Hi, Folks - Voting passwords are currently being sent out, and thus far we've received close to 50 bounces. Approximately half or better of those are "chronic" bounces. They have bounced previously, some all the way back to at least April in the SEMA Poll. When the EC is unable to easily track down a valid addy by checking the website or county table, we must contact the state coordinators. Sometimes we get replies and corrections (which are very much appreciated), but sometimes not. Sometimes "new" addresses bounce also. Since the EC is not authorized to arbitrarily remove any names from the voter list, even when the addresses constantly bounce, we end up chasing down some of the same bad addresses over and over again. This redundancy creates a lot of wasted time, effort, and resources - not just for us, but also for you and for Larry Stephens who operates the voting software. If you receive a request for assistance from an EC member or helper, would you please either find a valid address for the volunteer or determine whether the volunteer should be removed from the voter list? If the name should be removed, please let us know right away. Thanks! Ellen Pack Chair, EC

Today, July 1 starts a new year for the officers in the State of Iowa. Mark Christian who has served for three years moves to the Advisory Board for Iowa. Don Kelly moves to the Past SC position, Gail Kilgore is now the SC and Sharyl Ferrell is the newly elected ASC. Gail --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.489 / Virus Database: 288 - Release Date: 06/10/2003

To All USGenWeb Members - Voting for the USGenWeb National Election 2003 begins Tuesday, July 1, 2003 8:00 am CST and will end July 31, 2003 11:59 pm CST. Any votes cast before and after that time will not be counted. The first batch of Passwords have been sent out, and others will follow over the next day or two. If you do not receive a password by the 4th or 5th, please contact the Election Committee. When you receive your password, please PRINT IT OUT OR OTHERWISE SAVE IT. To vote, go to https://www.indiana.edu/~riskmgmt/National.html Follow the instructions on the form. It is recommended that you copy and paste the password into the voting form to ensure accuracy. You may only vote one time. If you cast a second vote it will be discarded UNLESS your first attempt was an error where NO vote was cast. Votes cast by ineligible members will not be counted. All USGenWeb Members as defined in the USGenWeb Bylaws are eligible to vote. All members may vote for National Coordinator, and Representative At Large. Only those members qualified to vote in a given region/area/position may vote for a candidate in the respective region/area/position. On the Election Committee National Election 2003 FAQ page you will find a list of the Regions, and states within each region. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/nationals-general-info.htm Please carefully read the FAQ before contacting the EC with questions. Information about the candidates can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/candidate.htm The Election Committee would like to encourage every member to participate in the election. Please vote! Thank you, The USGenWeb Election Committee *Permission granted to forward to all USGenWeb Members and appropriate lists

We are pleased to announce that The BMD Project has moved to our own domain: http://www.bmdproject.com. Along with the move comes a complete site overhaul. The following is just a short list of the improvements added to the site: 1) Researchers can now add birth records 2) Researchers can add records to all fifty states, not just a select few 3) The search features have been streamlined, allowing for more efficient and flexible searches 4) Users can edit their own records without administrative intervention. They can also add photographs to already submitted records. 5) A new User's Homepage shows submitters the records they have contributed, plus gives links for adding or editing records. If a county coordinator or other webmaster would like to link to records for a specific county, we have a page that will generate the correct URL for them: http://www.bmdproject.com/getURL.php Permission is granted to forward this message to any appropriate list. Marceline Beem & Elizabeth Harris Richard M. Howland ILGenWeb State Coordinator Mailto:RichPump@wf.net ICQ # 898319

To all USGenWeb Members: This is an Announce-only mailing. Please do not reply. You are receiving this Announcement because you are a member of the USGenWeb Project. If you are no longer a Project member, please contact the USGenWeb Election Committee immediately via Marti Graham <marti4@cox.net>. Nominations are now complete for the USGenWeb National Election 2003. A list of candidates with links to available campaign pages may be found on The Election Committee National Election 2003 web page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/nationals-index.htm Select: Meet the Candidates In each of two regions, Northwest/Plains and Southeast/Mid-Atlantic, there are two positions open for County Coordinator Representatives. In those elections, the high vote candidate will be seated for the two year term ending 8/31/05, and the runner up will be seated to complete the two year term ending 8/31/04. You may vote for two people in those two races only. Voting will begin July 1, 2003, and continue for the month. You will receive a password that will enable you to vote, along with the URL of the ballot. If you have not received a password by July 5, please contact the EC. Please do not wait until the last few days of voting when it may be too late to track down the problem and issue a password. All USGenWeb Members as defined in the USGenWeb Bylaws are eligible to vote. All members may vote for National Coordinator, and Representative At Large. Only those members qualified to vote in a given region/area/position may vote for a candidate in the respective region/area/position. On the Election Committee National Election 2003 FAQ page you will find a list of the Regions, and states within each region. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/nationals-general-info.htm Votes cast by ineligible members will not be counted. You may only vote one time. If you have any questions, please carefully read the FAQ before contacting the Election Committee. Please do not reply to this Announcement. The USGenWeb Election Committee would like to encourage every member to participate in the Election process and vote! Respectfully, The USGenWeb Election Committee *Permission granted to forward to all USGenWeb Members and appropriate Lists*

