I have never heard the name Richard. I have a feeling this is an
alter-ego trying to stir up trouble.
--Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard R. Pettys, Jr. [mailto:rpettys@smyrnacable.net]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:20 PM
To: GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [GAGEN] Fw: USGENWEB Project
I got this in email this evening from Trevor Paris, whom I do
not know. Anyone have any clue what this is all about?
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: Trevor Paris <trevor(a)ny.com>
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Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 7:57 PM
Subject: USGENWEB Project
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> The History of the USGenWeb Project
>
>
> "And the real history is a little grungy -- USGenWeb
> started out with a small group of people who
> jumpstarted the project by ripping off existing
> genealogical projects on the Web. Jeff Murphy ripped
> off the GenWeb name that Gary Hoffman & Co. had
> spent a couple of years publicizing. A number of
> early state coordinators (including John Rigdon)
> lifted Web pages that Cyndi Howells and
> Karen Isaacson had spent weeks researching."
> --Brian Leverich, USGENWEB-ALL, 9 Dec 1996
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>
http://www.radix.net/~merope/history/chapter1.htm
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