In a message dated 12/17/2005 3:53:32 PM Central Standard Time, mclew@panix.com writes: I'll use this note you wrote to Santa as a reminder to thank all the generous WV genealogist-santas who have been contributing material to the Barbour and Hardy County web sites over the past years. As I have said to them before, I couldn't do it alone. I'm not sure I would want to do it alone either 8-) Genealogy is most rewarding when we share, both the rewards and the work. Margaret Lew Please do! Have a very Merry Christmas Margaret and I hope Santa is good to you too! Happy Holidays! Kathie Harrison Ancestral Whispers http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/

In a message dated 12/17/2005 2:16:19 PM Central Standard Time, singhals@erols.com writes: It's safe to land on MY rooftop, I don't have an antenna or a dish or anything else dangerous. And Violet-the-other-reindeer in the backyard would enjoy a brief chat with Blitzen! Cheryl Singhal ===== LOL Cheryl, hope you get that and more for Christmas! Happy Holidays! Kathie Harrison Ancestral Whispers http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/

Santa, Baby ! > Kathie Harrison > Wood Co., NEGenWeb Project Just bring Hampshire County what you bring Wood County! It's safe to land on MY rooftop, I don't have an antenna or a dish or anything else dangerous. And Violet-the-other-reindeer in the backyard would enjoy a brief chat with Blitzen! Cheryl Singhal WVHampsh

Kathie, I'll use this note you wrote to Santa as a reminder to thank all the generous WV genealogist-santas who have been contributing material to the Barbour and Hardy County web sites over the past years. As I have said to them before, I couldn't do it alone. I'm not sure I would want to do it alone either 8-) Genealogy is most rewarding when we share, both the rewards and the work. Margaret Lew Date forwarded: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:42:02 -0700 From: NelliBlu28@aol.com Date sent: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 11:41:49 EST To: WVGEN-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: WVGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVGEN] Dear Santa > Dear Santa, I hope you and the elves are doing well. I have been extra good > this year. Here is my list of things I would LOVE to receive at Christmas (or > any time of year): > > New genealogical data for the Wood County, WVGenWeb Project so that more is > available to others researching their ancestors. I am just one person and rely > on the submiited data from others to make the web site interesting, growing > and fun for others. Things I would love to add to the site are: > > BIOGRAPHIES > BIRTHS > CEMETERY & TOMBSTONES > DEATHS > MARRIAGES > PIONEER & SETTLERS JOURNALS, DIARIES, etc. > VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS > PROBATE RECORDS > WILLS > OLD NEWS ABSTRACTS > SCHOOL LISTS > CHURCH LISTS (Members & pastors of various denominations) > MILITARY RECORDS for CIVIL WAR, WWI, WWII, KOREAN > OLD LETTERS FROM THE PAST > > I would also love to have all my fellow County Coordinators receive much > needed data to add to their web sites as well. > > I will leave the milk and cookies in the usual spot for you and carrots for > the reindeer with some sugar cubes as a special treat. Have a very Merry > Christmas and a safe and wonderful trip! > > Take care from your friend, > Kathie Harrison > Wood Co., NEGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/ > > > ==== WVGEN Mailing List ==== > >

Dear Santa, I hope you and the elves are doing well. I have been extra good this year. Here is my list of things I would LOVE to receive at Christmas (or any time of year): New genealogical data for the Wood County, WVGenWeb Project so that more is available to others researching their ancestors. I am just one person and rely on the submiited data from others to make the web site interesting, growing and fun for others. Things I would love to add to the site are: BIOGRAPHIES BIRTHS CEMETERY & TOMBSTONES DEATHS MARRIAGES PIONEER & SETTLERS JOURNALS, DIARIES, etc. VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS PROBATE RECORDS WILLS OLD NEWS ABSTRACTS SCHOOL LISTS CHURCH LISTS (Members & pastors of various denominations) MILITARY RECORDS for CIVIL WAR, WWI, WWII, KOREAN OLD LETTERS FROM THE PAST I would also love to have all my fellow County Coordinators receive much needed data to add to their web sites as well. I will leave the milk and cookies in the usual spot for you and carrots for the reindeer with some sugar cubes as a special treat. Have a very Merry Christmas and a safe and wonderful trip! Take care from your friend, Kathie Harrison Wood Co., NEGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/

Pleasant Hill Cemetery has been added to Wood County, WVGenWeb. Happy Holidays everyone! http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/cemeteries/ Take care, Kathie Harrison Wood Co., WVGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/

WEST VIRGINIA 1910 Marshall County, ED 79 http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/wv/marshall/1910/ed079/ 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] 1910 Marshall County, ED 80 http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/wv/marshall/1910/ed080/ 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]

WV / Lincoln / 1870 (Final, but not yet proofread) Dist/Twp/City Washington Twp Transcribed by Dottie Henderson Proofread by not yet http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/lincoln/1870/ washington.txt 5 index files _townships.txt Index linked to image files: http://www.us-census.org/image-index/wv/lincoln/1870/

The following cemeteries have been added to Wood County, WVGenWeb and were submitted by Teresa Fordyce who walked an transcribed these and MANY of the cemeteries now online for Wood County. A huge thank you to her for all her hard work! Lott Cemetery Lubeck Cemetery Maddox Cemetery Mattics Cemetery McMullen Cemetery Middle Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery Mt. Carmel Methodist Cemetery Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Mt. Zion Baptist Cemetery Newland-Janes Cemetery Oak Grove Cemetery Old German Lutheran Church Cemetery Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Take care, Kathie Harrison Wood Co., WVGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/

