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Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

maggiemct1 — 2012-08-06 01:02:34Z

Pete, Rootsweb staff has stated that the surname boards are the appropriate place for the t42 posts:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.rw.admin.badmin/5368/mb.as...
Those that had been moved to the TX Tombstone Inscriptions board are apparently being moved back to the surname boards.

It turns out that many of the recent duplicates were due to Allen replacing old posts that weren't searchable. He had requested staff to do a global delete of those, but they weren't able to. So he's been going through and reporting abuse on each individual post to have them removed. Hopefully, this will all die down again and his valuable posts will not be lost.

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

pete2470g — 2012-07-29 19:14:33Z

In discussions with others, it appears that the concern is that the posts are made to the surname boards vs the tombstone boards and not that anyone is anti Allen or anti tombtones

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

maggiemct1 — 2012-07-10 23:10:54Z

Yes, they are being allowed. Staff is aware. What's best for the researchers that use these boards is apparently no longer the most important thing.

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

nosynellie2u — 2012-07-10 14:16:12Z

Perhaps it would be better if you asked those admins why they are moving those posts? I know of one who has been harassed by Allan for several months because he did not like it that his duplicate posts were deleted, so he reposted, and reposted and reposted. Take a look at the Moore surname archives on rootsweb. He did this on several surname boards. He has cross posted his messages on both surname and maiden name boards, often switching the names so that the dupes wouldn't be found out. This admin has stuck up for Allan in the past, she has gone back and forth with staff for solutions, and moving the posts from the boards seemed to be the best solution.

Take a look at the Tombstone Inscription board, you will see how many dupes from Allan? He's been around long enough to know how to find his posts, how to ask to have them deleted, how to delete them before posting again, but he just keeps posting anyway. I don't know how many times in the last couple of weeks he's posted dupes to my boards because of a new user ID and it's very easy to delete his old post.

Whether or not the messages belong on a surname board or a cemetery board or a tombstone inscription board or a photos board depends on point of view. Staff at this time said publicly that we must leave them on surname boards, but those that have been having problem with Allan have been given special consideration and have been allowed to move those messages, so what you or others think means nothing and trying to cause trouble among administrators is not a good thing.

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

mi2early — 2012-07-10 13:57:21Z

"It's a pity that a few admins are allowed to disrupt this valuable genealogical resource."

They're not allowed. If you find a board admin abusing privileges,, you can report the issue to messageboards@rootsweb.com.

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

maggiemct1 — 2012-07-10 13:28:30Z

And now some admins are moving the t42 posts off the surname boards, or even outright deleting them! Most of the ones being moved are being sent to the Texas Tombstone Inscriptions board.
And since researchers are used to seeing them on the surname boards (where Staff says they belong), and the boards are so infrequently indexed, this will make it more difficult for researchers to find them.
It's a pity that a few admins are allowed to disrupt this valuable genealogical resource.

Re: Thank you, ELLinSpain

mi2early — 2012-05-04 21:13:36Z

rbfb1718 -

No, it wasn't me. I don't have any BAILEYs in my line.

Sorry.

Re: Thank you, ELLinSpain

rbfb1718 — 2012-05-04 18:28:30Z

while my husband was looking for info of his uncle Paul Eugene Bailey missing at sea on Jan 1944 we saw that you were looking for info on living relatives, my husband Ronald B Bailey is the son of Bernard Bailey and his brother was named after Paul. You may contact us at rbfb1718@comcast.net, looking forward to hearing from you.

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

kthompsn — 2011-07-02 01:22:36Z

Just adding my 2cents worth -- THANK YOU!! Found 6 relatives in Texas, now have a clue where to search for others.
A blessing on your head!

