LOL Well, that's what two days offline will do to you! <g> Cancel my post, John! Mari At 07:35 AM 11/27/2005,Robin Hoff Kaspar wrote: >John, you sent them to me and I posted them. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigrant/muscoda_cemetery.html > >But I posted them to Muscoda Public cemetery. Did I put them in the wrong >place? > >Robin > >-----Original Message----- >From: john dvorak [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 7:21 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [WIGRANT] Grant County online cemetery records > > >Ok I sent a few photos of DVORAKS from the St John the >Baptist Catholic cemetery in Muscoda, I was wondering >if I sent them to the wrong person or not. Someone >was posting cemetery photos to the web and I might >have forgotten which member it was. Can someone >please remind me? Thank you >John > > >--- Mari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > At 06:28 PM 11/26/2005,Ellen McFall wrote: > > >Hi, All. I live in Grant County and I'd be glad to > > >help photograph grave markers. I do a lot of > > research > > >online and I know I'm always very appreciate when I > > >find cemetery info online. > > >Ellen McFall [email protected] > > > > Hey! There ya go, Robin! I have family living in > > Grant/Crawford > > County. Am in IA, but do get back. Can the three > > of us get the > > whole hillside done? <g> > > > > Mari List admin > > > > > > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > > Chain letters, 'virus warnings' and the > > like should not be posted to the list. Send them to > > the list admin first for verification of validity: > > Mari at [email protected] > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > > your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > > last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > >==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > Support free volunteer genealogy. > Contribute your data and your time. For details see: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > RootsWeb supports our research by hosting our mailing list! > Do you support RootsWeb? > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > >==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > Neither HTML nor RTF is acceptable for mailing lists. It > causes problems for Rootsweb servers and for certain email > programs. Please turn these functions off. > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

ME, John! .....and I didn't get them! Mari At 06:21 AM 11/27/2005,john dvorak wrote: >Ok I sent a few photos of DVORAKS from the St John the >Baptist Catholic cemetery in Muscoda, I was wondering >if I sent them to the wrong person or not. Someone >was posting cemetery photos to the web and I might >have forgotten which member it was. Can someone >please remind me? Thank you >John > > >--- Mari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > At 06:28 PM 11/26/2005,Ellen McFall wrote: > > >Hi, All. I live in Grant County and I'd be glad to > > >help photograph grave markers. I do a lot of > > research > > >online and I know I'm always very appreciate when I > > >find cemetery info online. > > >Ellen McFall [email protected] > > > > Hey! There ya go, Robin! I have family living in > > Grant/Crawford > > County. Am in IA, but do get back. Can the three > > of us get the > > whole hillside done? <g> > > > > Mari List admin > > > > > > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > > Chain letters, 'virus warnings' and the > > like should not be posted to the list. Send them to > > the list admin first for verification of validity: > > Mari at [email protected] > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > > your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > > last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > >==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > Support free volunteer genealogy. > Contribute your data and your time. For details see: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > RootsWeb supports our research by hosting our mailing list! > Do you support RootsWeb? > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/901.2 Message Board Post: Kathleen, Is Charles A. Case 1861 - 1923 and Elizabeth J. 1862 - 1944 buried in Boice Prairie Cemetery, Potosi Township, the Case family you are looking for, I go to that cemetery. If you haven't received photo of their tombstone maybe I can help? How are you related? What information are you looking for? You can email me at [email protected] so if you need photos I can get your address. Mary

Robin, Just to let you know that I think that you are doing a great job. The Grant co. Genweb site has tons more stufff than most of the other counties that I have used around the country, and it is also very easy to search. Keep on doing what you do, and be proud of it. Anne Gwaltney

Mari and all, Live up near La Crosse, WI but back in Grant County occasionally to visit family. Let me know if you organize something, and I can add my legs and camera to the effort. Roxanne -----Original Message----- From: Mari [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 5:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIGRANT] Grant County online cemetery records At 06:28 PM 11/26/2005,Ellen McFall wrote: >Hi, All. I live in Grant County and I'd be glad to help photograph >grave markers. I do a lot of research online and I know I'm always very >appreciate when I find cemetery info online. >Ellen McFall [email protected] Hey! There ya go, Robin! I have family living in Grant/Crawford County. Am in IA, but do get back. Can the three of us get the whole hillside done? <g> Mari List admin ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== Chain letters, 'virus warnings' and the like should not be posted to the list. Send them to the list admin first for verification of validity: Mari at [email protected] ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/184 - Release Date: 11/27/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/184 - Release Date: 11/27/2005

