I know many of you were off at the conference and are just now reading mail from several days ago, however, we have beaten this horse to death AND *stepped on some toes* in the process. Please read back through the correspondence to see what we were able to learn about the site before picking open some old scabs by repeating the concerns already expressed by those of us unable to attend the conference. Although the Texas version of the site had no actual photos, there are some active sites for other states. The whole project was started by some other GenWeb coordinators several years ago. This page shows what states have active sites: http://gpp.jlconsulting.com/index.php This page tells about how the project got started: http://gpp.jlconsulting.com/history.php I was an active participant in the previously critical conversation and would not like to encourage a repeat. Suzie TXFannin On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Billie Nichols Bennett < nichols1836@windstream.net> wrote: > I don't like the fact that these folks just have "Texas" on their menu line > and the link goes to TXGenWeb. It gives the first impression that it is a > TXGenWeb project to me.... If it wasn't a "tad" deceptive, then why don't > they name the link correctly? > > I, for one, do not submit to any of these sites. I have told the USGenWeb > Archives that they can copy anything I put on my website unless I show a > submitter and then I ask that they would contact me or them first. If > someone wants what I work so hard to make available to my counties (which is > my primary responsibility), they can work a little to get it to their > sites... I sound like a "hard headed" Texan that use to have red hair, don't > I? Ha... > > Billie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kevin Lee > To: McStumped@suddenlink.net ; txgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:51 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] New Texas Gravestone Photos site > > > There is a link to txgenweb.org on the menu links. Looks like someone had > an idea but haven't had any response. > Kevin > > --- On Fri, 4/17/09, Elaine <McStumped@suddenlink.net> wrote: > > From: Elaine <McStumped@suddenlink.net> > Subject: [TXGEN] New Texas Gravestone Photos site > To: "txgen" <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Date: Friday, April 17, 2009, 8:43 PM > > There is something about this "new" site that bothers me. > http://texastombstones.org/ > > If it is new, why does the copyright say 2003-2009? And why can you not > find a name anywhere for who "ownes" the site, or a name to call them > when you contact them? And it is obviously so new they don't have any > names in the database because when you search for Jones or Smith or any > other name, it returns no results. So if it is that new, how can it > have been copyrighted since 2003 yet contain no info? > > They don't know how to spell TXGenWeb either. LOL > > If we can't determine who has the site, then how do we know what will be > done with the info we submit? Will it be sold in books, on cds, or be > placed in some places database, such as Ancestry? They won't even give > so much as an email address. > > No thanks. Think I will pass until they decided to at least give their > info to the public. This site made me very suspicious. > > Elaine > > -- > Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for forty (40) are " XL." > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-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 > TXGEN-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 > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >