Hi all, This is a resource that many of the County and Local Coordinators (Town Coordinators) in the MEGenWeb Project and throughout the USGenWeb Project use. It has served the MEGenWeb Project well. I asked Tom Raynor, USGenWeb Coordinator for Cumberland and York Counties Maine, who developed the program, to share this resource with all of you. Below is a description of the Query Manager System. Thank you Tom, for writing this description and sharing this resource with all of us. Sincerely, Tina S. Vickery ASC MEGenWeb Project SC WIGenWeb Project [Please feel free to share with appropriate Project lists] _______ The USGenWeb Query Manager system has been around since 1997, and is available free for use by any USGenWeb Town, County or State Coordinator. One of the original cornerstones of the USGenWeb Project was to provide a place for on-line genealogical queries, similar to what you might find in the back of a genealogical society's magazine. In the beginning, visitors e-mailed their queries. Coordinators copied, reformatted and pasted the queries to display on their web pages. The Query Manager (QM for short) was created to automated this process. Using QM, visitors submit their own formatted queries, which are stored on a database for instant search and retrieval by other visitors. Using QM, visitors to any participating site can enter or search queries for that or any other area. Each participating site is a "window" into the entire system. QM does not try to "steal" visitors from your USGenWeb site. Page headings and default values are customized to give the appearance that the visitor has never left your site. All "return to home page" links direct the user back to the your site. Rather than sending them away, QM can actually bring more visitors to your site. In addition to every other participating USGenWeb site, QM data is searchable via the GENDEX genealogical index. Visitors from that system may never have heard of USGenWeb until they follow a query to your site. The same search tools available to end users allow you, the local coordinator, to monitor queries submitted at - or about - your area. Most coordinators check new queries once a week or every few days to see if there are any new ones they can help with. To use QM, you just copy a few links to your web site. The links tell QM the area your site covers, and the address to send your visitors back to when they are finished. You don't even need to know any HTML; there is a QM setup page which will create the links for you. To learn more about QM, visit the following page: http://www.raynorshyn.com/MEGenWeb/QMAbout.html That page can get you up and running on QM in minutes, or you can click the link to the QM FAQ page from there. - Tom Raynor USGenWeb Coordinator Cumberland and York Counties, Maine http://www.raynorshyn.com/ContactUs.asp?Addressee=USGW

To SEMA Volunteers - The Advisory Board of the USGenWeb Project has asked the Election Committee to host a poll to determine the SouthEast/Mid-Atlantic members preference for someone to fill the SEMA County Coordinator Representative seat on the Advisory Board. Final determination will be made by a vote of the Advisory Board. The states in the SEMA Region are: Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Within the next 24 to 48 hours, voting passwords will be sent to each member in the SEMA Region. You may select one of the seven nominees. Voting will end May 5th, 2003, 8:00 AM EST. If you do not receive a password by Midnight, Friday, April 25, please contact the Election Committee Chair, Ellen Pack <e.j.pack@natchezbelle.org>. Please include your full name, state, position, and any Email addresses you might use in that region. Permission granted to forward this message to all appropriate Lists and individuals. Thank you, The USGenWeb Project Election Committee

The Maryland CCs who are affected by this are a bit upset at the short notice. :( Are there any suggestions on how best to deal with this? Should they try to use another program to index the queries and other pages now indexed by Surname Helper? Is there some way they can easily copy the existing Surname Helper indexes to their county pages and continue using them? Or is there some better approach? Shari Handley MDGenWeb State Coordinator DEGenWeb State Coordinator [-----Original Message----- [From: Richard (Isaiah) Harrison [mailto:IsaiahH@cox.net] [Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 1:37 PM [To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com [Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] SURNAME HELPER [ [ [(Please forward to your State lists.) [ [Effective 1 May 2003, RootsWeb will discontinue support for [Surname Helper [and remove it from their servers. [ [Surname Helper users must select some other indexing program in their [profile settings (such as CCHelper [<http://www.rootsweb.com/~cchelper/>) as [the program that indexes Query Express. This must be done [before Surname [Helper is removed from RootsWeb's servers. [ [-Isaiah [ [Richard "Isaiah" Harrison [National Coordinator [The USGenWeb Project

