Tina-
I am really enjoying your email updates about and from the conference!
Thanks for taking the time to email.
Paula
Waupaca County Coordinator
WIGenWeb Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm
Waushara County Coordinator
WIGenWeb Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaush2/
From: "Tina S. Vickery" <tsvickery(a)gmail.com>
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Subject: [WIGEN] The USGenWeb Project at FGS -- Day 2.
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:48:24 -0400
We spent the second day, much like the first day. We had
folks drop by and visit the booth who were true USGenWeb
Project supporters and cheer leaders. It is very humbling
at times to hear the accolades from the general public and
the greater genealogical community. We heard many comments
that the USGenWeb Project among researchers and educators
is one of the premier genealogical repositories and most
recommended on the internet today. A must for all
researchers!
All of us working the booth (Betsy Mills - SC of Arkansas,
CC in TX; Ellen Pack - CC in Mississippi; Betty Thomas - SC
of Massachusetts, CC in NY; Joy Fisher (and husband Frank)
- SC of South Dakota, CC, and USGenWeb Project Archives and
myself have throughly enjoyed representing the Project and
the terrific work we all do.
One of the most exciting stories today was, and forgive me
that I don't remember the state or county, was a lady that
told us a story of family lore of her great great
grandfather, I believe, being a triplet .. never proved.
She was able to prove the triplet lore by a transcription
of a newspaper article provided by a USGenWeb Project site.
I would be remiss if I didn't also say that with our 11
year history that some visitors to the booth challenged us
to do more, to provide more, and to work harder. That is a
good thing! We were able to let them know that the
USGenWeb Project volunteers are always looking for
transcriptions of any kind .. bibles, cemeteries, census,
marriages etc etc. We let them know that each and every
one of our volunteers would be willing and very happy to
help place their contributions on-line. We even helped
them realize and discover that the materials that they have
within their research and possession will benefit the
visitors of the USGenWeb Project just by their
contribution.
I really wish I could adequately describe the spirit at the
conference. The challenge of the work that we all do on a
daily basis truly comes to fruition with the comments we
hear from our visitors and the greater genealogical
community. Thank you all for doing such a hard job very
well done!
Tina
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