Volunteer Appreciation - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

Nancy_Pelham — 19 Oct 2008 4:52:05 GMT

Allan is so deserving of our thanks for all of his efforts to photograph well over 100,000 cemetery tombstone inscriptions and to post them on the web in a searchable manner that is free for all of us.

Thank you Allan Wheatley!

Candace (Teal) Gravelle - West Georgia / East Alabama transcriber!

ValerieFreeman — 15 Jan 2006 9:40:09 GMT

I would like to add Candace (Teal) Gravelle to the Volunteer Appreciation board.

She lives in OREGON! But her knowledge is equal or greater than many researchers who still live "Back Home." Her family has circled my husband's for years and we often cross paths in our research. About 5 years ago, she even LENT me by mail, several books in her collection for me to use as needed. Living on the West Coast, like me, has forced her to find alternative sources to just walking down to Grandma's family cemetery.

She is currently transcribing Randolph Co., Alabama newspapers from the early 1900s.

She has done same for Heard Co., GA and Cleburne Co., Alabama. She has also transcribed Homestead records and many, many CSA / Civil War Pension Applications.

The researchers of this area are very blessed to have Candace making her contributions.

Respectfully,

Valerie Freeman

Thank You to Pops Jackson

reberkheiser — 20 Feb 2007 5:01:09 GMT

Hi everyone including Pops :-)

I just wanted to take a moment and say how much I've appreciated Jim for all of his years of hard work maintaining his many lists and 800 message boards. That has to be some kind of record and worthy to be noted for posterity.

I appreciate anyone's willingness to give of their time and resources to any good cause and genealogy is certainly one of them.

I wish you well in the years ahead and hope to "see" you sometime on the Internet! :-)

Take care!

Rick B

Thank you, ELLinSpain

mi2early — 25 Nov 2007 4:19:46 GMT

ELLinSpain, thank you for being such a helpful and prolific poster on the UK message boards. Your kind assistance has broken down many brick walls. You epitomize "SKS".

People Like Her

CJHarris16 — 14 Nov 2007 5:30:12 GMT

I just wanted to give Jo Dean James a GREAT BIG THANK YOU!!!!
She did some research for me and it has been a great help to me. She also gave me some suggestions on things to do and a places I need to check into. I thought I knew alot about my Herbel/Hintergardt Family background(I did not) and she has opened it up to new directions and made my research so much easier. Thank You does not begin to tell her how much I appreciate her help and advice. The world needs more people like her.

Thank You So Much, Cami

RE; ALERT !! ALL HELPERS

yohyohy — 31 Aug 2007 8:45:06 GMT

DON'T BE ALARMED, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPERTUNITY TO SAY THNX TO ALL WHO HAVE HELP FOR WITH REGARDS TO FINDING MY GTX3 GRDFATHERS PARENTS HIS SIBLINGS AND EVEN HIS GRAN PARENTS, I FINALY FEEL LIKE I BELONG,SO THNX AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME ENERGY AND OOOPS SORRY IF YOUFOUND IT FRUSTRATING, KEEP UP THE GOOD HARD WORK YOU DO. BEST WISHES JACKI JTBUCKLEY@HOTMAIL.COM

Thank you :-)

MargaretGarcia546 — 17 Jun 2007 9:34:36 GMT

To: Virginia Grace (volunteer) who posted 1860 census for
Dona Ana County,La Mesilla, NM & I believe 1870 census as well.
I appreciate all the hours you put in & all your efforts.
Through your unselfish efforts I was able to find a great-
great-grandmother! So THANK YOU - SO MUCH!

Walter Farwell, Fremont Co., Iowa

Todd — 14 Mar 2006 3:51:49 GMT

Walter has contributed thousands of hours posting items of local interest from old newspapers. What a wonderful contribution in preserving and sharing the county history. Many thanks.

THANKS TO WAKKOJAKKO FOR YOUR LOOKUPS

egregora1 — 20 Mar 2007 12:32:51 GMT

Hi Debbie

I just wanted to say a thank you for all your hard work and offering your services for these free look ups. I have been reading some of them and you have helped a lot of people over the last month, including me!

Genealogists are a friendly and helpful bunch, aren't they?! And thanks to Ancestry and the board administrators for the work they do as well. Personally, I have found a number of relatives I didn't know I had through Ancestry boards.

Keep up the good work everyone.

Angela

YOU NEED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED MORE!

cndtedde — 24 Feb 2007 9:08:20 GMT

Until recently, needing advice, I was absolutely unaware of WHO and WHAT was involved to maintain the boards. Ancestry needs to frequently "send up the flag" about the people behind the scenes, inform people of how many boards you maintain, the work involved in the day to day "housekeeping", let people what your duties are as well as what you can't do. In essence they need to make everyone aware of your efforts and the fact that you VOLUNTEER to do it. I'm quite sure that on those boards there are individuals who think some computer is back there doing all the work! I will make it point to try not to add to your workload in any future posts I make! If they would add a link where one could move their own post if they know the posted in error would, at least a little, lighten the load some. My thanks again for all your efforts! Good Luck

MESSAGE FOR STAN MAPSTONE

helen — 7 Nov 2006 6:41:45 GMT

Just want to say thank you for your help in August, re; WJ Stewart MP. Made some contacts and am getting a little information, but unfortunately he was a quiet politician. What you said about him starting work etc was in his obituary, also that he had a son, but was not named, pity it would have been nice to have contacted any other relations there may have been. Thanks once again.

A Big Thank You . . .

James Bittner — 13 Apr 2006 11:02:48 GMT

. . . to Gordon and Mary Lee Klaus for their work with transcribing cemetery data in Adams Co.

