Dear MaryAlice and fellow Project members,
Many thanks for your reply, MaryAlice. It was the only one I had from
any USGWP member.
While some folks think a Military Project, as you said, "would be a
huge undertaking," I honestly believe it is merely an extension of
each County Project's current coverage of genealogical and historical
matters. A great many Project members have already included a
separate Military Project within the scope of their current hosting activities.
As I said before, our Diane Siniard has taken on the responsibility
of creating a superior resource with the creation of the NCGenWeb
Project Military Project (
http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncmil/), in addition
to the 11 counties she currently hosts. From what I have seen, other
states in the Project have done likewise and I applaud their actions.
My original suggestion was that the national Project make the step
toward formally recognizing this effort as an established USGenWeb
Project. If we can have a distinctive project like
<
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgwkidz/>The USGenWeb Kidz
Project, we should certainly recognize those states and counties who,
without any formal direction or leadership, have developed sites that
are both instructional and informative resources for those seeking
information about their military ancestors. This would require little
work on behalf of national. I would like to propose the establishment
of such a project. I see but two things that would be required:
1. A commitment on behalf of the USGenWeb Project to recognize this
project and erect a web page index to include existing state and/or
county sites.
2. The election or appointment of a national Military Project
coordinator and webmaster.
I further propose that other existing military projects, such as the
<
http://usgwarchives.org/pensions/>Pension Project, and the listing
of military cemeteries within the
<
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cemetery/military.html>Tombstone
Project become a part of any Military project.
As a US Navy veteran and CC for several counties, I have created
Military Project pages that provide the resources I have describe above.
I invite you to visit these sites to get a better idea of the kind of
information that can be shared with researchers as well as the scope
of the subject matter covered:
http://www.ncgenweb.us/catawba/military.htm
http://www.ncgenweb.us/lincoln/military.htm
http://www.ncgenweb.us/burke/military.htm
http://www.ncgenweb.us/gaston/military.htm
Respectfully submitted,
Derick S. Hartshorn
former NC State Coordinator, NCGenWeb Project
current USGenWeb Project-County Coordinator
Catawba/Burke/Lincoln/Gaston/Cleveland, NC
http://www.ncgenweb.us/catawba/
http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncburke/
http://www.ncgenweb.us/clincoln/
http://www.ncgenweb.us/gaston/
http://www.ncgenweb.us/cleveland/
http://www.ncgenweb.us/conover/
At 05:41 PM 5/15/2008, you wrote:
Hello Derick,
My Co-coordinator Norma had contacted you about your post on the
discuss list. I will find a place on our "Iowa in the Civil War
Project" to add a link to your site. I will let you know when your
link has been added to our site. I will also ask my sources to take
photo's of gravestones for soldiers from other states.
I have asked the USGENWEB about such a military site, this would be
a huge undertaking but have not had a reply... I will follow-up on
it. I have been gathering information for a site similar to the
"Iowa in the Civil War" site for Minnesota which would be expanded
to cover all wars, MIA/POW's and peace time events.
Many of the States do have their own "Military" pages. The
<
http://usgwarchives.org/special/military.htm>USGW archives,
<
http://usgwarchives.org/pensions/>Pension Project, and
<
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cemetery/military.html>Tombstone
Project also have military data.
Thank you for your post,
MaryAlice Schwanke
<
http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/>Iowa in the Civil War