not listed. If you have a family member/members from Comanche County in the service during World War I; World War II, etc and would like them listed, please contact me. > > Also, a page for any veterans buried in Comanche County, will be added later. > > Margie Etter > Comanche CC > >

I missed this one Harold :( Also, Marti, I need the ftp id & password again, I cannot find it to save my life and I have lots of updates to do! Thanks a bunch! Kimberly Vieyra Payne CC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold D. Massey" <hmassey@cablemo.net> To: <OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 10:49 PM Subject: Re: [OK-Coordinators] cc question cont. > If this is too late then so be it. I vote no to the logo's on the > Rootsweb pages that I edit, Carter, Cimarron, Custer, McCurtain and > Woodward counties. > > Harold D. Massey > > okchocta@yahoo.com wrote: > > >Thanks to the 4 cc's who responded to my question. The bylaw revision committee will be voting on this issue in the next day or so and your response will be reflected in my vote. If any other cc's would like their opinion heard it's not too late but I need it by tomorrow. > > > >-------------------------------------------------------- > >Ron Henson > >Choctaw Co. Oklahoma GenWeb > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta > > > > > >==== OK-IT Mailing List ==== > >USGenWeb Project Election Committee Web Site > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ > > > > > >. > > > > > > > > > > ==== OK-IT Mailing List ==== > Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory Maps > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/maps/ >

Marti, Please update my new email address mkvieyra@sbcglobal.net Congrats on the new granddaughter! Thanks! Kimberly Payne County CC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <okgenweb@cox.net> > To: <OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 9:10 AM > Subject: [OK-Coordinators] OKGenWeb ROLL CALL 2004 > > > > OKGenWeb ROLL CALL 2004 > > > > We've been a very quiet group for a while, but as I visit your various web > > sites I see lots of information being added. Of course, chat is always > > interesting on Sat night. > > > > Time again for Roll Call. I need to update the Election Committee with > your > > preferred email address. Do you have an alternate address where you would > > rather receive USGenWeb business? If so, please let me know at > > marti4@cox.net. Otherwise, I will submit the address where you receive > this > > message. > > > > Have you moved or changed your phone number in the last year? If so, > email > > me with the changes so I can update my contact information. Use > > marti4@cox.net > > > > On a personal note. I have a new granddaughter, Erin Paige, born this > > month. Tiny little sweetie 5lb 9oz and just 19" long > > http://marti.rootsweb.com/Marti/erin01172004.jpg > > > > Marti > > > > > > > > > > ==== OK-IT Mailing List ==== > > USGenWeb Project Election Committee Web Site > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ > > > > > > > ==== OK-IT Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Project Election Committee Web Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C3FD35.71F91870-- > > > > ==== OK-IT Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Project Election Committee Web Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ >

Ottawa county is the winner of the County of the Month Award for March. Congratulations to Judy Good, coordinator. 1st place - Atoka (won in Feb) and Ottawa each with 4 votes 2nd place - LeFlore with 2 votes 3rd place - 15 other counties each with one vote There were 25 votes for 18 different counties. 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>

I receive from both archives and GenWeb so I get confused which listserv is which, but here goes my opinion. Links to other sites should be done by GenWeb sites. Archive sites should only use links for email addresses or in some cases web sites for contributors. Additional Archive links should be confined to links to State, US, and surrounding counties as well as links to the sister/brother Genweb site. If both sites start doing the same things, then there is really no reason to continue with both GenWeb and GenWeb Archives. Actually, I believe they should eventually be one site with documents being done in text and links and photos and special items being included as web pages or acrobat reader docs. So much for my thoughts... sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: <okchocta@yahoo.com> To: <OK-IT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 6:28 PM Subject: [OK-Coordinators] cc question cont. > Thanks to the 4 cc's who responded to my question. The bylaw revision committee will be voting on this issue in the next day or so and your response will be reflected in my vote. If any other cc's would like their opinion heard it's not too late but I need it by tomorrow. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Ron Henson > Choctaw Co. Oklahoma GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta > > > ==== OK-IT Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Project Election Committee Web Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ >

Becky who was coordinator of the Jefferson County (OK) web page has found it necessary to give up this page. Marti (State Coordinator for Oklahoma Rootsweb pages) and I are looking for someone who knows HTML to take over the page. I have told Marti I will continue to assist and supply data for the page. If you are interested, please contact me at kssooners@sbcglobal.net. Thanks! Sheridan =====