Though my own interests are rather narrow, compared to theirs (my focus is on my mother's family, not the whole county - just the Jorandbys in the West Arkdale Cemetery, descendants of the Jorandbys, Hansons, and Bjornebys who homesteaded in Strongs Prairie Twp in the 1850s), I hope that others at this message board join me in appreciating their work. I think we're all in their debt.

A short story

Stephen — 1 Apr 2006 3:57:49 GMT

SKS

foinette — 12 Feb 2006 1:42:58 GMT

Can I just take this opportunity to the kind souls who carry out research on behalf on others. They have helped me over many problems iwth my family tree.

Where would we be without them?

Many Thanks to Sandy Oddie RAOGK Cook Co,IL

LLoser7720 — 3 Mar 2006 7:44:52 GMT

Sandy has gone out of her way trying to find information for me. When obits were not available she called funeral homes, cemeteries etc. I'm sure she has spent many hours on my elusive ancestors.

Missing Fitzwater information - no longer!

lisa hensiek — 1 Oct 2005 2:19:29 GMT

I want to send a HUGE thank you to Katheryn Devine for all her help and support these past 5+ years in helping me locate my father's birth family. It all started when we found out his birth name was FITZWATER. Arrmed with that information and Katheryn's expertise, we were able to get the answers we were seeking. Katheryn is unbelieveable in her knowledge and kindness to have helped me each step of the way. I cannot sing her praises enough. I have to say that the entire FITZWATER family should be grateful to have such a knowledgable and good hearted person working so hard to keep the records correct and intact. When it comes to geneological research, accept no substitues! Katheryn is THE BEST!

Thanks to LNDA H. for posting 1851

mi2early — 23 Jul 2006 5:47:12 GMT

Many thanks to LINDA H. of Tasmania for her contributions of strays she's found on the 1851 census of England which she's posted to many England locality mailing lists. Much appreciated!

Best wishes,
Lynne

Jim L. - LancsGen List

mi2early — 23 Jul 2006 5:47:12 GMT

Many thanks to Jim for his very helpful, informative posts to the list. His contributions to the list, especially those about researching Catholic family history, are highly valued by all.

Best wishes,
Lynne

Bernard H. - LancsGen mailing list

mi2early — 23 Jul 2006 5:47:12 GMT

Many thanks to Bernard for his very thoughtful, informative posts to the list. His contributions to the list are highly valued by all.

Best wishes,
Lynne

Valerie - Dorset Mailing List

mi2early — 23 Jul 2006 5:47:12 GMT

Many thanks to Valerie for her kind, helpful participation on the Dorset mailing list. Much appreciated!

Kind regards,
Lynne
Dorset List Admin.

Lynne of Sydney - Dorset Mailing List

mi2early — 23 Jul 2006 5:47:12 GMT

Many thanks to Lynne of Sydney for her kind, helpful participation on the Dorset mailing list. Your contributions are very much appreciated!

Kind regards,
Lynne
Dorset List Admin.

Please give recognition to Joan Young

Margaret — 30 Dec 2003 8:59:42 GMT

I've posted this before - to no avail - and it is time to do it again. You have a very helpful volunteer who should be on your list.

I do think it is high time that the tireless work Joan Young puts in to help others make good use of the resources at RootsWeb should be recognized. Her wealth of knowledge is being passed along to others every day. Why not acknowledge that? I'm sure you will get a lot of kudos from those she has helped.

Margaret

Thank you Ginny

Lynn Lampkins-LeForbes — 24 Jan 2005 2:36:36 GMT

Ginny -
Thank you for your genorsity and hard work. Without your help I would have never gotted this far with my family research. Know that you are a JEWEL!!! God bless.

Peter Goutbeck, Alberta Genealogical Society

Kiwi_Canuck — 8 Sep 2007 9:35:45 GMT

Many thanks to Peter who consistently checks the Alberta cemetery indexes of the Alberta Genealogical Society for burials for the many postings to the various Alberta, Canada, message boards. You have helped sooo many people! We can't thank you enough.

Thank You Athens Genealogy Society

polly115 — 8 Apr 2005 9:06:38 GMT

It has been a few weeks now that my sister and I have been there, but I wanted to thank all of you wonderful people there.
I went there with nothing other than I knew my Great Uncle lived in or around that area. Luck was on my side that day for while I was there, I was able to get all the information on him and his wife. It really was an experience. At the same time though that I was looking, so was someone else that came there from Nelsonville, Ohio, I'm from Vermilion, Ohio and at the same time we were united. It was a blessing that two different people would happen to be at the same place at the same time looking for the same family. I had info on him, looking for info on her and she had info on her looking for info on him.
The people there at the Sosiety were so helpful and friendly, they actully went out of there way to help.
I want to tell anybody , that if they get the chance to go to the Athens Genealogy Society that they must do so, if nothing else but to say thank you to the people there for all they have done for all of us searchers.

Thank you Kay Wilson

S. — 23 Nov 2004 2:07:36 GMT

Thank you Kay Wilson. The will and estate records of Archart GLAZE who died in 1880 in Marion twp.,Hocking Co.,Oh. helped me to verify 8 of his children. Archart GLAZE was b.1789 Md. Lived in Hocking Co.,Oh. for about 50 years. I was hoping you could help us find the death record of his widow Sarah GLAZE. Researchers have that she died Sept.15,1881 Marion twp.,Hocking Co.,Oh. Sarah GLAZE was b.1796 De.per her Marion twp.,Hocking Co.,Oh. 1880 census. Thank you again for all your help.

