Waushara County (Town of Bloomfield) Brushville Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/waushura-bloomfield-brushville.html Waushara County (Town of Aurora) Shead Island Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/waushura-aurora-sheadisland.html Waushara County (Saxeville) Saxeville Union Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/waushura-saxeville-saxevilleunion.html Jackson County (Town of Brockway) Sullivan Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/jackson-brockway-sullivan.html Jackson County (Town of Alma) Merrillan - Oakwood Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/jackson-alma-merrillan-oakwood.html Clark County (Unity Township) St Johns Lutheran Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/clark-unitytwp-stjohnslutheran.html Clark County (Town of Mentor) Menter-Humbird Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/clark-menter-humbird.html Buffalo County (Town of Mondovi) Sacred Heart Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/buffalo-mondovi-sacredheart.html Manitowoc County (Town of Newton) St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/manitowoc-newton-stpaulslutheran.html Saint Croix County (Town of Hudson) Old Willow River Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/stcroix-hudson-oldwillowriver.html Marquette County (Town of Mecan) Schulz - Qaust Burial Site Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/marquette-mecan-schulz-qaust.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

ADDITIONS: Milwaukee County (Milwaukee) Calvary Cemetery Tombstone Photos Abel, A.F. - Lukso, Stefan http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/milwaukee-calvary01.html Mac Gregor, Charles C. and Agnes - Zynda, Katarzyna http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/milwaukee-calvary02.html Washington County (Town of Jackson) Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/washington-jackson-trinitylutheran.html Waushara County (Town of Oasis) Ray Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/waushura-oasis-ray.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 I am downsizing my personal library and will have several categories including many genealogy books. I will be holding a book sale in Beloit, WI on the 6th and 7th of October. If you are interested and would like more information, please contact me privately. I do not have a list of books and cannot look for titles. Thanks, Donna

Dodge County (Town of Emmet) Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Tombstone Photos Achammer, Robert F. - Long, Elenora Zick http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/dodge-emmet-immanuellutheran01.html Maass, Anna - Zwieg, Lillian A. Zimmermann http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/dodge-emmet-immanuellutheran02.html An index to Tombstone Photograph Pages is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/ Tina

Tina of WIGEN mailing list says:::: ___________ With this posting .. 50,216 photos 562 cemeteries Whew! with tremendous thanks all who contribute and continue to! Tina ------------Thanks Tina for everyone's good work!! Brenda

With this posting .. 50,216 photos 562 cemeteries Whew! with tremendous thanks all who contribute and continue to! Tina --- Milwaukee County (Milwaukee) West Granville Cemetery Tombstone Photos Baerenwald, Alvin and Esther - Kueneih, Johanna http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/milwaukee-westgranville01.html Lambrecht, Lillie - Zuhling, Sophia http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/milwaukee-westgranville02.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

Iowa County (Dodgeville) St Josephs Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/iowa-dodgeville-stjosephs.html Iowa County (Mineral Point) Old Mineral Point Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/iowa-mp-oldmineralpoint.html Iowa County (Linden Township) Linden Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/iowa-lindentownship-linden.html Clark County (Town of Loyal) Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/clark-loyal-trinitylutheran.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

Iowa County (Cobb) Calvery Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/iowa-cobb-calvery.html Waushara County (Town of Oasis) Hillside Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/waushura-oasis-hillside.html Waushara County (Saxeville) Mt Calvary Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/waushura-saxeville-mtcalvary.html Waushara County (Town of Bloomfield) Concordia Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/waushura-bloomfield-concordia.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

