Wonderful news Betsy!! Congratulations to everyone involved! On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Pat Asher <pjroots@att.net> wrote: > 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 >