> Are there any suggestions on how best to deal with this? Should they > try to > use another program to index the queries and other pages now indexed by > Surname Helper? Is there some way they can easily copy the existing > Surname > Helper indexes to their county pages and continue using them? Or is > there > some better approach? > Shari, I asked on the Rootsweb Help list about using mailmerge in the same manner that we used QueryExpress for gathering the queries. Elsi sent the instructions at the bottom of my message for use on the www server. I haven't had time to work on them yet, but plan on setting up my counties with the mailmerge form which will post the query to a temporary webpage and send a copy by email to me. I plan on continuing use of CCHelper. The only difference is that the surnames won't be indexed by SurnameHelper any more. Connie ------------- begin documentation ---------------- Step 1 -- your input form In the form tag, change the ACTION from action="/cgi-bin/local/mailmerge.cgi/~account/template.txt" to action="/cgi-bin/local/FormMerge.cgi/~account/template.txt" (Of course, the account name & the name of your template file must be properly specified.) Note that the program name is MixEd case & must be specified exactly as shown above. Step 2 -- your template (Your existing template will work just fine with the enhanced script, so if you make no changes to your template, you should get the same results as MailMerge is giving you now.) FormMerge is capable of creating two outputs. There are two things you need to do: 2a -- the ACTION= parameter in the template. FormMerge accepts the following ACTION parameters: ACTION=mail ACTION=file: /~account/filename.html ACTION=both{mail}{file: /~account/filename.html} ACTION=both{file: /~account/file1.html}{file: /~account/file2.html} You can use this new function to essentially have two ACTIONs within one template. So, you can write to a guestbook and send mail or you could write to two separate files. By default, the two actions will both use the same OUTPUT_FORM template. 2b -- Create additional template sections (optional) By default, the two actions will both use the same OUTPUT_FORM template. But, you can supply the following to distinguish between variables: OUTPUT_FORM_1 OUTPUT_FORM_2 MAIL_HEADER_1 MAIL_HEADER_2 These template variables work exactly like the corresponding ones without the "_1" and "_2". Again, this is optional but does give you the ability to write the form entry to the end of a guestbook file and a condensed version to an "index" file, or you can append to a guestbook and mail a notification to yourself that someone has made a guestbook entry so you'll know immediately via email who is posting what to your guestbook. ----------------- end documentation -------------

Query Express will essentially cease to exist on May 1st when Surname Helper (SH) is killed. If you have any queries stored: http://qexpress.rootsweb.com/sites/xx/cccccc.html where xx = 2 letter state code cccccc = first 6 (or less) letters of your county name You will need to snag your queries, because I do not know how long rw will keep the connection open once they shut down SH. QE is also being used by many WGW countries, please pass the word on to them. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com

RIP Query Express SH is used for registering and maintaining Query Express. Surname Helper and Query Express were Siamese Twins. You kill one, the other dies too. --- "Richard (Isaiah) Harrison" <IsaiahH@cox.net> wrote: > (Please forward to your State lists.) > > Effective 1 May 2003, RootsWeb will discontinue > support for Surname Helper > and remove it from their servers. > > Surname Helper users must select some other indexing > program in their > profile settings (such as CCHelper > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~cchelper/>) as > the program that indexes Query Express. This must be > done before Surname > Helper is removed from RootsWeb's servers. > > -Isaiah > > Richard "Isaiah" Harrison > National Coordinator > The USGenWeb Project > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com

(Please forward to your State lists.) Effective 1 May 2003, RootsWeb will discontinue support for Surname Helper and remove it from their servers. Surname Helper users must select some other indexing program in their profile settings (such as CCHelper <http://www.rootsweb.com/~cchelper/>) as the program that indexes Query Express. This must be done before Surname Helper is removed from RootsWeb's servers. -Isaiah Richard "Isaiah" Harrison National Coordinator The USGenWeb Project