Re: Peter Goutbeck, Alberta Genealogical Society

sanken193 — 2011-06-01 22:24:41Z

Peter
You had contact with a Rita Casey in 2006. I would like to know if I could contact her as I am a descendant of the records that she is looking for and would be able to help heer. I would like information also about my family Thanks Ken Jackson

Re: Transcripts and Transcribers

Julleigh — 2010-03-21 14:58:36Z

In recent postings on the Australian boards (e.g. the repetitious Mr.Briggs – Au/General), transcribers and their work have come under severe and unwarranted criticism. All those researchers who have transcribed their own family documents will know very well that it is a tedious, time-consuming occupation. They know that it means painstaking detailed work and will be appreciative of the efforts of those who give of their time to transcribe millions of detailed items all for the benefit of others. At the present time, the English FreeBMD site contains somewhat more than 230 million individual records.
Entirely unjustified is the criticism of the National Library of Australia newspaper beta site. It appears to arise from the individual's failure to recognize that the search criteria are based on the work of a text recognition programme and not on transcriptions by individuals. The search programme is very successful in finding, perhaps not all, but most of the relevant records and of course provides an image of the article, which they themselves can transcribe.
The National Library of Australian is to be congratulated on its work in establishing this site, which adds a new, a third dimension to research into normal Australian life in bygone years. It is apparent that some people may have difficulty in using this resource but the NLA is deserving of the gratitude of all serious researchers wherever they may be.

Denis Poole Switzerland

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

Prima59 — 2009-12-31 04:23:17Z

It's never too late to say thank you! I wonder if there is something that we can do to help Allan. Allan?...are there any stones that we can photograph for you? I can help you out at the cemeteries in the Coachella Valley in the Inland Impire of Riverside, along with the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles, CA.

lorrsil@aol.com

Family Connection Made

mt11634ff — 2009-12-01 16:26:14Z

Thanks to the earlier posting on Ancestry.com's message board, I was able to personally deliver this item to Thomas' grandson, Jason. This old timer is continually impressed with today's technology. Life is good.

In Memory of Vee Housman aka Chief Vee and Auntie Vee

reberkheiser — 2009-05-11 12:42:50Z

Hi again everyone!

This is way long overdo, and I apologize for not doing it sooner. Its hard to believe Vee has been gone almost 4 years. She passed away suddenly in 2005 leaving many friends she's made over the years on the PADUTCH-LIFE Mailing List on Rootsweb. She was the admin of that list from its start in February of 1998 to right up to the very end of her very full life in October of 2005.

She would often share with us stories of her daily life including her past achievements down to her struggles of failing health.

She entered the Navy as a WAVE and retired a Chief Petty Officer.

She had a unique ability of reaching across cyberspace to become a friend and "aunt" to many. We would always gather around her Virtual Kitchen Table to enjoy her company on the list.

She will TRULY be missed and the list has never been the same without her.

Rest in Peace, Vee.

Rick B

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Vee L. Housman

Of Youngstown, NY, October 1, 2005, age 74, sister of John C. (Jeanette) Housman and Norma L. (Holland) Sesto; aunt of Douglas Holland, Debra Targon, Aliciaga Massengill, John Housman and Dedra Vee Housman; also survived by a number of grand-nieces, nephews and great-grand-nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the HARDISON FUNERAL HOMES, INC., 3648 Ransomville Rd., Ransomville, Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will full military honors will be held Friday, October 7 at the James F. Stone Funeral Home, Harrisburg, PA. Memorials to the Town of Porter Historical Society, PO Box 442, Youngstown, NY 14174.

Published in the Buffalo News on 10/2/2005.

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

reberkheiser — 2009-05-11 12:22:14Z

Hi everyone!

I'm a little late to this thread but I wanted to add my thanks to Alan for all of his years of hard work making photos of tombstones available to everybody.

Its a valuable service that I hope continues long after he's gone.

Thanks Alan! :-)

Rick B

In Memory of Dan Rich

reberkheiser — 2009-05-10 20:11:15Z

Hi everyone!

Dan Rich was one of the dedicated volunteers on my St. Joseph Co., IN Message Board. He had written and compiled many booklets pertaining to that county and he was always willing to help someone out that needed information. His contributions will be greatly missed.

Rest in Peace, Dan.

