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The following article was written on the occasion of The USGenWeb Project's 10th anniversary held at the Boston, Massachusetts 2006 Federation of Genealogical Societies. It is posted with the permission of Linda Haas Davenport. The article was originally printed in Everton Publishers' Genealogical Helper. | The following article was written on the occasion of The USGenWeb Project's 10th anniversary held at the Boston, Massachusetts 2006 Federation of Genealogical Societies. It is posted with the permission of Linda Haas Davenport. The article was originally printed in Everton Publishers' Genealogical Helper. | ||
{{Block indent|10th Anniversary<br>USGenWeb Project™<br>Land of the Free ... Genealogy}} | |||
{{Block indent|Linda Haas Davenport<br>Past National Coordinator USGenWeb Project}} | |||
At a recent genealogy convention hundreds of attendees stopped by the USGenWeb Project's booth. For four days the volunteers manning the booth heard stories about how one of the Project's websites or county coordinators had been instrumental in helping to knock down a brick wall or how a long sought piece of information had been found on one of the Project's websites. Visitor after visitor not only said, "Thank you for what you do," most also said, "Thank you for keeping your information free." | At a recent genealogy convention hundreds of attendees stopped by the USGenWeb Project's booth. For four days the volunteers manning the booth heard stories about how one of the Project's websites or county coordinators had been instrumental in helping to knock down a brick wall or how a long sought piece of information had been found on one of the Project's websites. Visitor after visitor not only said, "Thank you for what you do," most also said, "Thank you for keeping your information free." | ||
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{{Block indent|Although there are many bits & pieces of information (along with lots of rumors and myths) on the early days of the Project, I've never been able to find a complete history of its beginning. Much of the information in this article was found on the web and in list archives. However, I'm indebted to several people who made available old emails, old files, shared with me their memories and read, corrected and made suggestions though out the writing process: John Rigdon, Larry Stephens, Betsy Mills, Joy Fisher, Ellen Pack, Linda Lewis, Brian Leverich and Karen Isaacson.}} | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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