Beginning March 2nd, 2020 the Mailing Lists functionality on RootsWeb will be discontinued. Users will no longer be able to send outgoing emails or accept incoming emails. Additionally, administration tools will no longer be available to list administrators and mailing lists will be put into an archival state.
Administrators may save the emails in their list prior to March 2nd. After that, mailing list archives will remain available and searchable on RootsWeb
We as County Coordinators are Volunteers to the FLGenWeb Project.
However, for us to have good concise information to post on our web
sites, we have to rely on local residents in our respective counties to
provide us with additional information. This is especially true for
those us who do not reside in the county we maintain.
It is necessary that we utilize these local volunteers, who are offering
their assistance. Without their assistance and information some of our
sites would be nothing but shells. Remember they could just paly shut
mouth and not give anything.
Should I forward a message to you regarding a potential voluteer, at
least contact them and give them an opportunity relate what information
they are willing to share or contribute to your county.
sincerely,
Darrel R. Bell
FLGenWeb State Coordinator
Let me rephrase <g>
All the counties have been added to the submission form...the search form
creates the county selection list on-the-fly, meaning when the page is
downloaded inthe browser. As soon as a county has one entry in the
database, it'll show up on the county select part of the search form...this
way we avoid researchers who get frustrated because they try to search a
county that doesn't have listings yet.
Hope that clears things up!
Marceline
At 09:58 PM 6/10/99 , Marceline Beem wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>All Florida counties have now been added to the database. If you'd like to
>link to this from your county pages, use the following URL's:
>
>The main page:
>
>http://tn-3.rootsweb.com/~marce/florida/cemetery.html
>
>Your county search results:
>
>http://tn-3.rootsweb.com:8080/~marce/cgi-bin/flcem_search.cgi?action=Next&se
>arch_by=County&county=County
>
>Where County is the name of your county. If your county name has two
>words, eliminate the spaces (ie St Lucie becomes StLucie)
>
>Thanks everyone!
>Marceline
>
>At 06:35 AM 6/10/99 , jpowelljr wrote:
>>Hi Fellow Volunteers... I have noticed that there have been
>>some complaints that visitors to this database can not leave
>>entries for all counties, only those that have agreed to
>>participate. I would like to know if there are any
>>coordinators out there that would object to their county
>>being listed in this database, if so please let us know as
>>soon as possible. We will be adding all counties, if you
>>object, your county will be removed as soon as we hear from
>>you. Marce is willing to send you a text file of what your
>>county has collected whenever requested.
>>
>>Thanks for being part of FLGenWeb,
>>Jim
Hi everyone,
All Florida counties have now been added to the database. If you'd like to
link to this from your county pages, use the following URL's:
The main page:
http://tn-3.rootsweb.com/~marce/florida/cemetery.html
Your county search results:
http://tn-3.rootsweb.com:8080/~marce/cgi-bin/flcem_search.cgi?action=Next&se
arch_by=County&county=County
Where County is the name of your county. If your county name has two
words, eliminate the spaces (ie St Lucie becomes StLucie)
Thanks everyone!
Marceline
At 06:35 AM 6/10/99 , jpowelljr wrote:
>Hi Fellow Volunteers... I have noticed that there have been
>some complaints that visitors to this database can not leave
>entries for all counties, only those that have agreed to
>participate. I would like to know if there are any
>coordinators out there that would object to their county
>being listed in this database, if so please let us know as
>soon as possible. We will be adding all counties, if you
>object, your county will be removed as soon as we hear from
>you. Marce is willing to send you a text file of what your
>county has collected whenever requested.
>
>Thanks for being part of FLGenWeb,
>Jim
I heard somewhere that it is ok to extract names from the Death Index to
share with others but you cannot do the whole state. I was thanking about
extracting names for my county and placing them on my web site. Is this ok?
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It saddens me to bring this message from one out team. As you will read
John has decided to give up Flagler and St. Johns Counties for the
reason stated.
I fell he has contributed much to the project efforts and will be
missed.
Darrel R. Bell
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From: John MacKenzie <jmackenzie(a)nemours.org>
To: "'Darrel R. Bell'" <drdarrel(a)suwanneevalley.net>
Subject: RE: Flagler & St Johns Counties
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:25:25 -0400
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I apologize for my lack of communication with you. I am unable to maintain
the sites any longer. My work schedule has many out of town, and I have been
in and out of the hospital with heart problems.
My apologies for this, and best wishes to the team.
