Hi Tina, I finally finished the "Thank You" pages for my counties. I am so glad you made this suggestion! (And that's all it was, was a suggestion -- not something that any of us have to do!) I have always tried to give credit where credit was due, always putting the contributor's name at the top of each page that contained information that they had sent to me. But by making a listing of every item that a person has donated, it really shows what hard work each person has put into our various websites. Some of these people really have impressive lists! It makes me appreciate them even more. Plus it shows others what sharing is all about (and might even encourage others to donate items to our site...hey, you never know!) Basically all these pages are the same, but the message is just as sincere on each of them. I really wouldn't have much on my county sites without these great people. Here are the links: Barron Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/volunteers.htm Burnett Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiburnet/volunteers.htm Eau Claire Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/volunteers.htm Sawyer Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wisawyer/volunteers.htm Trempealeau Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~witrempe/volunteers.htm Washburn Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwashbu/volunteers.htm Thanks, Tina, for posting this on the state page for those of us who what to do this. BTW, I tried to find the link for it the other night, but couldn't find it on the state's main page. Is it there or am I just going blind? | ~) -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net

Just updated the pages for HOWGS at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/HeartOWi/h-master.htm If you are researching in the WoodCoWI area, and not a member, you should check it out. For a small fee, you get some really nice benefits, especially if you are an out-of-stater like I am... Now, a comment: There were many problems with the pages, for a long time it would appear, yet none of my visitors gave me a heads up... Please if you visit a MAK site, let me know if a page has problems so I can change it. Include in your email the URL and what the problem is. This will aid other researchers in their quest for ancestors... Thanks. R/S MAK ===== =========================== MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" MAKs Sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/links/MAK.html =========================== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

Hi all, I know this is a late announcement ... but I have invited Kevin Fraley this evening to the WIGenWeb Project Meeting. The last few weeks, many of you have had questions about census work, and he will be available tonight to answer them. So come armed with questions! Also, some of you have submitted brochures for the GenTech 2001 Conference, and they are awesome! Thank you! I am sure that will be a topic of discussion as well. And as always everything, and anything else you want to discuss! See you tonight! WIGenWeb Project Meetings Place: IRC server: irc.rootsweb.com (6667) Room: #USGW-WI Time:  9 PM EST Wednesdays http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/irc-chat.html Tina

WIGenWeb Project Meetings Place: IRC server: irc.rootsweb.com (6667) Room: #USGW-WI Time:  9 PM EST Wednesdays http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/irc-chat.html Tina

I just did a quick website to help beginners coming to WoodCoWI and PortageCoWI sites learn to navigate. Look on the main pages for WoodCoWI and PortageCoWI, for the link [Click Here if you need help using this site] : http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag/ To go direct: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/x-helpme/ I hope this will help some of our visitors/researchers just learning the internet. R/S MAK ===== =========================== MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" MAKs Sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/links/MAK.html =========================== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

Hi Rollie! It is so good to hear from you again. When I was first starting out on the Oconto County site over two years ago, Rollie helped me so much with organization of material, finding this material, deciding what would be most useful, formatting suggestions, and so much more. He is my hero. Rita "Rollie Littlewood (by way of Tim Stowell )" wrote: > At 12:12 PM 1/6/2001 -0800, someone wrote: > --- begin quoted portion of your message --- > Received this off another MailingList... I have not verified this to > be true.... > > Source: An American Legion Post newsletter in Maryland > > "The Veterans Administration has reported discovering 10 million > duplicates of 20th Century Military Records. These records were thought > to have been destroyed in a 1973 fire which wiped out most Army records > from 1912 to 1960 and most Air Force records from 1947 to 1964. If you > need records that you were told were burned, you may contact: Veterans > Personnel Records, GSA, St. Louis, MO 63132. > ... > --- end quoted portion of your message --- > > This legend has been circulating for a number of years. I do not > know how to prove definitively the truth of this story, but the > December 2000 issue of what I believe to be the newsletter of the > Illinois state headquarters of the American Legion carried the > following story: > ---------------------- > LOST MILITARY RECORDS QUESTIONED > > It was recently reported in a veterans publication that the > Veterans Administration reported discovering 10 million > duplicates of the 20th Century Military Records. These > records were thought to have been destroyed in a fire. They > were told to call the Veterans' Personnel Records, GSA, St. > Louis, MO > Phone contact was made by this office and was informed that > this WAS NOT TRUE and they knew nothing of this nature. > We will continue to monitor this situation. > ----------------------- > > I have also received reports from individuals who have attempted to > follow up on this report, only to be disappointed when the Personnel > Records office told them it was not true. > > Rollie > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Juneau County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/

