Keith,
I would be willing to HELP with this board. I am not willing to "take over"
the board as I do not have scads of time on my hands, but I have an hour or
three a week that I could devote to helping with this project.
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Giddeon" <keith(a)giddeon.com>
To: <GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 12:38 PM
Subject: RE: [GAGEN] "New" Georgia in the Civil War Message Board and Link
Request
Virginia,
Thank you for bringing this up. With all the other items on my plate, the
GA
"Civil War" Board gets little attention from me. If anyone
out there has
time to devote to this Board, I would willingly turn the Board over to
them
for the sake of the researchers. If not, I'll try to force some
time to
the
Board. IMO, there is nothing more important to Southern history than
knowing
one's Confederate ancestors.
--Keith
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Crilley [mailto:varcsix@hot.rr.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 7:28 AM
> To: GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: [GAGEN] "New" Georgia in the Civil War Message Board and Link
> Request
>
>
> Just in case all your CCs also got the message from Jim
> Martin.... I wanted
> to be sure you knew about the Civil War Board we already have..
>
> While that Board looks like it is going to be active.....
> GAGenWeb has had a Civil War Forum for some time now.
>
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.Military
> .united-20-states.civwar.uscwga.civilwar
>
> Keith is the present manager.... ( I know he'd love someone to help with
> the answers though! That is what makes a "successful" Board....when we
> have a team to supply help)
>
> The "old team" that once took care of this sort of disintegrated, so it
> would be wonderful if any of you know of people who have a
> special interest
> in GA in the Civil War and could help direct people to their answers.
>
> I went into the "new" board to post some things to direct people back to
> some of the work Keith has done. But I really think we should focus on
> supporting the Board that has been in existence for some time.
>
> There are more than 7,000 messages already on the Rootsweb/Ancestry
Board.
>
> Also the MILITARY Page (now kept by Margie Daniels)
>
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/records/military.htm
> is a compilation of much work by many, many people. This page
> covers much
> more than just the Civil War. (Scroll to the bottom and click on Civil
> War for the specifics that we have on-line there)
>
> and of course don't forget what we have on-line (mainly due to Keith's
> work) in the GAGenWeb Archives for Civil War.....Regiments and
> Master Index.
>
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm
>
> Note also that this "new" board also has a commercial connection....
>
> At 08:04 AM 3/28/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
> > >From: "Jim Martin" <tsalagi(a)kingwoodcable.com>
> > >To: <gacwmb-admin(a)history-sites.com>
> > >Subject: "New" Georgia in the Civil War Message Board and Link
Request
> > >Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 20:39:03 -0600
> > >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >You're receiving this email because you are a coordinator/contact for
a
> > >Georgia USGenWeb site. It is my hope that you will
provide a
> link on your
> > >county, state or special interest page.
> > >
> > >My name is Jim Martin and I'm the webmaster of the "New"
Georgia in
the
> > >Civil War Message Board at
>
http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/gacwmb/ .
> > >Some of you may know me through my Alabama, Arkansas, Indian
Territory,
> > >Louisiana, Missouri and Texas Civil War Message Boards
and my
> "Civil War
> > >Message Board Portal", which provides quick links to all of
> the major Civil
> > >War discussion sites. For those of you who don't, I'm an
> amateur historian
> > >and genealogist in Houston, TX. The study of the American
> Civil War or War
> > >Between the States is a passionate hobby for me and my message
> boards are
> > >non-commercial sites.
> > >
> > >My message boards are closely monitored for inappropiate
> content and I can
> > >block those who habitually break the message board rules. I
> do not allow
> > >highly-charged and emotional postings related to such subjects as the
> > >display of the Confederate Battle Flag. The Georgia in the Civil War
> > >Message Board is a "History-Only" sites where genealogists,
amateur
and
> > >professional historians, academics, authors and
portrayers of
> living-history
> > >can post queries and responses regarding the subject of Georgia and
> > >Georgians in the War Between the States. There is a
> high-level of security
> > >on my sites as I utilize the most current message
> board/discussion group
> > >software. Individual users have complete control over how much or
how
> > >little they wish to reveal about themselves. Posters
email
> addresses are
> > >not revealed with their postings.
> > >
> > >This month, the seven (7) Civil War Message Boards I
> administer will receive
> > >approximately 230,000 "hits" with about 15,000 unique visitors.
The
> > >high-numbers and the inclusion of authors, teachers, serious
> historians and
> > >professional genealogists on these sites should offer your family
> > >researchers their best opportunity to "trackdown" that elusive
> Civil War
> > >ancestor, understand his military records and perhaps even discover
his
> > >resting place.
> > >
> > >Finally, for those of you whose interests extend beyond the
> borders of the
> > >Georgia, I'd also like to invite you to visit and bookmark
> "The Civil War
> > >Message Board Portal" at
http://history-sites.com/cwmb . This
> page is fast
> > >gaining popularity with over 6,000 unique visitors in the
> month of February.
> > >Here you can quickly link to all of the major state Civil War Message
> > >Boards, including those at Rootsweb and
Ancestry.com .
> > >
> > >I have already accumulated a group of expert researchers and
> genealogists
> > >who will be monitoring the GACWMB and are ready and willing to
> help you and
> > >the visitors to your site(s) with your Civil War ancestor search or
> > >historical question.
> > >
> > >To make it easier for you to link to the Civil War Message
> Board there are
> > >instructions and ready-made .html and java scripts at
> > >http://history-sites.com/gacwmb/faq_ga.htm#link .
> > >
> > >I ask that you place a link on your website to the GACWMB and
> please forgive
> > >me if you receive more than one copy of this message.
> Remember, this is a
> > >hobby for me and I'm not an expert at promoting websites or
> accumulating
> > >mail lists.
> > >
> > >With best regards,
> > >
> > >Jim Martin
> > >
> > >The Georgia in the Civil War Message Board
> > >http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/gacwmb/
> > >
> > >The Civil War Message Board Portal
> > >http://www.history-sites.com/cwmb/
> > >Alabama in the Civil War Message Board
> > >http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/alcwmb/
> > >Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board
> > >http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/arcwmb/
> > >Indian Territory and Native-Americans in the Civil War Message Board
> > >http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/itcwmb/
> > >The Missouri in the Civil War Message Board
> > >http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/mocwmb/
> > >Louisiana in the Civil War Message Board
> > >http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/lacwmb/
> > >Texas in the Civil War Message Board
> > >http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/txcwmb/
> > >
> > >
>
> Virginia Crilley
>
>
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