----- Original Message ----- From: kshort <kshort@kroo.com> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 11:30 PM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Election Committee > TO: ALL State Coordinators > > Please forward this message to all cc's. > > Its time for elections and the advisory board is asking for County > Coordinator (CC's) volunteers to serve on the election committee. If you > are willing to serve, forward your name, position (CC of x county) to > <nominate_2000@yahoo.com>, not later than Sunday, 21 May 2000, 2400 hours, EDT. > > Ken Short > Board Secretary > > >

FWIW, I HATE all the pop up ads on the first one. The second is much politer --- 8^) Freddie S. From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@mccallie.org> You may wish to pass this along to your CCs: http://www.all-links.com/newscentral/northamerica/unitedstates.html From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@mccallie.org> The following link was also sent me this morning. It appears to have better coverage than the first URL I sent. http://ajr.newslink.org/statnews.html

Bath Co., VA. site Updated Patricia At 10:26 PM 5/14/00 -0400, you wrote: >The Rockingham Co. VAGenWeb site has been moved to: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockin/ > >If you have links to my site, please update them. > >Thanks! >Harriet Welch

Thanks, Mary! I've added that link, and some others I had found: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb/bb.htm Linda "Mary D. Taffet" wrote: > > http://www.longacrebb.com/ > > My grandmother was an interior decorator with a flair towards historical > items; the current owners are trying to show as much of that original > flair as possible. > > What would it take to get this home included on the VAGENWEB page? > > If this question is one that I should already know the answer to as a CC, > then please forgive me as I am fairly new to CC'ship. > > -- Thanks, > Mary Taffet > Prince Edward CC

Hello, This evening I was looking on the Bed & Breakfast page located at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb/bb.htm I am wondering what the criteria are to be included here. The reason I ask is that the home my father grew up in, which was built by my grandparents, has recently been turned into a Bed & Breakfast. It is located in Appomattox County, and even has a webpage (with a good picture of the home): http://www.longacrebb.com/ My grandmother was an interior decorator with a flair towards historical items; the current owners are trying to show as much of that original flair as possible. What would it take to get this home included on the VAGENWEB page? If this question is one that I should already know the answer to as a CC, then please forgive me as I am fairly new to CC'ship. -- Thanks, Mary Taffet Prince Edward CC

The Rockingham Co. VAGenWeb site has been moved to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockin/ If you have links to my site, please update them. Thanks! Harriet Welch

I have tried to change it and i dont understand why it isnt fixed. i'l try again. i always respond to you. -----sigh.----- Rena -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Coffey <wcoffey@mindspring.com> To: VAGEN-L@rootsweb.com <VAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, May 14, 2000 3:07 PM Subject: [VAGEN-L] Rockbridge Co., VA Update >Rena, > >Is there any reason why this change still has NOT been made??????? >I have been asking you to make the change since November 1999 and >it still is not made. <sigh> > > >PLEASE update your Rockbridge Co., VA page so that it reflects >the correct address for Nelson Co., VA. The address for the >Nelson Co., VA page is: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanelson > >Your Rockbridge Co. page address where you have the broken >link to Nelson Co., VA is: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockbr/rock.htm > >Wayne >

Rena, Is there any reason why this change still has NOT been made??????? I have been asking you to make the change since November 1999 and it still is not made. <sigh> PLEASE update your Rockbridge Co., VA page so that it reflects the correct address for Nelson Co., VA. The address for the Nelson Co., VA page is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanelson Your Rockbridge Co. page address where you have the broken link to Nelson Co., VA is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockbr/rock.htm Wayne

I wrote to the submitter to let her know about the change in her file. Linda -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Linden Cemetery Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 02:23:09 -0400 From: "McGlynn" <mcglynn@softhome.net> To: "Linda Lewis" <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> My mothers notes did say 1839. I thought I'd caught all the errors on my follow-up walk-through. Thank you for changing it.

