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From: "Freddie Spradlin" <fspradlin(a)earthlink.net>
To: <VAROOTS-L(a)rootsweb.com>; <VA-ROOTS(a)LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:49 PM
Subject: [VAROOTS] Augusta County, French & Indian War payments
>
> The schedule of payments, to Augusta Co militia, and to citizens
> providing supplies/services, in the early days of the French and
> Indian War, and which was annexed to the 1758, authorizing
> legislation, is now posted at
> http://vagenweb.org/hening/vol07-09.htm
>
>
> Regards,
> Freddie S.
>
>
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Please read carefully and then sign petition. But hurry, the comments have
to be in by 9 Sep.
Thanks,
Sharon
> Subject: Petition on reduction in hours for National Archives
>
>
> In late July, the National Archives announced they were planning to cut
> back
> the hours of the Washington DC area facilities of the archives. This
> would
> eliminate all evening and Saturday hours and greatly harm the ability of
> the
> average genealogist to access the records. For full details, see
> http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2006/nr06-125.html
>
> While the Archivist of the United States was at the FGS conference he
> reported that they had received very little feedback from the country's
> genealogists asking for reconsideration. He was also presented with a
> request from the chair of the FGS Records Preservation Committee to
> consider
> some alternatives and a petition was started to allow genealogists to
> express their disagreement with the changes and to endorse alternatives
> that
> will allow the evening and Saturday hours to continue.
>
> You can see more details about that in Dick Eastman's weekly newsletter
> at:
> http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/09/quick_please_jo.html
>
> The petition can be signed at: http://www.petitiononline.com/FGS2006
>
> I would encourage each of you, as board members of The USGenWeb Project to
> use your influence to publicize this information throughout the project.
> Note that the deadline for receiving comments on the proposed changes by
> the
> archives is September 9, so there isn't much time. And I suspect that if
> they succeed in reducing the Washington hours, the regional archives will
> be
> soon to follow.
>
> I appreciate all that each of you do in support of the project membership
> and all genealogists with US ancestry. I believe that a little effort in
> support of this effort by FGS will pay off long term in enhancing our
> ability to deliver free information to our clients - genealogists
> everywhere.
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Thanks,
Sharon
I want everyone to understand that my previous email response to "Sandy in Florida" was not an indictment of her Gedcom to be found on WorldConnect.
The Internet and the resources to be found there are wonderful things. I use it all the time. I try to be careful to include in my database the URL from which I downloaded information. If the information has come to me via an email, I make note of the date and sender of the email. If they give me a citation I note that as well.
I do not, however, post gedcoms to WorldConnect and hesitate to post anything from my database to a website, personal or family-oriented.
I used to have gedcoms posted to WorldConnect. I removed them all when I realized that some of my information had been incorporated into gedcoms which included erroneous information from unknown sources.
The problem is this, folks: When someone else reads your gedcom, they will sometimes pick up the whole thing and incorporate it into a gedcom which they then post and which may include bad information.
A lot of people who are just starting their genealogy research will google to see what they can find. If you have posted erroneous information or information which has been proven to be incorrect and you do not correct your information on the Internet, the errors are compounded.
All I'm asking is that you check what you uploaded to the Internet and make any appropriate corrections. Hey, I might find your information and decide to use it too. :>)
I'm getting wet here but still have power, obviously, and didn't have to go anywhere until later today anyway. As our ancestors said "keep your powder dry."
Sharon
In Norfolk, VA with a flooded downtown
In a message dated 8/31/2006 10:27:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
SharonBryant(a)cox.net writes:
> How many of you have updated those gedcoms based on additional information
> that has come to light?
>
> How many of your old gedcoms have been cited in new compilations uploaded by
> other people?
>
What is your new info? can you put a chart on the list?
Thanks for writing,
Sandy in Florida
I will gladly exchange family history if you will do the same.
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