FYI. Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <lhaasdav@cox.net> To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:17 AM Subject: [BOARD-L] Filling Vacant RAL seat > Today, March 14th, is the last day that volunteers for the vacant > RAL seat will be accepted. If you wish to volunteer for this seat > please send me an e-mail saying you are volunteering for the RAL > seat. Please include your primary e-mail address and the > position(s) you hold within the Project. > > (Permission to forward) > > Linda Haas Davenport > NC USGenWeb Project > > > > ==== BOARD Mailing List ==== > "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's > consent." > Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) > >

Vernon County (Westby) Coon Valley Lutheran Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/vernon-coonvalleylutheran.html Vernon County (Westby) Our Savior's Lutheran Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/vernon-ouraviorslutheran.html These photos were generously taken and contributed to these pages by Lisa Kammel! Please take a moment to thank them for this terrific resource! An index to Tombstone Photograph Pages is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/ Tina

Vernon County (Wetby) Coon Prairie Lutheran Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/vernon-countrycoonprairelutheran.html These photos were generously taken and contributed to these pages by Lisa Kammel! Please take a moment to thank them for this terrific resource! An index to Tombstone Photograph Pages is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/ Tina

FYI and comment if you wish. AB members emails can be found here. http://www.usgenweb.com/about/advisoryboard.shtml Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <lhaasdav@cox.net> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 2:25 PM Subject: Non Resolution of Grievances >I posted this message today on ABChat. If you are not subbed to > ABChat you can follow the discussion by reading usgenweb-all in > Rootsweb's threaded archives. > > The AB is asking for imput from the membership about this > problem. > **** > > The Project's by-laws assign certain duties to the AB. Article VI > (Duties of the Advisory Board), Section 3, lists one of the AB's > duties as: "advising and mediating, if necessary, any grievances > or appeals."http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/bylaws.shtml > > Over the years, acting under this section of the by-laws the AB > has heard grievances and rendered recommendations to the parties > of a grievance. However, once the AB rendered its recommendations > it has been up to the parties of the grievance whether or not to > follow the AB's recommendations. The by-laws do not give the AB > the authority to enforce its recommendations. > This situation has resulted in frustration on both sides - the AB > and the members. > > This AB was recently involved in a grievance filed by a CC > against an SC over the delinking of the CC. The AB members > hearing this grievance rendered a set of recommendation, one of > which was for the SC to relink the CC. The SC declined to > implement the recommendations, citing past precedent that an SC > has the right to delink any CC they wish and there is no > requirement for grievance recommendations to be implemented. > > The decision of the SC resulted in yet more grievances being > filed and e-mails from members demanding that the AB "do > something." > > The AB has discussed this situation in Exec (the place to discuss > grievances) and after extensive discussion has decided to bring > this issue of non-resolution of grievances to open discussion to > try to find a workable solution to the problem. > > (message may be forwarded) > > Linda Haas Davenport > NC USGenWeb Project > > ______________________________

Forwarded as requested. Tina Vickery ----- Original Message ----- From: D. Joshua Taylor To: 'Tina S. Vickery' Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:15 PM Subject: Newsletter Correction **Please Forward to All USGenWeb Lists** Dear All, The Call for Donations for USGenWeb FGS 2006 contained an error that needs to be corrected. The sentence, "Please note that your donations will be used to cover expenses of private individuals assisting with USGenWeb at FGS 2006." should read "Please note that your donations will NOT be used to cover expenses of private individuals assisting with USGenWeb at FGS 2006." Donations will only be used to cover the expenses as outlined in the budget, not for the expenses of private individuals. I apologize for the error and confusion. D. Joshua Taylor USGenWeb at FGS 2006 Chair **Please Forward to USGenWeb Lists** -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.0/276 - Release Date: 3/7/2006