140 year old crime solved

dennis brooke — 25 Nov 2004 9:06:54 GMT

Many thanks to David MacDonald from Powder Springs, Ga., who at this site two years ago posted a bizarre request.

David could NOT find his ancestor and after looking around also could NOT find the people who were buried next to him at Camp Chase Cemetery.

David MacDonald asked for help at this site however but with little results. David's theory was that someone had stolen his ancestors body from the graveyard.

From doing a lot of research at NARA and from reading the Official Records and from reading the period newspaper accounts a crime has now been solved.

David correctly idenified the six soldiers whose bodies had been stolen by a Dr. Joab R. Flowers on the night of November 24th 1864. They were: 1) Hiram Bland of Ga. 2) Thomas Stephens of La. 3) John Lester of Tn. 4) Curtis Hooks of Ga. 5) Jonathan Lindley of Ga. 6) Hensley of Va.

Dr. Flowers was caught with the body of Curtis Hooks and it was re-interred back into the cemetery. The five other bodies were sold to a Cleveland Ohio Medical College for dissecting material.

So thanks again David MacDonald for coming forward with your theory and being correct.

Becky Applegate, Cass Co., NE board

Todd — 14 Nov 2004 10:16:37 GMT

Becky has contributed thousands of hours posting items of local interest from old newspapers. What a wonderful contribution in preserving and sharing the county history. Many thanks.

Stella Stanger, Vancouver, BC

Nancy_Pelham — 29 Oct 2004 1:11:27 GMT

Stella has tirelessly contributed thousands of lookups in various western Canadian boards and lists. So many people have been helped by her generous efforts!

Dorset OnLine Parish Clerks

mi2early — 23 Jul 2006 5:47:12 GMT

Many thanks to all of the dedicated volunteers who are working so very hard on this wonderful project. It is much appreciated!

Best wishes,
Lynne

Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks

mi2early — 23 Jul 2006 5:47:12 GMT

Many thanks to all of the dedicated volunteers who are working so very hard on this wonderful project. It is much appreciated!

Best wishes,
Lynne

A Williams - Bash Street Kid & Korky Kat

AnglersRest — 6 Oct 2004 11:59:18 GMT

For many months A Williams has been posting any references to Italian surnames, found in UK Census, to the Anglo Italian mailing list and the Anglo Italian FHS.

Thank you, you work is very appreciated.

A. Williams a/k/a Korky Kat and Bash Street Kid

mi2early — 23 Jul 2006 5:47:12 GMT

For many months, A. Williams has been tirelessly transcribing strays from the Lancashire 1871 census and posting them to many, many locality lists. It's anyone's guess how many brick walls she's helped break down -- probably hundreds!

Thank you so much, A. Williams. You truly exemplify"SKS"!

Very best wishes,
Lynne

ANN BARRETT isle of Wight list

Chris — 6 Oct 2004 11:58:16 GMT

I would like to show my appreciation to ANN BARRETT on the Isle of Wight list who has for many years now helped others by means of lookups in the IOW Record Office.
Both her and her husband have spent many hours there checking records for others, without a grumble.
A lovely couple who are both well appreciated on the list.
Well done you two keep up the good work and
MANY MANY THANKS
Chris
Hampshire Life Admin

SANDY HALL, NORTHANTS

carol — 3 Oct 2004 8:01:04 GMT

Amongst others my thanks to SANDY HAll, on the Northamptonshire list.

Gerald Farley, Dickens County TXGenWeb Volunteer

Linda Hughes — 1 Oct 2004 8:31:31 GMT

Gerald Farley passed from this life September 24, 2004. He enjoyed working on the Dickens County website and contributed so much for the enjoyment and research for others. He will be greatly missed by all.

Thank you All

ToniMaize — 11 Mar 2005 1:57:06 GMT

I want to thank everyone who helped me locate parents to my Black/Smiley 2nd GrGrandparents. Thanks to you all I can now go forward with these surname searches. THANK YOU ALL SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH-!!! Toni Maize

Donna Brand, Texas Volunteer, deceased June 2003

Friend — 4 Aug 2004 7:20:35 GMT

Donna will be sorely missed. Many thanks for her wonderful contributions. Her web site contains a guest book.
http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/donnasdigs/

PAT STEPHENSON of Madison Co., TX

NancyPage55 — 26 Aug 2004 3:58:03 GMT

Thanks to you for making Madison Co. your home. The website that you maintain for our county is awesome. People without computers and internet access have no idea of what they are missing! http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmadiso/

And to RootsWeb... a Great Big THANKS for giving our little county this wonderful place!

Here's the query...".What would allof us do without RootsWeb?"

Virginia Fyfe

frazmania — 6 Jan 2004 2:58:21 GMT

I would like to recognize Virginia (Virginia, I hope I spelled your last name right) for taking the time to send me photo's of my gggg grandfathers Joseph Godlove homestead and photo's of the Godlove Cemetary. It is very much appreciated! Someday I will make it out there to thank you personally.

Thank you again,
Lori Godlove-Frazier

Connie Burkett-Marion Co. WV

Judy — 17 Feb 2004 10:55:30 GMT

Connie has compiled an outstanding index to the 1860 US Census, and has gone to the extraordinary effort of linking each individual's entry to the UsGenWeb page where that person's enumeration is listed. This is incredibly useful for researchers, and we owe Connie Burkett a huge "Thank You" for the great work.

