On 26-OCT-1999 20:14:02.2 VAGEN-L said to FSPRADLIN `Freddie, I called Camden Computers where Robert had his Internet account `and he had his account closed on Sep 1, so I will do some checking to `see if I can find out where he has gone. `Do you know if he was in the military, if he was he may have been `transferred. There is no phone number listed for him either and Gary `could not give me an address to see if he was still living in the area. `Patricia Patricia, I'm not sure if he was a student getting ready to graduate, ... or what. He's got his "bad" email address all over the place on various querypages, and a webpage he hosts with a "cousin" has the same ... Think I'll ask on VA-ROOTS next. Freddie S. FSpradlin@delphi.com 3448 W. 170th St., Torrance, CA 90504-2402

Freddie, I called Camden Computers where Robert had his Internet account and he had his account closed on Sep 1, so I will do some checking to see if I can find out where he has gone. Do you know if he was in the military, if he was he may have been transferred. There is no phone number listed for him either and Gary could not give me an address to see if he was still living in the area. Patricia At 05:14 PM 10/22/99 -0400, you wrote: >Does anyone have a working email address for Robert Moore, >Page County host? > cenantua@camcomp.com is bouncing. > >Thanks, >Freddie S. >FSpradlin@delphi.com 3448 W. 170th St., Torrance, CA 90504-2402

New files uploaded to the VA directory of the USGenWeb Archives since the last report: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/cemeteries/h2510000.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/cemeteries/misc0000.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/deeds/d-mil01.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/deeds/d-mil02.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/deeds/d-mil03.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/wills/w-mil01.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/wills/w-ald01.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/obits/o-cof08.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/henrico/deeds/deeds001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/history/1850poli.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/buchanan/cemeteries/street.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/dickenson/cemeteries/puckett.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/grayson/cemeteries/mckenzie.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/henrico/churches/stjbapt2.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/r300002.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/o500001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/g430001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/r300001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/rudd_j~1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/g626001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/h236001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/pr0yancy.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/y520003.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/y520002.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/y520001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/misc/davisjcs.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/misc/mr0davis.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/w0adamst.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/russell/cemeteries/sauls.txt Linda

Greetings Folks, I've migrated the Montgomery Co VAGenWeb pages to rootsweb.com The new URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vamontgo/montgomy.htm Please change any bookmarks/links to my pages. Thanks, Freddie S. FSpradlin@delphi.com 3448 W. 170th St., Torrance, CA 90504-2402

Greetings Folks, I've migrated the Franklin Co VAGenWeb pages to rootsweb.com The new URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/franklin.htm Please change any bookmarks/links to my pages. Thanks, Freddie S. FSpradlin@delphi.com 3448 W. 170th St., Torrance, CA 90504-2402

Greetings, folks: I have migrated the Botetourt Co VAGenWeb site over to rootsweb.com The new URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaboteto/botetot.htm Please change any bookmarks/links you may have to my pages. Thanks, Freddie S. FSpradlin@delphi.com 3448 W. 170th St., Torrance, CA 90504-2402

`--State Coordinators in the NE/NC region, please forward to your State lists-- Dear Fellow Volunteers, On Oct 10, the Advisory Board requested letters of interest from any County Coordinators (CC's) in the Northeast/North-central (NE/NC) region who were interested in filling the vacant NE/NC County Coordinator Representative Position on the Advisory Board. Two CC's are interested in filling this position. In alphabetical order, they are Richard M. Howland and David C. Young. Richard M. Howland is CC of Piatt Co., IL, and David C. Young is CC of Belknap Co, NH, Carroll Co., NH, Androscoggin Co., ME and TC (Town Coordinator) of Rockport and Gloucester, Essex Co., MA It is the opinion of the Advisory Board that both of these applicants are well qualified and that either of them would ably represent the NE/NC CC's on the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board wishes to encourage all CC's in the NE/NC region to take an active role in letting the board members know who you wish to represent you. Since the Advisory Board is interested in filling this vacancy in the very near future, please send any comments on this matter prior to October 29, 1999. CC's of the NE/NC region who wish to comment publicly should do so on USGenWeb- NE-L, while those volunteers who wish to comment privately should send their comments directly to individual board members. Information about USGenWeb-NE-L can be found after my signature, while the names and addresses of individual Advisory Board members can be found at: http://www.usgenweb.org/about/whoswho.html The states in the NE/NC Region are Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin. Sincerely, Ed Book Advisory Board Secretary The USGenWeb-NE-L is intended for the State and County Coordinators for the USGenWeb Project from the Northeast/North Central Region. The purpose of the list is to facilitate a means of communication between the NE/NC Representatives to the USGenWeb Advisory Board and the State/County Coordinators of the region. To send comments to to USGenWeb-NE-L, use the address USGenWeb-NE- L@rootsweb.com. If you're not already subscribed to USGenWeb-NE-L, you'll need to subscribe before you can post a message. Subscriptions requests should be e- mailed to USGenWeb-NE-L-request@rootsweb.com and should contain just the single word subscribe in the body of the letter. After your subscription request has been processed, send you comments to USGenWeb-NE-L@rootsweb.com. Please note that these two addresses are different.