A little bit more at: http://dir.civc.wisc.edu/view.asp?cat=13&cat1=117#1010 This is the more familiar lyrics (to me)! Roxanne -----Original Message----- From: MAK - Transcriber [mailto:maktranscriber@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:40 PM To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: WI State Song - does anyone have answer? The only information I have on WI State Song is on the webpages you were at... Did you try the Wisconsin State Historical Society? http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ They have a site for teachers with questions - see http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/ Hope this helps - Did you check the WIGenWeb site - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/ We have a Wisconsin Mail List -- perhaps someone there will have a better answer for you - I will forward it... If you find an answer - can you let me know so I can post it... thanks. R/S MAK --- Debbie Masson <Debbie.Masson@lcs.k12.wi.us> wrote: > Hi! I'm a teacher and we are putting on a folk fair at our school. > I am trying to find out the history of the state song "On Wisconsin", > but I am having a hard time finding out just what the history is. > > Please help me, if you can. Thank you, Deb > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/277 - Release Date: 3/8/2006

Went searching on the UW-Madison site (thought I had seen something there before, being an alum). Here's the link: http://www.law.wisc.edu/blogs/wisblawg/2005/09/on_wisconsin_trivia.html Hope it helps! Roxanne -----Original Message----- From: MAK - Transcriber [mailto:maktranscriber@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:40 PM To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: WI State Song - does anyone have answer? The only information I have on WI State Song is on the webpages you were at... Did you try the Wisconsin State Historical Society? http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ They have a site for teachers with questions - see http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/ Hope this helps - Did you check the WIGenWeb site - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/ We have a Wisconsin Mail List -- perhaps someone there will have a better answer for you - I will forward it... If you find an answer - can you let me know so I can post it... thanks. R/S MAK --- Debbie Masson <Debbie.Masson@lcs.k12.wi.us> wrote: > Hi! I'm a teacher and we are putting on a folk fair at our school. > I am trying to find out the history of the state song "On Wisconsin", > but I am having a hard time finding out just what the history is. > > Please help me, if you can. Thank you, Deb > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/277 - Release Date: 3/8/2006

You are most welcome - all I did was ask a question and forward - my fellow CC did the rest - I will send her the thanks.... R/S MAK --- Debbie Masson <Debbie.Masson@lcs.k12.wi.us> wrote: > Hi! > I received your three e-mails. Thanks for the > help!! Debbie MAKtranscriber http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Guess I shoulda looked around a little bit more. Here are some of the lyrics used by the UW-Madison fans. These are geared more toward the football games, but I guess I've heard a combination of many of these lyrics and don't know for sure just what lyrics are being used these days. Either that, or I'm confused (which is more than likely) as the high school I graduated from (Altoona, Eau Claire Co.) used the music from "On Wisconsin" as our school song and called it "On Altoona". If I remember right, I think we had several different versions of the lyrics too - one for football and one for basketball. UW-Madison Lyrics *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! * *Plunge right through that line! * *Run the ball clear down the field, * *(originally "Run the ball clear 'round Chicago<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago> ") * *A touchdown sure this time. * *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! * *Fight on for her fame * *Fight! Fellows! - fight, fight, fight! * *We'll win this game. * *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! * *Stand up, Badgers, sing! * *"Forward" is our driving spirit, * *Loyal voices ring. * *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! * *Raise her glowing flame * *Stand, Fellows, let * On 3/8/06, WI CC x 6 <wigenwebcc@gmail.com> wrote: > > <snipped from the first message sent to show the official text for the > first verse was incorporated in Chapter 170, Laws of 1959, and it is > contained in Section 1.10 of the statutes>: > > *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Grand old badger state! > We, thy loyal sons and daughters, Hail thee, good and great. > On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Champion of the right, > 'Forward', our motto - God will give thee might!* > > > On 3/7/06, MAK - Transcriber <maktranscriber@yahoo.com > wrote: > > > > The only information I have on WI State Song is on the > > webpages you were at... > > > > Did you try the Wisconsin State Historical Society? > > http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ > > > > They have a site for teachers with questions - see > > http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/ > > > > Hope this helps - > > > > Did you check the WIGenWeb site - > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/<http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ewigenweb/> > > > > We have a Wisconsin Mail List -- perhaps someone there > > will have a better answer for you - I will forward > > it... If you find an answer - can you let me know so > > I can post it... thanks. > > > > R/S MAK > > > > > > > > --- Debbie Masson < Debbie.Masson@lcs.k12.wi.us> wrote: > > > > > Hi! I'm a teacher and we are putting on a folk fair > > > at our school. > > > I am trying to find out the history of the state > > > song "On Wisconsin", > > > but I am having a hard time finding out just what > > > the history is. > > > > > > Please help me, if you can. Thank you, Deb > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > > Celebrate Wisconsin! > > Visit the Waupaca County WIGenWeb Project Pages > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm<http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ewiwaupac/index.htm> > > > > >