ok but OOPS, the Joseph and Josephine gravestone actually says 1888-1945 for Joseph J, and 1888-1967 for Josephine M DVORAK Robin Hoff Kaspar wrote: >John, you sent them to me and I posted them. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigrant/muscoda_cemetery.html > >But I posted them to Muscoda Public cemetery. Did I put them in the wrong >place? > >Robin > >-----Original Message----- >From: john dvorak [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 7:21 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [WIGRANT] Grant County online cemetery records > > >Ok I sent a few photos of DVORAKS from the St John the >Baptist Catholic cemetery in Muscoda, I was wondering >if I sent them to the wrong person or not. Someone >was posting cemetery photos to the web and I might >have forgotten which member it was. Can someone >please remind me? Thank you >John > > >--- Mari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>At 06:28 PM 11/26/2005,Ellen McFall wrote: >> >> >>>Hi, All. I live in Grant County and I'd be glad to >>>help photograph grave markers. I do a lot of >>> >>> >>research >> >> >>>online and I know I'm always very appreciate when I >>>find cemetery info online. >>>Ellen McFall [email protected] >>> >>> >>Hey! There ya go, Robin! I have family living in >>Grant/Crawford >>County. Am in IA, but do get back. Can the three >>of us get the >>whole hillside done? <g> >> >>Mari List admin >> >> >> >>==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== >> Chain letters, 'virus warnings' and the >>like should not be posted to the list. Send them to >>the list admin first for verification of validity: >>Mari at [email protected] >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about >>your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the >>last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > >==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > Support free volunteer genealogy. > Contribute your data and your time. For details see: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > RootsWeb supports our research by hosting our mailing list! > Do you support RootsWeb? > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > >==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > Neither HTML nor RTF is acceptable for mailing lists. It causes problems for Rootsweb servers and for certain email programs. Please turn these functions off. > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > >

John, you sent them to me and I posted them. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigrant/muscoda_cemetery.html But I posted them to Muscoda Public cemetery. Did I put them in the wrong place? Robin -----Original Message----- From: john dvorak [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 7:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIGRANT] Grant County online cemetery records Ok I sent a few photos of DVORAKS from the St John the Baptist Catholic cemetery in Muscoda, I was wondering if I sent them to the wrong person or not. Someone was posting cemetery photos to the web and I might have forgotten which member it was. Can someone please remind me? Thank you John --- Mari <[email protected]> wrote: > At 06:28 PM 11/26/2005,Ellen McFall wrote: > >Hi, All. I live in Grant County and I'd be glad to > >help photograph grave markers. I do a lot of > research > >online and I know I'm always very appreciate when I > >find cemetery info online. > >Ellen McFall [email protected] > > Hey! There ya go, Robin! I have family living in > Grant/Crawford > County. Am in IA, but do get back. Can the three > of us get the > whole hillside done? <g> > > Mari List admin > > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > Chain letters, 'virus warnings' and the > like should not be posted to the list. Send them to > the list admin first for verification of validity: > Mari at [email protected] > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== Support free volunteer genealogy. Contribute your data and your time. For details see: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html RootsWeb supports our research by hosting our mailing list! Do you support RootsWeb? ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