Subject: [OHGW] FYI: System Maintenance Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:26:14 -0500 From: Allen Richmond <OHGenWebSC@Scioto.Org> To: OHGEN-L@rootsweb.com Howdy folks: Scioto.Org will be going through some server and feed-pipeline tweaking over the next couple of days. Downtimes should be minimal and non-invasive, hopefully. Should you happen to get a misconnection, please try again at a later time. Apologies for any inconveniences and any duplications of this announcement you may receive (and feel free to forward as appropriate). Thanks for your patience! -- Allen Richmond, OHGenWebSC@Scioto.Org http://www.Scioto.Org/OHGenWeb/ - OHGenWeb State Coordinator Pam Reid wrote: > Apparently the Ohio server is down temporarily. It may even be fixed by > now. If not, it will be working soon. We are sorry for the inconvenience, > but these things are beyond our control. > > Pam Reid > USGW Webmaster > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elsi [mailto:elsi@augustmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 6:11 AM > To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] OHGenWeb > > The OHGenWeb state page is inaccessible. The link on the USGenWeb page > goes to http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/ which redirects to > http://thunder9.cwihosting.com/suspended.page/ with a message saying > "Forbidden" > > Regards, > Elsi

Apparently the Ohio server is down temporarily. It may even be fixed by now. If not, it will be working soon. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but these things are beyond our control. Pam Reid USGW Webmaster -----Original Message----- From: Elsi [mailto:elsi@augustmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 6:11 AM To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] OHGenWeb The OHGenWeb state page is inaccessible. The link on the USGenWeb page goes to http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/ which redirects to http://thunder9.cwihosting.com/suspended.page/ with a message saying "Forbidden" Regards, Elsi

The OHGenWeb state page is inaccessible. The link on the USGenWeb page goes to http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/ which redirects to http://thunder9.cwihosting.com/suspended.page/ with a message saying "Forbidden" Regards, Elsi

I got through -- it is there now. --- Elsi <elsi@augustmail.com> wrote: > The OHGenWeb state page is inaccessible. The link > on the USGenWeb page > goes to http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/ which > redirects to > http://thunder9.cwihosting.com/suspended.page/ with > a message saying > "Forbidden" > > Regards, > Elsi > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com

I just tried it for myself and found out that my mother and I are the same age. What makes that rather amusing is that one of my mother's favorite expressions was "just wait until you get to be my age." Apparently, I just have. Phyllis Rippee SW/SC CC Representative

http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/Holiday/easter/ Please feel free to use these as you wish: Most are postmarked 1911 except for: greeting - 1912 remember - 1915 rabbit - 191? Tim

Yeah... I would like to know where to find that too! nt http://www.geocities.com/jinksart55/TheBrave.html -----Original Message----- From: Susan W Pieroth [mailto:pieroth@ix.netcom.com] Sent: 17 April, 2003 7:28 PM To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD-L] People Finder at MyFamily.com The very best find was after I sent the message. My older brother is listed as 26 with his wife as 27. I wish I knew where they found the fountain of youth <grin>. Susan Nancy T R I C E wrote: > Strange. It found me in Ky. Directly under me > was a Roy F Trice, age 70. If it is supposed to > be my husband, the name is wrong although the age > is right. That is also the name of both my father > in law and a brother in law, incorrect age for it > to be either of them. When I searched for a Roy F > Trice in Ky where my f-i-l died, Maine where my > b-i-l died, or ALL STATES, there was no hit. > Doesn't look like their search engine is very good > on this one. > > nt

The very best find was after I sent the message. My older brother is listed as 26 with his wife as 27. I wish I knew where they found the fountain of youth <grin>. Susan Nancy T R I C E wrote: > Strange. It found me in Ky. Directly under me > was a Roy F Trice, age 70. If it is supposed to > be my husband, the name is wrong although the age > is right. That is also the name of both my father > in law and a brother in law, incorrect age for it > to be either of them. When I searched for a Roy F > Trice in Ky where my f-i-l died, Maine where my > b-i-l died, or ALL STATES, there was no hit. > Doesn't look like their search engine is very good > on this one. > > nt

