*Please forward to all USGenWeb lists and members* The USGenWeb Election Committee would like to announce the open seats for the National 2006 Election. Nominations for these positions will begin June 1, 2006 and end June14, 2006. A form will be made available for nomination submissions. The URL will be announced later. Please bookmark and visit the USGenWeb Project National 2006 Election pages for more information. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/national-2006/index.html Open Seats: National Coordinator One Year Term Ending 8/31/07 Incumbent: Linda Haas Davenport Representative At Large To complete Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2007 Incumbent: Scott Burrow (Appointed by AB April 2006) NENC County Coordinator Representative To complete Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2007 Incumbent: Jeff Scism (Appointed by AB October 2005) NENC County Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2008 Incumbent: Jan Cortez NWPL County Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2008 Incumbent: Darilee Bednar SEMA State Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2008 Incumbent: (Vacant May 7, 2006) SEMA County Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2008 Incumbent: Linda Blum-Barton SWSC State Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2008 incumbent: Larry Flesher SWSC County Coordinator Representative Two Year Term Ending 8/31/2008 Incumbent: Phyllis Rippee (Appointed by AB April 2006) Respectfully, The USGenWeb Election Committee http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ ==== USGenWeb-SE Mailing List ==== USGenWeb Election Committee Home page http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/336 - Release Date: 5/10/2006

WEST VIRGINIA 1910 Marshall County, ED 88 http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/wv/marshall/1910/ed088/ Abstracted by Ron Heise Second Transcriber Needed [For more information on Marshall County, West Virginia, Please visit the Marshall County WVGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/marsh.htm]

SUBJECT - Important Notice from the Election Committee To All USGenWeb Members - **Please forward this note to all USGenWeb members and appropriate lists** The National 2006 Election will begin 1 June 2006 with the acceptance of nominations for open Advisory Board seats. Please visit and bookmark the National 2006 Election web pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/national-2006/ , your one-stop shop for election information on open seats, nominees, candidates, and results. Please take a minute to read the election FAQ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/national-2006/faq.htm where you'll find a lot of helpful information. In order to participate as a voter in the election, you must be properly registered http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/registration.htm with the EC no later than May 31, 2006. If you were a USGenWeb Member on February 1, 2004, or received a password in the last election, you are probably already registered. However, if you are a new member or if you have changed project participation or email address, you are encouraged to register immediately! Only registered members will receive a voting password. Registrations will only be accepted through May 31, 2006. After that the voter lists will be frozen for the duration of the election, per EC Procedures http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwelections/procedures.htm . The EC encourages everyone to participate and vote! Make your voice count! The USGenWeb Election Committee

The current AB Secretary has resigned to accept a position on the EC. The Secretary's main job is to keep the minutes of the AB meetings. (samples of minutes may be found at: http://www.usgenweb.com/business/index.shtml) If you are interested in the position please let me know or notify your Regional AB Rep (http://www.usgenweb.com/about/advisoryboard.shtml) Please forward to the appropriate lists. Linda Haas Davenport NC USGenWeb Project

Hello WV CCs, Marilyn Gouge <marilynandmonty@cox.net> will be the new CC of the Jefferson County WVGenWeb pages. Linda Fluharty <LCFlu@aol.com> will be the new CC of the Ohio County WVGenWeb pages. I still need someone who can work with Rick Dent to help him get started on the Boone County pages. Les West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM

Hello WV CCs, Peggy Tebbetts has been wanting to give up two counties, Boone and Ohio. The person that I thought was taking Ohio County never did and I have not heard any more from him. There is a person willing to take Boone County who says that he has a large amount of material but he has no experience with creating or uploading web pages. Is there anyone who might be willing to work with this person to help him get started? If so, please contact me or Peggy. Also anyone interested in the Ohio County WVGenWeb site please contact me. Also Stacy Moorhead needs someone else to take over the Jefferson County WVGenWeb site. Again if you are interested in this site please let me know. Les West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM

WV / Lewis / 1890-Veterans Dist/Twp/City "Complete" Transcribed by Kevin Williams Proofread by Connie Burkett http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/lewis/1890/ ed127.txt ed128.txt ed129.txt ed130.txt ed131.txt ed132.txt ed-special.txt _ed-info.txt (W)Va / Logan / 1860 Dist/Twp/City "Complete - selected columns" Transcribed by Dottie Henderson Proofread by Marsha Thompson http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/logan/1860/ 4 census files 6 index files Index linked to image files: http://www.us-census.org/image-index/wv/logan/1860/ index.htm (W)Va / Pendleton / 1840 Dist/Twp/City "Complete" Transcribed by Kevin Williams Proofread by Connie Burkett http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/pendleton/1840/ 3 census files index.txt (W)Va / Pocahontas / 1850-and-1860-Slave Dist/Twp/City "Complete: Transcribed by Kevin Williams Proofread by Connie Burkett http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/pocahontas/1850/ http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/pocahontas/1860/ slave.txt West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM

I received the following message this morning from a researcher and thought I would bring this to your attention as something to think about. ******** I have been using GenWeb lookups within the county sites for years. In the past year (it seems), many of the volunteers have given up, changed their email addresses, and disappeared. Many, many of my email requests are bouncing back. A suggestion: Have each web manager ask visitors who experience bounced-back emails forward them to the web manager. In this way they are flagged to be checked and possibly eliminated from the site. Thank you. ******** Linda Haas Davenport NC USGenWeb Project

The EC is looking for volunteers. If you are interested please contact Shirley at shirlcullum@sbcglobal.net for further information. Please forward to the appropriate lists. Linda Haas Davenport NC USGenWeb Project

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

WV / Randolph / 1890 (Veterans) Dist/Twp/City "Complete" Transcribed by Kevin Williams Proofread by Connie Burkett http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/randolph/1890/ ed49.txt Mingo ed50.txt Huttonsville ed51.txt Middle Fork ed52.txt Valley Bend ed53.txt Beverly ed54.txt Roaring Creek ed55.txt Leadsville ed57.txt Dry Fork

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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 3/10/2006

**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**

(W)Va / Barbour / 1860 (Final) Dist/Twp/City "Complete" Transcribed by Kevin Williams Proofread by Connie Burkett Files created and uploaded to http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/barbour/1860/ 14 census files 9 index files Index linked to image files: http://www.us-census.org/image-index/wv/barbour/1860/index.htm

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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 3/3/2006

WV / Lincoln / 1880 (Partial) Dist/Twp/City EDs: 65, 66, 67, and 71, Duval District Transcribed by Dottie Henderson Proofread by Marsha Thompson http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/lincoln/1880/ ed65-brief.txt Harts Creek District ed71-brief.txt Duval District ed66-brief.txt Jefferson District ed67-brief.txt Laurel Hill District 4 index files _partial.txt WV / Mason / 1820 Dist/Twp/City "Complete" Transcribed by Gary E. Blessing Proofread by Betty G. Lawson http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/mason/1820/ 1820-brief.txt index.txt WV / Mason / 1830 Dist/Twp/City "Complete" Transcribed by Gary E. Blessing Proofread by Betty G. Lawson http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/mason/1830/ 1830-brief.txt index.txt WV / Mason / 1840 Dist/Twp/City "Complete" Transcribed by Gary E. Blessing Proofread by Betty G. Lawson http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/mason/1840/ 1840-brief.txt index.txt WV / Mason / 1850 Dist/Twp/City "Complete" Transcribed by Gary E. Blessing Proofread by Betty G. Lawson http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/mason/1850/ 9 census detail files 7 index files

WV / Lincoln / 1880 (Partial) Dist/Twp/City EDs: 64, 68, 69, and 70 Transcribed by Dottie Henderson Proofread by Marsha Thompson http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/lincoln/1880/ ed64-brief.txt Carroll District ed68-brief.txt Sheridan District ed69-brief.txt Union District ed70-brief.txt Washington District 10 index files _ed-info.txt Index linked to image files: http://www.us-census.org/image-index/wv/lincoln/1880/index.htm

Les, Thanks for the forward of CC Guidelines. Didn't know about the archives search at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/newsearch.htm>http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsearch.htm - have since added the link. These rules help direct Rootsweb authors what is required on their county web sites. Thanks, Julia A. Krutilla, County Co-ordinator Brooke County WVGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvbrooke/ and Hancock County WVGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhancoc/ At 08:08 AM 2/10/2006, you wrote: >WV CCs, > >Linda Haas Davenport has sent out a proposed revision of the CC >guidelines. Please read them over and let her or me know if you >have questions or comments. Thanks. > >Les > >Ever since Sept when I was seated as NC I've received e-mails >from members asking questions about and/or pointing out errors or >omissions in the current CC guidelines >(http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/CCguidelines.shtml). As I >found myself answering the same questions over and over it became >apparent it was time the CC Guidelines were updated. > >Using the existing guidelines, the by-laws, the e-mails I've >received and Rootsweb's policy I came up with a rough draft of a >new set of CC guidelines. Since I believe it is important that >the people affected by the guidelines should have a say so about >what's in them, I'm asking for your comments, suggestions, >corrections or questions. >Here's the link to the rough draft. >http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/cc_guidelines2.html > >Thanks in advance. > >Feel free to forward. > >Linda Haas Davenport >NC USGenWeb Project > > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.4/255 - Release Date: 2/9/2006 > > >==== WVGEN Mailing List ==== > >

WV CCs, Linda Haas Davenport has sent out a proposed revision of the CC guidelines. Please read them over and let her or me know if you have questions or comments. Thanks. Les Ever since Sept when I was seated as NC I've received e-mails from members asking questions about and/or pointing out errors or omissions in the current CC guidelines (http://www.usgenweb.com/volunteers/CCguidelines.shtml). As I found myself answering the same questions over and over it became apparent it was time the CC Guidelines were updated. Using the existing guidelines, the by-laws, the e-mails I've received and Rootsweb's policy I came up with a rough draft of a new set of CC guidelines. Since I believe it is important that the people affected by the guidelines should have a say so about what's in them, I'm asking for your comments, suggestions, corrections or questions. Here's the link to the rough draft. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/cc_guidelines2.html Thanks in advance. Feel free to forward. Linda Haas Davenport NC USGenWeb Project -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.4/255 - Release Date: 2/9/2006

Lesley Shockey wrote: > Hello, > > At least one of the current AB members is wanting to push for another > By-laws review committee. I have expressed my personal opinion of this > to all of our regional reps on the AB but I would like to know if any of > you see a need for a permanent By-laws review committee. > > Les . It's my personal opinion that by-laws need changing maybe once a decade -- less frequently if they're well writtento begin with. This conflicts with modern practice which is that By-Laws need to be "reviewed" annually. Thing there is, you review something you feel obliged to change it in some way. So no, I don't think we need a permanent By-laws committee, or a permanent by-laws review committee. Cheryl veteran of waaaay too many by-laws committees