I received this suggestion and am forwarding it here for your consideration. -Isaiah >From: "Lou Poole" <lpoole@dallas.net> >To: <IsaiahH@cox.net> >Subject: Suggestion >Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:14:23 -0500 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 >Importance: Normal > >Richard, I'm a fairly frequent visitor to a large number of the >various GenWeb sites (almost always at the county level). I'd like to >plant the seed of a suggestion that I hope you will find useful enough >to encourage a GenWeb-wide reform movement. > >I primarily use the GenWeb sites to try to obtain information >regarding contacts or what might be available within a particular area >so that I can do follow-up, detailed research. Since all such >researchers are, like me, living in one place while some or all of >their ancestors lived elsewhere, what the really serious researcher >needs to know is what records are available in the local county >courthouse, which ones have been sent to state archives, etc., and I >think most importantly when it comes to the so-called burned counties, >what years the extant records (deeds, wills, court orders/minutes) >cover. > >That kind of information would enable me to know what I can find, >where it is, and equally important, what information (and what years) >I can expect that I will never be able to know anything about. > >So... I'd like to suggest, if not strongly recommend, that the GenWeb >Board adopt a policy of encouraging the state and county coordinators >to post such information as sort of a standard background of record >availability for each of the localities. > >Thank you for considering this suggestion, and doing with it whatever >you can. > >Lou Poole, Richardson, TX