Betsy, That is fantastic! Congratulations, and thank you and your group for helping to make the 1940 census available to all of us. Pat Asher At 04:04 PM 8/13/2012, Betsy 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). ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message