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darrel R. Bell [SMTP:drdarrel@suwanneevalley.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 12:46 PM
> To: jmackenzie(a)NEMOURS.ORG
> Subject: Flagler & St Johns Counties
> Importance: High
>
> John,
>
> If you are going to maintain Flagler and St Johns Counties please let me
> know your intentions are. I'm receiving numerous inquires as to why
> your are not responding to your e-mail. Also, your MSN e-mail is
> bouncing.
>
> Darrel R. Bell
> FLGenWeb State Coordinator
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It appears that they are trying to create the same research tools for
counties that they did for the surnames using the cluster concept. I have
no problem with it. It will take the same amount of upkeep any search
engine or other database uses. I don't know where they will find the time.
good luck to them.
Deborah Byrd
-----Original Message-----
From: jpowelljr <jpowelljr(a)worldnet.att.net>
To: FLGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com <FLGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 5:47 PM
Subject: [STATE-COORD-L]Please read
>This is from Rootsweb... Via the State Coord List ...
>Thought everyone should know. I have no comment at this
>time, but I would love to hear your comments...
>
>Jim
>
>One of the things about life is you either keep improving or
>you
>become a corpse standing on your feet.
>
>That's true for RootsWeb, and it's equally true for
>USGenWeb. Since
>USGenWeb was founded, many other organizations have sprung
>up that
>partially or wholly attempt to clone USGenWeb's content:
>ALHN,
>GenExchange, Broderbund's GenForum, Ancestry, Randall
>Haight's
>genweb.net, ...
>
>If USGenWeb is going to stay the premier
>geographically-oriented
>genealogy project, one of the things it's going to need to
>do is
>continuously improve the range and quality of services it
>provides
>to the genealogical community.
>
>In tonight's RootsWeb Review, RootsWeb is announcing "County
>Resource" pages for every county in America. The pages
>include or
>will include links to USGenWeb sites on RootsWeb, a mailing
>list, a
>GenConnect suite, a link registry, search engines for the
>USGenWeb
>Archives and the RSL, an event calendar, a guestbook, and
>various
>other tools.
>
>You can see the County Resources at:
> http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/
>
>We expect to be adding tools to the Resource pages as
>rapidly as we
>can. There will surely be a Social Security Death Index
>search and
>some other nice features coming on line in the
>not-to-distant future.
>
> ###
>
>So isn't this just another competitor for USGenWeb?
>
> ==> Not at all. <==
>
>While we're still working out the details, RootsWeb's intent
>is to
>put each County Resource page and all the resources on them
>at the
>disposal of the appropriate USGenWeb County Coordinator.
>CCs can
>link to the pages, or they can borrow the HTML from the
>pages and
>incorporate the tools directly into their own pages. How
>(or even
>if) you administer those resources is largely your own
>choice.
>
>That's your own choice. The tools are there if you want
>them. And
>there will be more and better tools available to you as time
>goes on.
>
>Speaking personally, I hope most folks choose to use the
>tools.
>USGenWeb is one of the two most impressive projects I've
>ever seen
>unfold on the Internet (the development of Linux is the
>other ... ),
>and I would very much like to see USGenWeb stay on the
>cutting edge
>of technology and provide better services to genealogists
>than any
>of its imitators. Cheers, B.
>
>
>--
>Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator,
>soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L
>RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
>http://www.rootsweb.com/
>P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798
>leverich(a)rootsweb.com
>
This is from Rootsweb... Via the State Coord List ...
Thought everyone should know. I have no comment at this
time, but I would love to hear your comments...
Jim
One of the things about life is you either keep improving or
you
become a corpse standing on your feet.
That's true for RootsWeb, and it's equally true for
USGenWeb. Since
USGenWeb was founded, many other organizations have sprung
up that
partially or wholly attempt to clone USGenWeb's content:
ALHN,
GenExchange, Broderbund's GenForum, Ancestry, Randall
Haight's
genweb.net, ...
If USGenWeb is going to stay the premier
geographically-oriented
genealogy project, one of the things it's going to need to
do is
continuously improve the range and quality of services it
provides
to the genealogical community.
In tonight's RootsWeb Review, RootsWeb is announcing "County
Resource" pages for every county in America. The pages
include or
will include links to USGenWeb sites on RootsWeb, a mailing
list, a
GenConnect suite, a link registry, search engines for the
USGenWeb
Archives and the RSL, an event calendar, a guestbook, and
various
other tools.