Greetings folks, I've migrated the Bedford Co VAGenWeb pages to rootsweb.com The new URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vabedfor/bedford.htm Please make this change to any bookmarks/links to my pages. Thanks, Freddie S. FSpradlin@delphi.com 3448 W. 170th St., Torrance, CA 90504-2402

Does anyone have a working email address for Robert Moore, Page County host? cenantua@camcomp.com is bouncing. Thanks, Freddie S. FSpradlin@delphi.com 3448 W. 170th St., Torrance, CA 90504-2402

From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> [STATE-COORD-L] IBM.net bought by attglobal.net >From one of my CCs: "IBM.net bought by attglobal.net <sigh> I knew it was too good to last!" - so I thought you all might wish to know to be on the lookout for several address changes. Tim

From: Elizabeth Roderick <eroderic@vsla.edu> Death Records Indexing Project (DRIP) The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the availability of the Death Records Indexing Project (DRIP) database. The database is a collaborative project of the Virginia Genealogical Society and the Library. More than 60 volunteers, working in 15 states, are in the process of indexing the microfilmed versions of the local death registers as part of a long-term goal to provide better access to death records. After a volunteer completes indexing a city or county, database records are created from information and made available online via the Library of Virginia's Digital Library Program (http://www.lva.lib.va.us/). The online database is fully keyword searchable and currently contains nearly 32,000 entries. Each index entry in the database provides the name of the deceased, the date of death, information about slaves and slave owners if present, and the year and page number of the register where the death is recorded. The following counties and cities are represented in the database More localities will be added during the next year as they are completed by the volunteers and processed by the Library: Alleghany County (1853-1896) Bristol (1889-1896) Charlottesville (1871-1896) Danville (1854-1882, 1883-1896) Fauquier County (1853-1896) King George County (1853-1896) Loudoun County (1854-1896) Prince Edward County (1853-1861, 1862-1896) Princess Anne County (1853-1896) Stafford County (1853-1875, 1876-1896) Warren County (1853-1876, 1877-1896) Washington County (1853-1897) About Death Records in Virginia, 1853-1896 The Virginia General Assembly on April 11, 1853, passed a law requiring the systematic statewide recording of births and deaths. The law required every commissioner of revenue to make an annual registration of births and deaths in his district at the same time personal property subject to taxation was ascertained. The commissioner was to record births and deaths that occurred prior to December 31 of the preceding year and return the record to the clerk of court by June 1. Information was obtained from heads of family, physicians, surgeons or coroners, and the law imposed penalties for failing to furnish or collect the information. The clerk of court in each locality was directed to enter the information supplied by the commissioner into registers. A copy of each register was forwarded to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts. The law went into effect on July 1,1853, and continued until 1896, when an economy-conscious legislature repealed the recording provisions. NOTE: not all deaths were recorded during the period 1853-1896. NOTE: the Library of Virginia does not have death records for the period 1896-1912. Information found on death registers changed little between 1853 and 1896. Death registers contain the name of the deceased; the race and sex; the date and place of death; notations regarding slaves and the names of slave owners; name of the disease or cause of death; age at death (years, months and days); place of birth; occupation; marital status; name of parents of the deceased; name of person giving the information; and description of the informant (whether a physician, consort, head of the family or friend). It is not unusual to find information missing from the records. If an infant had not yet been named at the time of death, the entry would record only the surname or note "Smith, Infant." The terms "Unnamed," "No name," and "Not named" are also used. Only the given name of a slave is recorded. Only the month appears for the date of death in some instances. The names of parents of the deceased are frequently omitted or unreliable since the person giving the information may not have known the names. Causes of death frequently are not known. Some information may not be available and some may vary from locality to locality. Format of the Original Documents Microfilmed copies are available at the Library of Virginia on more than 200 reels. The originals registers are not served to the public. The film is arranged by county, by year within each county, and then usually chronologically (some are arranged alphabetically). There are usually less than 25 frames per any one year. The pages on the microfilmed copies are not numbered. The indexers, however, have supplied page numbers for each index entry in order to facilitate locating the original reference. The microfilm was made in the 1940s, and many pages are difficult to read. Also, many of the registers are duplicated in the Library's collection of county court records on microfilm, many of which are available through Interlibrary Loan. The page images on these reels are sometimes easier to read. Obtaining Copies of Original Documents Certified copies of death records for the period 1853 through 1896 and 1912-1939 are available *ONLY* from the Division of Vital Records, James Madison Building, 109 Governor Street, P.O. Box 1000, Richmond, VA 23208. The Library of Virginia does *not* make photocopies from the microfilm or original registers. Researchers who visit the Library can make copies from the birth and death registers on microfilm in the collection. Microfilm copies of vital statistics, including death registers, may be borrowed from the Library of Virginia through the Interlibrary Loan department of your local library. -- Elizabeth Roderick email (eroderic@vsla.edu) Manager, Digital Library Program voice (804) 692-3761 Collection Management Services Division fax (804) 692-3771 The Library of Virginia 800 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 ***************************************************** http://www.lva.lib.va.us The LVA Digital Library Program *****************************************************

David is right. Rootsweb will not delete a mail list. Rootsweb will, however, create a list with almost the same exact interests, creating duplications and confusion. My ALMOBILE list merged with ALMOBILE-BAY to avoid duplication, and I sent several requests to Tim at Rootsweb to discontinue ALMOBILE (with blessings from my state coordinator) and never received the first acknowledgement. Nada. Zip. So I closed the list to new subscribers and now when someone tries to sub, I send a message telling them the list is closed and to sub to the other. Carol Middleton

If that mail list is on Rootsweb, I don't believe you can delete it, or get rid of it. It will be there forever. You don't have to mention the list on your county web site, though. I can't get a mail list called NCROWAN-L because someone ordered one for NCROWEN-L and Rootsweb doesn't delete mail lists. (LOL) David On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 WLGreene1@aol.com wrote: > I had been looking for a volunteer to take over the Loudoun County Mail List > ever since I became county coordinator a few months ago. I contacted the > previous county coordinator Sue Beach and told her of my plans to discontinue > the list and she had informed me that the list was not very active when she > had it. She said it had declined in its use in recent years. I have a > cousin who is subscribed to the list and she told also told me the same thing > that she never seen any activity on it the whole time she had been subscribed > to it. I put up an advertisement on the Loudoun County web page asking for a > volunteer to take over the list but it seemed like nobody was paying any > attention to the notice. So I changed the wording of the advertisement and > said I would discontinue the list after January 1st, 2000 and I asked people > to contact me if they had any questions about it. I figured this was OK to > do since there was no activity on the list. I had plans to contact members > on the list about a volunteer but I didn't notify them right away. A month > goes by and not one person contacted me about the list. One day out of the > blue, I get this angry email from a list member demanding to know why I'm > getting rid of the mail list. I discovered that when I put up the notice to > discontinue the list, the list became alive with a flurry of activity > gossiping about me getting rid of the list. My cousin told me that she had > never seen the list so "shook up" and that I had caused the most activity she > had ever seen on it. I explained my situation to this person as pleasantly > as I could and defended my reasons for getting rid of the list. The good > news is this person is now the new mail list owner. Now I'm waiting for the > list to calm down and go back to the same state it was in before this whole > thing got started. I guess the only time people show their appreciation is > when they think they are going to lose something. It seems to me that being > a USGenWeb volunteer can be a thankless job sometimes. > > I wanted to let others coordinators know what to expect from list members if > they have plans to get rid of their lists. If I had it to do this all over > again, I would have done it differently. > > Thanks, > > Wayne Greene > Loudoun County Coordinator > > dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nm/nmfiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htm

I had been looking for a volunteer to take over the Loudoun County Mail List ever since I became county coordinator a few months ago. I contacted the previous county coordinator Sue Beach and told her of my plans to discontinue the list and she had informed me that the list was not very active when she had it. She said it had declined in its use in recent years. I have a cousin who is subscribed to the list and she told also told me the same thing that she never seen any activity on it the whole time she had been subscribed to it. I put up an advertisement on the Loudoun County web page asking for a volunteer to take over the list but it seemed like nobody was paying any attention to the notice. So I changed the wording of the advertisement and said I would discontinue the list after January 1st, 2000 and I asked people to contact me if they had any questions about it. I figured this was OK to do since there was no activity on the list. I had plans to contact members on the list about a volunteer but I didn't notify them right away. A month goes by and not one person contacted me about the list. One day out of the blue, I get this angry email from a list member demanding to know why I'm getting rid of the mail list. I discovered that when I put up the notice to discontinue the list, the list became alive with a flurry of activity gossiping about me getting rid of the list. My cousin told me that she had never seen the list so "shook up" and that I had caused the most activity she had ever seen on it. I explained my situation to this person as pleasantly as I could and defended my reasons for getting rid of the list. The good news is this person is now the new mail list owner. Now I'm waiting for the list to calm down and go back to the same state it was in before this whole thing got started. I guess the only time people show their appreciation is when they think they are going to lose something. It seems to me that being a USGenWeb volunteer can be a thankless job sometimes. I wanted to let others coordinators know what to expect from list members if they have plans to get rid of their lists. If I had it to do this all over again, I would have done it differently. Thanks, Wayne Greene Loudoun County Coordinator

From: IN%"STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com" 19-OCT-1999 01:36:22.30 To: IN%"STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com" CC: Subj: [STATE-COORD-L] Server down Return-path: <STATE-COORD-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.30]) by delphi.com (PMDF V5.1-8 #23839) with ESMTP id <01JHAUNNNIWW91DDTO@delphi.com> for fspradlin@delphi.com; Tue, 19 Oct 1999 01:35:19 EDT Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA10864; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 22:34:41 -0700 (PDT) Resent-date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 22:34:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 01:42:14 -0400 Resent-from: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Server down Resent-sender: STATE-COORD-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Sender: foghorn@mail.chattanooga.net To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Reply-to: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Resent-message-id: <HgZyQB.A.6oC.wLAD4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> Message-id: <3.0.5.32.19991019014214.008d3b70@mail.chattanooga.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Precedence: list Old-To: STATE-COORD-l@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/5238 X-Loop: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com For what it's worth, for those of you with accounts on Rootsweb - the FTP server, and page server are down right now. Hopefully it'll be back up in the morning. Tim

I have not been able to upload for the past 24 hours. I think that is the way they want it until everything is restored. You may have to re-upload then depending on just when Rootsweb did their last backup of your pages. I had made some fairly major changes on one of my pages and it was a shock to see the old version. Carmen At 02:23 PM 10/19/1999 -0700, you wrote: >I see what you mean. I just checked my three surname pages for New Kent >Co which all had names added this past week-end and all of the pages are >old versions. Two of them from mid Sept. and one from July. Those pages >had been updated several times since the ones that are now online. >Also, my main page is an old version. I'll try to upload the current >ones, again. >Christine > >Candy Parent wrote: >> >> Does anyone know of any strange problems at Rootsweb? I updated pages this >> weekend. They were all there and ok. Now they all reverted back to early >> Sept. I tried going back to upload correct versions and can't get in at all. >> Any ideas? >> Candy Parent >> Tazewell County, VAGenWeb Coordinator >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~vatazewe >> USGenWeb Revolutionary War Pension Coordinator for Virginia, Kentucky, >> Michigan >> Candy's Clan >> http://www.htonline.com/~candy >> candy@htonline.com > >