Thank you to the Board

Santa Traugott — 9 Feb 2004 3:17:30 GMT

I have got much good information about George Norman Pierce in reply to my posting on the Erie Board, thanks to the good offices of Joan Sambrotto and Sheila Sullivan. Although a beginner at genealogy, I am willing to try to look up Michigan stuff for people at the U of M's Bentley Library or other local resources, for those interested in Ann Arbor and environs.

Santa Traugott

Delaware Co and White Co IN GenWeb

Judy — 21 Dec 2003 3:11:23 GMT

Thanks so much to the volunteers who transcribed the 1850 US Census for White Co., IN, and to those who transcribed the immensely helpful Delaware Co. marriage records. These were invaluable help for determining whether my distant cousin had a "secret" second marriage after her husband abandoned her, or whether a same-named woman had a very different life path. The latter turned out to be the case, but there's no substitute for being able to follow the trail. Cheers and raves!

Pushmataha county of Oklahoma - Teresa Young

Fran — 15 Dec 2003 2:46:34 GMT

Teresa Young is also one of those Genealogy Angel, who steps up to the plate and went beyond helping. She was so helpful with my search in Pushmataha county. Her footprints have passed through several cemeteries as she transcribes the monuments for the web page. Also, she has index the Antlers newspaper surnames by the year, saving us researchers time in our personal search.

Teresa is a jewel to the Pushmataha Researcher and I'm one who appreciate her labor of love and her attitude to help me with my search.

Teresa thank you, again for your help!!

Gratefully,
Fran T

a very special thank you!!!

titanssbbound — 14 Sep 2003 9:34:00 GMT

I would like everyone to know how much of a wonderful help a gentleman by the name of John(omitting last name for privacy) from Missiori has been. I haven't known anything about my family (fathers side) all of my life. John has restored my hope in one day finding them. He spent alot of time, energy and effort, helping me find names and files that I had not been able to locate. A very special thank you goes out to him ! God bless you and all that you do.I will always be very greatful.

Ken Mason

A Great Big THANK YOU!!!!! to Terry Lasky

tubbyrose1 — 26 Apr 2006 2:56:20 GMT

Just wanted everyone to know what a great person she is for the time she takes to help other researchers. She goes above & beyond the duty of Lookups to help people. THANK YOU TERRY!!!!

Thank you, Cathy Arthur

judyherber — 16 Sep 2003 2:30:13 GMT

I owe a great big thank you to Cathy Arthur. She did a massive amount of looking things up for me in the Marshalltown, IA area. She was speedy and sent me more than I hoped to find. RAOGK is a super program for people unable to travel especially. Thanks again, Cathy.

Damon Floyd

Kaye Sonoski — 31 Jul 2003 12:01:56 GMT

Thank you Damon for your extensive research for Delaware Co., IN Cemeteries which has allowed me to find my ggrandfather! You are SOOOOOOO APPRECIATED!

THANKS

Bobbyedna24 — 10 Oct 2006 2:21:43 GMT

Many THANKS for all the searching ,and all the helpful information.

Thank you

hdpth_DNA — 18 Jul 2005 12:26:29 GMT

I wish to publicly express my gratitude to several RootsWeb volunteer's who have gone out of their way to help me personally over the past three years ...

not necessarily in any particular order as they all have a special place of honor, and several over lap many areas of knowledge and expertise ... that have aided me in creating, adopting and managing the mailing List(s) and Message Board(s) in my care, along with the Freepages web site I have ....

Joan Young
"Piglet"
Valorie
Margaret Olson
Pat Asher
and of course Andrew

and that funny guy from Rayland ... Walder :) and that Canadian guy ... along with Idaho John

I know I have forgotten some of the names of other wonderful helpful people I have received invaluable help from over the past three years ... and I extend many thank you's to them too :)

Ken Hedgpeth ~ Arcadia, CA ~ USA

Nominations for "Tireless and Always Helpful RootsWeb Volunteer"

MJOlson — 1 Apr 2002 5:01:12 GMT

I'd like to give special recognition to (in alphabetical order) Joan Young, Valorie Zimmerman and Megan Zurawicz for their always helpful and sometimes humorous answers to those who ask for help on the help boards and lists (BOARDS-ADMINS, LISTOWNERS-L, NEWBIE-LISTOWNERS, FREEPAGES-HELP, ROOTSWEB-HELP, SENIOR-NEWBIE and others.

I hope that others will reply to this message with other nominations.

Margaret

THANK YOU BRENDA !!!!

DFritche — 7 May 2003 4:26:35 GMT

This is for Brenda, My genealogy Angel. One day last year I decided I needed my great aunts obit to shed some light on my great grandma, so I went to the RAOGK site and found Brenda. Upon My request she went and found her obit in the local paper. It was very lengthy, and she copied it all by hand. After the usual thank yous and a little chitchat we drifted our separate ways, but I was the richer, the obit was a treasure trove. What I didn't know was that about six months later she would be reading a local paper and come across an article about some lady’s 100th birthday, and the name rang a bell and she thought of me. I then received an email asking if I was interested in a gold mine. After the treasure she had already sent I was defiantly game. What she had found was my grandmothers first cousin still living! She was 100, and she had given an address of where to send cards. So while jumping up and down for joy I was scrounging for the appropriate card and a few old pictures I wanted to include. Then of course I could only wait about 4 days after I sent the card before I called the daughter that was listed in the article. She seemed very nice, and as I was telling her that I do family History, I was waiting for the sigh and the Oh very interesting! response, when what I got was the OH really, so do I!!!! I was in shock. And to make things better, she was willing to share and had so much information I was flabbergasted. Thanks again to my Angel, Brenda!!! But this is not the end. In the info from the newfound cousin was a reference to a Mysterious death, so I thought Why not ask Brenda for some help to see if it was in the paper. Once again, she went above and beyond the call of duty and copied by hand a very lengthy and grisly tale of possible murder.
Here’s To Brenda, My very own Angel!!!!