Hi MAK, Here is a little history that I found on this website - http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_state_song.html I'm pasting it here in case somebody else is interested in knowing this stuff too: Wisconsin State Song Song: "On, Wisconsin!" The music for "On, Wisconsin!" was composed in 1909 by William T. Purdy with the idea of entering it in a contest for the creation of a new University of Minnesota football song. ("Minnesota" would have replaced "On, Wisconsin" in the opening lines.) Carl Beck persuaded Purdy to dedicate the song to the University of Wisconsin football team instead, and Beck collaborated with the composer by writing the lyrics. The song was introduced at the Madison campus in November 1909. It was later acclaimed by world-famous composer and bandmaster John Philip Sousa as the best college song he had ever heard. Lyrics more in keeping with the purposes of a state song were subsequently written in 1913 by Judge Charles D. Rosa and J. S. Hubbard, editor of the Beloit Free Press. Rosa and Hubbard were among the delegates from many states convened in 1913 to commemorate the centennial of the Battle of Lake Erie. Inspired by the occasion, they provided new, more solemn words to the already well-known football song. Although "On, Wisconsin!" was widely recognized as Wisconsin's song, the state did not officially adopt it until 1959. Representative Harold W. Clemens discovered that Wisconsin was one of only ten states without an official song. He introduced a bill to give the song the status he thought it deserved. On discovering that many different lyrics existed, an official text for the first verse was incorporated in Chapter 170, Laws of 1959, and it is contained in Section 1.10 of the statutes: *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Grand old badger state! We, thy loyal sons and daughters, Hail thee, good and great. On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Champion of the right, 'Forward', our motto - God will give thee might!* On 3/7/06, MAK - Transcriber <maktranscriber@yahoo.com> wrote: > > The only information I have on WI State Song is on the > webpages you were at... > > Did you try the Wisconsin State Historical Society? > http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ > > They have a site for teachers with questions - see > http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/ > > Hope this helps - > > Did you check the WIGenWeb site - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/ > > We have a Wisconsin Mail List -- perhaps someone there > will have a better answer for you - I will forward > it... If you find an answer - can you let me know so > I can post it... thanks. > > R/S MAK > > > > --- Debbie Masson <Debbie.Masson@lcs.k12.wi.us> wrote: > > > Hi! I'm a teacher and we are putting on a folk fair > > at our school. > > I am trying to find out the history of the state > > song "On Wisconsin", > > but I am having a hard time finding out just what > > the history is. > > > > Please help me, if you can. Thank you, Deb > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Waupaca County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm > >

Thank you so much for all this information - I already passed the first email to Debbie - but will pass this as well.... I graduated from Lincoln High - in Wisconsin Rapids, we sang it at football games as (I think we did at UW-O also - but that was a few years (decades - ha ha ha ha) ago - Onward Lincoln, Onward Lincoln - BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH and it ended something like FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT Again, many thanks. R/S MAK --- WI CC x 6 <wigenwebcc@gmail.com> wrote: > Guess I shoulda looked around a little bit more. > Here are some of the > lyrics used by the UW-Madison fans. These are > geared more toward the > football games, but I guess I've heard a combination > of many of these lyrics > and don't know for sure just what lyrics are being > used these days. Either > that, or I'm confused (which is more than likely) as > the high school I > graduated from (Altoona, Eau Claire Co.) used the > music from "On Wisconsin" > as our school song and called it "On Altoona". If I > remember right, I think > we had several different versions of the lyrics too > - one for football and > one for basketball. > > UW-Madison Lyrics > > *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! > * *Plunge right through that line! > * *Run the ball clear down the field, > * *(originally "Run the ball clear 'round > Chicago<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago> > ") > * *A touchdown sure this time. > * *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! > * *Fight on for her fame > * *Fight! Fellows! - fight, fight, fight! > * *We'll win this game. > > * > *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! > * *Stand up, Badgers, sing! > * *"Forward" is our driving spirit, > * *Loyal voices ring. > * *On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! > * *Raise her glowing flame > * *Stand, Fellows, let * > > MAKtranscriber http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

The only information I have on WI State Song is on the webpages you were at... Did you try the Wisconsin State Historical Society? http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ They have a site for teachers with questions - see http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/ Hope this helps - Did you check the WIGenWeb site - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/ We have a Wisconsin Mail List -- perhaps someone there will have a better answer for you - I will forward it... If you find an answer - can you let me know so I can post it... thanks. R/S MAK --- Debbie Masson <Debbie.Masson@lcs.k12.wi.us> wrote: > Hi! I'm a teacher and we are putting on a folk fair > at our school. > I am trying to find out the history of the state > song "On Wisconsin", > but I am having a hard time finding out just what > the history is. > > Please help me, if you can. Thank you, Deb > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Walworth County (Sharon) South Grove Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/wal-sharon-southgrove.html These photos and transcriptions were generously taken and contributed to these pages by Richard Snodie! Please take a moment to thank them for this terrific resource! An index to Tombstone Photograph Pages is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/ Tina

Green County (Jefferson Township) Twin Grove Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/green-jeffersontwp-twingrove.html Green County (Monroe City) Greenwood Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/green-monroecity-greenwood.html These photos and transcriptions were generously taken and contributed to these pages by Dana Smith! Please take a moment to thank them for this terrific resource! An index to Tombstone Photograph Pages is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/ Tina