Linda, thank you so very much! Alley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lewis" <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: <VAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 1:11 AM Subject: Re: [VAGEN-L] VA Archives > > > Linda, the actual census is not online. The index is online at: > > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/shenandoah/census/1850indx.txt > > > > McWilliams appears on pages 1, 89B, 107 in SK Publications book for Shen. > > Co. 1850. > > > > I contacted SK and John sent a corrected file which is now online, > replacing the old one. > > A note was added to the below file, which is actually at: > > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/warren/cemeteries/ >

> Linda, the actual census is not online. The index is online at: > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/shenandoah/census/1850indx.txt > > McWilliams appears on pages 1, 89B, 107 in SK Publications book for Shen. > Co. 1850. > I contacted SK and John sent a corrected file which is now online, replacing the old one. A note was added to the below file, which is actually at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/warren/cemeteries/ > The URL for the Linden Cemetery is: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+576791859654+ > F > > Showers, Annie Roy, wife of B.J. Showers, Born May 16 1839, Died Mar 3 1921, > "Peaceful be thy sleep dear Annie it is sweet to breathe thy name in life I > loved you > dearly, in death I do the same" > > Annie Roy Figgins Showers was born May 16, 1889. The death date is correct. > She is the daughter-in-law of > Showers, George W., 1858 - 1935 > Sarah E., 1861 - 1931, "Gone but not Forgotten" > > She would be 48 years older than her husband if the birth date of 1839 was > correct.....which it isn't. > > Would appreciate it very much if these entries were corrected. > > Alley Thanks for pointing those out, Alley. :) Linda

> We have to be careful about changing original information, or > interpretations, or even changing a transcribers' work. Hi LInda, I know. That's why I offered proof. I've been asked to make changes on my own web pages and I won't do it without proof even when the writer says "It is MY direct line" because that doesn't prove the writer is correct. I visited Linden Cemetery and took photos of the stones because my granddad and his parents are buried there. The stone in question is for the woman who married my great uncle who lived next door to my grandmother and the stone's inscription was so sweet I took a keen interest. Alley

Linda, the actual census is not online. The index is online at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/shenandoah/census/1850indx.txt McWilliams appears on pages 1, 89B, 107 in SK Publications book for Shen. Co. 1850. The URL for the Linden Cemetery is: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+576791859654+ F Showers, Annie Roy, wife of B.J. Showers, Born May 16 1839, Died Mar 3 1921, "Peaceful be thy sleep dear Annie it is sweet to breathe thy name in life I loved you dearly, in death I do the same" Annie Roy Figgins Showers was born May 16, 1889. The death date is correct. She is the daughter-in-law of Showers, George W., 1858 - 1935 Sarah E., 1861 - 1931, "Gone but not Forgotten" She would be 48 years older than her husband if the birth date of 1839 was correct.....which it isn't. Would appreciate it very much if these entries were corrected. Alley > > > >1) 1850 Shenandoah Co census lists George McWilliams as George Williams. > > Alley, what's the URL for that census? I don't see it in the Archives at > all. > > Linda > >

Sorry.. I didn't see this the first time. You can ask any question about the Archives. The mailing list is also unarchived and can be searched. ARCHIVES-L The guidelines have been in place since June 1996: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/timetodo.htm By "same rules and regulations"... sure! The USGenWeb Archives must also be in compliance with the USGW By-laws, or risk being delinked, just like any XXGenWeb. Linda > You over looked one of my questions, so I will ask this question again, > regarding whether the archives falls under USGenweb By-laws. Are the > archives under the same rules and regulations as the rest of us? I have > been hearing all kinds of rumors and since I am new to the project, I am > not sure where the "appropriate" place would be to ask this question, so > will ask it here. I also get "lost" when messages are "snipped", so maybe > I am not just not understanding all of this????? > Best Regards, > Dodie Browning

Thanks Linda, I understood that "porn" was an example, but if a board member used it (or anyone else.) It is inflammatory, and could cloud the real issue. So you are saying under the new proposal that if we have something the NC deems "inappropriate" that we are delinked and then given two weeks to comply with what the NC considers "appropriate", or be removed from the project? The word "inappropriate" is what I am having problems understanding. If wording in rules are plain and specific, then it leaves no room for mis-understandings. (can't seem to get past my family therapy training-) <grin> You over looked one of my questions, so I will ask this question again, regarding whether the archives falls under USGenweb By-laws. Are the archives under the same rules and regulations as the rest of us? I have been hearing all kinds of rumors and since I am new to the project, I am not sure where the "appropriate" place would be to ask this question, so will ask it here. I also get "lost" when messages are "snipped", so maybe I am not just not understanding all of this????? Best Regards, Dodie Browning -----Original Message----- From: Linda Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> To: VAGEN-L@rootsweb.com <VAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, May 12, 2000 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [VAGEN-L] Proposal > >> I would *not* vote for the proposal the way it is worded. The new proposal >> is arbitrary and so is the previous one. IMO when too much power is given >> to one person, it can easily become a dictatorship. If "porn" is the >> issue, then why not word the proposal as such, so people do not >> misunderstand? The way the proposal is worded would make me afraid to post >> anything on my website, because an NC who didn't like something I had >> posted, or thought it was "inappropriate" could lock me out of my own page >> and take it over with no warning. "Inappropriate" is too arbitrary- and >> leaves the interpretation open to subjective opinions and whims. >> Best Regards, >> Dodie Browning >> CC-Tazewell County >> > >Oh.. I should have clarified your last paragraph, too. The proposal >would not give the nc or AB power to "lock" anyone out of their pages. > >Linda >

