SHIP LISTS and Guild > Just received this from another site and thought I'd post. You might want to > check it out. Nina > > Good Morning List, > Thought this might be interesting to take a look at... > Martha > List Admn > > IMMIGRANT SHIPS TRANSCRIBERS GUILD > CELEBRATES ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY > BY OFFERING TO THE GENEALOGICAL COMMUNITY THE > ISTG COMPASS <http://istg.rootsweb.com/> > > by Patty MacFarlane Prather <Ships07@aol.com> > > As mariners depended on their compass, you can count on this > special section of the ISTG Web site, which will act as a guide > for all and make navigating the roots of your family tree a > little easier. Harriet Rosch, resource coordinator, and her > crew: Mary Rigali, Sharon Richlen Ballard, Bette Dew, Faith > Gibson Tegethoff, Jan Mann, Jane Stauff, Kathy Stice, Barbara > T. Grimm, Pat Lisk, Lynn Faranda, Regina Landis, Pat Becker, > Penny J. Sabin, Rose Robke, Ruth C. Hakala, Penny Jansen, Deb > White, and Maia Cowen are to be applauded for this wonderful > addition to the site. Researching the data included in the ISTG > Compass took more hours than we can ever imagine. Sheila Jensen > Tate, production coordinator, also spent countless hours > designing this Web site. > > The ISTG Compass is a site for young and old alike, with some > special attention given to young people who are discovering the > value of studying their ancestors and what they left behind, > what they endured on the voyage, and how they began to build a > new life in a new land. Some of the categories designed to help > in your research are: > > IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION BY COUNTRYPORTS & OTHER PLACES OF ENTRY > ETHNIC AND IMMIGRATION RESOURCES > MARITIME RESOURCES - MUSEUMS/LIBRARIES > PASSENGER LIST SITES > EMIGRANTS -- By Surname EMIGRANTS -- By Group > SHIPS > SHIP TYPES & DESCRIPTIONS > INDIVIDUAL SHIPS WITH THEIR OWN SITES > SHIPPING LINES > SHIP IMAGES (These are sites where you may view ship and > nautical images/photographs/prints/etc.) > SHIPWRECKS > BIBLIOGRAPHIES, ARTICLES and MEMOIRS > MAIL LISTS > SITES OF GENERAL MARITIME INTEREST > JUST FOR FUN and MISCELLANEOUS > VOLUNTEER HELP > SOME OF OUR EMAIL (A few thank you notes for our first year) > ACRONYMS and DEFINITIONS -- coming soon. > > The ISTG Compass will be an ongoing project. The research began > 10 months ago and is likely to continue for as many more. > > One year ago on September 15, 1998, a small group of volunteers > began the difficult task of transcribing manifests from the > National Archives and Records Administration, putting them on > the Web site generously provided to ISTG by RootsWeb, where > they would be freely available to all. Today, the Immigrant > Ships Transcribers Guild is 450 members strong, has completed > its first volume of 1,000 ships' passenger lists, and is almost > 500 ships into the second volume of 1,000 passenger lists. > > ISTG staff members Patty MacFarlane Prather, guild coordinator; > Sheila Jensen Tate, productions coordinator; Pam O'Day, surname > coordinator; Harriet Rosch, resources coordinator; Marie M. > Davis and Mary Beth Arthur, coordinators of new volunteers; Meg > Sibbrensen, interpretations coordinator; and David Anderson, > correspondence coordinator have given many hours of their time > and effort each day to the guild, its volunteers, and its Web > site since the first list was uploaded on October 1, 1998. > > "Each and every guild member is essential to our success," says > Patty MacFarlane Prather, guild coordinator. "In addition to the > staff members, many volunteers take on the additional tasks of > formatting the lists, managing data, and serving on various > committees and crews which are critical to the daily operations > of this highly visited Web site, which now receives more than > 2,000 hits each day." The guild has received thousands of thank > you notes from researchers who are grateful to find a Web site > devoted to adding passenger lists to the Internet at no cost to > them. > > "We are very grateful to the have the ongoing support and > cooperation of Brian Leverich and Karen Isaacson and the > RootsWeb staff, Sue Swiggum of Ships-L and Debbie Beavis of > Mariners-L, with whom we have a good working relationship, and > many other Webmasters with whom we have reciprocal sharing of > information in order that it gets maximum exposure." > > "Like raising a child," Patty concludes, "it takes a village. > While the work can be exhausting, the cost of maintaining the > project expensive, and the deciphering of the lists frustrating, > the rewards are great. I am honored to be working with a group > of dedicated and selfless people who share a common passion." > > You can visit the ISTG Compass at: <http://istg.rootsweb.com> > > > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > Please do not post WARNINGs of any kind on this list. There are no exceptions!