Volunteer Joan Young

LaineeDentonJones — 22 Feb 2005 12:25:21 GMT

I would like to nominate Joan for Volunteer spotlight. She is tireless it seems in answering the endless stream of questions coming through the listowners list. She *always* seems to have the right answer. She is BRILLIANT!!!

Macon County Georgia

Margie A. Daniels — 2 Feb 2003 4:50:32 GMT

I want to thank Millie Stewart, Guelda Hay and Davine Campbell for all their hard work in Georgia.

On the Macon Co. Georgia site Davine has added over 2,000 obits, the trio have transcribed all the cemeteries for Macon county. Peach County cemeteries are also credited to these hard working women.

Millie is the Co CC for Macon, Crawford and Putnam Counties in Georgia and manages those mail lists.

Thanks,
Margie

Cemetary Photos

sammyb5551 — 11 Mar 2003 6:12:34 GMT

I want to give a big public thank you to Mary in Southern California for the extra effort that she went to, to find and photograph my mom's grave. The name of the cemetary had changed, she was not listed in the graves in the older part of the cemetary, and the grave was sinking. Mary found her grave, had it added to the list on the computer site, had the grave cleaned, and asked to have the sinking corrected. I am VERY grateful to her for all her hard work. Thank you again Mary. Ingrid

Can't thank enough

GUnknown71 — 26 Apr 2002 3:01:13 GMT

I am very grateful to a special resident of Grimsby, Ontario who very graciously spent hours of her precious time ( she has a small child) at the St. Andrews Churchyard Cemetery taking pictures of the graves of my ancestors. Not only did she do this, but she also went to the church office and copied records. The pictures came with notes describing the gravestones and where they were and everything. She also took pictures of the cemetery from all angles and beautiful pictures of the old church . I was thrilled since I live in Florida and will probably never see this cemetery myself. I have many ancestors buried there.
Sylvia Droughn deserves my praise and thanks for all that she did for a stranger. She must be one very SPECIAL person.
You can see some of the pictures on my website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familiesforever/sta...

Kudos to...Dalice Fadden and her tireless efforts

Nanci — 9 Oct 2002 11:32:21 GMT

A very big Thank You to Dalice Fadden for posting over 18,000 vital records on Rootsweb Eastern PA Message Board!
I have made countless family connections in my research through her daily postings. No doubt, Dalice's hard work also has helped many other researchers out there.
Dalice, again, many, many thanks!
You can view her postings at
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=l...

DORIS GEIGER IN CALHOUN CTY MICHIGAN

zEEHUD — 29 Aug 2003 7:38:13 GMT

I would like to acknowledge and praise Doris for the great services she has done for me. Originally Doris took gravestone photos for me in DuBois Cemetery in Battle Creek, MI for my 3rd great grandfather, Pollodore Hudson, first postmaster in Battle Creek, his wife, Harriet Morehouse Hudson, daughter Sarah P. Hudson, sons Bradley P. Hudson and Andrew D. Hudson. Interesting that Harriet, Sarah and Bradley died in the same year (1853). Recently I learned that another son of Pollodore's, Hiram B. Hudson, donated the post office box that was used by Pollodore and it is on display at the Kimball House Historical Museum. I emailed the Kimball House to find out if in fact the relic was still on display and what days and hours the museum was open. Not getting a reply, Doris volunteered to call the museum for me only to get a recording to leave a message. Not getting a call back from her message, Doris pursued and finally got a phone number and was able to talk to a live person. Doris learned that the museum is only open on Friday afternoons. Doris hurried down to the museum, took photos of the relic, email them to me the same day and said she would get the originals in the mail to me the next day. I offered to reimburse Doris for her time and expenses...she asked only for postage stamps that she can use to mail others her research. What a gal! I really found a gem thanks to RAOGK. Big thank you again Doris!

Thank you Tony Sasso

Phyllis_Findlay — 8 May 2002 6:33:38 GMT

Thank you for the valuable information you found re: my gr.grandparents, namely, the date they arrived in U.S. Opens up a whole new avenue of research for us. Many thanks.

Phyllis Findlay

The Best Voulunteer

martha_mayo — 6 Jul 2003 7:09:50 GMT

Shirley Rathbun has created dozens of Indexes to the Vital Records of Lowell, Massachusetts. They are available to everyone on The Center for Lowell History website: http://library.uml.edu/clh/

We Love you. Thanks.

Barb Huff, Shelby Co., Indiana

cghoffman — 27 Jun 2006 6:18:01 GMT

I would like to give a standing ovation to Barb Huff, volunteer from Shelby County, Indiana.

Last year I was putting together an update of a 1942 book on the family of James and Rebecca Shaffer Gray. Barb very diligently searched through microfilm of a local newspaper for obituaries and other items on one particular branch. It's the most well documented branch of them all. And, she continues to send me items as she finds them, even though she is not a member of the family.

Volunteers like Barb Huff make genealogy fun! I wish I could clone her for EVERY genealogy website!

