Debbie tried both sites and got on when I logged in-- I forgot to check and
see when my subscription is up, I will do that later- try again-- my email
is my log on--- password is: 3dogs --- let me know if u can get on!
Kathy
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From: "Debbie Jennings" <debjennings(a)dtccom.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:26 AM
To: <inowen(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Updates
Mary
What a really great idea !
Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: <Mary2gard(a)aol.com>
To: <inowen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Updates
> Someone suggested to me that we all copy the pages we enter in the new
> census, to save for our own future generations. IF we have that paper
> among our
> possessions our grandchildren won't have to wait 75 years to see what was
> in this census! I was disappointed in the facts requested of us too.
>
> Mary Gardner
>
>
> 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
>
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