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From: Julie Wirgau <>
Subject: [ILSTEPHE] Fwd: Census Lookup Mailing lists
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:17:05 -0700


>Reply-To: "Kelly Courtney-Blizzard" <>
>From: "Kelly Courtney-Blizzard" <>
>To: <>
>Subject: Census Lookup Mailing lists
>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:55:48 -0400
>X-Priority: 3
>
>PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR LISTS AND FRIENDS ;)
>Hello Everyone ! I have had to reword and rework the guidelines for the
>CENSUS-LOOKUP mailing lists and also include subscription instructions. I am
>sending these below. The lists have been growing like crazy since I created
>them three days ago and I expect the growth to continue as the word spreads.
>Please feel free to forward this to anyone you feel may be interested in
>joining. Of course the more people we have the more help we will be for each
>other. Please keep in mind that we are only a few days old and if your
>lookup request is not answered, try again in a week or two. Some of the
>state lists have already reached over 150 subscribers <G> Others have not
>been "advertised" as much and have fewer members. Hang in there and don't
>get discouraged if your not answered right away, these lists will be a great
>asset to our research after we reach the people and let them know that these
>lists are available. I am encouraging everyone to send this email to their
>surname and county mailing lists as well as to our cousins. Finally, If you
>have the material to help a fellow researcher, please use it. Thanks, Kelly
>
>
>(Subscription information at the end of this e-mail)
>
>Guidelines for posting to the lists:
>Established 11 October 2000
>
>EMAIL SUBJECT LINES:
>COUNTY,YEAR,SURNAME
>
>NO FLAMING or you will be unsubbed without notice. By this I mean not only
>being rude or mean to each other but there will be NO and I do mean NO
>debating here about the Census Projects. This list is for everyone who wants
>to research.
>
>NO General requests such as "all Smiths in all counties"
>Be specific, Name the County, Family you are looking for and also the year.
>Try to supply as much info as possible.
>
>LIMIT your requests to ONE PER CENSUS YEAR and SURNAME
>
>My Mama taught me that Thank you and Please are always nice too :)
>
>
>
>A few people have emailed me asking how to sign up for the new
>lists and what to do.
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>1. All lists are
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>The XX is to be removed and the two letter abbreviation for the state
>you are looking in added in its place.
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>Examples:
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>2. So, send an email to the one of your choice (make sure to have the
> state). Put NOTHING in the subject line. In the body of the email
> write only:
>
>subscribe
>
> Then send it on :)
>
>3. POSTING to the new census lists:
>
>A. Send it to (supply the two letter state
>code for the XX again)
>
>B: Subject line MUST have the following:
> County/Year/Surname
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>Example: Saginaw/1850/Smith
>
>
>C: In the body of the email:
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>List whom you are looking for.
>Supply as much information as you can.
>Birthplace, ages, occupation, etc.
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>D: Mail it on!
>
>That's it folks :)
>
>I hope that helped. I have put the list of states and two letter codes
>below for you.
>
>
> AL Alabama
> AK Alaska
> AZ Arizona
> AR Arkansas
>
> CA California
> CO Colorado
> CT Connecticut
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> DC District Of Columbia
> DE Delaware
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> FL Florida
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> GA Georgia
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> HI Hawaii
>
> ID Idaho
> IL Illinois
> IN Indiana
> IA Iowa
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> KS Kansas
> KY Kentucky
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> LA Louisiana
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> ME Maine
> MD Maryland
> MA Massachusetts
> MI Michigan
> MN Minnesota
> MS Mississippi
> MO Missouri
> MT Montana
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> NE Nebraska
> NV Nevada
> NH New Hampshire
> NJ New Jersey
> NM New Mexico
> NY New York
> NC North Carolina
> ND North Dakota
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> OH Ohio
> OK Oklahoma
> OR Oregon
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> PA Pennsylvania
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> RI Rhode Island
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> SC South Carolina
> SD South Dakota
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> TN Tennessee
> TX Texas
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> UT Utah
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> VT Vermont
> VA Virginia
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> WA Washington (state)
> WV West Virginia
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> WI Wisconsin
> WY Wyoming

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