You can see the County Resources at:
http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/
We expect to be adding tools to the Resource pages as
rapidly as we
can. There will surely be a Social Security Death Index
search and
some other nice features coming on line in the
not-to-distant future.
###
So isn't this just another competitor for USGenWeb?
==> Not at all. <==
While we're still working out the details, RootsWeb's intent
is to
put each County Resource page and all the resources on them
at the
disposal of the appropriate USGenWeb County Coordinator.
CCs can
link to the pages, or they can borrow the HTML from the
pages and
incorporate the tools directly into their own pages. How
(or even
if) you administer those resources is largely your own
choice.
That's your own choice. The tools are there if you want
them. And
there will be more and better tools available to you as time
goes on.
Speaking personally, I hope most folks choose to use the
tools.
USGenWeb is one of the two most impressive projects I've
ever seen
unfold on the Internet (the development of Linux is the
other ... ),
and I would very much like to see USGenWeb stay on the
cutting edge
of technology and provide better services to genealogists
than any
of its imitators. Cheers, B.
--
Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator,
soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
http://www.rootsweb.com/
P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798
leverich(a)rootsweb.com
This speaks for Hernando and Hillsborough, I have no objection. One central
place is good for me.
Deborah Byrd
-----Original Message-----
From: jpowelljr <jpowelljr(a)worldnet.att.net>
To: FLGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com <FLGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 4:36 AM
Subject: Cemetery Database
>Hi Fellow Volunteers... I have noticed that there have been
>some complaints that visitors to this database can not leave
>entries for all counties, only those that have agreed to
>participate. I would like to know if there are any
>coordinators out there that would object to their county
>being listed in this database, if so please let us know as
>soon as possible. We will be adding all counties, if you
>object, your county will be removed as soon as we hear from
>you. Marce is willing to send you a text file of what your
>county has collected whenever requested.
>
>Thanks for being part of FLGenWeb,
>Jim
>
Hi Fellow Volunteers... I have noticed that there have been
some complaints that visitors to this database can not leave
entries for all counties, only those that have agreed to
participate. I would like to know if there are any
coordinators out there that would object to their county
being listed in this database, if so please let us know as
soon as possible. We will be adding all counties, if you
object, your county will be removed as soon as we hear from
you. Marce is willing to send you a text file of what your
county has collected whenever requested.
Thanks for being part of FLGenWeb,
Jim
Another redirect from the State Coord List. Both SE/MA
positions are currently unopposed...
Jim
[USGW-Nominate-L] Current State of
Nominations
Date:
Tue, 8 Jun 1999 19:58:47 -0500 (CDT)
From:
"Celia G. Snyder" <cgsnyder(a)uiuc.edu>
To:
FEATHER2s(a)aol.com
Please remind your CC's to check the nominations
web page:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnroane/nominate.htm
and get their nominations in. There's only a
week left in the nomination
period (June 1-15) and we have one position for
which there has been no
nominee:
NW/Plains CC Rep
a position for which the only nominee has not
accepted:
At Large CC Rep
and the following positions are currently
unopposed:
Archives Rep
NW/Plains SC Rep
SE/MA SC Rep
SE/MA CC Rep
SW/SC CC Reps
Celia G. Snyder
cgsnyder(a)uiuc.edu
Member, The USGenWeb Project Nominations
Subcommittee
Hi all,
The FLGenWeb Cemetery Database is ready to go. The main page is at
http://tn-3.rootsweb.com/~marce/florida/cemetery.html
If you want to link directly to your county's listings, use this URL
(should be all one line, of course, but email may insert a line break
somewhere):
http://tn-3.rootsweb.com:8080/~marce/cgi-bin/flcem_search.cgi?search_by=Coun
ty&action=Next&county=Putnam
Use your county's name in place of Putnam, using mixed case (ie Alachua,
not ALACHUA or alachua)
Right now there are 0 entries in the database. (I can't find my notes from
the one here in Melrose <sigh>) If anyone has records ready to be added
but doesn't want to deal with the form, let me know. I can import any tab
delim'd text file.
If you've asked me to include your county, please check the add entry form
to make sure I didn't miss your email. If I did, let me know, and I'll add it.
If anyone decides they want their county added, please let me know, and
I'll gladly add it. Only takes about 45 secs to add a county.
Thanks,
Marceline
This past March, I had the honor in meeting my esteemed assistant Jim
Powell. Our meeting took place in Hardee's Fast Food choke and barf, in
Waldo, Florida, on a Saturday afternoon. I beleive we must have covered
a million and one subjects in that short hour. On item we discussed was
the county web sites.
