Dear Everyone, It has been my pleasure and an honor working with you all on the Archives Project. To all those I have worked with, I thank you for your contributions and your friendship. As of this date I resign my posistion in regards to the Texas Archives for the Panhandle Region. With over 48+ counties to contend with, it is not my desire as a volunteer to spend the time necessary in extracting data from archive directories that I personally believe should be supplied by those whom upload the files. This goodwill courtesy has always been done in any of the projects I have been associated with over the years. I have been a member of the Texas GenWeb since 96 and it has always been the uploading volunteers whom have sent this information to CC's and managers of databases. I believe that the Regional Managers are just as important of volunteers as those whom upload files. Apparently the zeal for file uploading has overshadowed the work done by those whom work hard to keep the files visible to the general public. Best Wishes! Darren McCathern <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> Middle EastGenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdeastgw/ County Coordinator Argyllshire Scotland http://www.scotlandroyalty.org/argyll/argyllshire.html Scotland Royal Genealogy Project - Scotland GenWeb http://www.scotlandroyalty.org Coordinator Israel GenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~isrwgw/ <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>

Lee/GentlePeople, I am currently using a DSL line for my ftp uploads. I create the needed directories on the server and do all the transfers with one script. The DSL link "definitely" will help anyone's performance over modem speeds. I can't tell you if it's the speed of the DSL or the automated ftp transfer scripts because I've never done the manual method over a slower link. How long does it take to transfer a years worth of death records for others?? Here's some of the times I'm seeing for various tasks: 1) Download one year's death records from state site: about 2 minutes 2) Manually load the raw text file into Access 2000: about 3 minutes 3) Run script to generate each county text file: about 2 hours, 15 minutes 4) Run script to generate ftp file transfer script: about 2 minutes 5) Run ftp script to transfer data: about 30 minutes As a side note, I've still got bugs and more automation to do. Like Phil, I'm having problems with some of the files NOT transferring automatically. I hope to figure that out. I'll manually move them to get them to their correct location. Out of the 2 years I just finished, there was maybe a dozen files that did not transfer for some reason. Hope this helps?? TTFN, Chuck Mahaffey -----Original Message----- From: Lee Nave [mailto:leenave@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:25 PM To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXARCHIVE] Wow! What is the secret? DSL? Automation? -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@efn.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:29 PM To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXARCHIVE] Wow! Chuck, I am amazed that you did this today. It looks like you did both 1969 and 1970 today. Can you tell us the secret to uploading so fast? David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2001, 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001. ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2001, 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001.

What is the secret? DSL? Automation? -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@efn.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:29 PM To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXARCHIVE] Wow! Chuck, I am amazed that you did this today. It looks like you did both 1969 and 1970 today. Can you tell us the secret to uploading so fast? David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2001, 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001.

David - It would really make things go quicker. Larry -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@efn.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 8:26 PM To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXARCHIVE] E-mail Would everybody like to drop the requirements of posting all the URLs and files sizes of the birth, death, marriage and divorce records we upload? Would it be better if you just let us know that you have uploaded counties A-G death records for the years 1969? I know this list generates a lot of mail, and lot of folks get too much mail already. The idea of telling us the url and size of file on this list was to help us update the html TOCs- (table of contents) If it is ok with the regional files managers, who would have to go look up the URLs and file sizes, we can drop this. David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2001, 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001.

David/GentlePeople, > Working with Lee on her 1971 to 1974 death records, I came across a problem. > The 1972 files I pulled down are about 10 meg in size. All the others I've > pulled down are about 16 to 18 meg in size What I found out on this 1972 "General Index" is that for whatever reason, they only included the fields as represented in the Summary Indexes instead of the General Indexes fields. All the death records appear to be there. This is probably fine given that the 1969 and 1970 death records I just finished did not have any data in the omitted columns anyway. Field contents (field length in characters): SUMMARY INDEXES 1976 - 1999 GENERAL INDEXES 1964 - 1975 Last Name (21) Last Name (21) First Name (16) First Name (16) Middle Name (16) Middle Name (16) Suffix (4) Suffix (4) Death Date(yyyymmdd) (8) Death Date(yyyymmdd) (8) County in which death occurred (20) County in which death occurred (20) Gender (M or F) (1) Gender (M or F) (1) Social Security Number (9) Marital Status (14) Spouse's Last Name (21) Spouse's First Name (16) Spouse's Middle Name (16) Spouse's Suffix (4) TTFN, Chuck Mahaffey -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@efn.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:38 PM To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXARCHIVE] Please welcome new archivist! On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Chuck Mahaffey wrote: > Thanks David. I'll put the emails together accordingly and get them up to > this group. I just finished ftp'ing the 1970 Death records for all the > counties, I'll send them up in a separate email. > > Working with Lee on her 1971 to 1974 death records, I came across a problem. > The 1972 files I pulled down are about 10 meg in size. All the others I've > pulled down are about 16 to 18 meg in size. I have not had a chance to look > at the contents yet, but what problems will this raise for us, and should I > run with what we got or let someone know of the discrepancy? I don't have an answer for that, unless fewer people died in 1972. You can check your records against the Rootsweb database, which used the same state records. http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/INDEX.HTM http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/birth/general/search.cgi Texas births - 1926-1949 http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/birth/summary/search.cgi Texas birth summaries - 1950-1998 (parents are not named) http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi Texas deaths - 1964-1998 http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/marriage/search.cgi Texas marriages - 1966-1997 http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/divorce/search.cgi Texas divorces - 1968-1997 > Dave, With the complexity of this project, don't sweat the lack of details > in the instructions. I'm just glad there are folk like you and the others > out there !!! :-) > > TTFN, > > Chuck Mahaffey > Glad you are here! David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2001, 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001.