Chippewa County (Chippewa Falls) Forest Hills Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/chip-chippewafalls-foresthills.html Chippewa County (Chippewa Falls) Hope Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/chip-chippewafalls-hope.html Richland County (Lone Rock) Lone Rock Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/richland-lonerock-lonerock.html Richland County (Orion Township) Indian Creek Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/richland-orion-indiancreek.html Richland County (Richwood Township) Sand Prairie Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/richland-sandprairie.html ADDITIONAL: Jefferson County (Pipersville) Pipersville Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/jeff-pipersville.html LaCrosse County (Town of Bangor) Fairview Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/lacrosse-bangor-fairview.html LaCrosse County (Town of Burns) Rockland Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/lacrosse-burns-rockland.html Iowa County (Ridgeway) St Bridgets Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/iowa-ridgeway-stbridget.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

Hi Tina, Thanks for this most recent update. It's always fun to see something come through for the counties that we maintain. Thank you for all your hard work in getting these photos online. I know this is going to sound 'picky' and I don't mean it to be, but I noticed several very small errors in some of the listings for the counties that I maintain. One of these is in this most recent addition to Eau Claire Co. The township is actually spelled with 2 m's - Drammen. Also, under the Trempealeau Co. listing, could you clarify that the tombstone photos being linked to are for Trempealeau County and not just Trempealeau (there is the city and the county by the same name)? Sorry for causing you this extra hassle, but I've come to realize that alot of people get confused by the simplest of things. Thanks for your help in clearing this up. Also, I've tried to access all nine of the counties in the Archives Project that I maintain, but keep getting told that I have the wrong password. I haven't changed any of my settings, so I'm assuming there has been a blanket password change for the state. I have an update and quite a few additions to make. Could you write to me privately and let me know what the new password is? Thanks! Nance WICCx6 On 9/17/05, Tina S. Vickery <tsvickery@adelphia.net> wrote: > > > Eau Claire (Town of Dramen) Pleasant Valley Lutheran > Cemetery Tombstone Photos > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/ec-pleasantvalleylutheran.html > >

Brown County (Town of Pittsfield) North Pittsfield Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/brown-northpittsfield.html Brown County (Pulaski) Assumption Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/brown-assumption.html Brown County (Town of Pittsfield) Franciscan Fathers Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/brown-franciscanfathers.html Dunn County (Town of Stanton) Forest Hill Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/dunn-foresthill.html Eau Claire (Town of Dramen) Pleasant Valley Lutheran Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/ec-pleasantvalleylutheran.html LaCrosse County (Town of Bangor) Welsh Calvinstic Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/lacrosse-bangor-welshcalvinstic.html Iowa County (Linden Township) Peddlers Creek Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/iowa-lindentownship-peddlerscreek.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

Richland County (Buena Vista Township) Sextonville Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/richland-sextonville.html Richland County (Richwood Township) Coumbe Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/richland-coumbe.html Richland County (Buena Vista Township) Bear Valley Cemetery Tombstone Photos http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/richland-buenavista-bearvalley.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

A big thank you goes to Jen Makaryk who has agreed to do lookups in the book: Our Heritage: Almond and Vicinity by Ralph Tess The index is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag/query/almond01.htm Other Portage County Lookups can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag/portlook.htm When requesting any lookup, please give a surname, the given names, and a general date or location. General queries, such as all SMITHs, are discouraged. Again, thank you Jen Makaryk. R/S MAK __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

I encourage all to participate. Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Cortez" <janacortez@charter.net> To: <george@waller.org>; <debralee@ingenweb.net>; <ohgen@alltel.net>; <Local_History@worldnet.att.net>; "Scott Burow" <sburow@swbell.net>; "Tina S Vickery" <tsvickery@adelphia.net>; <genweb04@yahoo.com>; "TCF" <tcf@genealogist.net>; <rigenweb@aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:08 PM Subject: NE/NC Regional List > State Coordinators would you please post to your CC lists. Thanks! > > Since some of you are new, we'd like to invite you to join the NE/NC > Mailing > List. > > This list is for members of the USGenWeb NE/NC Region. It's purpose is to > keep you in contact with your USGenWeb Board Representatives. Its also a > way those representatives can keep the county hosts and state coordinators > apprised of what is being discussed on the board and how they may > represent > them on issues. > > Instructions for subscribing are below: > > For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at > USGenWeb-NE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > a.. Subscribing. Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, > but if your browser doesn't understand them, try these manual > instructions: > to join USGenWeb-NE-L, send mail to USGenWeb-NE-L-request@rootsweb.com > with > the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join > USGenWeb-NE-D, do the same thing with USGenWeb-NE-D-request@rootsweb.com. > a.. Subscribe to USGenWeb-NE-L > b.. Subscribe to USGenWeb-NE-D (digest) > > Jeff Scism > Jan Cortez > NE/NC CC Reps > > George Waller > NE/NC SC Rep > > >

