Thanks for all that you do. You are awesome! Big hugs for you, Ruth
In a message dated 3/18/2010 7:53:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
k.bargerhuff(a)comcast.net writes:
In a message dated 3/16/2010 8:37:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> debjennings(a)dtccom.net writes:
>
> Listmembers:
> I am excited and disappointed at the same time.
> I finally got my 2010 Census and was excited about the prospect of
> filling
> it out as we deal with it so much in our research.
> I felt it a duty to future generations. However, the information asked
> for
> was rather void of any real content compared with years past.
> They don't ask any of the questions that they used to ask, no
occupation
> or anything like that.
>
> Anyway...
> I have recently taken over doing the website for the Owen County
> Historical and Genealogical Society.
> The new URL for anyone looking for it is--
>
http://www.sweetowen.net/OCHGShomepage.html
>
> I also realize that I have been slack in updating the Sweet Owen site
> lately and the reasoning is due to building the site for the Society as
> well as
> I have been going through the Sweet Owen site and cleaning up errors,
> missing pages, bad links, and generally anything that looks bad.
> If you have any corrections to your surname searches, this is the time
> to
> send them to me as I am completely going through the site page by page.
> It
> is quite a task though.
> If you do however decide to send any corrections to your surnames
PLEASE
> be very clear what you are sending so that I can store it
properly
until
> it
> is entered.
> Please place SURNAME CORRECTIONS in your subject line.
> Likewise if there are any email changes place EMAIL CHANGES in your
> subject line.
>
> I PROMISE-- I will return to updating the website as soon as possible.
I
> just got tired of constantly coming up against bad links or
anything
of
> that
> sort.
>
> I have also as of Sunday created a page for the Sweet Owen and
> Surrounding
> Areas on FACEBOOK.
> The location is --
>
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sweet-Owen-and-Surrounding-Areas/3690627971...
> Just go there and click on "become a fan".
> If you aren't a member, please consider joining facebook, it is simple
> and
> again free.
> This will give us another avenue to post queries or just anything. Not
> so
> structured as the mailing list. Perhaps more viewers to your searches.
> As I can I will throw obituaries on there or just any little thing
> pertaining to research. Perhaps announcements about website updates or
> other stuff.
> I don't know how many of your have Facebook, but it was just a thought
> that perhaps it would serve us well.
> It is free and IF EVER Rootsweb changes or as it is connected to
> Ancestry,
> it becomes any kind of pay service, this would provide us with an
avenue
> for free positng. That is why I created the website on a
different
> server
> in
> order to have that control. This Facebook will remain regardless of
what
> may ever happen with Rootsweb/Ancestry. (No, I haven't heard
anything.)
> Photos may also be placed on there. I haven't really got
anything there
> right now, just the page. The more people who visit though, they can
add
> stuff maybe.
>
>
> Debbie Jennings