Being the newbie, and with my gross inexperience at this.... FWIW, you got my vote to drop the posting of URLs, etc. And for those that need to know, the 1970 and 1969 Vital Death records are done for all the Texas counties and the files are sitting in their respective directories on the server. TTFN, Chuck Mahaffey -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@efn.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:26 PM To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXARCHIVE] E-mail Would everybody like to drop the requirements of posting all the URLs and files sizes of the birth, death, marriage and divorce records we upload? Would it be better if you just let us know that you have uploaded counties A-G death records for the years 1969? I know this list generates a lot of mail, and lot of folks get too much mail already. The idea of telling us the url and size of file on this list was to help us update the html TOCs- (table of contents) If it is ok with the regional files managers, who would have to go look up the URLs and file sizes, we can drop this. David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2001, 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001.

Hi Dave, >>Can you tell us the secret to uploading so fast? No secrets, but unless you've got a programming language understood (VB, Perl, PlSql, cshell, etc.) it can be cumbersome to learn it all on the fly. The simple answer is I've got a copy of WS_FTP (other FTP programs have this ability), it has a script editor in it that I use to send FTP commands, (see the snip-it below). The difficult problem is, in this case, I used VB within an Access 2000 module to generate all the code that went into the script file I used..... that is far more complex, but fun if you dabble in it like I do for a living. I'd love to share it, but with all the quick and dirty hard coding I did, it would be difficult to support folk using it "as is". I'm working with Lee to come up with some happy answers I hope we can share. There's definitely a great deal of time we can save this group if we automate this process just a little further. I'll do what I can to share as time permits. Truth is knowledge in my book, and I have no right to hide truth. We'll keep you posted of any progress Lee and I make to help this along where we can. <snip> TRACE Screen Log Screen USER txgwarch PASS ******** CONNECT users.rootsweb.com LCD C:\Documents and Settings\chm99.DADSHOMEPC\My Documents\Genealogy\Lee_USGenWeb_Project\Death_Files\1970 cd ~ mkdir archive_ftp/anderson/vitals/deaths/1970 cd archive_ftp/anderson/vitals/deaths/1970 put anderd70.txt cd ~ mkdir archive_ftp/andrews/vitals/deaths/1970 cd archive_ftp/andrews/vitals/deaths/1970 put andred70.txt cd ~ ... <snip> TTFN, Chuck Mahaffey -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@efn.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:29 PM To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXARCHIVE] Wow! Chuck, I am amazed that you did this today. It looks like you did both 1969 and 1970 today. Can you tell us the secret to uploading so fast? David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2001, 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001.

Thanks David. I'll put the emails together accordingly and get them up to this group. I just finished ftp'ing the 1970 Death records for all the counties, I'll send them up in a separate email. Working with Lee on her 1971 to 1974 death records, I came across a problem. The 1972 files I pulled down are about 10 meg in size. All the others I've pulled down are about 16 to 18 meg in size. I have not had a chance to look at the contents yet, but what problems will this raise for us, and should I run with what we got or let someone know of the discrepancy? Dave, With the complexity of this project, don't sweat the lack of details in the instructions. I'm just glad there are folk like you and the others out there !!! :-) TTFN, Chuck Mahaffey -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@efn.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:16 PM To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXARCHIVE] Please welcome new archivist! On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Chuck Mahaffey wrote: > Gina/GentlePeople, > > Well your timing is good. I could use some help. :-) > > I finished creating the Vital Death records for all of the counties in Texas > for the year 1969. About an hour ago I created the appropriate directories > and ftp'd the files up to the server. Now what........? > > My questions and/or clarification I need help on is: > > 1) Should I create a single email for each county (250+) that would contain > a separate link? I gathered that from the instructions. Or can I do it > similar to how Tina did by listing multiple counties in one email. I can > set it up to be done either way, but I'd prefer the multiple listings to one > email if that's doable? You can send one e-mail, if you can get all the URLs in that one e-mail. > 2) Also, exactly what would need to be in that email? The complete URL of the file (the way Tina did it), the size of the files, and name of the county. And the subject line should say Deaths, 1969, something like that. > > Here is a sample from Tina I recently received: > <snip> > Sabine Co. TX - Births, 1949 > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sabine/vitals/births/1949/sabi4901.tx > t > 40,021 > <snip> > > Here is the location where I put the Harris county death records as a > sample: > ftp://txgwarch@users.rootsweb.com/home0023/txgwarch/archive_ftp/harris/vital > s/deaths/1969/harrd69a.txt Do not use a URL like that. That requires a password. Use this instead ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/harris/vitals/deaths/1969/harrd69a.tx t > > > 3) Do I update the HTML link, or is someone else responsible for that? If > I need to do this, then where and how? No, the county or regional file manager takes care of the html. I am sorry my instructions were not clear enough. David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2001, 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001.

Gee, Darren, a decision hadn't been made yet. We were just discussing it. David On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Darren McCathern wrote: > Dear Everyone, > It has been my pleasure and an honor working with you all on the Archives > Project. To all those I have worked with, I thank you for your > contributions and your friendship. > > As of this date I resign my posistion in regards to the Texas Archives for > the Panhandle Region. With over 48+ counties to contend with, it is not my > desire as a volunteer to spend the time necessary in extracting data from > archive directories that I personally believe should be supplied by those > whom upload the files. This goodwill courtesy has always been done in any > of the projects I have been associated with over the years. I have been a > member of the Texas GenWeb since 96 and it has always been the uploading > volunteers whom have sent this information to CC's and managers of > databases. > > I believe that the Regional Managers are just as important of volunteers as > those whom upload files. Apparently the zeal for file uploading has > overshadowed the work done by those whom work hard to keep the files visible > to the general public. > > Best Wishes! > Darren McCathern > > <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> > Middle EastGenWeb Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdeastgw/ > County Coordinator Argyllshire Scotland > http://www.scotlandroyalty.org/argyll/argyllshire.html > Scotland Royal Genealogy Project - Scotland GenWeb > http://www.scotlandroyalty.org > Coordinator Israel GenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~isrwgw/ > <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> > > > ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== > 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2000, > 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, > 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001. > dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

At 09:51 PM 8/20/01, you wrote: >Subject: [TXARCHIVE] Please welcome new archivist! >To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com > >Please welcome Chuch Mahaffey to our data uploading crew! > >He will be uploading the 1969 death records for all counties (does anyone >have this year?) and also helping Lee Nave on the 1970-1974 deaths. > >Does anyone have any batch uploading tips, where you can upload to 254 >counties all at once? Or is it one at a time deal? Welcome to the mines, Chuck! We're here to help if you have questions. Gina Heffernan TXGenWeb Archives Regional File Manager North East Texas http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/neast.htm

At 04:51 PM 08/20/2001 -1000, you wrote: >Does anyone have any batch uploading tips, where you can upload to 254 >counties all at once? Or is it one at a time deal? I have a directory structure that is identical to the archives. I have a batch file that uses the XCOPY command with the /m parameter. This copies all files that have changed to my upload directory. I use WS_FTP. I select all the directories and it will upload everything. I then delete all the directories after the upload is done. You have to do this outside of WS_FTP because it will only delete empty directories. But for some reason it won't transfer 100% of the files. For instance on the 1940 births, I had to resend about 8 or 9 files that didn't make it. But 8 or 9 out of 254 isn't that bad. It saves me a lot of time. I can do something else while the files are uploading. I usually upload just before I quit for the night. So I use the time to get ready for bed. Or I can just go to bed and let it run. My connection will break off after 15 minutes of inactivity so I don't have to worry about turning if off. Gene

