For USGenWeb web sites that are clearly abandoned (many months/year+ with no update and inability to contact county coordinator electronically or via snail mail) the Indiana USGenWeb Project seeks to have these sites adopted by responsible, qualified individuals who will maintain them as new County Coordinators. In the past I would contact Betsy (formerly with rootsweb) to reassign the accounts. With Betsy gone from Rootsweb, I've contacted accounts@rootsweb.com for this reassignment. But its going on two months now with no response from Rootsweb. Have any others had any success with this process since mid-July? Gene Andert State Coordinator Indiana USGenWeb Project On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 12:38PM, Vicki Lindsay Thauvin <vicki@thauvin.net> wrote: >>If we have a Web site that has been abandoned by a county >>coordinator that we have un-linked from the state page, how do we >>get the site removed from RootsWeb? >> > >Websites belong to the individual not the project. > > >>Also, how do we change control of the RootsWeb Message board on Ancestry? > >Boards belong to the company, not the project. Anyone can admin a >message board, they do not need to be affiliated with any project. > >If you have issues with any website or message board, you should >address your concerns via the RootsWeb HelpDesk ><http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com> > > > >>Thanks, >>Richard S. Wilson >>richardw@earthlink.net >>California USGenWeb Project Coordinator >>California USGenWeb Page http://www.cagenweb.com/ >>The USGenWeb Project Page http://www.usgenweb.org/ > > >-- >Vicki Lindsay Thauvin ><mailto:vicki@thauvin.net> > > > Gene Andert gandert@mac.com

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Gene Andert wrote: > For USGenWeb web sites that are clearly abandoned (many months/year+ with no update and inability to contact county coordinator electronically or via snail mail) the Indiana USGenWeb Project seeks to have these sites adopted by responsible, qualified individuals who will maintain them as new County Coordinators. > > In the past I would contact Betsy (formerly with rootsweb) to reassign the accounts. With Betsy gone from Rootsweb, I've contacted accounts@rootsweb.com for this reassignment. > > But its going on two months now with no response from Rootsweb. Have any others had any success with this process since mid-July? > > Gene Andert > State Coordinator > Indiana USGenWeb Project > > Not much success. Instead of getting a new password for a county that has not been updated for a year, now I get new web space, which I didn't really need. There is web space for San Jacinto Co. TX floating out there in Rootsweb land that has not been updated since 1997. It has the USGenweb logo on it, and the old TXGenWeb logo on it. It was abandoned long ago, but it is still there. David > On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 12:38PM, Vicki Lindsay Thauvin <vicki@thauvin.net> wrote: > > >>If we have a Web site that has been abandoned by a county > >>coordinator that we have un-linked from the state page, how do we > >>get the site removed from RootsWeb? > >> > > > >Websites belong to the individual not the project. > > > > > >>Also, how do we change control of the RootsWeb Message board on Ancestry? > > > >Boards belong to the company, not the project. Anyone can admin a > >message board, they do not need to be affiliated with any project. > > > >If you have issues with any website or message board, you should > >address your concerns via the RootsWeb HelpDesk > ><http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com> > > > > > > > >>Thanks, > >>Richard S. Wilson > >>richardw@earthlink.net > >>California USGenWeb Project Coordinator > >>California USGenWeb Page http://www.cagenweb.com/ > >>The USGenWeb Project Page http://www.usgenweb.org/ > > > > > >-- > >Vicki Lindsay Thauvin > ><mailto:vicki@thauvin.net> > > > > > > > > > Gene Andert > gandert@mac.com > > David W. Morgan dmorgan@efn.org Honolulu Hawaii SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ FM - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/