Since some of you are new, we'd like to invite you to join the NE/NC Mailing List. This list is for members of the USGenWeb NE/NC Region. It's purpose is to keep you in contact with your USGenWeb Board Representatives. Its also a way those representatives can keep the county hosts and state coordinators apprised of what is being discussed on the board and how they may represent them on issues. Instructions for subscribing are below: For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at USGenWeb-NE-admin@rootsweb.com. a.. Subscribing. Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn't understand them, try these manual instructions: to join USGenWeb-NE-L, send mail to USGenWeb-NE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join USGenWeb-NE-D, do the same thing with USGenWeb-NE-D-request@rootsweb.com. a.. Subscribe to USGenWeb-NE-L b.. Subscribe to USGenWeb-NE-D (digest) Jeff Scism Jan Cortez NE/NC CC Reps George Waller NE/NC SC Rep

I am not an expert on this, by no means. But I can echo what Josh and Peggy have said here. I am a member of one of the newer gen. societies in Wisconsin. Our society thought it best to become a member of the FGS and have been for the past four years. We have received lots of helpful information in running our society, as well as receiving good, solid genealogical advice. Our membership with the FGS (as well as being a WSGS affiliate) shows to those who need the reassurance that we are a viable/creditable organization, which is of vital importance in our area (Barron Co.) Also, as the FGS Delegate for our society, I receive lots of good information that I can pass on to our members. And the Forum magazine is great! FWIW, I think it is a good thing for the USGenWeb to join the FGS. Nance WI CC x 6 Debie & Joe wrote: > Tina, > > I have heard of FGS before to I admit that I really don't know > anything about it. Is this a good thing that USGenWeb is connecting > with them? I didn't know anything about this. Was it posted someplace > that I ended up missing it or something? > > If anyone knows anything about the FGS society or association, > would you mind filling me in on it? I feel like a twit having to ask > about this, but I figure this was the best place to come for help. > > How does this affect the separate county pages, if it does at all? > How about the state pages or special projects? Do you know if the CC's > will have to become members as well? Do you know if USGenWeb joins, do > we get to vote on what we think or is it just kind of going to be done > and really doesn't affect any of us? > > Thanks for any help on my confusion in this whole thing, > > Debie Blindauer > > Calumet & Sheboygan Counties > > > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Waushara County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html > Visit the Wood County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/ > > > >