Thanks to GLEN F. PRITCHETT, USGENWEB Volunteer

@@griff522@c-magic.com — 22 Feb 2003 6:50:29 GMT

I want to take this time to let all know that Mr. Pritchett sent records to me via e-mail and I had not even asked him to do so....he did it all on his own and I am deeply grateful for his help and so will future generations of descendants be greatly effected
MANY THANKS!!!
Gloria Peace-Griffitts

Upshur County TX volunteers

Sharon Pierce — 28 Apr 2002 4:00:17 GMT

When Elaine and I took over the Upshur County TXGenWeb
site in June of 2001, it didn't have much on it.
But thanks to a lot of folks, NOT necessarily registered volunteers, within a month or so, the site was beginning to shape up. as we received pictures, cemetery readings, school
pictures (classes), bios, and just everything else that could
possibly be used on a genealogical site........we were amazed.
We couldn't even begin to list all the wonderful people that began to send in information.........
There was such a tremendous response, that 7 months later
in January 2002, Upshur County was voted County of the Month for the state of TX...........
And the information is still coming in.

Volunteers are wonderful.

MANY THAMKS TO ALICE HALDERMAN

@@griff522@c-magic.com — 22 Feb 2003 6:50:29 GMT

I would like all to know that Alice did HANDS-ON research for me in Az. and did a wonderful job. I could not have gone forward if it were not for her!!
THANK YOU ALICE A MILLION TIMES!!

A SPECIAL THANKS

Sandy Taylor — 27 Apr 2002 5:32:45 GMT

A very special thanks to Letha Marie of the Nodoway Co., Missouri site for all her time she spent finding the marriage of my great grandparents and the birth and death of their first child. Thanks again Letha. Sandy Taylor

Avril Steward Volunteer Durham Look Up Exchange.

JacquiMWhite — 17 Aug 2003 2:02:23 GMT

This lady is excellent. I asked her to do an 1881 census search for me on my Ainsworth family in Stockton Co Durham. She came back with what I requested and so much more. I appreciate her very much. I wished to put something on here in recognition of her expertise and Kindness. Sincerely Jacqui White

Sandi Gorin, Volunteer Extraordinaire

M. Largen — 24 Apr 2002 6:47:19 GMT

I've been a subscriber to Sandi Gorin's Barren County, Ky list for several years now and never ceased to be amazed by her personal dedication and by the quality and quantity of information she provides on a routine basis to subscribers. Thank you Sandy for all your hard work.

Volunteer Appreciation: Lora Radiches

Carleene — 22 Apr 2002 3:10:30 GMT

Lora Radiches, lora1957@aol.com, is an especially helpful researcher. She is always posting lists of births, deaths and marriages to the INRUSH and INShelby rootsweb lists. Furthermore, she does many individual lookups among her vast personal acquisitions of resources.

Many of us are deeply indebted to her hours of painstaking postings!

Warm fuzzies...

JPSmith49 — 30 Aug 2006 6:01:19 GMT

I have rarely felt warm fuzzies for a group I have tried to be part of. Free RootsWeb has allowed me to contribute my gedcom and become something greater than myself. And of course that is possible because of the good-natured giving that volunteers do. Many thanks, JP Smith.

Garvin Co, Oklahoma

K. Bradway — 8 Apr 2002 8:06:06 GMT

I have experienced few volunteers with the dedication, committment and energy shown by BRENDA CHOATE relative (no pun intended!) to her Garvin County, Oklahoma
website. She keeps it updated regularly and helps a multitude of those researching on her site. If monetary value was placed and given to her for her work she'd be on top of Forbe's list of billionaires. Special THANKS! and many kudos to Brenda and also to KIM DAVIS who has been a tremendous help to me and others searching for our family.

thanks to the gals from Down Under

mcl9061 — 1 May 2004 12:59:54 GMT

It is unbelievably frustrating to try to find answers when you are far from the best and possibly only sources of information. I am truly amazed at the generosity of complete strangers. Many have helped me out but Lorraine P. and Christine C. of Sydney went way past just helping. I thank them for their time which is a valuable commodity for all of us.
Cathie Locke

Special Volunteer

LauraFreeman369 — 29 Aug 2002 10:38:29 GMT

My special thanks to Carol B. from Illinois and her relentless search for my family. Her time and efforts are above and beyond the call of duty as a volunteer.

Volunteer Appreciation

Laura Linden Freeman — 18 Apr 2002 9:56:53 GMT

The words "Thank You" will never say all I can say to the people who have volunteered their time and efforts to my family search. THANK YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN.

Delaine Edwards & Karen Mitchell

janet_wasson — 27 Sep 2002 1:45:26 GMT

So many thanks to Delaine and Karen-these women mastermind the Scott Co.,AR & Huerfano Co.,CO pages-much thanks to Delaine who gave such wonderful information-(so quickly!) and to Karen-one can't sing enough praise for Karen and the "millions" of hours she dedicates to our county, and our searches. THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Canadian volunteers

Kathy English — 18 Apr 2002 8:04:56 GMT

I'd like to post a thank you to the volunteers in Ontario, Canada who helped me take down many brick walls in my Killey family research. Their help was invaluable, and without the kind woman (who did research in between preparations for her own wedding) who sent me so much information, I'd still be pounding my head on that wall. Then there was the kind person who looked up cemetery information for me, and countless others. To the Ontario, Essex County site volunteers: Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! And many thanks to you.

Three cheers to the volunteers

khanjehgil — 5 Jul 2003 6:10:53 GMT

Words really can't express what we all owe to the dedicated volunteers. They work so hard to make stuff available, are so helpful to the neophyte and technologically challenged and I will never be able to keep up with the amount of stuff available just to my line. Yet I feel beholden to those who make stuff available to help others find what they want.

You'all are the greatest !

Lloyd D. Ellis — 25 Apr 2002 12:13:20 GMT

Getting better every day !

Many thanks

A million thanks

LouiseHawthorne — 14 Nov 2002 4:00:42 GMT

To all the thoughtful volunteers who spend countless hours contributing their time and efforts to Rootsweb, I send my most
grateful THANK YOU.

