At 05:17 PM 1/6/2013, Norma Jennings wrote: >However, my main point here is in response to the question "how many >of you have Counties >in your States that have not been updated in some time?" Not >Iowa! Our county sites MUST >have new data and all broken links repaired at our April and October >reviews. Update it or lose it. >High standards are what makes us one of the best sites in the >nation to do genealogical research. And what if you can't find any new information to add? Failure to update doesn't mean you are not looking for that new data -- but, if you have been diligent about looking and adding everything you find, whether a CC or a Special Project Coordinator, you may eventually hit a brick wall. I CC one county where that is the case for me. I have not been able to add anything for six months because my trolling for new data has been fruitless. So, since I worked for 4 years increasing the site I inherited from 150 to more than 900 pages of real data, I am now to be penalized because I have transcribed and posted everything I have found? IMPO, inflexible rules about "adding new data" in a particular timeframe are nonsensical and can be counter-productive. All of us know that know matter how hard you look, there will always be dry spells in our accumulation/discovery of data. And applying "general" rules to a special project makes even less sense than that. Pat Asher