In the past three months I've mulled over trying to evaluate and judge
the best site. Well, I could not narrow down to just one. So I broke
the state into regions, and after setting up a matrix to judge each
region, I still could not make it work. So here's my final decision on
who's county web site is the best.
To find out who the winner is go to this URL and you will discover my
decision http://www.rootsweb.com/~flgenweb/test.html.
Congratulations
Darrel Bell
This sounds, to me, like the beginning of teamwork in action...
Bob
At 10:34 AM 6/6/99 -0400, Marceline Beem wrote:
>Hi Patti,
>
>I think our projects can work together.
>
>My original database project (one for marriages) started out of the NC
>Archives, where two of the file managers were re-working a huge marriages
>file, updating and reformatting information. This eventually led to the
>establishment of a state-wide marriages database. Once the database
>project was launched and underway, I wrote a script that formats .txt files
>for the Archives. It generates one file per county, complete with header
>and disclaimer, and indexes the marriages for that county (lists groom,
>bride, date). I generate these reports every two weeks, and one of the
>FM's then uploads them to the archives. (To make things easier for her,
>they are storing the files in a separate directory under the state dir)
>
>If you and/or Cathy are interested, I can do the same for the FL Cemetery
>database.
>
>Marceline
>
>At 07:55 AM 6/6/99 , you wrote:
>>Hey guys, there is already a concerted effort out there in conjunction with
>>Rootsweb, the Florida Archives, myself, and Florida volunteers for cemetery
>>data. It's called the Tombstone project and there is one for every state,
>>including Florida, with county breakdowns. I actually am the coordinator
>>for the Florida Tombstone project. Please visit the site
>>(www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/florida.html). The project has been in
>>existence for a couple of years now and is growing by leaps and bounds! I
>>think we need to combine efforts so this work will not be duplicated.
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>Patti Peterson patemarie(a)mindspring.com
>>County Coordinator, Bay County, FLGenWeb
>>www.rootsweb.com/~flbay/bay.htm
>>Florida Tombstone Project State Manager, USGenWeb
>>USGenWeb - Tombstone Project
>>www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/florida.html
>>LISTOWNER: Bay County, Florida Discussion List
>>FLBAY-L(a)rootsweb.com
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: FLGEN-D-request(a)rootsweb.com <FLGEN-D-request(a)rootsweb.com>
>>To: FLGEN-D(a)rootsweb.com <FLGEN-D(a)rootsweb.com>
>>Date: Sunday, June 06, 1999 7:18 AM
>>Subject: FLGEN-D Digest V99 #45
>>
>
>
>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
County Coordinator Essex, County, MA
County Coordinator Citrus, County, FL
Town Coordinator Newbury, MA
Town Coordinator Newburyport, MA
All can be reached at: http://www.hertge.com
- ------------------------------------------------
http://www.essexbooks.com
e-mail: essxbook(a)citrus.infi.net
P.O. Box 811 Lecanto, FL 34460-0811
(352) 527-2270
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
At 02:49 PM 6/6/99 -0400, jpowelljr wrote:
>I thought some of you might be interested in the
>following...
>
>Jim
Shows how familiar our board is with the by-laws :>)
Bob
>
>It was moved, and seconded, in Executive Session, that the
>following Statement be placed on the Nominations site and
>distributed to the general membership:
>
>"In Executive Session, the USGenWeb Advisory Board has
>determined that the position of NE/NC CC Representative
>currently held by Bonnie Briggs and the position of SE/MA CC
>Representative currently held by Jim Powell were elected in
>the Special Election to serve the remainder of those terms,
>and therefore should not have been included in the current
>election.
>
>The USGenWeb Advisory Board offers its sincere apologies and
>deep regrets, most especially to persons already nominated
>for those positions."
>
>The Motion 99-15E, reached quorum and the National
>Coordinator declared the motion passed at 1:12 a.m. EDT,
>this date. Vote tally: 11 Aye; 0 Nay; 4 not voting.
>
>Respectfully submitted,
>
>Bill
>Secretary
>
>
Bob
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ESSEX BOOKS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"Tools for the New England researcher"
VISIT US AT:
http://www.essexbooks.com
e-mail: essxbook(a)citrus.infi.net
P.O. Box 811 Lecanto, FL 34460-0811
Phone (CC) Orders: 8 AM - 3 PM - Mon-Fri
(352) 527-2270 Fax 24 hrs.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I thought some of you might be interested in the
following...