Thanks Rollie for the update on this situation. Appreciate it. Paula WaupacaCC >From: Rollie Littlewood <rklittle@facstaff.wisc.edu> (by way of Tim Stowell ><tstowell@chattanooga.net>) >Reply-To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com >To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WIGEN-L] Re: Legend that burned VA Records have been discovered >Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 01:34:34 -0500 > >At 12:12 PM 1/6/2001 -0800, someone wrote: >--- begin quoted portion of your message --- >Received this off another MailingList... I have not verified this to >be true.... > >Source: An American Legion Post newsletter in Maryland > >"The Veterans Administration has reported discovering 10 million >duplicates of 20th Century Military Records. These records were thought >to have been destroyed in a 1973 fire which wiped out most Army records >from 1912 to 1960 and most Air Force records from 1947 to 1964. If you >need records that you were told were burned, you may contact: Veterans >Personnel Records, GSA, St. Louis, MO 63132. >... >--- end quoted portion of your message --- > > This legend has been circulating for a number of years. I do not >know how to prove definitively the truth of this story, but the >December 2000 issue of what I believe to be the newsletter of the >Illinois state headquarters of the American Legion carried the >following story: >---------------------- >LOST MILITARY RECORDS QUESTIONED > >It was recently reported in a veterans publication that the >Veterans Administration reported discovering 10 million >duplicates of the 20th Century Military Records. These >records were thought to have been destroyed in a fire. They >were told to call the Veterans' Personnel Records, GSA, St. >Louis, MO >Phone contact was made by this office and was informed that >this WAS NOT TRUE and they knew nothing of this nature. >We will continue to monitor this situation. >----------------------- > > I have also received reports from individuals who have attempted to >follow up on this report, only to be disappointed when the Personnel >Records office told them it was not true. > > > > Rollie > > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Juneau County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/ > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Qualified persons can now get Heritage Certificates for your ancestors. This is a new program of the Marathon County Genealogical Society. Pioneer Certificates will be issued to persons who ancestors were residing in Marathon County prior to 1861, Early Settler Certificates to those residing here prior to 1881, and Century Certificates to those residing here prior to 1901. Certificates may be issued in the name of another person, other than the applicant, such as a sibling, child or grandchild. An application will be required, and proof must be provided the the form of copies of documents establishing the facts claimed. Such documents include Census, Land, Church, School, Naturalization (including Declaration of Intent) Probate and Vital records. A compete list will be included with the application, along with instructions and tips. There will be a small fee - I believe it will be $5.00. To obtain an application packet, send a large self addressed stamped envelope with your request to MCGS PO Box 1512 Wausau, WI 54402-1512 or pick one up at a regular monthly meeting of the MCGS. It will also soon be available on the web site http://home.att.net/~mcgs/ Shelley

At 12:12 PM 1/6/2001 -0800, someone wrote: --- begin quoted portion of your message --- Received this off another MailingList... I have not verified this to be true.... Source: An American Legion Post newsletter in Maryland "The Veterans Administration has reported discovering 10 million duplicates of 20th Century Military Records. These records were thought to have been destroyed in a 1973 fire which wiped out most Army records from 1912 to 1960 and most Air Force records from 1947 to 1964. If you need records that you were told were burned, you may contact: Veterans Personnel Records, GSA, St. Louis, MO 63132. ... --- end quoted portion of your message --- This legend has been circulating for a number of years. I do not know how to prove definitively the truth of this story, but the December 2000 issue of what I believe to be the newsletter of the Illinois state headquarters of the American Legion carried the following story: ---------------------- LOST MILITARY RECORDS QUESTIONED It was recently reported in a veterans publication that the Veterans Administration reported discovering 10 million duplicates of the 20th Century Military Records. These records were thought to have been destroyed in a fire. They were told to call the Veterans' Personnel Records, GSA, St. Louis, MO Phone contact was made by this office and was informed that this WAS NOT TRUE and they knew nothing of this nature. We will continue to monitor this situation. ----------------------- I have also received reports from individuals who have attempted to follow up on this report, only to be disappointed when the Personnel Records office told them it was not true. Rollie

Would be very interested in knowing if this is indeed true. If you find anything out please let me know. Paula WaupacaCC >From: MAK <makkuehl@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com >To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WIGEN-L] VA Records >Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:12:40 -0800 (PST) > >Received this off another MailingList... I have not verified this to be >true. >R/S MAK > >Source: An American Legion Post newsletter in Maryland > >"The Veterans Administration has reported discovering 10 >million duplicates of 20th Century Military Records. These >records were thought to have been destroyed in a 1973 fire >which wiped out most Army records from 1912 to 1960 and most >Air Force records from 1947 to 1964. If you need records >that you were told were burned, you may contact: >Veterans Personnel Records, GSA, St. Louis, MO 63132. > >===== >=========================== >MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" > >MAKs Sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/links/MAK.html >=========================== > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! >http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Juneau County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/ > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Received this off another MailingList... I have not verified this to be true. R/S MAK Source: An American Legion Post newsletter in Maryland "The Veterans Administration has reported discovering 10 million duplicates of 20th Century Military Records. These records were thought to have been destroyed in a 1973 fire which wiped out most Army records from 1912 to 1960 and most Air Force records from 1947 to 1964. If you need records that you were told were burned, you may contact: Veterans Personnel Records, GSA, St. Louis, MO 63132. ===== =========================== MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" MAKs Sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/links/MAK.html =========================== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