Hi all, The Iowa County Genealogical Society (http://www.wiiowagensoc.org/) had, for many years, been a member of FGS. We found their organization to be an invaluable tool for us while organizing the society and moving it forward at the same time. They hold national conferences each year just as NGS does. The basic difference between the two societies is that FGS is more of a Genealogical Society for Societies while NGS is the national society for individuals. That's not to say that an individual could not join FGS, they certainly could just as a society could join NGS. It's just the matter of that society's focus on their materials. Their conferences are geared for the individual, but they also have had a separate track just for society management where your society's delegate or officers can attend. The only reason that ICGS dropped the membership was that we were focusing spending as much of our funding on projects vs memberships. If that focus changes and we were to open the society wallet up to other things again, FGS would be first on my list of items to spend money on. To find out more about them, check out their website: http://fgs.org/ My opinion is that joining FGS is a good thing for everyone is the USGenWeb. It will help grow the project and help the leaders with specific concerns or questions that they may have and ultimately those answers can only help the coordinators. Thanks, Peggy Perry -----Original Message----- From: Tina S. Vickery [mailto:tsvickery@adelphia.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:59 PM To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] USGenWeb and FGS Debie, Josh, who is our Jefferson County CC, can tell you all about it .. (The Josh of the note I forwarded). I know it to be a very fine organization that promotes genealogical organizations. I wrote my representatives tonight to urge them to accept this generous offer. Josh could you tell us all more about the FGS. Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debie & Joe" <sebring@excel.net> To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:24 AM Subject: [WIGEN-L] USGenWeb and FGS > Tina, > > I have heard of FGS before to I admit that I really don't know > anything about it. Is this a good thing that USGenWeb is connecting > with them? I didn't know anything about this. Was it posted someplace > that I ended up missing it or something? > > If anyone knows anything about the FGS society or association, would > you mind filling me in on it? I feel like a twit having to ask about > this, but I figure this was the best place to come for help. > > How does this affect the separate county pages, if it does at all? > How about the state pages or special projects? Do you know if the > CC's will have to become members as well? Do you know if USGenWeb > joins, do we get to vote on what we think or is it just kind of going > to be done and really doesn't affect any of us? > > Thanks for any help on my confusion in this whole thing, > > Debie Blindauer > > Calumet & Sheboygan Counties > > > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Waushara County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html > Visit the Wood County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/ > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== Celebrate Wisconsin! Visit the Vilas County WIGenWeb Project Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~wivilas/

Tina, Thanks for your quick reply. I will wait to see if Josh responds, otherwise I will e-mail him directly. Thanks again & Have a great week, Debie Blindauer Calumet & Sheboygan Counties At 11:58 PM 9/13/2005, you wrote: >Debie, > >Josh, who is our Jefferson County CC, can tell you all about >it .. (The Josh of the note I forwarded). I know it to be >a very fine organization that promotes genealogical >organizations. I wrote my representatives tonight to urge >them to accept this generous offer. Josh could you tell us >all more about the FGS. > >Tina >----- Original Message ----- From: "Debie & Joe" <sebring@excel.net> >To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:24 AM >Subject: [WIGEN-L] USGenWeb and FGS > >>Tina, >>I have heard of FGS before to I admit that I really don't know >>anything about it. Is this a good thing that USGenWeb is connecting >>with them? I didn't know anything about this. Was it posted >>someplace that I ended up missing it or something? >>If anyone knows anything about the FGS society or association, >>would you mind filling me in on it? I feel like a twit having to >>ask about this, but I figure this was the best place to come for help. >>How does this affect the separate county pages, if it does at all? >>How about the state pages or special projects? Do you know if the >>CC's will have to become members as well? Do you know if USGenWeb >>joins, do we get to vote on what we think or is it just kind of >>going to be done and really doesn't affect any of us? >>Thanks for any help on my confusion in this whole thing, >>Debie Blindauer >>Calumet & Sheboygan Counties >> >> >>==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >>Celebrate Wisconsin! >>Visit the Waushara County WIGenWeb Project Pages >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html >>Visit the Wood County WIGenWeb Project Pages >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/ > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Celebrate Wisconsin! >Visit the Vilas County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wivilas/ >

Debie, Josh, who is our Jefferson County CC, can tell you all about it .. (The Josh of the note I forwarded). I know it to be a very fine organization that promotes genealogical organizations. I wrote my representatives tonight to urge them to accept this generous offer. Josh could you tell us all more about the FGS. Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debie & Joe" <sebring@excel.net> To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:24 AM Subject: [WIGEN-L] USGenWeb and FGS > Tina, > > I have heard of FGS before to I admit that I really don't know > anything about it. Is this a good thing that USGenWeb is connecting > with them? I didn't know anything about this. Was it posted someplace > that I ended up missing it or something? > > If anyone knows anything about the FGS society or association, would > you mind filling me in on it? I feel like a twit having to ask about > this, but I figure this was the best place to come for help. > > How does this affect the separate county pages, if it does at all? > How about the state pages or special projects? Do you know if the > CC's will have to become members as well? Do you know if USGenWeb > joins, do we get to vote on what we think or is it just kind of going > to be done and really doesn't affect any of us? > > Thanks for any help on my confusion in this whole thing, > > Debie Blindauer > > Calumet & Sheboygan Counties > > > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Waushara County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html > Visit the Wood County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/ > >

