Saturday, July 31, 2010

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!


Sunday, July 18, 2010

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!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Thursday, July 8, 2010

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.


Monday, July 5, 2010

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.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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