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Sorry I haven't communicated earlier - but Health, new demanding job, Art group commitments and commuting to San Diego and back since January on a weekly basis has taken it's toll. I am putting on 600 miles a week on a good week (grin)... On top of that - my team coordinated a community build, my car was totaled - my house was flooded - my grandkids moved to DC, the kids got a divorce, and those are just the highlights (I am still smiling) - so life has been interesting to say the least...
I am swamped beyond belief - but am hoping to start mucking my way to the top - if you have something which needs immediate attention - please let me know. And I will put it to the top - (I plan to start of QUERIES first - then posting information and photos - of which I have a large backlog for three counties)
I want to thank all of you contributors for your patience - It has been a very hectic last eight months - And I am so sorry that life is happening faster than I can keep up.
Thank you.
R/S MAK
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procrastination and overwhelming - hmmmmm, I have heard that one before (grin) - possible MAK looking in a mirror (LOL)
I have found when I really don't want to do something or it is tedious - I devote the first two hours of the day to it - that way, I reward myself by having the rest of the day to do other things - sometimes it WORKS (Grin)...
Time is slipping away - 10 years have gone by since I first got the site - and I have such dreams for it - look at what WI has done as a whole - WOW - Many thanks to all of the WI CC's...
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----- Original Message ----
From: "kingsley(a)aol.com" <kingsley(a)aol.com>
To: wigen(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 10:00:22 AM
Subject: Re: [WIGEN] Yearbooks..
Hi there Mak~
I have MANY year books on CD from 1900 to mid1950's.? I am in
time going to put the older ones online but my first step is
just.. JUST>.. geesh! getting them indexed.
So much work and so few hands~~~ and there is some
procrastination in here somewhere. ;)? Gets overwhelming
sometimes does it not?
Brenda
-----Original Message-----
From: MAK - Transcriber <maktranscriber(a)yahoo.com>
To: wigen(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:42 pm
Subject: Re: [WIGEN] Yearbooks..
I have noticed that many of the schools are electing to put their yearbooks
on-line - right now there have been no complaints about these sites that I have
seen -
I am putting up yearbooks for USC NROTC alumni for the classes of 1940 & 1950,
but held off on the 1960s as several have expressed security concerns -
It will be interesting to see what happens in the future - I know that I would
not want my yearbook put up on line - as my memories of high school were not all
that hot.
MAKtranscriber
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----- Original Message ----
From: "kingsley(a)aol.com" <kingsley(a)aol.com>
To: WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Friday, August 3, 2007 3:54:47 PM
Subject: [WIGEN] Yearbooks..
Here is a URL for a MI yearbook and not an old one? so
who knows what is being done.
B
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If not, you can send it to Tina - and she can post it to the Wisconsin Archives
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----- Original Message ----
From: "Czaplewska(a)aol.com" <Czaplewska(a)aol.com>
To: WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 6:57:35 PM
Subject: [WIGEN] Fwd: [WIMARINE] Cemetery question -- Deanna????
In a message dated 8/14/2007 9:22:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
acerbud(a)toast.net writes:
I have an Amberg cemetery spread sheet interment record of 299 burials
which I would like to post on the Internet. So far I have been unable to find a
valid contact for the Marinette county genealogy site.
Can anyone help me
Evans
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Deanna,
This one is for you!
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In a message dated 8/14/2007 9:22:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
acerbud(a)toast.net writes:
I have an Amberg cemetery spread sheet interment record of 299 burials
which I would like to post on the Internet. So far I have been unable to find a
valid contact for the Marinette county genealogy site.
Can anyone help me
Evans
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Deanna,
This one is for you!
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Hi there Mak~
I have MANY year books on CD from 1900 to mid1950's.? I am in
time going to put the older ones online but my first step is
just.. JUST>.. geesh! getting them indexed.
So much work and so few hands~~~ and there is some
procrastination in here somewhere. ;)? Gets overwhelming
sometimes does it not?
Brenda
-----Original Message-----
From: MAK - Transcriber <maktranscriber(a)yahoo.com>
To: wigen(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:42 pm
Subject: Re: [WIGEN] Yearbooks..
I have noticed that many of the schools are electing to put their yearbooks
on-line - right now there have been no complaints about these sites that I have
seen -
I am putting up yearbooks for USC NROTC alumni for the classes of 1940 & 1950,
but held off on the 1960s as several have expressed security concerns -
It will be interesting to see what happens in the future - I know that I would
not want my yearbook put up on line - as my memories of high school were not all
that hot.
MAKtranscriber
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwoodhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportaghttp://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe
----- Original Message ----
From: "kingsley(a)aol.com" <kingsley(a)aol.com>
To: WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Friday, August 3, 2007 3:54:47 PM
Subject: [WIGEN] Yearbooks..
Here is a URL for a MI yearbook and not an old one? so
who knows what is being done.
B
http://www.tchs1965.org/gallery.php?galleryid=4
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I have noticed that many of the schools are electing to put their yearbooks on-line - right now there have been no complaints about these sites that I have seen -
I am putting up yearbooks for USC NROTC alumni for the classes of 1940 & 1950, but held off on the 1960s as several have expressed security concerns -
It will be interesting to see what happens in the future - I know that I would not want my yearbook put up on line - as my memories of high school were not all that hot.
MAKtranscriber
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----- Original Message ----
From: "kingsley(a)aol.com" <kingsley(a)aol.com>
To: WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Friday, August 3, 2007 3:54:47 PM
Subject: [WIGEN] Yearbooks..
Here is a URL for a MI yearbook and not an old one? so
who knows what is being done.
B
http://www.tchs1965.org/gallery.php?galleryid=4
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Anne - good for you - I like a good story also!!! And you might get a book for others - that would be excellent - good for you.
I love finding the facts and piecing the "truth" together. It is fascinating - and even better when you actually FIND the connection.
If anyone is going to Milwaukee for the day to search cemetery records - I am trying to track down the death and burial of my greatgrandfather. Please contact me off list for details - I would greatly appreciate it - It is hard to find stuff in California for Wisconsin records. Thanks in advance.
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----- Original Message ----
From: "Czaplewska(a)aol.com" <Czaplewska(a)aol.com>
To: wigen(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:10:59 PM
Subject: Re: [WIGEN] Some families' history -- Wilhelmina Baehr
Hi MAK and everyone,
Yes, this story is truly disturbing so much so that I just couldn't (and
still can't) put it down -- I originally found the item in the Trenton NJ paper
while looking for stray Shawano obits one night. I posted it to the Shawano
site and the message boards hoping to find someone who knew the rest of the
story... like what happened to Wilhelmina when she was released from Waupun...
I'm grateful for Rita's insight as to just how women were treated back
then... it explains exactly HOW this could have happened. Since then I turned
up a couple more facts -- the man they claimed she poisoned was her old
husband's ex-father-in-law... seems the old man Sell was Old Man's Baehr's
father-in-law from his first wife... and a well-to-do lumberman in the county... and,
even more bizarre is that Old Man Baehr told his oldest daughter right
before he hung himself, that he feared Wilhelmina was going to kill him the same
way he had killed Mr. Sell the year before, with Paris Green... seems Paris
Green was the way of bumping someone off... I've probably seen it referred to
in about a dozen deaths so far in the Shawano area over the years..
My sister writes books -- nothing really well-known.. yet. I called her
last night and mentioned I was researching this part of my mother's family and
she's going to work on getting more of the data and writing a book on it!
I'll keep you posted as to how it goes! She's pretty excited about it and is
talking to her publisher's this week to see if they would be interested ... and
who would have thought this would happened in the little Town of Cecil in
Shawano County!
I'll keep you posted!!!
