Karen, The coordinator would be for the state.
Shirley
--- On Tue, 3/27/12, Karen De Groote <iagenieme(a)gmail.com> wrote:
From: Karen De Groote <iagenieme(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MTGEN] 1940 Census
To: mtgen(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 1:31 PM
My notes below...
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Shirley Cullum
<shirlcullum(a)sbcglobal.net>wrote:
I "borrowed" this from another list because it seems like
the best way to
decide. <g>
Shirley
Let's take a poll:
1. should the TXGenWeb Project sign up as a participating "society" for
Yes MTGenWeb should sign up as a participating society AFTER the questions
are answered that Sherri is going to be talking to Familysearch about.
this?
2. are any of you willing to become the coordinator for this?
What doe this mean? A coordinator for the state? Or for your county?
3. are any of you willing to participate in indexing?
I will participate in indexing on a limited basis as I can do it. First I
need my questions answered, the primary one being, if I index for my
county, as long as they allow you to be county specific, can I freely use
the transcription on my county? I have great reservations because of some
items, namely the 1880 census we find Familysearch and Ancestry working
together. I know Familysearch says 1940 census to be free to everyone but
I still recall the free Rootsweb getting taken over by Ancestry. I don't
want us to slave away for Ancestry so I will only do this if I can pick and
choose what I will index and can use it for my counties. The 1940 is
important for many MT counties since so many of them were formed well after
1900. It seems difficult for research to have, as an example, your
ancestor living in the the same location but the census trek is
Chouteau>Teton>Glacier or Pondera. Additionally Western states Marriages
are set up by marriage county, grandparents married in Chouteau, parents
married in Teton, subject married in Glacier never having moved.
I guess that is enough proselytizing LOL Just kidding, just my thoughts
for now.
Karen
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