Jim
It was moved, and seconded, in Executive Session, that the
following Statement be placed on the Nominations site and
distributed to the general membership:
"In Executive Session, the USGenWeb Advisory Board has
determined that the position of NE/NC CC Representative
currently held by Bonnie Briggs and the position of SE/MA CC
Representative currently held by Jim Powell were elected in
the Special Election to serve the remainder of those terms,
and therefore should not have been included in the current
election.
The USGenWeb Advisory Board offers its sincere apologies and
deep regrets, most especially to persons already nominated
for those positions."
The Motion 99-15E, reached quorum and the National
Coordinator declared the motion passed at 1:12 a.m. EDT,
this date. Vote tally: 11 Aye; 0 Nay; 4 not voting.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill
Secretary
I thought some of you might be interested in the
following...
Jim
It was moved, and seconded, in Executive Session, that the
following Statement be placed on the Nominations site and
distributed to the general membership:
"In Executive Session, the USGenWeb Advisory Board has
determined that the position of NE/NC CC Representative
currently held by Bonnie Briggs and the position of SE/MA CC
Representative currently held by Jim Powell were elected in
the Special Election to serve the remainder of those terms,
and therefore should not have been included in the current
election.
The USGenWeb Advisory Board offers its sincere apologies and
deep regrets, most especially to persons already nominated
for those positions."
The Motion 99-15E, reached quorum and the National
Coordinator declared the motion passed at 1:12 a.m. EDT,
this date. Vote tally: 11 Aye; 0 Nay; 4 not voting.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill
Secretary
The Florida Tombstone Project is great. I've contributed to it myself. But
it does have two problems that Marceline Beem's Cemetery Database addresses.
Problem 1: It is not searchable. I have come across death certificates
that don't show place of burial. They may have died in one county and been
buried in another. To search the tombstone project you have to open
individual cemetery files to find the information you need. Being able to
search all the Florida Cemeteries at the same time is a great plus.
Problem 2: Indivuals cannot contribute to the database unless they send the
information to the author to update the files on the Tombstone project.
Marceline's database allows for this.
I believe that the two projects can work hand in hand with each other. A
lot of people are frightened away from indexing a cemetery as they believe
that they need to do the whole cemetery in order to contribute to the
Tombstone Project. Marceline's database will allow them to contribute
little bits of information at a time. It is better it have some information
then none at all. Also it should be possible to extract individual Cemetery
from the Cemetery Database and entered it into the Tombstone project on a
month or yearly bases.
Hi Patti,
I think our projects can work together.
My original database project (one for marriages) started out of the NC
Archives, where two of the file managers were re-working a huge marriages
file, updating and reformatting information. This eventually led to the
establishment of a state-wide marriages database. Once the database
project was launched and underway, I wrote a script that formats .txt files
for the Archives. It generates one file per county, complete with header
and disclaimer, and indexes the marriages for that county (lists groom,
bride, date). I generate these reports every two weeks, and one of the
FM's then uploads them to the archives. (To make things easier for her,
they are storing the files in a separate directory under the state dir)
If you and/or Cathy are interested, I can do the same for the FL Cemetery
database.
Marceline
At 07:55 AM 6/6/99 , you wrote:
>Hey guys, there is already a concerted effort out there in conjunction with
>Rootsweb, the Florida Archives, myself, and Florida volunteers for cemetery
>data. It's called the Tombstone project and there is one for every state,
>including Florida, with county breakdowns. I actually am the coordinator
>for the Florida Tombstone project. Please visit the site
>(www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/florida.html). The project has been in
>existence for a couple of years now and is growing by leaps and bounds! I
>think we need to combine efforts so this work will not be duplicated.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Patti Peterson patemarie(a)mindspring.com
>County Coordinator, Bay County, FLGenWeb
>www.rootsweb.com/~flbay/bay.htm
>Florida Tombstone Project State Manager, USGenWeb
>USGenWeb - Tombstone Project
>www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/florida.html
>LISTOWNER: Bay County, Florida Discussion List
>FLBAY-L(a)rootsweb.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: FLGEN-D-request(a)rootsweb.com <FLGEN-D-request(a)rootsweb.com>
>To: FLGEN-D(a)rootsweb.com <FLGEN-D(a)rootsweb.com>
>Date: Sunday, June 06, 1999 7:18 AM
>Subject: FLGEN-D Digest V99 #45
>