Welcome Jan! Enjoy your fun time Sandy. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Redmond" <slredmond@earthlink.net> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:38 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] New MIGenWeb State Coordinator > Please join me in congratulating Jan Cortez, who has been elected the > new MIGenWeb State Coordinator, effective July 1st. Jan is very active > in many GenWeb projects, and I know will be an excellent SC for the > state of Michigan. I've truly enjoyed my tenure as SC, but must admit > I'm looking forward to devoting time to other pursuits, and maybe even > my own genealogy! > > List admin, would you kindly ensure that Jan is subscribe to the list, > cristian@netonecom.net, and unsubscribe me after July 1st. > > Kind Regards, > Sandy > > -- > Sandy Redmond > State Coordinator, MIGenWeb Retiring! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb > County Coordinator, Barry County MIGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mibarry > County Coordinator, Calhoun County MIGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~micalhou > >

Try swimref@hotmail.com Also this time of year he's gone a lot doing swim meets so his email fills up. Maggie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Fisher" <sdgenweb@yahoo.com> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 8:53 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Kevin Fraley Hi All: Mail to Kevin Fraley has been bouncing for about 3 months now. The only address I have for him is swimref@cmc.net Does anyone have an alternate address? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 6/18/03

Please join me in congratulating Jan Cortez, who has been elected the new MIGenWeb State Coordinator, effective July 1st. Jan is very active in many GenWeb projects, and I know will be an excellent SC for the state of Michigan. I've truly enjoyed my tenure as SC, but must admit I'm looking forward to devoting time to other pursuits, and maybe even my own genealogy! List admin, would you kindly ensure that Jan is subscribe to the list, cristian@netonecom.net, and unsubscribe me after July 1st. Kind Regards, Sandy -- Sandy Redmond State Coordinator, MIGenWeb Retiring! http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb County Coordinator, Barry County MIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mibarry County Coordinator, Calhoun County MIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~micalhou

I emailed cmc.nt tech support and got a reply back a week or so ago that his mail box was full. I will be trying to contact him by phone. -Mike Joy Fisher wrote: > Hi All: > > Mail to Kevin Fraley has been bouncing for about 3 > months now. > > The only address I have for him is > > swimref@cmc.net > > Does anyone have an alternate address?

Hi All: Mail to Kevin Fraley has been bouncing for about 3 months now. The only address I have for him is swimref@cmc.net Does anyone have an alternate address? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

Patricia, You need to resize the files in an image program - I use Paint Shop Pro. If they are sized in inches rather than pixels, 5x7 will be a tremendous photo. For the average photo, sizing it at 350 pixels wide usually works well. Another good idea is to compress the .jpg file at least 25% - this is something you can also do in PSP. You would be amazed at how much that reduces the actual size of the file which results in a much faster download time for the user. Pam Pam -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Scott [mailto:legacy@comnett.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 11:07 PM To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Photos This may sound like a silly question, but how do i reduce the size of my photos for display on a webpage. I have them saved as 5x7, but when they come up on the screen, they are huge???? Nothing I am doing seems to work. I haven't had this happen before. Pat

I have them in nvarch. They are all liesd under Clark, then Woodlawn...There are 92 of them Joy, asnd that is a lot of work. Thanks! Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Fisher" <sdgenweb@yahoo.com> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Photos > > --- Patricia Scott <legacy@comnett.net> wrote: > > This may sound like a silly question, but how do i > > reduce the size of my photos for display on a > > webpage. > > > > I have them saved as 5x7, but when they come up on > > the screen, they are huge???? Nothing I am doing > > seems to work. I haven't had this happen before. > > > > Pat > > > > Pat: > > I have PhotoShop - I can re-size your photos. Upload > them somewhere and tell me where they are. I'll snag > 'em and resize 'em. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com >

