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Subject: [MNNICOLL] MN Family Group Sheets
Date: 17 Aug 2003 13:56:23 -0600

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I'm happy to announce a new project, the Minnesota
Family Group Sheet (FGS) project. It's my privilege to be managing
it, and I hope to be very busy adding family group sheets submitted
by all of you.

The URL for the page is
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/minnesota/

I think you'll find the page easy to read and use, but if you have
any questions or concerns, please let me know.

The USFGS home page, http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/ links to
all the states that have a family group project.

I hope you'll take advantage of this new project. Those of us who
have been working to bring it to Minnesota are very excited about
its possibilities. Any family group that lived in Minnesota, even for a
short time, can be posted. THE ONLY MINNESOTA PERSON
WHO CANNOT BE POSTED ARE THOSE WHO ARE LIVING.
Each family group sheet provides space for basic information about
father, mother, and children; so if you only know about one family
unit, you know enough to put the information up. If you know more,
you can add more family group sheets: the father's parents and
siblings, the mother's parents and siblings, the children's spouses
and children, and on and on. If you've traced the family on into
Wisconson, Iowa, and the Dakotas, you can post your group sheet
in those states as well as Minnesota. But just one family sheet in
one state can be enough to make new and exciting connections.

We've prepared the pages and forms, added search engines and
links, and now it's in your hands. Send in your family group sheets.
One a day, ten a day, one a week, whatever works for you. Tell
your fellow researchers about the site. Talk about it at your next
genealogical society meeting. Mention it in your emails. The more
people hear about the site, the more contributions we're likely to
get; and the more contributions we receive, the more valuable the
project is going to be in helping you make family connections.

I'll be waiting for your family to turn up in my mailbox!

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