Sabine Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sabine/vitals/births/1949/sabi4901.txt 40,021 San Augustine Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sanaugustine/vitals/births/1949/sana490 1.txt 56,896 San Jacinto Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sanjacinto/vitals/births/1949/sanj4901. txt 19,810 San Patrico Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname ACEVEDO - EVANS ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sanpatricio/vitals/births/1949/sanp4901 .txt 82,936 San Patricio Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surmane FARMER - LEWIS ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sanpatricio/vitals/births/1949/sanp4902 .txt 82,936 San Patricio Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname LEZA - RAMOS ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sanpatricio/vitals/births/1949/sanp4903 .txt 83.192 San Patricio Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname RANGEL - ZUNIGA ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sanpatricio/vitals/births/1949/sanp4904 .txt 80,870 San Saba Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sansaba/vitals/births/1949/sans4901.txt 52,634 Schleicher Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/schleicher/vitals/births/1949/schl4901. txt 12,005 Scurry Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/scurry/vitals/births/1949/scur4901.txt 64,580 Shackelford Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/shackelford/vitals/births/1949/shac4901 .txt 5,352 Shelby Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname ADAMS - JOHNSON ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/shelby/vitals/births/1949/shel4901.txt 60,630 Shelby Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname JONES - YOUNG ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/shelby/vitals/births/1949/shel4902.txt 64,155 Smith Co. TX - Births, 1949 <Mary has acknowledged> ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/smith/vitals/births/1949/ Somervell Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/somervell/vitals/births/1949/some4901.t xt 8,272 Starr Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname ABANOS - GONZALEZ ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/starr/vitals/births/1949/star4901.txt 57,662 Starr Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname GRIGGS - ZUNIGA ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/starr/vitals/births/1949/star4902.txt 82,909 Stephens Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/stephens/vitals/births/1949/step4901.tx t 53,884 Sterling Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sterling/vitals/births/1949/ster4901.tx t 5,304 Stonewall Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/stonewall/vitals/births/1949/ston4901.t xt 7,042 Sutton Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sutton/vitals/births/1949/sutt4901.txt 23,614 Swisher Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/swisher/vitals/births/1949/swis4901.txt 31,144 Tina

Rains Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/rains/vitals/births/1949/rain4901.txt 5,983 Randall Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/randall/vitals/births/1949/rand4901.txt 37,393 Reagan Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/reagan/vitals/births/1949/reag4901.txt 20,650 Real Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/real/vitals/births/1949/real4901.txt 11,145 Red River Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname ADAMS - LEE ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/redriver/vitals/births/1949/redr4901.tx t 55,873 Red River Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname LEWIS - YOUNG ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/redriver/vitals/births/1949/redr4902.tx t 57,882 Reeves Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname ACOSTA - IVY ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/reeves/vitals/births/1949/reev4901.txt 56,685 Reeves Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname JARAMILLO -YBARRA ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/reeves/vitals/births/1949/reev4902.txt 72,127 Refugio Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/refugio/vitals/births/1949/refu4901.txt 67,899 Rockwall Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/rockwall/vitals/births/1949/rock4901.tx t 17,128 Runnels Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/runnels/vitals/births/1949/runn4901.txt 84,194 Rusk Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname ACKER - GIPSON ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/rusk/vitals/births/1949/rusk4901.txt 74,321 Rusk Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname GLASPIE - NUTT ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/rusk/vitals/births/1949/rusk4902.txt 74,817 Rusk Co. TX - Births, 1949 Surname O'QUINN - YOUNGBLOOD ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/rusk/vitals/births/1949/rusk4903.txt 74,822 Tina

Gina/GentlePeople, Well your timing is good. I could use some help. :-) I finished creating the Vital Death records for all of the counties in Texas for the year 1969. About an hour ago I created the appropriate directories and ftp'd the files up to the server. Now what........? My questions and/or clarification I need help on is: 1) Should I create a single email for each county (250+) that would contain a separate link? I gathered that from the instructions. Or can I do it similar to how Tina did by listing multiple counties in one email. I can set it up to be done either way, but I'd prefer the multiple listings to one email if that's doable? 2) Also, exactly what would need to be in that email? Here is a sample from Tina I recently received: <snip> Sabine Co. TX - Births, 1949 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sabine/vitals/births/1949/sabi4901.tx t 40,021 <snip> Here is the location where I put the Harris county death records as a sample: ftp://txgwarch@users.rootsweb.com/home0023/txgwarch/archive_ftp/harris/vital s/deaths/1969/harrd69a.txt 3) Do I update the HTML link, or is someone else responsible for that? If I need to do this, then where and how? Whatever help I get, I'd appreciate. Thanks. TTFN, Chuck Mahaffey -----Original Message----- From: Gina Heffernan [mailto:ginagale@bigfoot.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 4:21 PM To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXARCHIVE] Please welcome new archivist! At 09:51 PM 8/20/01, you wrote: >Subject: [TXARCHIVE] Please welcome new archivist! >To: TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com > >Please welcome Chuch Mahaffey to our data uploading crew! > >He will be uploading the 1969 death records for all counties (does anyone >have this year?) and also helping Lee Nave on the 1970-1974 deaths. > >Does anyone have any batch uploading tips, where you can upload to 254 >counties all at once? Or is it one at a time deal? Welcome to the mines, Chuck! We're here to help if you have questions. Gina Heffernan TXGenWeb Archives Regional File Manager North East Texas http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/neast.htm ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2001, 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001.