Strange. It found me in Ky. Directly under me was a Roy F Trice, age 70. If it is supposed to be my husband, the name is wrong although the age is right. That is also the name of both my father in law and a brother in law, incorrect age for it to be either of them. When I searched for a Roy F Trice in Ky where my f-i-l died, Maine where my b-i-l died, or ALL STATES, there was no hit. Doesn't look like their search engine is very good on this one. nt -----Original Message----- From: Susan W Pieroth [mailto:pieroth@ix.netcom.com] Sent: 17 April, 2003 3:30 PM To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] People Finder at MyFamily.com Along with many of you, I received an Ancestry.com email advertisement for a new feature at MyFamily.com called People Finder. The link: <http://reunite.myfamily.com/?o_iid=6791%3A+People +Finder+Rollout> I consider this a gross scam. Pieroth is not a common name. My recently deceased brother-in-law is listed, as I expected, but not just once. He is listed three times in two state along with his long deceased second wife in the state he moved from years ago. That fact would explain why the phone number is "unlisted." The same kind of error of multiple listings applies to other relatives. My age is not correct and that got me checking other known ages. Apparently they have some sort of database from the Social Security Administration and they assumed that people are 65 when they apply for Social Security. Wow - gross error. Other ages probably came from the same data that http://anybirthday.com/ uses (where you won't find me). So before anyone gets taken by the come-on of, "Looking for someone but don't know where to start? Use the new People Finder, from MyFamily.com and Ancestry.com, to help locate those long lost people in your life!" please be aware of what you are getting - major errors. Susan - who knows she can't hide all her information, but who gets really annoyed when "reputable" companies try to con the world by promising to provide it.

Along with many of you, I received an Ancestry.com email advertisement for a new feature at MyFamily.com called People Finder. The link: <http://reunite.myfamily.com/?o_iid=6791%3A+People+Finder+Rollout> I consider this a gross scam. Pieroth is not a common name. My recently deceased brother-in-law is listed, as I expected, but not just once. He is listed three times in two state along with his long deceased second wife in the state he moved from years ago. That fact would explain why the phone number is "unlisted." The same kind of error of multiple listings applies to other relatives. My age is not correct and that got me checking other known ages. Apparently they have some sort of database from the Social Security Administration and they assumed that people are 65 when they apply for Social Security. Wow - gross error. Other ages probably came from the same data that http://anybirthday.com/ uses (where you won't find me). So before anyone gets taken by the come-on of, "Looking for someone but don't know where to start? Use the new People Finder, from MyFamily.com and Ancestry.com, to help locate those long lost people in your life!" please be aware of what you are getting - major errors. Susan - who knows she can't hide all her information, but who gets really annoyed when "reputable" companies try to con the world by promising to provide it.

It's been fixed. Thanks for pointing it out, Tim Linda Tim Stowell wrote: > > At 11:20 AM 4/16/03 -0400, you wrote: > >Congrats to Joe Zsedeny! He has gotten all the ND Federal Census images > >online in the USGenWeb Archives. > > > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ > > > >Linda > > Using the same URL format I took a look at some other states ga, ny, tn, wi > but when I tried mn for Minnesota I got an old outdated page for one county. > > What's with that and why is Minnesota different? > > Tim

At 11:20 AM 4/16/03 -0400, you wrote: >Congrats to Joe Zsedeny! He has gotten all the ND Federal Census images >online in the USGenWeb Archives. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ > >Linda Using the same URL format I took a look at some other states ga, ny, tn, wi but when I tried mn for Minnesota I got an old outdated page for one county. What's with that and why is Minnesota different? Tim

At 11:20 AM 4/16/03 -0400, Linda Lewis wrote: >Congrats to Joe Zsedeny! He has gotten all the ND Federal Census images >online in the USGenWeb Archives. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/ > >Linda Hats off! Thanks Joe. --Derick