THANK - YOU! RODDY!!

heathermurphy52 — 16 Sep 2002 1:25:26 GMT

A big thank you to Roddy Burwell, Casper,Wyoming
I couldn't have found info on my great great grandpa with out you!!!

Thanks to all from my Childrens Childrens Children!

Kathy Brown — 14 Apr 2002 6:07:53 GMT

For each and every one who has contributed in any way - the generations of tomorrow will be greatful for all that you have done for them!

Special Thanks to Susan Hawkins

Kathy Brown — 14 Apr 2002 6:02:55 GMT

I want to send a special THANK YOU for all your hard work with Fannin County, Texas. You have helped me so much, not only with the Cemetery Listings but with maps and help in locating cemeteries and gravesites. Your hard work is greatly appreciated.

Cathy Gowdy changed our lives.!!!!!!!!!!

BernieLlewellyn — 2 Dec 2003 4:11:31 GMT

After the death of our mother, my three sisters and I were told that we had two more siblings. A boy and girl from another marriage. The relative who told us thought the girl had died as a child but believed the boy was living somewhere in the western states. For the past two years I have been looking for this brother. I had tried the SSDI but no listing, I was told about the California Death Index, and found him listed there. He was only 16 years old. How does a 16 year old die? I posted a message for an obituary lookup on Feb.27, 2002. Cathy Gowdy was kind enough to post the newspaper articale the next day. He had been killed in a motorcycle accident. Listed in the obituary was a sister. The girl was still alive in 1959. We have since found her and are in contact. Had Cathy not posted this obituary we would have looked no further. Cathy, all FIVE of us would like to express our most sincere gratitude.

Thank you OH Census Lookup List

chris wade — 11 Apr 2002 4:17:18 GMT

This team is awesome and tireless. I was amazed at the speed of the replies.
Chris

Thank you volunteer Deanna French

Pamela_Ellsworth — 11 Apr 2002 3:39:48 GMT

I found about Deanna on a web site for free look ups. I was very frustrated that night as I had lost contact with the one & only relative I had discovered. I wasn't getting any place and I was new & didn't know what to do. Deanna helped me by finding out about who my husbands grandfather, great grandfather were. I was then able to find another relative-Gary who had researched all the way back to the 1600's. Deanna was than able to help me verify all his research and to add a lot to it. She made my husbands family come "alive" for us. She even discovered that my husbands family was related to hers by marriage.

Thanks so very much Deanna! Without you I would still be back to just knowing only my husbands dad's name.

A Big Thank You to All Volunteers

rsmelley — 11 Apr 2002 3:36:25 GMT

I want to thank all volunteers who help people that come their way on a daily basis.

I want to thank every site that contains free genealogical and historical content in hopes that it helps somebody fill in the missing pieces.

I wish to thank even those people that we do not think of as volunteers. They are the ones that you asked a question and they sent you their ideas on what you might look for or sent helpful links to other sites. The referred you to someone else that might have the answers. They are the ones that went out of their way to help you even if they didn't have the information that you were looking for.

I want to thank Rootsweb and USGenWeb for providing the avenues for Free Genealogical and Historical Content. For the Freepages and WorldConnect project that host my genealogy and history information. For the free space that hosts the 2 county sites I coordinate in USGenWeb.

To All the volunteers that work behind the scenes. These are the many people that keep Rootsweb and USGenWeb going that we don't know exist.

Last but not least, I want to thank my father. If it were not for him I would not be posting this. He is the one that has provided me with a working pc since 1999, with the last pc upgrades made recently. Bought my genealogy programs, gave me money to research out of town or go to a family reunion. Paid the AOL bill when I couldn't. He is the one that you should thank if I have ever helped you.

Sincerely,
Renee Smelley

Thankyou Dianne

PKebis1 — 18 Jan 2005 2:26:51 GMT

Just wanted to thank Dianne Reese for all the wonderful help she has given me in going to the Minnesota Historical Society and copying Birth certificates and obituaries. She has been very generous with her time. Thanks!

finding relatives

James GAbourel — 11 Apr 2002 1:24:51 GMT

Dear Joanne Calhoun, thanks so much in finding my greatgrand parent's resting places. I always knew they were buried in Boston but Ididn't know where. I didn't even have a exact date. Just that i assumed it was before 1920 because niether were on that census. Never the less to find them to me was incredible. god bless you! you saved me alot of time. however , Iplan to visit boston this summer to vist my great grandparent's. thanks again. james gabourel

Special Volunteer Darleen Berens

Diane Cluever — 11 Apr 2002 12:56:06 GMT

I found Darleen's name posted as a look-up volunteer for some of the cemetery listings in a couple of counties in Iowa. I contacted her and requested her assistance in checking for a few of my "missing" ancestors. To my surprise, she not only checked - and found - several of my ancestors in the cemetery listings she had access to, but Darleen also did some checking on these names in censuses, books, etc. Thanks to Darleen, my family information has grown by leaps and bounds. What a wonderful lady!!!

Your generous help is appreciated, Thank you !

kttrucking — 29 May 2002 3:54:06 GMT

Thank you to all, who so graciously give of their time and effort on our behalf, and make our work that much easier.

Ron Isherwood

Thank you Darcy Fritche!

Justin Dornbusch — 11 Apr 2002 1:27:55 GMT

To one volunteer who submitted the St. John's Luth Church Records of Allamakee county. Because of your thoughtfullness my great grandfather's baptismal record yeilded the origins of his father in Germany. I was unable to find this anywhere else. Thank You very much for your generous contribution.

