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From: "Monifa" <>
Subject: Re: CARIBBEAN-D Digest V03 #170
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:05:36 -0400
References: <200306120100.h5C10VXW032459@lists2.rootsweb.com> <3EF9B36A.1000407@nyc.rr.com>


I don't have much "free" time but will make time to volunteer my services to
aide with transcription of any records. One of the most frustrating things
is finding tons of records online for USA but hardly any for USVI and I
suppose that is because no one has ever taken the time to do it. Contact me
via E-mail if you'd like to discuss more.

Monie
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands


""D. Ingino"" <> wrote in message
news:...
Hi all,
A few weeks ago, Dean told you all that I am now the coordinator for
the USVI GenWeb site. I want to thank those of you that sent me a
"welcome message." I am excited about volunteering to do something
like this, and I hesitated briefly before just jumping in. I am by
no means an expert on the USVI, and in fact I have never been there.
I figured, however, that since I had opened my mouth (so to
speak) by sending a message to this List to complain about all the
broken links on the USVI GenWeb site, I may as well just do
something about it. I also recently had signed on as Admin for the
Rootsweb Message Boards for the USVI. My job right now affords me
much "down time" so I can go and clean up Message Boards and fix up
a web page, not every day but fairly regularly. I have not yet gone
into the site to change anything but I have some ideas, and will
consider any suggestions sent to me. Send me links, too!!

There are so many of you who subscribe to this list who are
extremely knowledgeable about the region, and who have studied the
history and researched your own families from the USVI. Most of my
mother's maternal lines hailed from St. Croix and settled in East
Harlem when they came to NYC. I have learned so much from many of
you, but I feel it is just the tip of the iceberg - so, I am sure I
will learn much more by taking on this responsibility. Maybe next
year, I'll be able to make a trip to St. Croix.

Dean tells me that I can create separate GenWeb pages for each
island if I feel the need, and especially should do so if I plan on
putting together any kind of transcription project. That would mean
I would need volunteers to serve as Coordinators for each island's
site. I have long had in my mind the idea of transcribing ship
manifests for the islands, because I haven't yet found anything like
that on the internet. Has anyone done this and I just don't know
about it? I don't know what such a project would entail but it is
something I would like to see happen at some point. I have noticed
that most manifests from USVI ports aren't usually very long, so I
think it would not be too difficult a project (well, at least, not
as enormous a project as transcribing Manifests from, say, German
ports). It should start with Manifests that are not available at the
Ellis Island site. I don't know if it's necessary to create
separate island pages - yet. This is all just in the beginning
planning stages. If anyone has any thoughts on all this, please
contact me. Thanks!

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Diane I.
Life is good.
dti "at" nyc.rr.com
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