Thank you all that responded to the various "projects" that I have announced over the last few weeks. I know that you all work hard as I hear from visitors and from fellow volunteers daily about how terrific you all do! I know that you all care about the WIGenWeb, USGenWeb Project and our visitors. If I was misunderstood that the new pages and activities were *mandatory*, I apologize. I placed the Calendar and the Thank You pages online in response to all of your suggestions, which I appreciate, and hope you keep making! As for the brochure, I thank all of you that are interested, and Holly's generous offer to help! If you feel so inclined go for it! One final thought.. If and when anything is ever *mandatory* ... I will state it as moo-datory!! <VBG>.. Hope you all weren't thinking, I could write an e-mail without a very pathetic cow pun ........ Thanks again ALL of you, Keep up the good work! Tina

I would like to THANK my WoodCoWI and PortageCoWI contributors for all the data they have provided over the last four years... (soon to be five)... You may view the pages at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/links/thanx.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag/links/thanx.html R/S MAK ===== =========================== MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" MAKs Sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/links/MAK.html =========================== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

There is a bit about doing brochures and links to some samples at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/brochure.html Also, if you are really unsure and inexperienced at that kind of word processor work, if you send me the words you want... a write-up of your county, I'll do my best to find time to do a brochure format for you or if you get it sort of together but have problems getting it to fit right, you can send me the file and we will *finetune* it for you. I am thrilled with the response in Wisconsin... although I have gotten some responses generally across the project, the only other state that compares in response is New York (and since I am SC there I guess you could expect that <grin>) Holly At 10:34 PM 1/4/01 -0600, you wrote: >Can someone define what is to be in the brochure or point us to one that >is already >done please? Thanks, Donna > >Debie & Joe wrote: > > > Hi Tina, > > I think I missed something here along the way. I was trying to > get back to > > single letter mode from digest and unsubbed from digest before it accepted > > single letter. Anyway, we have to do brochures and calendars of events for > > out counties now? I do have a basic Thank you page for both counties, but > > mainly if someone contributed something to the website, their name, etc. is > > at the bottom of that page. > > To be honest, I really don't have the time for a calendar of > events and > > brochures for both counties. I figure anyone who wants to know what is > > happening and when in my counties, they can go to the chamber of commerce > > website for detailed info and as for a brochure, I am totally lost in doing > > this. > > > > So any suggestions for me? > > > > Debie Blindauer > > Calumet & Sheboygan > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Iron County WIGenWeb Project Pages > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiron/index.htm > >-- > Donna Long Kjendlie > Vice President , Walworth County Genealogical Society > Visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwalwor >Owner of the Walworth County Wisconsin Mailing list > to subscribe <wiwalwor-l-request@rootsweb.com> message: subscribe > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Green County web coordinator > Visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigreen >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Owner of the following mailing lists >DUNWIDDIE-L to subscribe: <DUNWIDDIE-L-request@rootsweb.com> message: >subscribe >LANGE-L to subscribe: <LANGE-L-request@rootsweb.com> message: subscribe >WIROCK-L to subscribe: <WIROCK-L-request@rootsweb.com> message: >subscribe > > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Jefferson County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wijeffer/

I wasn't sure how much you were counting on these projects so I am grateful that you explained they were voluntary only. Something to participate in if a coordinator had the time and thought it would assist the county site(s). I really like each one and plan to try and do what I can. I really appreciate the approach that these projects are available and supported on the state level as an opportunity if the coordinator chooses. This is only one of the things that I admire about Tina and the present "Crew". So much good support, encouragement, enthusiasm AND respect!! (Of course, the fun and humor are also a great bonus). Thank you very much for all you are doing. I know it has given me a much needed "boost" more times than I can count. Rita - Oconto County Whatever