WV / Lincoln / 1870 (Partial) Dist/Twp/City Union Township Transcribed by Dottie Henderson Proofread by not yet http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/lincoln/1870/ union.txt 4 index files _partial.txt

On the Wood County, WVGenWeb site Nov. 22, 2005 - Parkersburg News Obituary Abstracts added thanks to Pollee Kreaps We hope to add to these on a monthly basis when time permits. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/obits/parkersburg/index.htm The search engine on the Obituary Index page is specifically to be used for obituaries on this web site. The main search engine will not necessarily find names from this section so please use the search engine box from the Obits Index page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/obits/index.htm I hope to add more cemetery data after the Thanksgiving holiday. Please have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. Take care, Kathie Harrison Wood Co., WVGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/

I was hoping that the GPC would have completed its procedures before it was necessary to call for AB members willing to serve as mediators for grievances. However, at this time the AB has two grievances and therefore it is necessary to ask for volunteers. Per Section A (below) this is a call for volunteers. If you are willing to serve please respond to this call. Under Section A of the Mediation Procedures it is directed that the National Coordinator shall ask which members of the Advisory Board are willing to serve as mediators. The entire Advisory Board shall then vote to select five (5) of these volunteers. Linda Haas Davenport NC USGenWeb Project

I expect we all get a lot of junk email because of having our email addresses on various web-pages. There are several ways of making it impossible to extremely difficult for the "automatic" email-spiders to easily gather email addresses from web-pages. One of the best ways is to make the email address in graphic form as I've done on the Taylor County home page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvtaylor/ I realize it's a little more work for the Researchers who want to contact me because they have to manually type my email address, but it definitely does help keep the junk email (as a result of email-spiders) from reaching my inbox. The email spiders are finding my "new" WVTaylorCounty@gmail.com email address on the WV-county list at: http://rootsweb.com/%7Ewvgenweb/ and I've started to get junk mail since it's been added there. If there is enough interest in trying out the .gif method of email addresses on the WVGenWeb-county list and the WV county web-pages, I'll volunteer to create the .gif files for anyone who wants one. Does anyone have other ideas on how we can combat the problem of email-spiders and all the junk-mail that results from their gathering our email addresses? Connie

I understand this web site was featured on a local WV news cast one evening this week... Thought you all might be interested in viewing them as well... http://images.lib.wvu.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?sid=6a01950432c17e9c18a861c32dee5b9d;page=index;c=wvcp Julie Ayres mztek@mindspring.com

Wood County, WVGenWeb Project site has had many updates. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/ Nov. 8, 2005 - Biographies updated with several new biographies Nov. 8, 2005 - 10 cemeteries added to the Cemeteries section Nov. 15, 2005 - several more Cemeteries added, many transcribed and submitted by Teresa Fordyce. Thank you Teresa! We now have 79 cemeteries online. More to be added as soon as time permits. Happy searching! Take care, Kathie Harrison Wood Co., WVGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/

**** Please forward to appropriate lists ****** Mike Jarvis the current web master for the National site (http://www.usgenweb.com) is resigning. The appointment of Julie McGrew-Ayres, the assistant web master, as the new web master is being discussed on Board-L. With this change, if Julie is appointed, the national site will need a new assistant web master. If you are interested in this position will you please send your qualifications and some examples of your web sites designs to your regional reps or to me? If you have any questions I'll do my best to answer them. Linda Haas Davenport NC USGenWeb Project

WV / Lincoln / 1870 (Partial) Dist/Twp/City Sheridan Township Transcribed by Dottie Henderson Proofread by not yet http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/lincoln/1870/ sheridan.txt 4 index files _partial.txt

******* Please forward to all Project Lists ******* The Grievance Procedures Committee is beginning discussion of new procedures for the handling of grievances and complaints within the USGenWeb Project. All Project members are invited to subscribe to the GPC list to follow the discussion and to provide feedback to the committee. To subscribe, send an email to USGW-GC-L-request@rootsweb.com with the command subscribe in the body of the message, with no other text. You may also subscribe to the list in digest mode by sending your request to USGW-GC-D-request@rootsweb.com. Please join us! Angie Rayfield Scott Burow Co-Chairs, Grievance Procedures Committee

*Please forward to all USGenWeb Project members and lists* The USGenWeb Election Committee is pleased to announce the results of the USGenWeb Project Special Project Representative Special Election - 2005. Special Projects Representative Two year term ending - 8/31/2007. Enfinger 38 86.363 Barnum 6 13.636 44 100.000 The EC declares Cyndie Enfinger the winner. The Election Committee would like to thank all candidates and voters for participating. Tina S. Vickery, Chair The USGenWeb Election Committee -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/163 - Release Date: 11/8/2005

Updates for Wood Co., WVGenWeb Project: Nov. 8, 2005 - Biographies updated with several new biographies http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/bios/index.htm Nov. 8, 2005 - 10 cemeteries added to the Cemeteries section http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/cemeteries/index.htm Take care, Kathie Harrison Wood Co., WVGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvwood/