Message
September 7, 2009
Unfortunately, I have had some setbacks and therefore am still working on the Morgan County cemeteries and the indexes for all counties.
This time the additions seem to be many photos of schools and graduating classes which I always find most interesting. It hardly seems like we have had any summer this year at all! However, I think in some ways for the researcher, wintertime is the more exciting time as we have time to sit down and sort through all the data we collected during the good weather. I hope many of you find some goodies to submit to the website.
When submitting items, please remember that I cannot place items on here that you have retrieved from the newspapers without the permission of the author. If you wish to get that then fine- or have them send me an email giving their permission.
It is also that time of year to be going through your files and finding out what data you need and getting things together to make postings to the mailing lists. As many of us that reside in multi-season areas like to "hunker down" with the coffee and the computer when the snow starts blowing.
Please make the effort to sort through some things and find out if perhaps the surnames you are researching have changed or been added to. You may have answered questions you had or found a new lineage to pursue. Make your postings so others can see if they can assist you.
I have been working on getting all of my Carter data together and into a book format.It is time consuming, but rewarding at the same time.
I urge many of you to look through the sections on "Getting Organized" as I know all too well just how hectic and messy the research desk can become. For any new researchers, please check out "Getting Organized" as well as "For the New Researcher".
I am pleased with the number of persons assisting with donations to keep this website online. This will be a continuing effort for some time until the economy improves and I can do it all myself again.
My own personal researching is currently concentrated on the surnames of BALDWIN, CARTER, GOSS, LOCKHART, McCULLOUGH, MURPHY and TRUAX. Anyone having anything on these lines, please feel free to contact me.