Kelly_Mullins@fire.ca.gov wrote: > Neither is a mandatory thing... I had thought the calendar was just a > Wisconsin-wide thing, but I'll have to go back and look at it. I must have > missed the email although I did see the calendar. The brochure is by no > means mandatory. It is just something fun you can do if you are so inclined. > We are working on the state brochure, but I doubt I will have time to do > them for any of my counties. > > Kelly > > I agree with Kelly. None of these items (calendar, Thank you page, or brochure) are mandatory for us to do. I should have said this is something that I would LIKE to do for my counties. Tina has never made any demands on us to do things, but she is a great cheerleader and, in being so, has encouraged us to do things for the betterment of the WIGenWeb project. She knows how hard we all work at our county sites and if there is a way that she (and we) can show the rest of the world what we are doing, Tina's here to encourage us to do it. She has brought us all together to make a great team and for that I am thankful. I apologize to you all if I made any of these projects sound as if we MUST do them. I promise to be more careful in my wording in the future. I am looking forward to another great year of working with each of you. We have much to share with the world. Thank you, Tina, for giving us other opportunities to get the word out. The sun is out in northern Wisconsin and it's finally above zero after what seems like weeks of subzero temperatures. I think I'll just smile all day! :~) -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net

Neither is a mandatory thing... I had thought the calendar was just a Wisconsin-wide thing, but I'll have to go back and look at it. I must have missed the email although I did see the calendar. The brochure is by no means mandatory. It is just something fun you can do if you are so inclined. We are working on the state brochure, but I doubt I will have time to do them for any of my counties. Kelly > Hi Tina, > I think I missed something here along the way. I was > trying to get back to > single letter mode from digest and unsubbed from digest > before it accepted > single letter. Anyway, we have to do brochures and calendars > of events for > out counties now? I do have a basic Thank you page for both > counties, but > mainly if someone contributed something to the website, their > name, etc. is > at the bottom of that page. > To be honest, I really don't have the time for a > calendar of events and > brochures for both counties. I figure anyone who wants to > know what is > happening and when in my counties, they can go to the chamber > of commerce > website for detailed info and as for a brochure, I am totally > lost in doing > this. > > So any suggestions for me? > > Debie Blindauer > Calumet & Sheboygan > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Iron County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiron/index.htm >

BalzaRM@aol.com wrote: > Nance, > > I did the brochure in Microsoft Word, then made the .gif file image for the > web by using Paintshop Pro to capture the image off of my screen after I had > presented using the Full Screen feature of Word. > > It's as simple as that! > > Dick Balza > Hi Dick, Thanks so much for helping out. I'll give it a try! Knowing what programs you used is a big help. Your brochure really looks great. Thanks for setting a good example for us to follow. -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net

Nance, I did the brochure in Microsoft Word, then made the .gif file image for the web by using Paintshop Pro to capture the image off of my screen after I had presented using the Full Screen feature of Word. It's as simple as that! Dick Balza In a message dated 1/4/2001 5:17:22 PM Pacific Standard Time, nsampson@spacestar.net writes: > Subj: Re: [WIGEN-L] New Brown County Brochure for Gentech > Date: 1/4/2001 5:17:22 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: nsampson@spacestar.net (Nance Sampson) > Reply-to: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com > To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > Hi -- > > I think that Dick and Kelly have done an excellent job on these brochures. > I just > wish I knew how to do them! I mean, I know how to make brochures in my word > processor, but for the life of me, I can't figure out how you all did it > and saved > it as an html file. Where is my brain? Can anyone give us a little advise > on how > to do this without having to individually ask for help? Is there a special > program that you all use? I'd really like to make a brochure for each of > my six > counties, but if I can't figure this out pretty quick here, it won't do > anyone any > good. Please help! > > I humbly thank all of you geniuses who know how to do this and are willing > to > help. :~) > > > -- > Nance > mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net > > > >

Can someone define what is to be in the brochure or point us to one that is already done please? Thanks, Donna Debie & Joe wrote: > Hi Tina, > I think I missed something here along the way. I was trying to get back to > single letter mode from digest and unsubbed from digest before it accepted > single letter. Anyway, we have to do brochures and calendars of events for > out counties now? I do have a basic Thank you page for both counties, but > mainly if someone contributed something to the website, their name, etc. is > at the bottom of that page. > To be honest, I really don't have the time for a calendar of events and > brochures for both counties. I figure anyone who wants to know what is > happening and when in my counties, they can go to the chamber of commerce > website for detailed info and as for a brochure, I am totally lost in doing > this. > > So any suggestions for me? > > Debie Blindauer > Calumet & Sheboygan > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Iron County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiron/index.htm -- Donna Long Kjendlie Vice President , Walworth County Genealogical Society Visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwalwor Owner of the Walworth County Wisconsin Mailing list to subscribe <wiwalwor-l-request@rootsweb.com> message: subscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Green County web coordinator Visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigreen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Owner of the following mailing lists DUNWIDDIE-L to subscribe: <DUNWIDDIE-L-request@rootsweb.com> message: subscribe LANGE-L to subscribe: <LANGE-L-request@rootsweb.com> message: subscribe WIROCK-L to subscribe: <WIROCK-L-request@rootsweb.com> message: subscribe