Hi Kathy, Yes, it is sad, and I would have continued on after many emails from researchers asking me to stay, however the State Coordinator will not allow me to come back. So, I will continue on with the site on another server and project. All the information will remain and I will do my best to continue adding to the site. I am currently working on the 1880 farm directory of all the towns, and Janet Eiler is working on more cemeteries. Anything that anyone wants left on the WIGenWeb, can stay, I have said that before. It's unfortunate, but, it has been taken out of my hands. I plan to continue on to the best of my ability. My apologies for the inconvenience. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Grace" <kgrace@vbe.com> > This is so sad. Once again researchers are thwarted because of > Differences of opinion. It is sad that people would pull their material > from the > WIGenWeb pages since the USGenWeb project was meant to be the place that > researchers could depend on for the best information. Can't we do some > compromising here? I would think that material had been submitted to > the > Winnebago page of the WIGenWeb project because of the project itself, > not > because of who was maintaining the web page at any particular time. If > Jan had never had anything to do with the web page, would submitters not > still > have submitted their information? Is it fair to the project to pull > information because of personality conflicts? I have worked with both > Tina > and Jan and have found them both extremely helpful and friendly. I > believe this is exactly the type of thing that happened with the > USGenWeb census > projects and the reason that there are now 2 projects competing against > each other instead of working together. As a researcher myself, I know > that a > split like this is helpful to no one and only serves to alienate people. > Please think of what is happening to the project instead of personal > feelings. > > Kathy Grace > Regional Coordinator > State Coordinator for AZ, CO, KS, SD, WI, WY > US GenWeb Census Project