Kathy Kuroda

jyates61 — 12 Apr 2002 2:14:35 GMT

Kathy was a huge help in locating a gg uncle in Rockford, IL. I had been searching for three years, asking everyone in the family, looking for old papers, contacting the NARA, etc., and no one could find what I was looking for.
GG Uncle Willie was buried in Rockford's Greenwood cemetery, three blocks from Kathy's home, in the same section as Kathy's great grandfather. Buried the same day but 11 years apart. Serendipity!! She also discovered that there were
Three William Wildts and I didn't know that either!
Thank you so Much, Kathy!!

Thank you Olwyn Whitehouse ARMONTGO-L moderator <eom>

dtjohnston — 20 Jan 2005 4:00:18 GMT

Thank you Olwyn Whitehouse ARMONTGO-L moderator <eom>

Kudos to some special volunteers

Lani — 8 Apr 2002 4:46:26 GMT

I am so grateful to:

Karen Isaacson and Dr. Brian Leverich, founders of RootsWeb, and their helpers. They gave so generously of their time and finances to make RootsWeb the BEST genealogy site, FREE to all.

Walt Stock, who hosted the Philadelphia Co. pages of PAGenWeb; administered the PHILLY-ROOTS mailing list on RootsWeb; has given several free genealogy and computing workshops; was vice-president and then president of the Genealogical Computing Association of Pennsylvania (GenCAP) and chairman of its successor, the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania's Technology Special Interest Group (GSP-TechSIG); and a vice-president of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (GSP); all this while also being a full-time staff member at the Free Library of Philadelphia, where he assisted many family genealogists with their research.

Lynn Jefferies, from whom I've learned so much about early Philadelphia, PA, and its institutions through her postings to the PHILLY-ROOTS mailing list on RootsWeb and personal correspondence. Her knowledge, generosity and thoroughness are amazing and set a fine example for all to follow.

The volunteers of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (GSP) who have created indices, abstracts and transcriptions of so many records. Their efforts and diligence in creating invaluable resources and aids have benefited so many.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) for creating microforms of primary and secondary records from around the world, and their members for volunteering to staff Family History Centers (FHCs) so that we can easily access those records.

USGenWeb, Books We Own (BWO) and Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness and all the contributors who voluntarily give of their time, data and expertise.

"Thank you" to you and the thousands of others who give so freely, kindly and generously to help us all!

Lani

Thank you

Cathy — 8 Apr 2002 2:40:51 GMT

Thank you to all volunteers. You do a wonderful job.
Bless you,

Volunteer, Colletta at the Minnesota Historical Society

Diane — 12 Apr 2002 2:15:07 GMT

Thank you so much for your continuous help and enthusiasm. The pieces of our family have fallen into place because of your desire to help others find their ancestors. The extras, IE. newspaper clippings, vital records etc, that you include are very valuable to us as members of this family.

NORCAL-L volunteers

Diane — 12 Apr 2002 2:15:44 GMT

Thanks to everyone who volunteers their knowledge of genealogy in general and California specifically. This group quickly responds to all requests for help. People like you make genealogy a fun and rewarding experience.

Appreciation for Richland Co, OH's Website Volunteer

J Boyce — 7 Apr 2002 5:36:23 GMT

Amy Johnson, who took over the Richland Co GenWeb site (hosted by RootsWeb) a little less than a year ago, has worked wonders!!

I think I have said this to Amy, and I will say it again to anyone who wants to listen: although I was reticent at first, I have since had a much broader experience of GenWeb sites (as my research has expanded), and the RCO site remains, of all I have visited, among if not the best of them all.

There oughta be an award for these, because Amy deserves it. Her instinct about what is useful and needful has clearly been honed by her own research, and she has, by her example and enthusiasm, provoked so many others to format and share info that they had and didn't know how to share, or even if it was worth it, that the RCO GenWeb site is not, like so many other GenWeb sites, a helpful, but essentially circular "directory" (like redoing "Cyndi's List" on a local basis), but a genuinely useful (sometimes even provocative) source of real genealogical material. Exactly the sort of thing that amateur, know-nothing family wannabee historians like me can thrive on!

Man, I still remember ( and have on file [as per the following copies] my early comments to Amy:
"It's now "prettier"; not sure it's more useful." (31/8/01)
"What did I miss?...I found the new site to be different, awkward to navigate (since I was accustomed to a different format), but "not useful"? I think I said "not MORE useful"." (31/8/01)
"Over the past month you have really proven me wrong, wrong, wrong!!! Not only is the Website "prettier" (and it is, you know!), it IS more useful. FAR MORE USEFUL than it has ever been. And you seem to have stimulated a lot of input." (3/10/01)

If Ohio had 52 Amys and each US state had the same, we'd put the Mormon Tabernacle archives to shame!!

Thanks, Amy

(and thanks, too, to RootsWeb for making this so easy!)

Jim Boyce
Geneva, Switzerland

You opened doors to history

Diane Altona — 7 Apr 2002 1:01:30 GMT

The service you volunteers have performed is priceless. You have opened doors to show us who and where our ancestors were, what sort of lives they led, and helped us to know who we are, the descendants of the humble or the mighty, the shapers of history in ways both large and small.

"Thank you" is a small term indeed, for the huge body of work you've donated, but our language does not provide a better term.

Thanks

LGolovko1 — 21 Mar 2004 5:04:27 GMT

Without you we would be lost. Thanks a lot!

Thanks!

rrekmb — 20 Aug 2002 2:30:05 GMT

Thank you for all the hours you spend volunteering to benefit the rest of us!