I thought the whole idea of placing EVERYTHING that goes on on a mailing list is so if someone new wanted to get information via the archives which is usually available for anyone to view later in the "archives' and if information is shared privately, all that wonderful information will be lost forever; isn't that why there are archives? I usually go through the existing archives BEFORE I subscribe. What a mistake this has been that I didn't. Madame List Owner what can I do to assist you with this transcribing, so everything gets saved for those yet to come/to subscribe, looking for information that has already passed via email messages, information given. Having never done this, there is always a first for everything and since I'm one who knows how to use archives, it shouldn't be that difficult to do the transcribing with directions. Respectfully Rhonda Warmack Houston ([email protected]) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TX-CEN] Okies, looks like we have alot of volunteers that are NOT trans... Maureen, I don't transcribe, but, your suggestion/comment/statement makes a whole lot of sense to me. I am active on one mailing list where the list owner suggest that if you make a query, the person answering that query is allowed and sometimes advised to answer privately as 'not everyone on the list is interested in the same family as you.' That didn't make any sense to me because I or some future genealogist might need that information someplace down the line. Answering to the list is especially good if you computer crashes. When it comes back up, instead of requesting the same information again, you can always go to the archives. Thanks for this timely message Maureen! -Dena Jordan California ==== TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== To view completed census transcriptions online http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Rhonda and Dena, On behalf of our best-loved ListMom, Maureen, who lately has more bubble gum than she can chew most of the time, let me say that your support of her and of the list is greatly appreciated. Most of us subscribe to many lists. Some have list administrators who "own" their lists for the sake of being able to say that they do, but have very little, if any, concern for them. Maureen is one of the ones who really cares that the space Rootsweb gives us to carry on the business of swapping census information is not wasted, but is used to its best advantage. Posting transcriptions takes up space, but that's exactly how the space should be used.. If the information from the census isn't posted to the list, it never makes it to the archives, where it's safely stored and can be shared with anyone who needs or wants it - today, tomorrow, or next year. Helping just one person to find a lost ancestor is a wonderful thing - helping several/many with one posted census entry is even better. It's important to the success of the lookup lists, and therefore, it's important to us all. Your offer to transcribe is appreciated, Rhonda, but I am hoping I've done the job Maureen appointed me to do (List Auntie/hall monitor) some time ago. It's been my responsibility to make sure that folks abide by the guidelines, don't abuse the volunteers, and most important, that the information from the census lookups makes it to the archives. Sometimes that means that one volunteer does the lookup and another volunteer (or the recipient) does the transcription. It's absolutely possible that I've missed some, though, so if you have the time to look through the archives to see what's missing and let me know, I will help you offlist to get them transcribed and posted. Thanks again for your kind words and for your support. Linda in Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Houston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:05 PM Subject: RE: [TX-CEN] Okies, looks like we have alot of volunteers that are NOT trans... > I thought the whole idea of placing EVERYTHING that goes on on a mailing > list is so if someone new wanted to get information via the archives which > is usually available for anyone to view later in the "archives' and if > information is shared privately, all that wonderful information will be lost > forever; isn't that why there are archives? I usually go through the > existing archives BEFORE I subscribe. What a mistake this has been that I > didn't. > > Madame List Owner what can I do to assist you with this transcribing, so > everything gets saved for those yet to come/to subscribe, looking for > information that has already passed via email messages, information given. > Having never done this, there is always a first for everything and since I'm > one who knows how to use archives, it shouldn't be that difficult to do the > transcribing with directions. > > Respectfully > Rhonda Warmack Houston > ([email protected]) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 11:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TX-CEN] Okies, looks like we have alot of volunteers that are > NOT trans... > > Maureen, I don't transcribe, but, your suggestion/comment/statement makes a > whole lot of sense to me. I am active on one mailing list where the list > owner suggest that if you make a query, the person answering that query is > allowed and sometimes advised to answer privately as 'not everyone on the > list is interested in the same family as you.' That didn't make any sense > to me because I or some future genealogist might need that information > someplace down the line. Answering to the list is especially good if you > computer crashes. When it comes back up, instead of requesting the same > information again, you can always go to the archives. > Thanks for this timely message Maureen! > -Dena Jordan > California > > >