Wow, Debie, those are terrific! Makes you believe in fate. I am sure his dad would be very, very pleased :-) Excellent job! Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debie & Joe" <sebring@excel.net> To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 6:02 PM Subject: [WIGEN-L] Wanted to Share this > Hi All, > > I am still sort of wowed by this, but I thought I would share with > all of you something that has happen to me. If I wasn't a 100% true > believer before, I certainly am now. > > To give you a bit of history so you understand the story here, I > will explain in short what started this. Back early last fall, a gentleman > contacted me asking if I would be interested in old photos for the > Sheboygan County website. Many, many years ago when the Groh Photo Studio > went out of business, this gentleman's father saw fit to save boxes upon > boxes of old glass negatives. At some point in time, his father had passed > away and he found these boxes in the garage. Of course he saved them and > took them back to his house. He wrote and sent a sample of what he was > doing with them and even though some were in bad shape, he asked if I was > interested in adding something like that to the website. Well, of course, > I never turn =anything= away that can be added to the website. So he set > about photographing the glass negatives and doing whatever he was doing > and sending me files of them. I started to add them to the website, I > touched some up with a wonderful program I have because moisture had done > damage. Anyway, I haven't had alot of time since November between dealing > with the holidays and then hanging, mudding, sanding and painting of > drywall, not to mention the constant medical problem that continues to > return despite all the doctors and specialists and treatments. Anyway, I > truly hadn't added anything to the website since November 17 of last year. > > Yesterday I was feeling well enough to be up and able to sit at > the computer for more than about an hour at a time, for some reason I > decided to start adding the photos again. I made contact with Bob and let > him know what was happening and that I was going to be working on adding > to the website again. > > Today in my e-mail I found a letter that he included me in to his > siblings and other family members who knew the photos were being added. He > stated in the e-mail the following: > >>As a fitting tribute to dad's penchant to keep all things old, Debie >>Blindauer has once again begun to load the glass negative images onto the >>Sheboygan County Website on the eve of this sad anniversary. > > I had no idea what he meant and sent a letter apologizing if I had > added to his sadness. After hitting the send key, his letter bothered me > and I had wondered what correlation my e-mail and adding of the photos had > to do with his entire family. Knowing what was truly the saddest day in my > life {my mom's passing}, I went to the internet and did a search for his > dad's death date. I found it right away. Can you all guess what day Bob's > father passed away? > > Yes, one year ago today, his dad passed away, March 5, 2005. Now, > maybe it is a true coincidence. However, with as many other things that I > could have and probably should have worked on or did yesterday, to have > chose to add the photos instead makes me believe that a greater power had > me choose this instead. > > I just thought I would share this story with you all, I hope no > one minds since it really isn't WIGenWeb stuff, know what I mean? Oh, one > more thing with these photos, the best part after having the opportunity > to add these all, the vast majority are identified with names. Now it > truly doesn't get much better than that when hitting a gold mine of stuff. > > For those interested in seeing the photos that he is sending, here > is the url: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sheboygan/25.htm > > I have a full cd that he sent to add, in addition to the couple > hundred he e-mailed. They include everything from landscape to furniture > along with the people {of course} and even their pets. andn the end, I > will add every last one of them. <g> > > > Thanks for letting me share, > > Debie Blindauer > > Calumet & Sheboygan Counties > > > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Taylor County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~witaylor/ > >

I know it may sound odd to some, but for me it was like his dad was sending them a message through me. I don't know how else to explain this. Thanks Tina, Debie Blindauer Calumet & Sheboygan Counties At 05:19 PM 3/5/2006, you wrote: >Wow, Debie, those are terrific! Makes you believe in fate. I am >sure his dad would be very, very pleased :-) > >Excellent job! > >Tina >----- Original Message ----- From: "Debie & Joe" <sebring@excel.net> >To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 6:02 PM >Subject: [WIGEN-L] Wanted to Share this > > >>Hi All, >> >> I am still sort of wowed by this, but I thought I would >> share with all of you something that has happen to me. If I wasn't >> a 100% true believer before, I certainly am now. >> >> To give you a bit of history so you understand the story >> here, I will explain in short what started this. Back early last >> fall, a gentleman contacted me asking if I would be interested in >> old photos for the Sheboygan County website. Many, many years ago >> when the Groh Photo Studio went out of business, this gentleman's >> father saw fit to save boxes upon boxes of old glass negatives. At >> some point in time, his father had passed away and he found these >> boxes in the garage. Of course he saved them and took them back to >> his house. He wrote and sent a sample of what he was doing with >> them and even though some were in bad shape, he asked if I was >> interested in adding something like that to the website. Well, of >> course, I never turn =anything= away that can be added to the >> website. So he set about photographing the glass negatives and >> doing whatever he was doing and sending me files of them. I >> started to add them to the website, I touched some up with a >> wonderful program I have because moisture had done damage. Anyway, >> I haven't had alot of time since November between dealing with the >> holidays and then hanging, mudding, sanding and painting of >> drywall, not to mention the constant medical problem that >> continues to return despite all the doctors and specialists and >> treatments. Anyway, I truly hadn't added anything to the website >> since November 17 of last year. >> >> Yesterday I was feeling well enough to be up and able to >> sit at the computer for more than about an hour at a time, for >> some reason I decided to start adding the photos again. I made >> contact with Bob and let him know what was happening and that I >> was going to be working on adding to the website again. >> >> Today in my e-mail I found a letter that he included me in >> to his siblings and other family members who knew the photos were >> being added. He stated in the e-mail the following: >> >>>As a fitting tribute to dad's penchant to keep all things old, >>>Debie Blindauer has once again begun to load the glass negative >>>images onto the Sheboygan County Website on the eve of this sad anniversary. >> >> I had no idea what he meant and sent a letter apologizing >> if I had added to his sadness. After hitting the send key, his >> letter bothered me and I had wondered what correlation my e-mail >> and adding of the photos had to do with his entire family. Knowing >> what was truly the saddest day in my life {my mom's passing}, I >> went to the internet and did a search for his dad's death date. I >> found it right away. Can you all guess what day Bob's father passed away? >> >> Yes, one year ago today, his dad passed away, March 5, >> 2005. Now, maybe it is a true coincidence. However, with as many >> other things that I could have and probably should have worked on >> or did yesterday, to have chose to add the photos instead makes me >> believe that a greater power had me choose this instead. >> >> I just thought I would share this story with you all, I >> hope no one minds since it really isn't WIGenWeb stuff, know what >> I mean? Oh, one more thing with these photos, the best part after >> having the opportunity to add these all, the vast majority are >> identified with names. Now it truly doesn't get much better than >> that when hitting a gold mine of stuff. >> >> For those interested in seeing the photos that he is >> sending, here is the url: >> >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sheboygan/25.htm >> >> I have a full cd that he sent to add, in addition to the >> couple hundred he e-mailed. They include everything from landscape >> to furniture along with the people {of course} and even their >> pets. andn the end, I will add every last one of them. <g> >> >> >> Thanks for letting me share, >> >> Debie Blindauer >> >> Calumet & Sheboygan Counties >> >> >> >> >> >>==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >>Celebrate Wisconsin! >>Visit the Taylor County WIGenWeb Project Pages >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~witaylor/ >> > > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Celebrate Wisconsin! >Visit the Waukesha County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaukes/indice.html >