FYI. Tina --- From: "D. Joshua Taylor" < josh@djoshuataylor.com> Subject: USGenWeb and FGS Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:53:08 -0600 STATE COORDINATORS AND REGIONAL LIST ADMINS: Please feel free to forward onto your lists if you feel it is right to do so. Dear Fellow USGenWeb Members: Please note that this message is written in my capacity as a member of USGenWeb, not as the Parliamentarian for the Advisory Board. There have been several misconceptions about the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), since the announcement that USGenWeb had submitted its membership application to the society. While I do not claim to be an "expert" on FGS, I do know quite a few of the board members on a personal level, and as you know am involved with their 2006 National Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The first misconception that needs to be corrected is that FGS *needs* us, this is completely untrue. The Federation serves to connect the genealogical community (professional, volunteer, etc.) through the thousands of genealogical societies in the United States. While attending the FGS 2005 Conference, I (and other USGenWeb members) discussed with FGS Officers about USGenWeb joining FGS, and we were told that FGS would be happy to welcome USGenWeb as a member society. Because we were at the conference, the rate was discounted ($105.00 rather than $115.00), and we could immediately begin the process of becoming a part of FGS. A membership application was filled out, and contrary to what has earlier been said, that application does not need to be "approved" by their board. The membership was a donation and a gift to USGenWeb by one of its members in attempts to solidify the efforts of USGenWeb within the nationwide genealogical community. FGS is an organization made up of volunteers (as are most genealogical societies throughout the United States). Recently FGS created the Ruth C. Bishop Family History Volunteer Hall of Honor, an award recognizing volunteers from FGS member societies throughout the United States (more information is at http://www.fgs.org/fgs-rbaward.htm). As an FGS member, USGenWeb will be able to nominate its members for their generous contributions to the world of genealogy. As a member of FGS, USGenWeb will receive the "Delegate Digest," which will be sent to the FGS Delegate, and then the FGS Delegate (who does NOT become a member of the FGS Board) disseminates the information to USGenWeb. We don't have to put their logo on our pages, or submit a report to them. One of the many benefits is also the FGS Forum subscription, which is sent to the FGS Delegate for USGenWeb, and most likely the President (in our case the National Coordinator). The FGS Forum will provide information helping USGenWeb to grow as an organization and become "bigger and better," enabling us to serve genealogists in a much easier manner. The FGS Delegate is charged with sharing this information with USGenWeb members. While some may not agree with the "process" by which USGenWeb joined FGS, the fact is that becoming a member of FGS signifies to the genealogical community that USGenWeb wants to be a part of the "genealogy world." Our efforts with the 2006 Boston Conference, the track we have put together, and the various events we will be holding during the week will only further help to enhance the reputation of USGenWeb as a resource for "free genealogy." I plead with members of the USGenWeb Advisory Board to accept the donation of FGS Membership (recognizing that the process of joining was not a process that should be repeated), and give our membership in FGS a chance! Membership within the Federation is a good thing for the future of USGenWeb. I invite any AB members, or my fellow project members who have questions regarding FGS and USGenWeb's membership to e-mail me at Josh@DJoshuaTaylor.com, I would be happy to do my best to give you an answer. Sincerely, D. Joshua Taylor STATE COORDINATORS AND REGIONAL LIST ADMINS: Please feel free to forward onto your lists if you feel it is right to do so.