I remember back in 1996 doing a search on one of my ancestors and a match
coming up for the archives of Ballard County Kentucky, which included a link
to the Ballard County Genweb page...well that started my "love" of the
internet and the GenWeb project and here I am today. We have all seen a lot
of changes. Yes, Rootsweb had to start getting some advertising dollars to
fund the equipment that all of us have used at one time or another, I don't
fault them for that. There are a lot of genealogy lovers out there and it
causes a massive amount of traffic. Doddie, I for one am sorry to see you
go, your Tazwell County page is art at its truest form packed full of
wonderful information! Linda, I don't fault you either, you've always been
nothing but helpful. I try to stay out of the "politics" that fly around on
every state list that I'm on, my policy is "if it isn't directed at me,
ignore it". I have such fun with my pages and meet so many wonderful
people, and a few of them I'm even able to help.....last year I helped a
daughter find her father when he had been searching for her for 30 years, it
was personal for them but made my heart swell to think that I had a part in
it. Bless all of you that have had a part in changing peoples
lives.......you give them information that provides them with a missing part
of their past, you provide companionship to a lot of shut in elderly people,
you provide the missing link to where they grew up, you stir their memories
of long ago places. To me that is the important part of "what we do".
Whether that information is in an archives, on a County page or on a family
page, it all takes them back............
Tami P. Ramsey
tami(a)i-plus.net
Pulaski County VA GenWeb Coordinator & Listowner
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/
Washington County VA GenWeb Coordinator
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawashin/
Overton Co. TN GenWeb Coordinator & Listowner
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnoverto/overton.htm
Fentress & Pickett Co. TN GenWeb Coordinator
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnfentre/fent.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnpicket/pick.htm
Webmaster Wilderness Road Regional Museum
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/wrrm/index.htm
Webmaster for New River Historical Society Homepage
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanrhs/
RAMSEY Family Webpage
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ramsey/
SULSER Family Webpage & Listowner
http://sulser.rootsweb.com/