At 12:12 PM 05/12/2000 -0400, Alley Blackford wrote: >If the purpose of the archives is to always have info online for >researchers, then shouldn't that info be corrected if what was submitted is >incorrect and proof is offered for corrections? > >Two examples that I know of: > >1) 1850 Shenandoah Co census lists George McWilliams as George Williams. Alley, what's the URL for that census? I don't see it in the Archives at all. Linda

Hi Alley, Several of us could make the corrections to VA files, including Harriet, Jeannie, Yvonne and me. We have to be careful about changing original information, or interpretations, or even changing a transcribers' work. In the case of a census transcription, did you contact the transcriber or proofreader? Linda Alley Blackford wrote: > > If the purpose of the archives is to always have info online for > researchers, then shouldn't that info be corrected if what was submitted is > incorrect and proof is offered for corrections? > > Two examples that I know of: > > 1) 1850 Shenandoah Co census lists George McWilliams as George Williams. > > SK Publication has McWms listed as Williams in the index and the info online > duplicates the error. The proof is on the actual census page. I have a > copy and can provide proof. > > 2) Linden Cemetery in Warren Co, VA gives incorrect date of birth for Annie > Showers. > > I have a picture of her tombstone. > > I wrote to two different people about these errors. One reply was that the > writer didn't know if the census online could be changed after it was > online. I didn't receive a reply regarding the tombstone. > > The tombstone records of Linden Cemetery have now been copied to another > website and the copy contains the same error. (The copying is an assumption > on my part because if someone viewed the tombstone they would see the > correct date. I think the submitted date of birth could be a typo.) > > Is it really impossible to correct errors in archives? > > Alley Blackford > Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb CC > alleyb@worldnet.att.net

> I would *not* vote for the proposal the way it is worded. The new proposal > is arbitrary and so is the previous one. IMO when too much power is given > to one person, it can easily become a dictatorship. If "porn" is the > issue, then why not word the proposal as such, so people do not > misunderstand? The way the proposal is worded would make me afraid to post > anything on my website, because an NC who didn't like something I had > posted, or thought it was "inappropriate" could lock me out of my own page > and take it over with no warning. "Inappropriate" is too arbitrary- and > leaves the interpretation open to subjective opinions and whims. > Best Regards, > Dodie Browning > CC-Tazewell County > Oh.. I should have clarified your last paragraph, too. The proposal would not give the nc or AB power to "lock" anyone out of their pages. Linda

daisyoday wrote: > > Did I miss something here? What does porn have to do with the USGenweb > sites? I read this as an example. I can't imagine that any volunteer with > the US Genweb would have "porn" on their pages. Isn't this proposal a > result of the delinking by the NC of the original USGenweb Census project > without a vote? > Dodie, that's one of my reasons. If this wording had been in the by-laws, the "delinking by the NC" could have been temporary, giving the the offender time to bring the site into compliance. "Porn" was an example in my message, not included in the proposal, because that was the example given to me by one of our board reps. Linda

If the purpose of the archives is to always have info online for researchers, then shouldn't that info be corrected if what was submitted is incorrect and proof is offered for corrections? Two examples that I know of: 1) 1850 Shenandoah Co census lists George McWilliams as George Williams. SK Publication has McWms listed as Williams in the index and the info online duplicates the error. The proof is on the actual census page. I have a copy and can provide proof. 2) Linden Cemetery in Warren Co, VA gives incorrect date of birth for Annie Showers. I have a picture of her tombstone. I wrote to two different people about these errors. One reply was that the writer didn't know if the census online could be changed after it was online. I didn't receive a reply regarding the tombstone. The tombstone records of Linden Cemetery have now been copied to another website and the copy contains the same error. (The copying is an assumption on my part because if someone viewed the tombstone they would see the correct date. I think the submitted date of birth could be a typo.) Is it really impossible to correct errors in archives? Alley Blackford Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb CC alleyb@worldnet.att.net