Yes, they have had a major power outage among other things. You may see previous versions of your web page (as I did on Augusta County), because they are temporarily on backup. It should be cleared up soon---I hope. Just be patient. <g> Carmen At 04:45 PM 10/19/1999 -0400, you wrote: >Does anyone know of any strange problems at Rootsweb? I updated pages this >weekend. They were all there and ok. Now they all reverted back to early >Sept. I tried going back to upload correct versions and can't get in at all. >Any ideas? >Candy Parent >Tazewell County, VAGenWeb Coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vatazewe >USGenWeb Revolutionary War Pension Coordinator for Virginia, Kentucky, >Michigan >Candy's Clan >http://www.htonline.com/~candy >candy@htonline.com > > > >

Same problem here. Mike Russell County VAGenWeb ktlett@juno.com wrote: > > I have the same problem. Glad it isn't just me. > > Kevin > ---------------------------------------- > Kevin T. Lett, Coordinator > Henrico County, Richmond City, Manchester City VAGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahenric/ > > On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:45:53 -0400 "Candy Parent" > <candy@htonline.htonline.com> writes: > > Does anyone know of any strange problems at Rootsweb? I updated pages > > this > > weekend. They were all there and ok. Now they all reverted back to > > early > > Sept. I tried going back to upload correct versions and can't get in > > at all. > > Any ideas? > > Candy Parent > > Tazewell County, VAGenWeb Coordinator > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vatazewe > > USGenWeb Revolutionary War Pension Coordinator for Virginia, > > Kentucky, > > Michigan > > Candy's Clan > > http://www.htonline.com/~candy > > candy@htonline.com > > > > > > -- - ---------------------------------------------------------- I get paid to surf the Web-are you getting paid to surf yet? I'm a member of AllAdvantage.com and I get paid for every hour I spend online! Signing up is totally free and it takes less than a minute at http://www.alladvantage.com/home.asp?refid=BGS-886. If you have already signed up just go to the AllAdvantage.com Web site and click on the "Download" button to get your Viewbar. AllAdvantage.com has been paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars to their members for two months now. The average check for the month of August was $47.77! My check for September will be for $47.37. You may have already heard of AllAdvantage.com, the leading company in the Viewbar Industry, but you can learn more on their Web site at http://www.alladvantage.com/home.asp?refid=BGS-886. Join now and start getting paid to surf the Web. Please use my referral ID number BGS-886, and be sure to tell all your friends who use the Internet - the more referrals you get, the more money you can earn with your Viewbar. Regards, Michael Dye, Member BGS-886 AllAdvantage.com Member Since April 1999

I see what you mean. I just checked my three surname pages for New Kent Co which all had names added this past week-end and all of the pages are old versions. Two of them from mid Sept. and one from July. Those pages had been updated several times since the ones that are now online. Also, my main page is an old version. I'll try to upload the current ones, again. Christine Candy Parent wrote: > > Does anyone know of any strange problems at Rootsweb? I updated pages this > weekend. They were all there and ok. Now they all reverted back to early > Sept. I tried going back to upload correct versions and can't get in at all. > Any ideas? > Candy Parent > Tazewell County, VAGenWeb Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vatazewe > USGenWeb Revolutionary War Pension Coordinator for Virginia, Kentucky, > Michigan > Candy's Clan > http://www.htonline.com/~candy > candy@htonline.com

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 12:57:13 -0500 From: Nancy Trice <trice@vci.net> To: KYGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KYGEN-L] What the heck happened? Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:58:35 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: KYGEN-L@rootsweb.com A message within the past hour from Brian to RootsWeb staff... Not only did we lose WWW last night, but this morning a semitrailer truck took out the high-voltage power lines across I-5 and everything within 20 miles of the Pine Mountain NOC is without power. We have the PMC NOC running on batteries and generators now. --- Brian is working on it. It doesn't have anything to do with the new free pages or the WorldConnect gedcom files. ;-) nt