You actually need to do a LOT of bragging! A wonderful and very important task completed by your group! Please pass on a big THANK YOU and WELL DONE to each member who participated. Way to go, Lamar County! Larry Flesher SWSC SC Rep SC, MOGenWeb Project >________________________________ > From: Betsy <betsyamills@gmail.com> >To: txgen@rootsweb.com; state-coord@rootsweb.com; argen@rootsweb.com >Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 3:04 PM >Subject: [STATE-COORD] Bragging!! > >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 > > >