Subj: [TXCASS-L] Fw: USGenWeb Volunteerism at it's best! Date: 3/23/01 6:57:12 PM Central Standard Time From: [email protected] (Dana Thomas) This is a wonderful example of what USGenWeb Project volunteers accomplish each and every day! By volunteers I also mean those of you who spend your valuable time and efforts transcribing records to go on the USGenWeb Project sites. Without you we (county coordinators) would not have near the assets for our county pages. Without a doubt those of you who donate your information are my heroes! Thanks for all you do, Dana Thomas CC Cass County TXGenWeb Project ----- Original Message ----- Carolyn, Persons who do volunteer work are seldom given the thanks and praise that they deserve, and that is sad. In looking at the Algenweb site that you manage on a volunteer basis, I can imagine the time that you must devote to that labor of love. I want to share with you a story concerning that site and the help that it provides to people. Late yesterday afternoon as I entered the Grand Bay Cemetery to lower the flag which we fly each day, I noticed a car with a Maryland license tag parked in the cemetery. I looked around the grounds to see if I could see anyone who might be looking for the grave of a loved one that perhaps I could offer help to. I spotted a young man and woman near some trees that had partially hidden them from my view initially. The young lady was talking excitely on a cell phone and I overheard her say "we found her". The young man was looking at some papers that he held in his hand. I approached them to offer any assistance that I could concerning the cemetery and those who are interred there. I introduced myself to them and asked if I could help them locate a particular grave. The young lady, who had obviously been crying, replied: "We just found it. It is the grave of my gr grandmother. We have been searching for her grave ever since I became interested in genealogy and we have finally located it." I mentioned that we had recently established the cemetery directory on the internet. The young man replied, "yes, we know, that is how we found the grave." And he showed me the print out of the cemetery directory that he had downloaded from the site that you manage. That experience gave me a great deal of satisfaction from the realization that we had already helped someone find a loved one, and the data has only been on the Net for a little over a month. Thank you for making it possible. Sincerely yours, Roland D Harper ==== TXCASS Mailing List ==== Please remember that the Cass County, TXGenWeb Project relies solely on volunteers. Your help would be most appreciated. Please contact me at: [email protected] ==== ARMILLER Mailing List ==== Please use and search the Miller County Gen Connect! http://www.rootsweb.com/~armiller/postqueries.htm