This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2AC.2ACI/1631 Message Board Post: I'd like to let you know about the USGenWeb's Family Group Sheet (FGS) Project for Vermont. The URL for the page is http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/vermont/ I think you'll find the page easy to read and use, but if you have any questions or concerns, please contact Josh Taylor, the Vermont FGS state manager josh@djoshuataylor.com The USGW FGS home page, http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/ links to all the states that have a family group project. Some states have thousands of group sheets online, while other smaller states have as few as 10. Please feel free to send your group sheets to all the states they apply to. I hope you'll take advantage of this project. Any family group that lived in Vermont, even for a short time, can be posted. THE ONLY VERMONT PERSON WHO CANNOT BE POSTED ARE THOSE WHO ARE LIVING. Each family group sheet provides space for basic information about father, mother, and children; so if you only know about one family unit, you know enough to put the information up. If you know more, you can add more family group sheets: the father's parents and siblings, the mother's parents and siblings, the children's spouses and children, and on and on. If you've traced the family on into Maine, New Hampshire and New York, you can post your group sheet in those states as well as Vermont. But just one family sheet in one state can be enough to make new and exciting connections. And each group sheet is copyrighted by the submitter....all we do as a USGenWeb Family Group sheet Project volunteer is place your group sheet online for you. It is up to you to decide who else to give you! r group sheet to for their use. We've prepared the pages and forms, added search engines and links, and now it's in your hands. Send in your family group sheets. One a day, ten a day, one a week, whatever works for you. Tell your fellow researchers about the site. Talk about it at your next genealogical society meeting. Mention it in your emails. The more people hear about the site, the more contributions we're likely to get; and the more contributions we receive, the more valuable the project is going to be in helping us all make family connections. Elaine Martin Assistant USGenWeb FGS Project Manager