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For those of you who do not subscribe to the GERMANNA_COLONIES
Mailing List at Rootsweb, I have relinquished the Admin duties for that
List and Marc Wheat, President of the Germanna Foundation, is now the
Admin.
I haven't explained fully to now why I'm giving up the List, nor why I'm
giving up some other Germanna-related Lists. Well, to put it briefly, I
have too much on my plate. I've ignored other duties and responsibilities
I have in my personal life and need to concentrate on them more. Also,
most of this year I have been working with the U.S. Census Bureau, and
when doing so, I just didn't have much time to devote to managing the
Mailing Lists. And... the Bureau is getting ready to ramp up more
phases of the project, which doesn't just involve the actual Census that
will start in January, but many other projects as well. I've been a Crew
Leader for past projects that involved quality control and accuracy of
the counting. Starting this month, I will begin on yet another phase,
which will last through February and probably March. Then, once
that's completed, start on another phase around the end of April. This
goes on through 2010 and into 2011! Work a couple of months, rest
a couple of months, then work some more. It's not a full-time job, but
after a phase is over I found it took me many weeks to get rested up
and be able to concentrate on anything.
Anyway, I need to do some traveling with my wife when I'm not
working. We've put off having a real vacation for a long time and
need to have one before we're too danged old to enjoy it. Plus,
we need to travel over the eastern part of the country, doing some
research on her family, and possibly to England where her YATES
ancestors originated.
To that end, here are the Rootsweb Mailing Lists that I would like to
turn over to those researching the surnames:
CRECELIUS
CLAAR (It would be nice if the present Admin for CLORE would take this one.)
KLUG*
LOTSPEICH*
RUPP*
I'm keeping the Germanna-related BRILES, BROYLES, WILHITE,
and WILHOIT Lists and some of the non-Germanna-related Lists.
Some of the later I'm going to give up also.
If anyone is interested in assuming Admin duties for the above 5
Germanna-related Lists, please email me privately. Those 5 Lists
have very little traffic and are not difficult to manage. The 3 Lists
followed by asterisks also have matching Message Boards at
Rootsweb/Ancestry and I would prefer that whoever adopts each
of them also take over the Boards.,
I'll still be around on all the Lists and Boards, so don't think I'm
gone for good. And, I'll see all of you in July at the Reunion.
Sarge
(P.S. I'm also sending this to the Germanna-related Lists I'm keeping
just so you would know what is going on.)