OK Ellen, let's wait until the weather gets better. It'll give us time to put together a plan and get organized. I'll be in touch. Robin -----Original Message----- From: Ellen McFall [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 7:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIGRANT] Grant County online cemetery records Hi, All. I live in Grant County and I'd be glad to help photograph grave markers. I do a lot of research online and I know I'm always very appreciate when I find cemetery info online. Ellen McFall [email protected] --- [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 11/26/2005 2:14:20 PM Mountain > Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > And, wink wink, if you do live near Grant County > consider helping me out > next spring/summer/fall. Maybe we can put together a > plan to photograph some > cemeteries that the Kopets haven't gotten to yet; it > seems a waste of time > to duplicate their efforts (or anyone else's).>> > > Great idea. More hands, the better. I don't live in > Grant County (matter io > fact, I live two days of hard driving away from the > nearest Wisconsin state > border), but I'll be more than happy to do what I > can to get cemeteries and > databases online. > > For example, if someone wants to go out and take > pictures of a cemetery, they > can email the .jpgs, .pngs, or .bmps to me, and I'll > make up a html friendly > format to upload on the county website, rootsweb or > whatever. I can even make > a .txt if someone would think that would be equally > as helpful. > > Regards, > Diane > (Researching Michael Schenk b 1804 Germany, died > 1878) > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > There has been reported a highly > contagious virus making the rounds. No one will be > exempt from it, and as List Admin, I wanted everyone > to be aware of it. It seems that there's only one > way it can be spread. It comes in the form of a S M > I L E!!! :)) > *--*--*--*--*--*Keep Smiling!!*--*--*--*--*--* > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me Mari, WIGRANT List Admin at [email protected] *--*--*--*--*--*--*Happy Hunting!!*--*--*--*--*--*--* ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Thank Diane, I am writing this down! Robin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 5:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIGRANT] Grant County online cemetery records In a message dated 11/26/2005 2:14:20 PM Mountain Standard Time, robinkaspa[email protected] writes: And, wink wink, if you do live near Grant County consider helping me out next spring/summer/fall. Maybe we can put together a plan to photograph some cemeteries that the Kopets haven't gotten to yet; it seems a waste of time to duplicate their efforts (or anyone else's).>> Great idea. More hands, the better. I don't live in Grant County (matter io fact, I live two days of hard driving away from the nearest Wisconsin state border), but I'll be more than happy to do what I can to get cemeteries and databases online. For example, if someone wants to go out and take pictures of a cemetery, they can email the .jpgs, .pngs, or .bmps to me, and I'll make up a html friendly format to upload on the county website, rootsweb or whatever. I can even make a .txt if someone would think that would be equally as helpful. Regards, Diane (Researching Michael Schenk b 1804 Germany, died 1878) ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== There has been reported a highly contagious virus making the rounds. No one will be exempt from it, and as List Admin, I wanted everyone to be aware of it. It seems that there's only one way it can be spread. It comes in the form of a S M I L E!!! :)) *--*--*--*--*--*Keep Smiling!!*--*--*--*--*--* ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Works for me. Ellen --- Robin Hoff Kaspar <[email protected]> wrote: > OK Ellen, let's wait until the weather gets better. > It'll give us time to > put together a plan and get organized. I'll be in > touch. > Robin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ellen McFall [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 7:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIGRANT] Grant County online cemetery > records > > > Hi, All. I live in Grant County and I'd be glad to > help photograph grave markers. I do a lot of > research > online and I know I'm always very appreciate when I > find cemetery info online. > Ellen McFall [email protected] > > > --- [email protected] wrote: > > > In a message dated 11/26/2005 2:14:20 PM Mountain > > Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > And, wink wink, if you do live near Grant County > > consider helping me out > > next spring/summer/fall. Maybe we can put together > a > > plan to photograph some > > cemeteries that the Kopets haven't gotten to yet; > it > > seems a waste of time > > to duplicate their efforts (or anyone else's).>> > > > > Great idea. More hands, the better. I don't live > in > > Grant County (matter io > > fact, I live two days of hard driving away from > the > > nearest Wisconsin state > > border), but I'll be more than happy to do what I > > can to get cemeteries and > > databases online. > > > > For example, if someone wants to go out and take > > pictures of a cemetery, they > > can email the .jpgs, .pngs, or .bmps to me, and > I'll > > make up a html friendly > > format to upload on the county website, rootsweb > or > > whatever. I can even make > > a .txt if someone would think that would be > equally > > as helpful. > > > > Regards, > > Diane > > (Researching Michael Schenk b 1804 Germany, died > > 1878) > > > > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > > There has been reported a highly > > contagious virus making the rounds. No one will > be > > exempt from it, and as List Admin, I wanted > everyone > > to be aware of it. It seems that there's only one > > way it can be spread. It comes in the form of a S > M > > I L E!!! :)) > > *--*--*--*--*--*Keep > Smiling!!*--*--*--*--*--* > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > > records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > > world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > If you have any questions or concerns, > please e-mail me > Mari, WIGRANT List Admin at > [email protected] > *--*--*--*--*--*--*Happy > Hunting!!*--*--*--*--*--*--* > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death > Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > Problems with Unsubscribing? Did you > remember to add > " -request" before the @ symbol? (be sure to include > the minus sign) > Contact list admin Mari at > [email protected] > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

At 06:28 PM 11/26/2005,Ellen McFall wrote: >Hi, All. I live in Grant County and I'd be glad to >help photograph grave markers. I do a lot of research >online and I know I'm always very appreciate when I >find cemetery info online. >Ellen McFall [email protected] Hey! There ya go, Robin! I have family living in Grant/Crawford County. Am in IA, but do get back. Can the three of us get the whole hillside done? <g> Mari List admin

Ok I sent a few photos of DVORAKS from the St John the Baptist Catholic cemetery in Muscoda, I was wondering if I sent them to the wrong person or not. Someone was posting cemetery photos to the web and I might have forgotten which member it was. Can someone please remind me? Thank you John --- Mari <[email protected]> wrote: > At 06:28 PM 11/26/2005,Ellen McFall wrote: > >Hi, All. I live in Grant County and I'd be glad to > >help photograph grave markers. I do a lot of > research > >online and I know I'm always very appreciate when I > >find cemetery info online. > >Ellen McFall [email protected] > > Hey! There ya go, Robin! I have family living in > Grant/Crawford > County. Am in IA, but do get back. Can the three > of us get the > whole hillside done? <g> > > Mari List admin > > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > Chain letters, 'virus warnings' and the > like should not be posted to the list. Send them to > the list admin first for verification of validity: > Mari at [email protected] > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Keep up the good work Robin! John

Robin, I cannot believe anyone claiming an authentic interest, much less experience, in genealogical research would fault the GCGS on cemetery records!! Indeed you are one of the few and earliest to have so much in this area online. As one living quite far away, it is with great appreciation that I have received so much generous help over the past few years from the society -- even photographs of the markers. As I have focused on other geographic areas recently I am even more appreciative and proud of having roots in the county. (Which reminds me I need to re up my membership.) I won't name the names of folks so helpful but you all know who you are. Thanks for all you do and for being so cordial in the doing!! Lorraine Watkins ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Hoff Kaspar" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 4:13 PM Subject: [WIGRANT] Grant County online cemetery records > I'd like to explain my position regarding putting cemetery listings on the > Grant County website. I have recently received a very snotty email about > Grant County not having online listings like *most* county websites do, a > "fact" I would throw out as absurd since I know from my own research that > it > is not close to being true. In fact, USGenWeb has only a few minimum > requirements, which my site far exceeds. Cemetery and vital records > listings > are not required. > > The truth is that the Grant County Genealogical Society copied all the > county cemeteries many years ago; they keep their records updated from > published obituaries and they are not interested in putting their data > online. However, they don't "own" the data and anyone can copy/photograph > the stones as far as I know. Larry and Linda Kopet have taken an amazing > number of photographs around the state and Tina Vickery has done an > equally > amazing amount of work putting those digital photos online. > > There are a number of county websites that have put > cemetery/obituary/vital > records info online and I am truly grateful to them for the help they have > been to me with my research. Once I saw what they were doing, I decided to > do what I could with what little I have in my own files and open it up to > y'all to help me build it up. Yes, I shed a tear because as a member of > the > Society, I feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place. Maybe they'll > change their minds one day and let me computerize their info and put it > online. Or maybe they'll start their own site and do it themselves. We can > only hope. > > Please understand that I'm not looking for sympathy or anything for myself > by what I write here. It seems there might be a misconception about what > the > county websites are "supposed" to have online and I just want to set the > record straight. I live in Virginia and don't get to visit Grant County > often enough to copy cemeteries myself. I'll bet most of you reading this > don't live near Grant County either. But I have plans to do some small > cemeteries close to me here as they are not online. Look around where you > live. Can you help copy cemeteries in your area that are not online? If we > all do what we can locally everyone wins. > > And, wink wink, if you do live near Grant County consider helping me out > next spring/summer/fall. Maybe we can put together a plan to photograph > some > cemeteries that the Kopets haven't gotten to yet; it seems a waste of time > to duplicate their efforts (or anyone else's). > > Robin Kaspar > WIGrant county coordinator > www.rootsweb.com/~wigrant > > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > Support free volunteer genealogy. > Contribute your data and your time. For details see: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > RootsWeb supports our research by hosting our mailing list! > Do you support RootsWeb? > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

OOOPPPSSSS Sorry forgot to mention they are in Platteville

I took some photos of tombstones, in Hillside and Greenwood Cemeteries, of my relatives a few years ago and would be happy to share them if I could only figure out how to get them in an e-mail. BELLMEYER, HAMILTON, HABEL, ISRAEL, CHADWICK, CHAPMAN plus others. Ron HABEL

In a message dated 11/26/2005 2:14:20 PM Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: And, wink wink, if you do live near Grant County consider helping me out next spring/summer/fall. Maybe we can put together a plan to photograph some cemeteries that the Kopets haven't gotten to yet; it seems a waste of time to duplicate their efforts (or anyone else's).>> Great idea. More hands, the better. I don't live in Grant County (matter io fact, I live two days of hard driving away from the nearest Wisconsin state border), but I'll be more than happy to do what I can to get cemeteries and databases online. For example, if someone wants to go out and take pictures of a cemetery, they can email the .jpgs, .pngs, or .bmps to me, and I'll make up a html friendly format to upload on the county website, rootsweb or whatever. I can even make a .txt if someone would think that would be equally as helpful. Regards, Diane (Researching Michael Schenk b 1804 Germany, died 1878)

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Hi, All. I live in Grant County and I'd be glad to help photograph grave markers. I do a lot of research online and I know I'm always very appreciate when I find cemetery info online. Ellen McFall [email protected] --- [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 11/26/2005 2:14:20 PM Mountain > Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > And, wink wink, if you do live near Grant County > consider helping me out > next spring/summer/fall. Maybe we can put together a > plan to photograph some > cemeteries that the Kopets haven't gotten to yet; it > seems a waste of time > to duplicate their efforts (or anyone else's).>> > > Great idea. More hands, the better. I don't live in > Grant County (matter io > fact, I live two days of hard driving away from the > nearest Wisconsin state > border), but I'll be more than happy to do what I > can to get cemeteries and > databases online. > > For example, if someone wants to go out and take > pictures of a cemetery, they > can email the .jpgs, .pngs, or .bmps to me, and I'll > make up a html friendly > format to upload on the county website, rootsweb or > whatever. I can even make > a .txt if someone would think that would be equally > as helpful. > > Regards, > Diane > (Researching Michael Schenk b 1804 Germany, died > 1878) > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > There has been reported a highly > contagious virus making the rounds. No one will be > exempt from it, and as List Admin, I wanted everyone > to be aware of it. It seems that there's only one > way it can be spread. It comes in the form of a S M > I L E!!! :)) > *--*--*--*--*--*Keep Smiling!!*--*--*--*--*--* > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/

I'd like to explain my position regarding putting cemetery listings on the Grant County website. I have recently received a very snotty email about Grant County not having online listings like *most* county websites do, a "fact" I would throw out as absurd since I know from my own research that it is not close to being true. In fact, USGenWeb has only a few minimum requirements, which my site far exceeds. Cemetery and vital records listings are not required. The truth is that the Grant County Genealogical Society copied all the county cemeteries many years ago; they keep their records updated from published obituaries and they are not interested in putting their data online. However, they don't "own" the data and anyone can copy/photograph the stones as far as I know. Larry and Linda Kopet have taken an amazing number of photographs around the state and Tina Vickery has done an equally amazing amount of work putting those digital photos online. There are a number of county websites that have put cemetery/obituary/vital records info online and I am truly grateful to them for the help they have been to me with my research. Once I saw what they were doing, I decided to do what I could with what little I have in my own files and open it up to y'all to help me build it up. Yes, I shed a tear because as a member of the Society, I feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place. Maybe they'll change their minds one day and let me computerize their info and put it online. Or maybe they'll start their own site and do it themselves. We can only hope. Please understand that I'm not looking for sympathy or anything for myself by what I write here. It seems there might be a misconception about what the county websites are "supposed" to have online and I just want to set the record straight. I live in Virginia and don't get to visit Grant County often enough to copy cemeteries myself. I'll bet most of you reading this don't live near Grant County either. But I have plans to do some small cemeteries close to me here as they are not online. Look around where you live. Can you help copy cemeteries in your area that are not online? If we all do what we can locally everyone wins. And, wink wink, if you do live near Grant County consider helping me out next spring/summer/fall. Maybe we can put together a plan to photograph some cemeteries that the Kopets haven't gotten to yet; it seems a waste of time to duplicate their efforts (or anyone else's). Robin Kaspar WIGrant county coordinator www.rootsweb.com/~wigrant