Hi All, I am still sort of wowed by this, but I thought I would share with all of you something that has happen to me. If I wasn't a 100% true believer before, I certainly am now. To give you a bit of history so you understand the story here, I will explain in short what started this. Back early last fall, a gentleman contacted me asking if I would be interested in old photos for the Sheboygan County website. Many, many years ago when the Groh Photo Studio went out of business, this gentleman's father saw fit to save boxes upon boxes of old glass negatives. At some point in time, his father had passed away and he found these boxes in the garage. Of course he saved them and took them back to his house. He wrote and sent a sample of what he was doing with them and even though some were in bad shape, he asked if I was interested in adding something like that to the website. Well, of course, I never turn =anything= away that can be added to the website. So he set about photographing the glass negatives and doing whatever he was doing and sending me files of them. I started to add them to the website, I touched some up with a wonderful program I have because moisture had done damage. Anyway, I haven't had alot of time since November between dealing with the holidays and then hanging, mudding, sanding and painting of drywall, not to mention the constant medical problem that continues to return despite all the doctors and specialists and treatments. Anyway, I truly hadn't added anything to the website since November 17 of last year. Yesterday I was feeling well enough to be up and able to sit at the computer for more than about an hour at a time, for some reason I decided to start adding the photos again. I made contact with Bob and let him know what was happening and that I was going to be working on adding to the website again. Today in my e-mail I found a letter that he included me in to his siblings and other family members who knew the photos were being added. He stated in the e-mail the following: >As a fitting tribute to dad's penchant to keep all things old, Debie >Blindauer has once again begun to load the glass negative images >onto the Sheboygan County Website on the eve of this sad anniversary. I had no idea what he meant and sent a letter apologizing if I had added to his sadness. After hitting the send key, his letter bothered me and I had wondered what correlation my e-mail and adding of the photos had to do with his entire family. Knowing what was truly the saddest day in my life {my mom's passing}, I went to the internet and did a search for his dad's death date. I found it right away. Can you all guess what day Bob's father passed away? Yes, one year ago today, his dad passed away, March 5, 2005. Now, maybe it is a true coincidence. However, with as many other things that I could have and probably should have worked on or did yesterday, to have chose to add the photos instead makes me believe that a greater power had me choose this instead. I just thought I would share this story with you all, I hope no one minds since it really isn't WIGenWeb stuff, know what I mean? Oh, one more thing with these photos, the best part after having the opportunity to add these all, the vast majority are identified with names. Now it truly doesn't get much better than that when hitting a gold mine of stuff. For those interested in seeing the photos that he is sending, here is the url: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sheboygan/25.htm I have a full cd that he sent to add, in addition to the couple hundred he e-mailed. They include everything from landscape to furniture along with the people {of course} and even their pets. andn the end, I will add every last one of them. <g> Thanks for letting me share, Debie Blindauer Calumet & Sheboygan Counties

