My Work

 

All I've been working on this month has been the GenWebs that I coordinate. I have 2 in Alabama and 2 in Kentucky. I've tried to retire from this work before. It just didn't work. DeKalb and Etowah counties in Alabama are where my family came from, really many are still there.  So while looking for something I emailed the State Coordinator about something that was wrong with one of the sites.  He asked if I wanted them and I said no. So, that is how I got to coordinate those.  The Kentucky sites are new for me.  Clay and Perry Counties in Kentucky are where my son-in-laws family is.  Really, I meant to only be there for one. <sigh> 

I've been cleaning up Clay County. It has documents on it that were submitted in 1996, which is when the GenWeb was born. Over a quarter of a century ago. In '96 I did not even own a computer.  There are documents that have gone missing over the years. I spent some quality time on the WayBack Machine trying to get a copy of them.  I was successful in about half the searches that I did.  It breaks my heart to even have one lost. My only hope is having the submitter find that it is gone and re-submitting it. Most were submitted in the late 90's and early 2000's.  Anyway, Clay has a lot of data, which surprised me. It was just hard to find it. To me, the cleaner and simpler the page, the easier to find the data you need. I am almost done reorganizing the site.  

I thought Perry County was in good shape. But I've started clicking around it and there are so many dead links. So I know what I will be doing for a while. 

The GenWebs are the one place that you can submit documents and information about your family, or just data you have collected over the years. It's a great place to get your family out there for others to find. You need to bookmark the counties you are interested in and check them often.  It is free. In the beginning of my online experience with my genealogy, I could not afford the big sites. I was able to find so much on my families, and made so many contacts on these sites. Just a basic knowledge  of html and a lot of love for the work.

If you have the ability, please look into becoming a coordinator. Let's not let this wonderful idea die.

US GenWeb

DeKalb Alabama GenWeb   Etowah Alabama GenWeb

Clay Kentucky GenWeb   Perry Kentucky GenWeb 

Found It!

 I have spent some quality time looking for my old cookbook that housed recipes from my  family.  I was so afraid that I had lost it somehow. It was one of those old church cookbooks that made money for some part of the church, like the ladies clubs, etc. My Grandmother, aunt and cousin belonged to the church at the time. It has a published date of 1984.  My grandmother, aunts, cousins and family friends had added their favorite recipes to this book.  I used to cook from it, so it is not pristine, and it also is quite old and showing its age. It really has yellowed.  I will be cooking from it again. 

Unfortunately, most of the people in this book have passed on. It really was a happy/sad journey. But I am so happy to have taken it!

WikiTree Day!

Are you?

Y'all are invited.