Rick B

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Dec. 24, 1932 - April 30, 2009
SOUTH BEND - Daniel (Dan) Thomas Rich died on April 30, 2009, at the age of 76. He was born on December 24, 1932, in South Bend, IN, to the late Ronald Emil and Lucille Cecelia (Bickel) Rich. He graduated from John Adams High School in South Bend in 1950 and then attended the University of Notre Dame for two years, at which time he was called to serve in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. After service, he returned to South Bend and then attended and graduated from Purdue University in 1959 with a BS in aeronautical engineering. Upon graduation he accepted a position with AiResearch Manufacturing Company (later The Garrett Corporation - Signals Companies - AlliedSignal and now Honeywell) in Phoenix, spending his entire career working on gas turbine engines. He retired from there in 1988 and started a new career by buying a business - JC Printing/Jiffy Copy, Inc., in which he was a part-owner (along with his son, Tom) at the time of his death. Dan spent many years active in youth sports programs, having served 10 years with Madison #1 Little League, and 27 years with the Arizona Pop Warner Football program, of which he was the commissioner from 1979 through 1992. About 20 years ago, Dan got involved in genealogy and had traced his and his deceased spouse's families back to 1680. He had over 64, 000 individual names in his genealogy database. He was a member of several genealogy societies, including the South Bend Area Genealogy Society. He was also a member of the South Bend Alumni Association and the Purdue Alumni Association On August 31, 1957, he married Barbara Jean Lyvers in St. Joseph Catholic Church, South Bend IN, who preceded him in death on January, 21, 2004. He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Dustin Rich. Survivors include three sons, Ronald J. (Dena), Paul E. (Sharon) and Thomas J. (Kris), granddaughter, Heather, and great-grandson, Sean, all of Phoenix. Also surviving are a brother, Joseph (Marilyn) R. Rich of Roswell, GA, and a sister, Mary Virginia Sears (Raymond) of Green Valley, AZ. Arrangements were handled by Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home, with interment at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Phoenix. Private services have been held. A private memorial Mass will be held at a later date at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Phoenix, AZ. Family suggests memorial donations to The Holy Cross Association, P.O. Box K, Notre Dame, IN 46556; or to the St. Mary's Food Bank of Phoenix. Published in South Bend Tribune on 5/10/2009

THANK YOU! to board admins

just1lucy — 2009-03-20 15:34:19Z

I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly thank those fellow admins who, despite the recent "Important Reminder" from staff, have continued to correct Surnames entries when reported to them.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

Diane Hettrick — 2009-02-11 18:43:23Z

I am always pleased to see Allan's posts on my boards. It is a real service to the genealogy community.

Diane Hettrick
dhettrick@earthlink.net

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

jaws64 — 2008-10-23 13:55:17Z

Appreciation to Allan is long overdue. Each of us involved in genealogy should welcome his contribution and applaud them.

STANDING OVATION

Thank you, Allan.

Jackie

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

13confido — 2008-10-19 22:09:25Z

Here! Here! It is high time Allan was recognized for his contribution to keeping genealogy FREE. (Why didn't I think to do this?!)

Allan has given selfishly of his time for years, without remuneration, to bring the cemeteries to us. Countless genealogists have benefited from the fact that Allan walks the cemeteries and photographs the stones and then shares them FOR FREE online.

Having worked on cemetery transcription projects with my genealogical society, I know both how tedious and time consuming this work can be --- AND how important it is to preserve the monument inscriptions of those that went before us.

I have always appreciated seeing Allan's notices on the boards and lists I steward of what the latest group of photos were that he had prepared to share.

Thank you Allan, for honoring our ancestors. And to think.... you've honored nearly 200,000 of them!

Kindest Regards,

Lauren Boyd
Rootsweb Volunteer since 1996

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

JudyFlorian — 2008-10-19 18:14:26Z

Researchers worldwide can only hope they, too, find someone like Allan. He not only walks cemeteries and takes photos of every stone, he's got to import and manipulate each digital photo... give it a file name... catalogue it according to cemetery... THEN find the right board, create a post, and finish that item.