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS: Waukesha County (Oconomowoc) LaBelle Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/labelle.html These photos were generously taken and contributed to these pages by Larry & Linda Kopet! Please take a moment to thank them for this terrific resource! An index to Tombstone Photograph Pages is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/ Tina

FYI. Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <lhaasdav@cox.net> To: <USGenWeb-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:49 AM Subject: [USGenWeb-NE] Call for volunteers - RAL AB Seat > Mike St. Clair has resigned his seat as Representative-A- Large > on the USGenWeb Project's Advisory Board. The by-laws call for > the AB to appoint a replacement to serve until the next scheduled > election (Aug 31, 2006). The AB is therefore issuing a call for > anyone interested in volunteering for the Representative-At-Large > seat. Volunteers will be accepted from March 5th through March > 14th. > > Since the RAL seat represents all Project members the volunteers' > names will be submitted to the membership via a Preference Poll > to be held by the EC (approximately March 19th-29th). At the > conclusion of the Poll the AB will appoint one of the volunteers > to serve until Aug 31st. > > If you are interested in volunteering for this seat please send > me a private e-mail (lhaasdav@cox.net) that includes your name, > primary e-mail address and the position(s) you hold within the > Project. Your name and the position(s) you hold will be posted on > Board-L. > > If you wish to "nominate" someone for the position please send me > a private e-mail (lhaasdav@cox.net) with the person's name, > e-mail address and position(s) within the Project. Your > nomination will be kept confidential unless you specify > otherwise. > > If you have any questions please feel free to ask. > > Please forward this message to the appropriate lists. > > Linda Haas Davenport > NC USGenWeb Project > > > > ==== USGenWeb-NE Mailing List ==== > Visit VTGenWeb: http://www.rootsquest.com/~usgwvtus/ > Visit WIGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/ > Visit CTGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctgenweb/ > >

Chiming in late to congratulate! Off the computer for a bit. 6 grandsons! I only have 4, and NO granddaughters! Glad all are OK Mari WIDane/Crawford At 07:13 PM 3/1/2006,tracy reinhardt wrote: >Baby Trevor is 21'' long, and he has just a bit of fuzz/hair, which grandma >is hoping will still turn red. >Mom had a pretty difficult time, because of his 8lbs 13oz, and was in labor >for 13 hours. They had to induce because he was so overdue, and didn't want >to arrive. >But now mom is doing ok, and with a little assist, should get rested up a >bit. >Dad is as happy as can be. He has 2 daughters and now a son. > >He really is cute as a button. They are giving him antibiotics just as a >precaution, because of the difficult birth, but he arrived safe and sound >last night, and grandma had a hard time going to work today and not calling >in sick, just to spend the day at the nursery!!!!! > >WOW, this makes my sixth grandson!!!!! > >http://webpages.charter.net/treinhardt/trevor1.jpg with mom >http://webpages.charter.net/treinhardt/trevor4.jpg with grandma >this should prove that he's cute as a button > >grandma tracy