ah. Thanks Pam. I have never had this happen to me before... thanks again Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Reid" <pamreid@comcast.net> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:03 PM Subject: RE: [STATE-COORD-L] Photos > Patricia, > > You need to resize the files in an image program - I use Paint Shop Pro. If > they are sized in inches rather than pixels, 5x7 will be a tremendous photo. > For the average photo, sizing it at 350 pixels wide usually works well. > Another good idea is to compress the .jpg file at least 25% - this is > something you can also do in PSP. You would be amazed at how much that > reduces the actual size of the file which results in a much faster download > time for the user. > > Pam > > Pam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patricia Scott [mailto:legacy@comnett.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 11:07 PM > To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Photos > > > This may sound like a silly question, but how do i reduce the size of my > photos for display on a webpage. > > I have them saved as 5x7, but when they come up on the screen, they are > huge???? Nothing I am doing seems to work. I haven't had this happen before. > > Pat >

--- Patricia Scott <legacy@comnett.net> wrote: > This may sound like a silly question, but how do i > reduce the size of my photos for display on a > webpage. > > I have them saved as 5x7, but when they come up on > the screen, they are huge???? Nothing I am doing > seems to work. I haven't had this happen before. > > Pat > Pat: I have PhotoShop - I can re-size your photos. Upload them somewhere and tell me where they are. I'll snag 'em and resize 'em. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

This may sound like a silly question, but how do i reduce the size of my photos for display on a webpage. I have them saved as 5x7, but when they come up on the screen, they are huge???? Nothing I am doing seems to work. I haven't had this happen before. Pat

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thanks Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lewis" <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Re: [ARCHIVES] USS Bosque file > > > Patricia Scott wrote: > > > > I have a question please. When putting up the cemetery photo page, do the > > photos go into the archives? or on the county webpage? > > Either. > > The Archives Tombstone photo project is not an official "project" of the > Archives, but some states have one as a convenience and service to > researchers. > > If we ever had to cut back space in the Archives, (graphics, etc.), our > priorities would be the ftp directory with text files and a search > engine. > > Linda >

thanks Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Reid" <pamreid@comcast.net> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: RE: [STATE-COORD-L] Re: [ARCHIVES] USS Bosque file > If the photos are donated to the TP, they should be uploaded to the HTML > side of the Archives for the Appropriate county. > > Pam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patricia Scott [mailto:legacy@comnett.net] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 3:30 PM > To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Re: [ARCHIVES] USS Bosque file > > > I have a question please. When putting up the cemetery photo page, do the > photos go into the archives? or on the county webpage? > > Patricia Scott > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Lewis" <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> > To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:27 AM > Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Re: [ARCHIVES] USS Bosque file > > > > For those of you wanting to link to this file: > > > > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/special/military/ww2/uss-bosque.txt > > > > Linda > > > > "W. David Samuelsen" wrote: > > > > > > Some of you received this file - USS Bosque, WWII cargo ship list of > > > personnel. > > > > > > I received one copy and corrected the notice and commentary format. > > > > > > Sent to Linda R. to add to Special Collections/Military where it belongs > in. > > > > > > Some State Coordinators (including Oregon) received same file and > > > asked me about this dilemma. > > > > > > David Samuelsen, NY file manager > > >

If the photos are donated to the TP, they should be uploaded to the HTML side of the Archives for the Appropriate county. Pam -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Scott [mailto:legacy@comnett.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 3:30 PM To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Re: [ARCHIVES] USS Bosque file I have a question please. When putting up the cemetery photo page, do the photos go into the archives? or on the county webpage? Patricia Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lewis" <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:27 AM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Re: [ARCHIVES] USS Bosque file > For those of you wanting to link to this file: > > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/special/military/ww2/uss-bosque.txt > > Linda > > "W. David Samuelsen" wrote: > > > > Some of you received this file - USS Bosque, WWII cargo ship list of > > personnel. > > > > I received one copy and corrected the notice and commentary format. > > > > Sent to Linda R. to add to Special Collections/Military where it belongs in. > > > > Some State Coordinators (including Oregon) received same file and > > asked me about this dilemma. > > > > David Samuelsen, NY file manager >

Patricia Scott wrote: > > I have a question please. When putting up the cemetery photo page, do the > photos go into the archives? or on the county webpage? Either. The Archives Tombstone photo project is not an official "project" of the Archives, but some states have one as a convenience and service to researchers. If we ever had to cut back space in the Archives, (graphics, etc.), our priorities would be the ftp directory with text files and a search engine. Linda