I doubt ANY other person has contributed so many FREE photos documenting a vast area like a cemetery.

Everyone at or who uses the boards should be sending "thank-yous" to Allan for his wonderful work.

Judy

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

KCutshall — 2008-10-19 12:41:30Z

Glad to see a "thank you" notice for all of his work. I am always pleased to see his posings on any of the boards I admin.. You never know when one of these will be the key for someone's blocked line.
Thank you Allan Wheatley !

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

white_roses — 2008-10-19 12:14:53Z

I can't even begin to guess the amount of time he puts into posting all this information, which helps researchers worldwide. Thank you, Allen!

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

ValorieCowanZimmerman — 2008-10-19 11:13:03Z

When Allan posts to one of my boards, and the burial is recent enough, I try to follow up by finding the SSDI record and/or an obituary, and post that as a reply.

My county library system allows access to America's Obituaries and Death Notices database, which is useful. If he found an older gravestone, I guess I could look for a census record, although that hasn't come up yet.

Thanks for all your work, Allan. I appreciate it!

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

hdpth_DNA — 2008-10-19 07:39:12Z

I don't know of anyone with the dedication Allen has unselfishly bestowed upon the RootsWeb community with his tombstone photography. He has gone well above and beyond the calling of a volunteer :)

We can only hope, that "like a smile ... [his] genealogical kindness, causes a chain reaction" with many others too :)

Kenny -
hdpth-DNA

Re: Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

modusa — 2008-10-19 06:00:00Z

What Nancy said!!

I LOVE it when I see T42 on my boards. Thank you, Allen, thank you.

Mo!
http://xri.net/=mobang

Allan Wheatley & T42 cemetery photos

Nancy_Pelham — 2008-10-19 04:52:05Z

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!

Re: Thank You to Pops Jackson

popsjackson — 2008-03-10 02:34:18Z

I have just now discovered this messageboard and your very kind words. I don't know what to say except Thank you. My activity with Rootsweb/Ancestry is a source of deep pleasure for me. If I have helped anyone along the way, I am happy for it.

I really am sorry this response is so late in coming.

Thanks again,

Jim "Pops" Jackson

Thank you, ELLinSpain

mi2early — 2007-11-25 16:19:46Z

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 — 2007-11-14 17:30:12Z

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

Peter Goutbeck, Alberta Genealogical Society

Kiwi_Canuck — 2007-09-08 21:35:45Z

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.

RE; ALERT !! ALL HELPERS

yohyohy — 2007-08-31 20:45:06Z

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 :-)

MargaretQueteria — 2007-06-17 21:34:36Z

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!

Re: THANKS TO WAKKOJAKKO FOR YOUR LOOKUPS

pwebster50 — 2007-03-20 10:38:35Z

Hello Angela,
I also am in awe of people like Debbie and Gordon BEACH on a different board who do all of this wonderful work,but would not hold a candle to their efforts.
There are other wonderful people who do lots also,but Debbie on this board and Gordon on the other board are absolutely marvellous.You just get to know by the responses to very vexing queries that there are lots of very helpful people out there sharing in their wealth of experience.

Best Wishes to All,
Paul.

THANKS TO WAKKOJAKKO FOR YOUR LOOKUPS

egregora1 — 2007-03-20 00:32:51Z

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 — 2007-02-24 09:08:20Z

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

Re: Thank You to Pops Jackson

ValorieCowanZimmerman — 2007-02-20 22:55:33Z

So true, Rick! We who have administered lists and boards know how much work it is, and how much public good Pops has done for the genealogical community. Hip hip hooray!

Valorie

Thank You to Pops Jackson

reberkheiser — 2007-02-20 17:01:09Z

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

MESSAGE FOR STAN MAPSTONE

2006-11-07 18:41:45Z

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.

THANKS

Bobbyedna24 — 2006-10-10 02:21:43Z

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

Warm fuzzies...

JPSmith49 — 2006-08-30 18:01:19Z

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.

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