You didn't hurt my feelings at all. Par for the course from you. What dismays me is your disdain for the accomplishment! Shame on you! On 10/31/12, Colleen <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> wrote: > Betsy and Tina, > > Believe me, there was not ill-intention meant toward either of you. If > you'll read an earlier message, I said that I was in the middle of a > thread with another person and grabbed the wrong message and sent it on. > > I do apologize and hope your feelings are no longer hurt. > > Colleen > > > > On 10/30/2012 11:00 PM, Betsy wrote: >> Yikes! Does that mean you have a problem with >> me, or Tina, or . . .????? Good grief! My feelings are so hurt. >> >> Betsy >> >> >> At 11:44 PM 10/30/2012, you wrote: >>> Now I've shoved an entire fist down my throat!! >>> >>> c >>> >>> >>> On 10/30/2012 10:42 PM, Tina Vickery wrote: >>>> Genealogy is such a fun hobby! >>>> >>>> It is so awesome that Lamar County Genealogical Society & Library >>>> members and USGenWeb Project members were able to accomplish this >>>> *and* benefit the Lamar County Genealogical Society and the greater >>>> genealogical community in the process! The USGenWeb Project working >>>> with Societies is a good thing!! >>>> --- >>>> A small group of genealogists got together and decided to help index >>>> and arbitrate the 1940 census for familysearch.org to make these >>>> images searchable and easier to use by researchers. They dedicated >>>> their efforts to the Lamar County Genealogical Society. As a partner >>>> society, the Lamar County Genealogical Society was eligible to win >>>> some great prizes for the society library. >>>> >>>> On April 2, 2012, NARA released the digital images of the 1940 United >>>> States Federal Census after a 72 year embargo. These census images >>>> were uploaded and made available on familysearch.org. Additionally, >>>> the entire 1940 census data was indexed by a community of volunteers >>>> and made available for free. The free index of the census records and >>>> corresponding images are available to the public for perpetuity. This >>>> project was predicted to take eight months to finish yet it was >>>> completed in just 124 days—four full months ahead of schedule! On >>>> August 4, 2012, just before 2:00 p.m. (MDT), the very last batch of >>>> the 1940 US Census was arbitrated and submitted for publication. The >>>> indexing portion of the 1940 US Census Community Project was >>>> officially done! >>>> >>>> There are 22,693,907 searchable records. In all, 434 societies across >>>> the United States participated in indexing these records. There were >>>> 163,285 volunteers. The nine volunteers from Lamar County indexed and >>>> arbitrated 560,844 records! They won the May contest for most records >>>> indexed - small society category (2-15 participating members). They >>>> won the June contest for most records arbitrated - small society >>>> category. They were in 5th place for overall production even ahead of >>>> large societies with over 100 members participating. They finished in >>>> 2nd place in the number of records arbitrated. They finished in 1st >>>> place for overall production -small society category and in 2nd place >>>> in per capita production. Two of the volunteers were in the top 10 >>>> producers out of the 163,285 volunteers! >>>> >>>> A huge “Thank you!” goes to the Lamar County volunteers: Joy Fisher, >>>> CA; Gayle Triller, OR; Marceline Beem, FL; Tina Vickery, ME; Sundee >>>> Anderson, GA; Sue Cravy, McKinney, TX; Debra Usry, Mary Tallant, and >>>> Betsy Mills, all of Paris. >>>> >>>> As a result of the combined efforts of these nine volunteers, they won >>>> goodie bags for each member of the team and these prizes for the Lamar >>>> County Genealogical Society: >>>> 2 laptop computers, a projector, an HD webcam, 4 one-hour Family >>>> History Library live webinar sessions, an annual subscription >>>> toGoToWebinar (a webinar provider service), and a $1,700 Amazon gift >>>> card! >>>> >>>> >>> http://theparisnews.com/news/article_512fcd82-1d24-11e2-9f9d-0019bb2963f4.html >>>> --- >>>> >>>> Tina Vickery >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >