November Dedicated CC Award

Vickye White is the recipient of this months Dedicated CC Award.　 Vickye has been the CC for Cottle County since 1998.　Cottle County is a small county, with only 24 people listed in the 1880 census, and in 1940 there were only about 700 farms listed.　 In spite of the small area and population, Vickye has been able to put together records and photographs for the Cottle County researchers.　 The TXGenWeb thanks her for her years of dedication to this small county.

October County of the Month

It is my pleasure to announce　Bexar County as the　October COM.　Jimmy Epperson is the　Bexar County　CC and he has done a great job with the website but accrding to him, he still has a lot of information to add. A couple of interesting files　on the Bexar County website are the 1900 State Hospital Patients and Employees. Of course, here is a file　on　the people at the Alamo and another that lists　those who died there.

The Honorable Mention countes are Guadalupe, Lavaca, McLennan, Montgomery, and Yoakum. All are great sites and deserve a ten-gallon salute.

Congratulations to Jimmy Epperson and the CC's of the Honorale Mention counties!

New URLS for a few TXGenWeb Counties

The following counties have recently moved and have new URL's. If you have a list of neighboring counties on your website, please update the links.

　　

Fisher - http://www.hiddenancestors.com/fishertx/index.html

Neighboring counties: Kent, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Stonewall, and Taylor

　

Mills - http://www.hiddenancestors.com/millstx/index.html

Neighboring counties: Comanche, Hamilton, Lamar, Lampasas, and San Saba

　

Motley - http://www.hiddenancestors.com/txmotley/index.html

Neighboring counties: Briscoe, Cosby, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, Hall, and King

　

Winkler - http://www.hiddenancestors.com/winklertx/public_html/

Neighboring counties are: Andrews, Ector, Reeves, and Ward

September 2010 County of the Month

The Surfing Committee is pleased to announce Angelina COUNTY as the September 2010 County of the Month.

Congratulations to the County Coordinators Billy & Carla Clifton!

Carla and Billy have a great deal of information for their researchers and it is very easy to find subjects.

Some of the items of interest on the site are: Indigent list of resdents, many photos of tombstones along with many of the cemetery transcriptions online.

They have a page called, Genealogy, things to do or not do which is a great resource for newbie's or even us older researchers.

Please visit with Billy & Carla and the friendly folks of Angelina County at

http://www.angelinacountygenealogy.com/

Honorable Mention counties are: Austin, Bee, Dickens, Gaines, Gray, Lamar, Mason, and Smith.

Congratulations to those CC's as they all well deserved of this title.

July County of the Month

All counties that have won the County Of Month 3 times will be automatically added to the Hall of Fame and will display the award graphic on the website.

The counties in the Hall of Fame will not be eligible for any further COM awards but will be included in each year's County of the Year nominations.

To see what counties are in the HOF go to:

http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/surfing/HOF/index.htm

With all this said, the July 2010
County of the Month is Victoria County putting it in the Hall of Fame.　 Victoria
also won County of the Month in March 2005 and February 2009.

The county coordinators are Jack and Cynthia Buttram.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!! Be sure to go to

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txvicto2/　
and check out the outstanding website.　 They have such a great wealth of data
and information for their patrons to search.

Jack and Cynthia are a great
example of just why TXGenWeb is the best.　

　

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Honorable Mention counties are:
Andrews, Bandera, Clay, Hopkins, Hutchinson, Lamb, McLennan and Rockwall.

Congratulations to those CC's as
well.　GREAT websites!

July Dedicated CC Award

This month's Dedicated CC is Lela Evans. Lela joined the TXGenWeb team in 1997 as the CC for Hansford County, and is now the County Coordinator for Parker County since 1998 & for Palo Pinto County since 2004. She has worn several hats for TXGenWeb, not only as a CC, but as our annual meeting coordinator for several years. Lela's counties are regularly updated and contain many interesting records for the patrons use, such as cattle brands, indian raids, and old photographs, along with the usual records.

Thanks for all you do Lela....job well done!

New URL for Collin County

Collin County has a new URL.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txcolli2/Collin_County_TXGENWEB/Welcome.html

Neighboring Counties are: Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, and　Rockwall.

Service Awards

10 Year Service Awards

Congratulations to Tom Graham, Mike Hinze, and Vicki Shaffer　for being CC's
in the TXGenWeb for over 10 years.

5 Year Service Award

Congratulations to Carol Gibbs for 5 years of service as a CC in the TXGenWeb.

June County of the Month

The Surfing Committee is pleased to announce REEVES COUNTY as the June County of the Month.

Congratulations to the County Coordinator Luan Alaniz!

Please visit with Luan and the friendly folks of Reeves County:

　http://www.txgenweb2.org/txreeves/

Some of the items of interest for researchers are older birth, deaths and marriage records. She has some great old photos included. Luan has managed to find great records for this densely
populated county.

Some of the items of interest for researchers are older birth, deaths and marriage records. She has some great old photos included. Luan has managed to find great records for this densely populated county.

Honorable Mention counties are: Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Deaf Smith, Karnes, Llano, Parmer and Victoria!!!!!

Congratulations to those CC's as well and all their hard work.

Third Quarter Roll Call

It is time for the 3rd Quarter mandatory roll-call. Please remember to answer so you don't lose out on remaining a TXGenWeb member!

Members List & other items

Be sure to bookmark these pages.

For all the newer CCs - We have a public list of all TXGenWeb members, what
counties they have, when they joined (if known), when the next roll call is, or
if you have answered the current roll call. If you can't remember if you
answered or not, go here to check it.
http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/VotersLists/PublicVotersList.htm

I have put together a list of free programs and where they can be found. Email
me privately if you have any to add to the list.
http://txgenes.com/FreePrograms/

Need to know the TXGenWeb rules? Check them here.
http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/rules.htm

Want to join the 8 PM Tuesday night chats? Log-in here.
http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/chat/chat.html

Want to get a TXGenWeb Cookbook?
http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/cookbook.htm

Need to know who is in charge of what with TXGenWeb?
http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/support.htm

5 Ten-Minute Family History Projects

5 Ten-Minute Family History Projects
By Juliana Smith 27 May 2010

Lately I’ve been hard-pressed to squeeze in time for my family history. Seems like every weekend is taken up by some event, and those that aren’t booked are filled home improvement tasks that have been begging my attention. Are you in the same boat? Here are ten projects that can be knocked out quickly and give us a quick family history fix.

1.) Create a Military PageWhile we’re celebrating Memorial Day, it’s appropriate that we take a few minutes to honor the veterans in our family tree. You can create a page in less than ten minutes through your Ancestry.com online tree. Here are the steps.
>> Go to that person in your online tree.
>> Click on the link for that person to “View Profile.” (If you hover over that person, you should see a box pop up with that link.)
>> Click on the link for “More Options.” That will open a menu that includes a link to “Create military page.”
>> Add photos, stories, audio, and edit details you’ve learned about their military service.
>> Share the page with your family easily using the links to Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail.

2.) Back Up Your DataWhen was the last time you backed up your family history files? If it's been a while, take a few minutes to do it now. If something happens to your computer files down the road, it may well be the best-spent ten minutes of your genealogical life.

3.) Create a Reading StashSummer activities sometimes afford time for reading--at the beach, in the car on road trips (preferably not while driving though), lounging in the yard or on the porch (or on hot days curled up in front of the air conditioner), etc. Assemble a tote bag with reading materials so that when the opportunity presents itself, you just have to grab your bag and go.

4.) Record Heirloom Origins As the family historian, you may have been fortunate enough to have inherited heirlooms from all branches of your family. Will your family members know where all those precious items came from and the stories behind them? Not if you don't record the history of the items now. Take a digital photograph of the item and insert it into an electronic document and record the history that way. Once you get started, it's really kind of fun and can lead to memories that can help you in your research.

5.) Build up Some Genealogical KarmaWe've all accumulated records that may be helpful to other researchers who are working on the same or similar family lines. Why not throw out a couple of posts on the message boards and mailing lists with some of these records. You may make some other researcher(s) very happy, and as a reward, you may inspire them to post some of the records for your ancestor that you've been seeking.

Source:
Ancestry.com Weekly Discovery
May 31, 2010
http://learn.ancestry.com/LearnMore/Article.aspx?id=15546&o_iid=23560&o_lid=23560

New URL for Runnels County

Runnels County has moved. The new URL is:

http://sites.google.com/site/runnelscountytxgenweb

Neighboring counties are Coleman, Coke, Concho, Nolan, Tom Green, and Taylor
counties.

New URL's for Jasper, Newton, & Tyler Counties

Jasper, Newton, and Tyler counties
have moved. The new URL's and neighboring counties are:

Jasper County
http://txgenweb4.org/txjasper Neighboring counties are Angelina,
Hardin, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine and Tyler

Newton County
http://www.countygenweb.com/txnewton/
Neighboring counties are Jasper, Orange, and Sabine

Tyler County

http://txgenweb4.org/txtyler

Neighboring counties are Angelina, Hardin, Jasper and Polk

June Dedicated CC Award

Kimm Antell is the CC for Kanes Co. and just took on Hardeman Co. Kimm has been with the TXGenWeb Project for 13 years. She has been a very valuable asset to the project. Whenever someone needs techinical help she is always there to help. Thank you for the help that you provide to us and the researchers.

Tom Graham started as the CC in Feb. 2006 with three counties: Dimmit, La Salle, and Zavala. He has worked diligently to find something to post on each of the counties he maintains. From the Early Photographs of Dimmit County to the World War 1 Discharge List of La Salle County. Many thanks to you for your hard work.

May County of the Month

The Surfing Committee is pleased to announce HASKELL COUNTY as the
MAY County of the Month. Congratulations to the County Coordinator
Shirley Webb!

Shirley has a great wealth of information for her patrons and
researchers with easy to find information and links.
Some of the items of interest on the site are the many photos of
families, farms, football and even a prize goat.

Please visit with Shirley and the friendly folks of Haskell County
here: http://haskellco.vibobgen.com/haskell.htm

Honorable Mention counties are: Armstrong, Bexar, Fayette, Lavaca,
Refugio,Throckmorton, and Ward. Congratulations to those CC's as
well. Lots of hard work and dedication to these.

Dedicated CC Award

This award was implemented May 2010 so that we could begin recognizing CCs that have given so much of their time & efforts with the TXGenWeb.

They have worked countless hours to create productive websites that will benefit
the patrons in their research. We appreciate all of our CCs and want them to realize how much of a valuable part they are of the TXGenWeb Project. Without the CCs efforts, we are nothing. Thank you for all you are doing!

May recipients:

Wanda Qualls joined the TXGenWeb in 1998 starting with Comal, and Gillespie, counties, then
in 2002 she added Guadalupe, County, in 2003 she added Blanco, county and in 2004 Kimble, and Mason County. Most of the counties she maintains are small counties with little information and she has managed to find interesting subjects to post online for her patrons. Wanda has been a tireless volunteer for TXGenWeb, and for this we thank her.

Darren McCathern has been a CC for 13 years and maintains Hall, Potter and Randall counties. Darren has a lot of information and history on his websites and keeps them updated very well. The TXGenWeb and his patrons are very lucky to have his assistance. Thank you Darren for volunteering.