Anne
Shawano & Florence CC
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Debie - I am glad to see people ARE voting - it is important to vote for the person who best represents your views - We have two choices who are very different in their approaches - Thanks for voting -
R/S MAK
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----- Original Message ----
From: Debie & Joe <sebring(a)excel.net>
To: wigen(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:36:55 PM
Subject: Re: [WIGEN] Fort Wayne or Bust! <VBG>
Hey MAK,
I voted as soon as it was allowed to start. I waited five
minutes past the 12:01 start time and cast my vote for the right lady.
I agree with MAK, a difference can be made so please remember to vote!
At 11:36 AM 8/13/2007, you wrote:
>Hi all -
>
>I am sorry not to be headed for Fort Wayne with the rest of you
>(have a great time) -
>
>In the meantime - there is a run-off for National Coordinator - I
>just voted - so I encourage all of you to cast your vote - this is
>one of the few times we CC's can make a difference in how USGenWeb is run -
>
>Take care,
>
>MAKtranscriber
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> http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe
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Hi MAK and everyone,
Yes, this story is truly disturbing so much so that I just couldn't (and
still can't) put it down -- I originally found the item in the Trenton NJ paper
while looking for stray Shawano obits one night. I posted it to the Shawano
site and the message boards hoping to find someone who knew the rest of the
story... like what happened to Wilhelmina when she was released from Waupun...
I'm grateful for Rita's insight as to just how women were treated back
then... it explains exactly HOW this could have happened. Since then I turned
up a couple more facts -- the man they claimed she poisoned was her old
husband's ex-father-in-law... seems the old man Sell was Old Man's Baehr's
father-in-law from his first wife... and a well-to-do lumberman in the county... and,
even more bizarre is that Old Man Baehr told his oldest daughter right
before he hung himself, that he feared Wilhelmina was going to kill him the same
way he had killed Mr. Sell the year before, with Paris Green... seems Paris
Green was the way of bumping someone off... I've probably seen it referred to
in about a dozen deaths so far in the Shawano area over the years..
My sister writes books -- nothing really well-known.. yet. I called her
last night and mentioned I was researching this part of my mother's family and
she's going to work on getting more of the data and writing a book on it!
I'll keep you posted as to how it goes! She's pretty excited about it and is
talking to her publisher's this week to see if they would be interested ... and
who would have thought this would happened in the little Town of Cecil in
Shawano County!
I'll keep you posted!!!
Anne
Shawano & Florence CC
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Rita - Thank you for sharing this - wow it is terrible some of the stuff we read about - My greatgrandmother's name was Wilhelmina Reinke - and I am having a tough time finding where she died or was buried - So this story really hit home with the name Wilhelmina -
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----- Original Message ----
From: RMN <ocontogal2000(a)yahoo.com>
To: wigen <wigen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2007 2:24:20 PM
Subject: [WIGEN] Some families' history
Trenton Evening Times -- Trenton, New Jersey
September 9, 1907
Child-Wife's Life is Spoiled by Greed of Her Aged Husband
Madison, Wisconsin
September 9 -- After serving 16 years in State's prison one half of her life, Mrs. Wilhelmina Baehr is at liberty by the pardon of the governor.
She entered prison of girl wife ignorant of the law - unable to speak English. She left it a broken faded woman. Half of her life had been sacrificed to the greed of a husband old enough to have been her grandfather.
In 1891 Wilhelmina came to Wisconsin from Germany. She was then scarcely 15 years old. Her parents took a farm in the woods in Shawano County and a few months afterward she married a widower named Baehr because her parents told her to.
Baehr was 25 or 30 years her senior and had children older than she. He was known as a grasping man willing to do anything to get money. Wilhelmina became his household drudge.
One night a traveler Michael Sells stopped at the Baehr home for the night. Apparently he had money. The greed of the old man Baehr was excited and he resolved to put Sells out of the way. Accordingly he told Wilhelmina to put poison in the food she gave Sells for supper and he died the next day. Baehr put the whole blame on his child wife and she was arrested. When her trial was called, her husband advised her to plead guilty telling her that if she did so she would escape with a light sentence in jail.
The girl did as she was told. Instead of giving her a light jail sentence the judge sentenced her to State's prison for life. Even then she did not realize how great her punishment was to be and on that day that she was taken to prison she told her friends she would be back in seven months.
Soon after she entered the State penitentiary her husband committed suicide driven to it, it is claimed by remorse for his act in compelling his wife to poison Sells.
After Baehr's death, the case of the girl-wife and the State penitentiary was forgotten and she was left without friends. Two weeks ago several wealthy and influential citizens of Oconto County interested themselves in her behalf and a petition for her pardon reciting the facts of the case, was laid before Governor Davidson. He investigated for himself and became convinced that justice had been satisfied. Hence her pardon.
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Hi all -
I am sorry not to be headed for Fort Wayne with the rest of you (have a great time) -
In the meantime - there is a run-off for National Coordinator - I just voted - so I encourage all of you to cast your vote - this is one of the few times we CC's can make a difference in how USGenWeb is run -
Take care,
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Good evening,
I added the following notice to the Shawano site and thought I would post it
to the Message Boards as well. FamilySearch Indexing is now online,
functioning and looking for volunteers -- you do not need to be LDS (aka Mormon) to
volunteer... and unlike the 1880 census project, you can do this from your
own home, still in your fuzzy slippers -- I know, we all do it! If you have
any questions, email me and I'll try to answer them...
WHY are they doing this? Eventually, this project will be available FREE on
the familysearch.org site, just like the 1880 census. Their goal is to make
as much data available ONLINE for FREE as they can -- the digitizing goes
very rapidly but it is the indexing that takes time. The more volunteers, the
sooner it gets done and online and they'll move on to the next project. Very
exciting to think of the Family History Library in SLC making their holdings
available online for FREE....
Anne...
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Occasionally I get emails asking "HOW CAN I VOLUNTEER WHEN I LIVE OUTSIDE OF
WISCONSIN???" -- here's an exciting new project that is ALL DONE ONLINE and
is available to ANYONE!! -- you work at your own pace -- and this will be a
great asset for all genealogists and researchers world-wide. The project
FamilySearch Indexing is http://www.familysearchindexing.org/en/index.jsp --
there are different projects they are working on, the largest being the 1900
Federal Census, and you can pick the state -- and yes, Wisconsin is available!
It's a very simple and straight-forward project. You download a sheet at a
time and work at your own pace. When you get it finished, you click upload and
it is sent in. Then you are ready for your next page... and eventually, the
1900 census will be done, one sheet at a time! Several years ago, I worked
on the 1880 Federal Census and it was all done by hand and microfilm reader
-- this is not anything like it! THIS IS ACTUALLY FUN!!!! The free software
is easily and quickly installed and you are off and running in about 10
minutes. The census sheets are viewable at the top of the page and the entrees
are highlighted as you work them across the page -- you can't get lost! And
there is a magnifier on the page tool bar that allows you to make the page
LARGE so even tired, older eyes can do this. The fill-in-the-blank area is
similar to Excel, meaning that you type the first letter in and it completes the
entry from memory. Super easy to use and once the project is completed, it
will be available on the familysearch.org site FREE for everyone, just like
the 1880 census is... If you have ANY questions, email me and I'll try to
answer them!
How long does a census sheet take to do? I just did two of them this
evening and they take about 30 - 35 minutes and I am not the world's fastest
typist! The program makes this so simple and easy!!!
Is this project open to ANYONE? Yes, ANYONE can be a volunteer to help with
this project -- you do not need to be a member of any organization, etc.
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I have heard the same thing, I can't wait to explore! I looked some online
and they have quite a bit for WI .. I may have to go crazy or something!
They have extended hours, so all bets are off <g>
Tina
----- Original Message -----
From: <Czaplewska(a)aol.com>
To: <wigen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [WIGEN] Fort Wayne or Bust! <VBG>
>
> In a message dated 8/9/2007 5:46:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> tsvickery(a)adelphia.net writes:
>
> Hi all --
>
> I leave tomorrow to attend the FGS Conference in Fort Wayne
> IN. http://www.fgsconference.org/
>
> My thanks to all for doing such an excellent job of making
> the job of promoting the USGenWeb Project such a joy!
>
> We all do a very hard job, very well done! The USGenWeb
> Project, Genealogy at It's Very Best!
>
> If any of you are attending, please stop by .. we have
> booth 502. We would love to meet you!
>
> Hope to see you in Fort Wayne!
>
> Tina
>
>
> Tina,
> God speed - safe trip and will you get time to do the Allen County
> Library?
> I have never been there but I heard it is AWESOME!!!!
> Anne
>
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In a message dated 8/9/2007 5:46:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tsvickery(a)adelphia.net writes:
Hi all --
I leave tomorrow to attend the FGS Conference in Fort Wayne
IN. http://www.fgsconference.org/
My thanks to all for doing such an excellent job of making
the job of promoting the USGenWeb Project such a joy!
We all do a very hard job, very well done! The USGenWeb
Project, Genealogy at It's Very Best!
If any of you are attending, please stop by .. we have
booth 502. We would love to meet you!
Hope to see you in Fort Wayne!
Tina
Tina,
God speed - safe trip and will you get time to do the Allen County Library?
I have never been there but I heard it is AWESOME!!!!
Anne
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Hi all --
I leave tomorrow to attend the FGS Conference in Fort Wayne
IN. http://www.fgsconference.org/
My thanks to all for doing such an excellent job of making
the job of promoting the USGenWeb Project such a joy!
We all do a very hard job, very well done! The USGenWeb
Project, Genealogy at It's Very Best!
If any of you are attending, please stop by .. we have
booth 502. We would love to meet you!
Hope to see you in Fort Wayne!
Tina
In helping family researchers to find married female ancestry, I have been surprised at what some of them faced during their lives. Below is one example, but not all that unusual. In northeastern Wisconsin. Court records for the second half of the 1800's are filled with documentation that show women, many foreign born and lacking use of the English language as well as support from family, who were widowed and left with farms or other modest estates with which to try and raise their children. Many of these women would remarry, only to find out much later, that their holdings were automatically transferred to their new husband's ownership. The new spouse then sold the land/property or took out the money saved (life insurance, etc.) and left the widow and children on the streets. It was legal at first.
Often these second marriage husbands disappeared (St Louis, Mo. was a common place for some reason). There were no means for the widow to track them down and the second husband went on to the next widow, most of the time without the benefit of divorce. In that case, the second husband did not legally own the property because the marriage was not legal, but who could find him once he disappeared, even if it did go to court. Several Wisconsin men are documented as making long careers of this behavior, coming back to different Wisconsin counties to bigamously remarry. Counties and the state did not share vital records until October 1907, so if the man was unknown to the locals, he could easily not be detected as being previously married without divorce.
Later, when laws were passed in Wisconsin protecting the inheritance of widows, the situation still persisted in the courts (like Brown County, WI). Men who were widowed (some suspiciously so, but unprovable at the time) or divorced, married women with substantial holdings (widows, sisters, daughters, nieces and such who had inherited). The women now retained ownership of what they brought into the marriages. However, the new husband or an adult son could (and many did) have their wives/mothers/women adjudged incompetent in court and have themselves made executor of her estate with full power of attorney. The wife/mother was conveniently sent into seclusion in an institution and the new husband (or an adult son) settled into new assets. The wife/mother/woman did not appear in court and was not notified of the hearing, so had no council present on her behalf. Witnesses for the husband/son, usually 2 "longtime family friends" with no proof shown as such, and a doctor testified as to the woman's incompetence and her fate was sealed, even if she continued to live at home or local poor house. Having no assets of her own, she had no recourse.
This process came to light, occasionally, only when a relative or friend had the money to support the woman in court allowing her to contest the incompetancy hearing with the occasional legal return of her competency and holdings, if the husband/son could be made to return the assets. These practices went on well into the 20th century and are found in many family branches. Often no great amount of wealth was involved, so it was not relegated solely to rich and powerful men of the day. The same names of "family friends and doctors" show up in countless incompetency hearing of women. Once vital and court records were shared by the state and counties it became more difficult to perpetrate these scams.
The incident below is different in many respects, of course, but illustrates the problems faced by many women and their minor children. Research on this would make a very interesting book for someone interested.
Just thought this might help some in finding family history.
Rita,
Trenton Evening Times -- Trenton, New Jersey
September 9, 1907
Child-Wife's Life is Spoiled by Greed of Her Aged Husband
Madison, Wisconsin
September 9 -- After serving 16 years in State's prison one half of her life, Mrs. Wilhelmina Baehr is at liberty by the pardon of the governor.
She entered prison of girl wife ignorant of the law - unable to speak English. She left it a broken faded woman. Half of her life had been sacrificed to the greed of a husband old enough to have been her grandfather.
In 1891 Wilhelmina came to Wisconsin from Germany. She was then scarcely 15 years old. Her parents took a farm in the woods in Shawano County and a few months afterward she married a widower named Baehr because her parents told her to.
Baehr was 25 or 30 years her senior and had children older than she. He was known as a grasping man willing to do anything to get money. Wilhelmina became his household drudge.
One night a traveler Michael Sells stopped at the Baehr home for the night. Apparently he had money. The greed of the old man Baehr was excited and he resolved to put Sells out of the way. Accordingly he told Wilhelmina to put poison in the food she gave Sells for supper and he died the next day. Baehr put the whole blame on his child wife and she was arrested. When her trial was called, her husband advised her to plead guilty telling her that if she did so she would escape with a light sentence in jail.
The girl did as she was told. Instead of giving her a light jail sentence the judge sentenced her to State's prison for life. Even then she did not realize how great her punishment was to be and on that day that she was taken to prison she told her friends she would be back in seven months.
Soon after she entered the State penitentiary her husband committed suicide driven to it, it is claimed by remorse for his act in compelling his wife to poison Sells.
After Baehr's death, the case of the girl-wife and the State penitentiary was forgotten and she was left without friends. Two weeks ago several wealthy and influential citizens of Oconto County interested themselves in her behalf and a petition for her pardon reciting the facts of the case, was laid before Governor Davidson. He investigated for himself and became convinced that justice had been satisfied. Hence her pardon.
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Hi everyone,
This past week was a week that I personally could have done without.... just
a baaaddd week -- nothing specific other than the weather was crummy & humid
and healthwise, I don't do well with heat & humidty. I had managed to spend
some time in the un-AC'd office here working on the Shawano site. At the
end of the sweltering week, I had posted quite a few things and just sat back
and was wondering if anyone, besides me, would even look at the page. (Yea,
it was a rough week!) -- then today I got the sweetest email from a person in
San Diego that said the email was "belated" but that she had been motivated
to start her genealogy by the Shawano site and now has 4000+ people that she
has found in her family lines.
The email really got me thinking... 1) How many times do I visit a site and
browse the WHAT'S NEW page and leave without saying THANKS or letting the CC
know I found something really cool.... so this is a BELATED THANKS to all of
the WI CC's because at one point or another in the past 5 years, I have been
to your sites and gleaned information for my family tree!! and 2) Since we
are online with access to the entire WORLD, we will never know how many people
have benefited from our (and our volunteers) work -- if the Shawano site
motivated someone, I'm sure each and every one of the Wisconsin sites has the
same, if not more, stories with great successes... so if you haven't heard
"That'a Girl" or "Good Job" lately, consider yourself told. I have yet to visit a
Wisconsin County GenWeb site and be disappointed!!! Unless you know the
work that is involved, you really can't appreciate the countless hours a CC puts
in just to add 1 new page, including collecting data, etc. -- and since we
all have lives outside of WiGenWeb, that 1 page might require considerable
effort and sacrifice. So, BELATED THANKS again...
OK, that's just my 2 cents worth for the day...
Anne
Shawano & Florence CC
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