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 >