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This page lists the changes that have been made to this site. (In reverse date order.) Changes that deal with genealogical contents are in red. Click on the blue diamond to go to the page that contains that change.
To see if any new surnames have been added to the databases on this web site, use the search box in the top right hand corner or visit our Search page.
This page also lists Future Changes.
Besides this page, we will note any updates to a page by putting  next to the change and at the top of the page. We will also note any new contents by putting  next to the addition. Hovering your cursor over the graphic will display the date of the update or addition.
 12/07/09
Updated the Our Fund Raising section for the elimination of the Points For Profit program on the "About Us" page.
Removed the "Points for Profit" page.
Removed Points for Profit fund raising from the following pages: "Sites We Link To", and from the "Find it Fast" drop down box.
Updated the On-Line Index to the HVJ from 1977-2008 to 1977-2009.
Updated the years for the HVJ Table of Contents Index from 1977-2008 to 1977-2009 on the "About Us" and "Escondido Internet Databases" pages.
Updated meeting information for 2010 on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Removed announcement about October meeting location change and about November Craft Sale on the "Home" page.
Added announcement about Annual Dues are Due and about February Luncheon on the "Home" page.
09/26/09
Updated the price of HVJ 2003 volume 26 to Sold Out on the "Store" page and "Order" Form.
Updated the description of the On-Line Index to the HVJ to say it is for the years 1977-2008 on the "Store" and "About Us"'pages.
Added note that HVJ 2006/2007 volume 29/30 is a combined volume sometimes listed as just 30 on the "Store" page and "Order" Form.
Updated the On-Line Index to the HVJ from 1977-2005 to 1977-2008.
09/23/09
Added following links in the "Escondido Genealogy" section on the "Links" page.
North San Diego County Genealogical Society
San Diego Genealogical Society
Added following links in the "Databases that would include people from Escondido" section on the "Links" page.
1850 Census of San Diego County - SDGS
Indigent Register for the County of San Diego, 1891 - 1894 - SDGS
San Diego Burial Permits, Bradley & Woolman Mortuary, 1913 - 1916 - SDGS
San Diego Burial Permits, Bradley & Woolman Mortuary, 1917 - 1919 - SDGS
1894 Voter Registration, San Diego County - SDGS
Added San Diego Genealogical Society on the "Sites that Link to Us" page.
09/22/09
Updated meeting information for the September Meeting on the "Meetings" page.
Removed announcement about June Picnic on the "Home" page.
Fixed broken link to "Oak Hill Cemetery - Partial" in the "Escondido Genealogy" section on the "Links" page.
Added a link for "Find A Grave: Oak Hill Cemetery" in the "Escondido Genealogy" section on the "Links" page.
Removed broken link to "Jim & Joyce Johnson Family Tree" in the "Our Members Sites" section on the "Links" page.
Change email address so subject line is included.
05/23/09
Updated prices on Hidden Valley Journal and added entries for pre 1996 being sold out on the "Store" page.
Added notice that we are looking for old copies of the Hidden Valley Journal in the "Our Publication" section of the "About Us" page.
Added announcement that we are looking for old copies of Hidden Valley Journal on the "Home" page.
Added announcement that we are looking for Crafty People on the "Home" page.
Added section on "Organization Hints" on the "Getting Started" page.
05/07/09
Updated meeting information for the June Picnic on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Added announcement for June Picnic on the "Home" page.
04/11/09
Updated meeting information for the March, September and October meetings on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Changed the meeting time from 10:15 to 10:00 on the "Monthly Meetings", "President's Message", and "About Us" pages.
03/27/09
Updated meeting information on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Removed announcements for December Pot Luck, Renewing Membership, & Family History Fair on the "Home" page.
Removed all the UPDATED and NEW graphics from 2008 from the various pages.
Updated items and prices on the "Store" page.
Updated Newsletter Editor to Gail Raser on the "About Us" page.
01/11/09
Updated meeting information for the January meetings on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Deleted FGS fundraiser pages links on the "Sites We Link to" page.
Added announcement for Family History Fair on the "Home" page.
11/23/08
Indicated that the meetings are free and open to the public on the "Monthly Meeting" and "About Us" pages.
Updated meeting information for the January meetings on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Deleted FGS fundraiser pages links on the "Sites We Link to" page.
Added the EGS Promotional Flyers on the "About Us" page.
Added page for pictures.
Added description about the new Pictures page on the "Home" page.
Added announcement for Family History Fair on the "Home" page.
Corrected 2008-2009 Board Members for Publicity on the "About Us" page.
11/14/08
Updated 2008-2009 Board Members on the "About Us" page.
Updated the Our Meetings section to indicate that the monthly meetings are usually held on the FOURTH Saturday of the month on the "About Us" page.
Added announcement for Renewing Membership on the "Home" page.
Updated to indicate that the monthly meetings are usually held on the FOURTH Saturday of the month on the "Monthly Meeting" page.
Updated meeting information for the November, December, and February meetings on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
11/08/08
Updated meeting information for the November, December, and February meetings on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Added announcement for Holiday Potluck Dinner on the "Home" page.
09/27/08
Removed FGS Family Tree Magazine fund raising from the following pages because it has ended: "Home", "FTM FGS", "About Us", from the bottom of every page, from the "Find it Fast" drop down box.
06/14/08
Rootsweb is now adding a banner to the top of every page. Set up a text filed called "banner_select" to change the background of the banner from white to BasicGreen.
Updated meeting information for the June, September, October, November, December, January, and February meetings on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Added announcement for Annual Picnic on the "Home" page.
04/26/08
Changed the "Meetings" page so clicking on a meeting date will bring up a calendar for that Month.
Fixed typo on the "Contact" page.
Added Escondido Vitals Announcements DB and Order Form to the "Find it Fast" box on every page.
Fixed the "Find it Fast" box on every page to open PDF documents and off site web sites in new windows.
Minor word changes on the "Escondido Obituaries" page.
03/18/08
Added comment to Escondido Times years that some years are missing on the "Escondido Obituaries" page amd on the "Order" form.
02/24/08
Removed announcement for Annual Luncheon on the "Home" page.
Added comment about how we may have to move the location of our June Picnic on the "Meetings" page.
Added link to display a calendar on the "Meetings" page.
Added left menu on the "Meetings" page.
Added link to our "About Us" page on the "Join Us" page.
01/19/08
Added "Find it Fast" box on every page.
Added titles to menu bar and some of the other links on various page.
Renamed "Escondido Resources" page to "Escondido Databases" page.
Renamed "Internet Resources" page to "Internet Databases" page.
Added comment that to see if any new surnames have been added to the databases on this site, the user should use the search box on the "Site Changes" page.
Updated Mariposa County History and Genealogy web site on the "Sites That Links To Us" page.
Added Genealogy Today web site on the "Sites That Links To Us" page.
Added Escondido History Center to the Escondido section on the "Links" page.
Added links for searching the Escondido and Carlsbad Libraries Catalog on the "Non Internet Resources" page.
Added "Databases that include people from Escondido" section to the "Links" page.
Added "San Diego and California Genealogy" section to the "Links" page.
Added "Visiting Escondido" section to the "Links" page.
Added suggestion that if people will be visiting Escondido they see the "Visiting Escondido" section of the "Links" page on the "Non Internet Resources" page.
Added announcement for Annual Luncheon on the "Home" page.
Added banner for FSG Family Tree Magazine Fund Raiser on the "Home" page.
Added Escondido Times Vitals section and PDF files for the year 1907 on the "Internet Databases" page.
Added comment about how the birth, death, marriage records and obituaries contain people from the surrounding area and not just Escondido on the "Escondido Database", "Internet Databases" and "Escondido Obituaries" pages.
Added Fund Raising section at the bottom of every page.
Added reasons why someone would want would to order a subscription to Family Tree Magazine on the "FGS FTM Fund Raising" page.
Added link to CGSSD Calendar page on the "Meetings" page.
01/06/08
Minor changes to the "Search Tips" page.
Added search box on the "Internet Resources" page.
Added link to Rootsweb California Death Database on the "Internet Resources" page.
Added new page for the FGS FTM Fundraiser.
Added link to the new FGS FTM Fundraiser page in the "Our Fundraising" section of the "About Us" page.
Updated the left menu on the "Points for Profit" page.
12/29/07
Increased the font size on all pages.
Added page title to left menu on all the pages.
Fixed left menu on the "Internet Resources" page.
Fixed left menu on the "Non Internet Resources" page.
Increased people's ability to use search engines to find the site by doing the following.
Updated titles to EGS: Home - Escondido Genealogical Society - Genealogy.
Added mega tags - Escondido genealogy history genealogical society .
Used comment statements.
Used image alt tags.
Used keyword in general text.
Added links to other web sites for Escondido Genealogy on the "Internet Resources" page.
Renamed "Resources" page to "Escondido Resources" page.
Added link to Escondido Library and a MAP link to the "Meetings" page.
Updated "Site Map" web page entries to show what other pages link to them.
Updated "Site Map" with the PDF Files,Graphics, Javascripts, and CSS's used.
Moved our page for "Sites That Link to Us" to the "Site Map" page instead of "Site Changes" page.
Added page for "Sites That We Link to". The page will be linked to from the "Site Map" page.
Added page for "Search Engines and How Well Our Site Is Found". The page will be linked to from the "Site Map" page.
Placed source documents out on the web site in a special directory as backup and for future web masters.
12/21/07
Removed the 2007 meetings from the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Removed the announcement for Holiday Potluck on the "Home" page.
Updated our "Sites that link to Our Web Site" page.
Removed all the UPDATED and NEW graphics from various pages.
12/01/07
Updated meeting information for the December, January, February, March, April, May and June on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Added announcement for Holiday Potluck on the "Home" page.
09/22/07
Obtained Guest Book from Rootsweb and updated the "Guest Book" page to use it instead of my personal guest book.
Added Beginning Genealogy Classes on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
09/15/07
Added Ray Raser as Program Chair on the "About Us" page.
Updated meeting information for the October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May and June on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Added announcement for Beginning Genealogy Classes on the "Home" page.
09/12/07
Added announcement about Roots Television's contest on the "Home" page.
Added "Family Search" and "We Relate" to the "Sites That Link To Our Web Site" page.
09/08/07
Deleted announcement about Grape Day Booth on the "Home" page.
Updated September and October meetings information on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Added Denise Bova as Secretary on the "About Us" page.
Added instructions, hints and tips on the "Search" page.
Added the rest of our pages on the "Site Map" page.
09/01/07
Added real counter of visitors to the "Welcome" page.
Updated September meeting information on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Added Search page and Search box to the header on all pages.
07/01/07
Deleted announcement about June Picnic to the "Home" page.
Updated September and October meetings information on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
06/11/07
Fix spelling typo on the "Home" page.
Added turn around time of 2 to 3 days for an obituary look up request order on the "Resource Online" page.
Added turn around time of 2 to 3 days for an obituary look up request order on the "Escondido Obituaries" page.
Updated June Picnic information and added flyer. Updated September, October, and November meetings information. Added January and February 2008 meetings on the "Monthly Meetings" page.
Added announcement about June Picnic to the "Home" page.
Added announcement about Grape Day to the "Home" page.
Added announcement about amount earned to the "Points for Profit" page.
Fixed the font size on the word HERE on the "Welcome" page.
Added link to the HVJ in the "Our Publication" section of the "About Us" page.
04/24/07
Updated the "Site Changes" page to match the new format.
Uploaded the Obituary PDF files for all letters on the "Resources On-line" page.
Added statement about needing Adobe Reader to view PDF files to pages that have PDF files.
Added Dept D to the address on the "Join Us" page.
Fixed menu to a variable format using cell padding on all pages.
Created new "Sites that link to Us" page to list the web sites that point to the EGS web site.
Added link to "Site Changes" page for the new "Sites that link to Us" page.
Added sample counter from Rootsweb and put on the "Welcome" page.
Created new "Guest Book" page even though it will still point to my guest book temporarily.
Added page for surnames our members are researching off of the "About Us" page.
Added blank line after crumb trail on the "Resources" page.
Updated to say off-line by visiting in person on the "Resources" and "Resources Offline" pages.
Renamed "Resources Online" page to "Resources - Internet" and "Resources Offline" to "Resources - non Internet".
Added cascading style sheets to all pages.
Made title box size smaller and its background color to light-golden-rod on all pages.
Made title box a link to the home page on all pages.
Moved page title from title box to below menu on all pages.
Added Quick Link and Navigator on left side on many pages.
Added new page for "Escondido Obituaries".
Created form for ordering Escondido Obituaries.
Updated link to the "Escondido Obituaries" page on the "Resources Online" page.
Added more space between the databases on the "Resources Online" page.
Updated under Our Publications section that we have old HVJ's for sale and link to the store page on the "About Us" page.
Updated Wild Animal Park date to 2007 on the "Points for Profit" page.
Updated Program position as vacant on the "About Us" page.
Updated the Pioneer Room section to indicate they have FTM CD's on the "Non Internet Resources" page.
Added links to google maps for Non Internet resources on the "Non Internet Resources" page.
Updated HVJ for sale years available and price on the "Store" page.
Added links to Pioneer Room web site, map, and hours in the "How We Assist" section on the "About Us" page.
Fixed CGSSD link on the "Links" page.
Fixed name for 'free genealogy service' on the "Links" page.
Moved the "Points for Profit" page to a link off of the "About Us" page.
Added 's to President Message on the menu bar on all pages.
Updated WWI Veterans Index on the "Resources Online" page.
Updated Burial Places of Escondido Soldiers 1929 file on the "Resources Online" page.
Updated HVJ TOC Index file on the "Resources Online" page.
Updated introduction to the WWI Veterans Index, the Burial Places of Escondido Soldiers 1929 and Escondido Obituary on the "Resources Online" page.
Updated President's Message page.
Added April meeting info to our "Monthly Meetings" page.
Changed Contact Email Address on the "Contact Us" page.
Updated years we are currently working on for the Escondido Obituaries Index on the "Escondido Obituaries" page.
Changed link name to member pages to match site's title on our "Links" page.
Added request for more links on our "Links" page.
Added Escondido links on our "Links" page.
Changed to highlight format verse content changes on our "Site Changes Site" page.
Added description of the menu items on our "Home" page.
Added "Site Map" page.
Added link to the site map in the trailer section on every page.
Added links to the various forms that people will need to use when contacting us on our "Contact Us" page.
03/19/07
Complete Make Over - Round one.
Put links out on the web to the EGS web site.
from members site.
Put resources in to Rootsweb User databases.
Review other society pages to see what they have.
Update for genealogy programs on the "Getting Started" page.
Add other EGS members' surnames on the "Surname" page.
Add more Links to San Diego and California web pages on the "Links" page.
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