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From: "teri" <>
Subject: Re: [TXCem] Idea for a cemetary project
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:00:17 -0600
References: <200411191016.iAJAGE2b016056@ms-smtp-03-eri0.texas.rr.com>


>>>Probably the first thing to do is to collect up all the text files and
>>>web
pages that exist all over the internet for Texas cemeteries. (Probably in
the various county web pages.)<<<

Let me be sure that everyone on the list understands that collecting text
files and republishing them is a copyright violation. The volunteer who
reads (transcribes, etc) the cemetery holds the copyright to their
transcription of the cemetery reading. To go and grab their readings and
cemetery transcriptions from County Web pages - is just wrong.

I would like to see a cemetery project - but not one that violates the
rights of others.

Teri
List Admin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tammy Blandino" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 4:16 AM
Subject: RE: [TXCem] Idea for a cemetary project


>
> Hello JoAnn,
>
> I understand how you feel. I have family that moved from New York to
> Minnesota to Texas. In the county in Minnesota where I need to do my
> research I have to hire someone because they don't put their information
> online. :( I don't have the money for that so for that branch I'm stuck
> where the Minnesota era is concerned.
>
> Probably the first thing to do is to collect up all the text files and web
> pages that exist all over the internet for Texas cemeteries. (Probably in
> the various county web pages.)
>
> Do you have a CD Burner? Whoever collects up those files will need to
> burn
> them off to cd to make it easy to pass them around. (I certainly wouldn't
> want to deal with the thousands of files sending them as attachments!)
>
> Another option is that I could give you ftp access to a folder on my
> webservice. Whoever collects up files could upload them to that service.
> However, before we start doing that we need to figure out how we are going
> to organize this.
>
> Let's start this way:
>
> 1) I'll make a list of everyone who volunteers their services. Send me an
> email with the following information:
>
> a. Your Name
> b. Your Email Address
> c. Your City and State
> d. Days and times that are good for you for a meeting
> e. Any special skills you may have to contribute
>
> (Skills such as programming PGP or SQL for example, or the use of
> Excel, whatever you have that you think might be helpful.)
>
> f. Any particular job in this project you would like to assume.
> g. Any contact that might be helpful
> h. Anything else you can think of that might be pertinent to the project.
>
>
> 2) Once the list of volunteers is compiled I'll email the list to
> everyone.
> That way people in the same locality can cooperate together.
>
> 3) We'll need to schedule an online meeting via Yahoo! Messenger. I'll
> try
> to schedule the best time for a majority of the group. If you don't
> intend
> to join in an online meeting please let me know that in your email.
>
> 4) Send me agenda items for the meeting. I'll put together and publish to
> everyone the agenda prior to the meeting. If you have ideas about the
> agenda item please send that as well.
>
> This, I think, is a good start. If there are any other preliminary steps
> anyone thinks we should take then please speak up.
>
> Tammy
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JoAnn Sweeney [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:59 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [TXCem] Idea for a cemetary project
>
> Yes, I am missing a paternal grandmother who has to be buried in TX. I
> would very much like to see this done. If I could help, give me an
> assignment for the internet. I cannot physically go to cemeteries. I
> live in the suburbs of Chicago.
> JoAnn
> On Thursday, November 18, 2004, at 12:10 PM, JTWostal wrote:
>
>> Do you mean something like findagrave.com?
>> http://www.findagrave.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tammy Blandino [mailto:]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 9:10 AM
>> To:
>> Subject: [TXCem] Idea for a cemetary project
>>
>>
>> I have an idea for a cemetery project and I'm wondering if anyone else
>> thinks it's a good idea as well. One of the biggest problems I've
>> encountered is looking into multiple lists of cemeteries from multiple
>> counties only to be frustrated by not finding anything.
>>
>>
>>
>> What if we were to start a Texas Cemetary Census. We could create a
>> database of each individual along with the cemetery and additional
>> data that
>> can be located. Since it would be in one large database a person would
>> only
>> need to go to that one database instead of searching through file after
>> file. A list of cemeteries that had been entered could be accessible
>> and
>> people with lists that hadn't been entered could submit them.
>>
>>
>>
>> Now something like this may already exist, but if it does I would like
>> someone to let me know because I'd really like to see it. I've got
>> numerous
>> missing people for whom I cannot find a cemetery record for.
>>
>>
>>
>> If anyone is interested in something like this please write back.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tammy Stark Blandino
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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