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DGS News and Upcoming Events
DGS and Texas
GenWeb
DGS has recently become the
sponsor for one of the most exciting
projects on the Internet. GenWeb is a
project to provide a single entry point
for all counties in a particular state. At
this central contact point, a genealogy
researcher could find information
about that county, post queries for that
county, and make contact with local
resources and individuals in that
county. This project began in March
and April 1996 with a group of
genealogists in Kentucky. It has now
spread to every state in the United
States, and a World GenWeb project
has begun with a contact point for
each country in the world.
The DGS Computer Interest
Group, led by Mike Basham, has
assumed responsibility for building the
exas GenWeb system. Our task is to
locate a county sponsor in each Texas
county, yes, all 254 of them! In a little
over a month, we have already
obtained sponsors for 45 Texas
counties - only 209 more to go!
With the Texas GenWeb project, a
researcher anywhere in the world can
connect to the US GenWeb Internet
site, to the Texas GenWeb site, and
then quickly connect to the Internet site
for any Texas county. Each county
sponsor decides what information they
provide for their county; information
such as county maps, address of the
County Courthouse, names and
addresses of local genealogical
societies, and names and E-mail
contact with local researchers in that
county can be found. The key point is
that genealogy researchers will know
how to find a contact and information
for any Texas county, and DGS is
playing a key role in the development
of this outstanding research tool.
6 Many more county sponsors are
needed. Tune your Web browser to
http://www.chrysalis.org/dgs/txgenweb.htm
and take a look at what is happening
with this exciting project. If you would
like to sponsor a county, please
contact Mike Basham by E-mail at
malcolm.basham@chrysalis.org, or
contact any DGS Board member and
they will put you in contact with him.
Volunteer Update
The DGS Microfilm Project
continues apace. Shirley Sloat is still
lining up volunteers for this very
rewarding project. Shirley reports that
the second quarter volunteer effort of
860.5 volunteer hours garnered credit
for 478 more rolls of microfilm for
the genealogy section. Shirley and all
the people working on this project
deserve an extra pat on the back, don't
you think? Those who have worked on
this project include: Norma Allen,
Jimmie Arney, George Barnett, Rose
Alyse Beasley, Bob Bledsoe. Dorothy
Bruce, Jim and Leah Chance,
Charlotte Cottongame, Marge and
Dick Dellert, Elizabeth Diehl, Joanna
Dunn, Pam Edman, Nancy Foster,
Shirley Hawn, Dorothy Heaner,
Beverly Holmes, Jeanne Housley,
Virginia Howard, Judy Johns,
Chester Johnson, Leora Kemp, Allan
Kendrick, Dava Ladymon, Bill
Lancaster, Vivian Lehman, Janna
Mayfield, Judy McCoy, Mary Ruth
McKenney, Alan Miller, Zoe Miller,
Nancy Mobley. Bonnie Moore, Terri
O'Neill, Jemmy Phipps, Dorothy
Roberts, Janice Roden, Art Rubeck,
Dorothy Rushing, Alice Sekanick,
Shirley Sloat, Donna Smiley, Edith G.
Smith, Betty B. Street, Clyde Thacker,
Liz Thurmond, Cathy Williston.
Opportunities currently exist for
regulars on the 8th floor desk. And, we
can always use more substitutes, i.e.,
volunteers who can fill in when one of
the regulars can't be there.
Remember, it's free parking on the
day you volunteer and with all those
former limited access books back out,
Special Half-Price Book
Sale!
Dallas County, TX, Records
Currently available at prices that
will make it so affordable to add
to your library or personal
collection! Limited time offer
from DGS.
Genealogical Data from Early
Cemeteries, Vol. 1 $7.50
Genealogical Data from Early
Cemeteries, Vol. 2 $7.50
Marriages, Vol. 1, Books A-E
(1846-1877) $7.50
Marriages, Vol. 2, Books F-H
(1877-1885) $7.50
Index to Probate Cases 1846-
1900 $5.00
Index to Memorial and
Biographical History of
Dallas Co, TX $4.00
Write DGS at P.O. Box 12648,
Dallas, TX 75225-0648. All
prices subject to 8.25% sales
tax for Texas residents.
Shipping and handling charged
for mail orders.
grabbing a book and doing a little
research at the desk is wonderfully
easy.
Anyone interested in these
opportunities, please call to inquire.
Bob Maybrier will be temporarily
substituting as volunteer coordinator
for Donna Smiley; he can be reached
at 987-1294.
CEP Contributions
We would like to extend out thanks
to the following people for their recent
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