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Chuck Mahaffey wrote: > Thanks David. I'll put the emails together accordingly and get them up to > this group. I just finished ftp'ing the 1970 Death records for all the > counties, I'll send them up in a separate email. > > Working with Lee on her 1971 to 1974 death records, I came across a problem. > The 1972 files I pulled down are about 10 meg in size. All the others I've > pulled down are about 16 to 18 meg in size. I have not had a chance to look > at the contents yet, but what problems will this raise for us, and should I > run with what we got or let someone know of the discrepancy? I don't have an answer for that, unless fewer people died in 1972. You can check your records against the Rootsweb database, which used the same state records. http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/INDEX.HTM http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/birth/general/search.cgi Texas births - 1926-1949 http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/birth/summary/search.cgi Texas birth summaries - 1950-1998 (parents are not named) http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi Texas deaths - 1964-1998 http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/marriage/search.cgi Texas marriages - 1966-1997 http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/divorce/search.cgi Texas divorces - 1968-1997 > Dave, With the complexity of this project, don't sweat the lack of details > in the instructions. I'm just glad there are folk like you and the others > out there !!! :-) > > TTFN, > > Chuck Mahaffey > Glad you are here! David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

Chuck, I am amazed that you did this today. It looks like you did both 1969 and 1970 today. Can you tell us the secret to uploading so fast? David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

Would everybody like to drop the requirements of posting all the URLs and files sizes of the birth, death, marriage and divorce records we upload? Would it be better if you just let us know that you have uploaded counties A-G death records for the years 1969? I know this list generates a lot of mail, and lot of folks get too much mail already. The idea of telling us the url and size of file on this list was to help us update the html TOCs- (table of contents) If it is ok with the regional files managers, who would have to go look up the URLs and file sizes, we can drop this. David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Chuck Mahaffey wrote: > Gina/GentlePeople, > > Well your timing is good. I could use some help. :-) > > I finished creating the Vital Death records for all of the counties in Texas > for the year 1969. About an hour ago I created the appropriate directories > and ftp'd the files up to the server. Now what........? > > My questions and/or clarification I need help on is: > > 1) Should I create a single email for each county (250+) that would contain > a separate link? I gathered that from the instructions. Or can I do it > similar to how Tina did by listing multiple counties in one email. I can > set it up to be done either way, but I'd prefer the multiple listings to one > email if that's doable? You can send one e-mail, if you can get all the URLs in that one e-mail. > 2) Also, exactly what would need to be in that email? The complete URL of the file (the way Tina did it), the size of the files, and name of the county. And the subject line should say Deaths, 1969, something like that. > > Here is a sample from Tina I recently received: > <snip> > Sabine Co. TX - Births, 1949 > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/sabine/vitals/births/1949/sabi4901.tx > t > 40,021 > <snip> > > Here is the location where I put the Harris county death records as a > sample: > ftp://txgwarch@users.rootsweb.com/home0023/txgwarch/archive_ftp/harris/vital > s/deaths/1969/harrd69a.txt Do not use a URL like that. That requires a password. Use this instead ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/harris/vitals/deaths/1969/harrd69a.txt > > > 3) Do I update the HTML link, or is someone else responsible for that? If > I need to do this, then where and how? No, the county or regional file manager takes care of the html. I am sorry my instructions were not clear enough. David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck. Sorry, Chuck, I'll try to get it right in the future. David On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, David W. Morgan wrote: > Please welcome Chuch Mahaffey to our data uploading crew! > > He will be uploading the 1969 death records for all counties (does anyone > have this year?) and also helping Lee Nave on the 1970-1974 deaths. > > Does anyone have any batch uploading tips, where you can upload to 254 > counties all at once? Or is it one at a time deal? > > David > > dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm > > > > ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== > 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 408 MB as of Oct 20, 2000, > 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, > 713 MB as of May 21, 2001, 801 MB as of Jun 25, 2001. > dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

Please welcome Chuch Mahaffey to our data uploading crew! He will be uploading the 1969 death records for all counties (does anyone have this year?) and also helping Lee Nave on the 1970-1974 deaths. Does anyone have any batch uploading tips, where you can upload to 254 counties all at once? Or is it one at a time deal? David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm