That is so great, Betsy!!! Congrats to your group. Denise Wells On Aug 13, 2012, at 4:04 PM, Betsy <betsyamills@gmail.com> wrote: > I just have to share the news! > > The Lamar County [TX] Genealogical Society won several of the prizes > for indexing the 1940 Census. Our team of volunteers > indexed/arbitrated 560,844 records. That meant we won the Grand > Prize for Overall Production for a small genealogical > society. Second place behind us only indexed/arbitrated 218,296 > records. In fact, we beat out many of the large societies, coming in > 5th when counted against them and some of these societies had over a > hundred members participating in the indexing project. The society > will receive 4 one-hour Family History Library sessions of our > choice, a projector, a laptop computer, an HD webcam, and an annual > subscription to GoToWebinar (a webinar provider service). > > We also placed 2nd in the Per Capita Production contest. Because > the prize for 2nd place was the same as the Overall Production prize, > we will receive a $1700 Amazon gift card! > > We also won the May competition for the most records indexed and > received a laptop for that prize. Then we won the June competition > for the most records arbitrated and each member on our team will > receive a goodie bag for that. > > All in all, we had a great time and helped get the indexing done in > record time. Family Search had predicted that it would take 8 months > to complete the indexing and it was completed in 4 months!! What > great satisfaction we all have in helping get these records prepared > for free online access. > > Most of the members of our genealogical society team are also members > of USGenWeb, so I feel it is appropriate to share this news and do a > little bragging!! > > Betsy > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STATE-COORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message