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NEW GUIDELINES
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/guidelines.htm

Required by USGenweb

Codes you may need

16. Minimum GAGenWeb Requirements for County Sites. (Penalty:If a County Coordinator is found to be in violation of any of these requirements, they will be given warning and 30 days to correct the infraction. A copy of the emailed warning will be sent to the GAGenWeb Council to verify that warning was sent.)

Required on each page:

B. All pages on the Web site must be clearly identifiable as GAGenWeb

H. Each county page must include a maintained "Last updated" notification.
See code page

This page was updated: Friday, 03-Jan-2003 13:23:51 MST

Required on main page:

USGenweb Required Their Required Links

The USGenWeb Project

The USGenWeb Project Archives follow links to Georgia to Forsyth Substitute Your County

Archives Search

Gene Stark's Index of Names for all sites in The USGenWeb Project

They also ask that you offer Lookups but a permission is required. See http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html

A. GAGenWeb logo prominent linked to http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/
Large
Small

C. link to the GAGenWeb County Selection Table: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/table.htm

D. a basic history of the co or a clearly identifiable link to a history.
Should include
the parent county(ies) name(s) Link for info

when the county was formed; Link for info

some of the cities and towns located within the county, identifying the county seat. Link for info
and For cities Once there click on your county and look for related cities.

E. must include links to the surrounding GAGenWeb County sites
See Regional Page

G. prominently include the names and email addresses of the County Coordinator and Regional Coordinator See Regional Page

J. a link to the county's mailing list See this page

Rest of the site

F.. information for Resource Contact
Addresses and Phone Numbers, i.e., Court House (Probate Judge, & Land Record Office), Newspaper, Health Dept., Chamber of Commerce and the local Genealogical Society, with internet links when available.
If they have a website it may be here http://www.ganet.org/index/local.cgi
If not go here http://yp.yahoo.com/ Set Your Location for the County Seat
Address is not required Just City and State
Then Under Community Click on Government
General should get you Clerk of Superior Court who keeps the Land Records
Law and Justice should get you Probate Court which keeps marriages, wills and in many counties the birth and death certificates
If not, then they are kept by the Health Department.
See http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/rs/gbdr.htm
and http://www.ph.dhr.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords/index.shtml

I. a way for researchers to query their county:
Genforum
Genforum Replace forsyth with your County name
Forsyth MessageBoard
Rootsweb All Georgia Counties Copy and Paste
Logos
Rootsweb Message Board Logos from Rootsweb
Rootsweb Message Board Logos from Debra Crosby

K. a link to their county's section in GAGenWeb Archives.

L. encouraged to make available, surnames (submitted to the county coordinator) and the corresponding surname researcher's contact information.
For sample see http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadawson/surnames.html
surnames and queries combined
or
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahall/surnames.html just surnames

M. copyright notice on each page is optional, but suggested.
see codes for copyright symbol

N. a CC or SPC must include (within a reasonable time commensurate with the amount and format of the data) on their county or project site, any data submitted by any transcriber that relates to their county or project, with exceptions as noted in Section 13.

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The Red County Maps from Jimmy Epperson

GenCircles

GAGEN Mail List To Browse To Search

Publishing Help

FrontPagePublish from Jimmy Epperson

USGenweb Required	Their Required Links The USGenWeb Project The USGenWeb Project Archives follow links to Georgia to Forsyth Substitute Your County Archives Search Gene Stark's Index of Names for all sites in The USGenWeb Project They also ask that you offer Lookups but a permission is required. See http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html
A.	GAGenWeb logo prominent linked to http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/ Large Small
C.	link to the GAGenWeb County Selection Table: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/table.htm
D.	a basic history of the co or a clearly identifiable link to a history. Should include the parent county(ies) name(s) Link for info when the county was formed; Link for info some of the cities and towns located within the county, identifying the county seat. Link for info and For cities Once there click on your county and look for related cities.
E.	must include links to the surrounding GAGenWeb County sites See Regional Page
G.	prominently include the names and email addresses of the County Coordinator and Regional Coordinator See Regional Page
J.	a link to the county's mailing list See this page

F..	information for Resource Contact Addresses and Phone Numbers, i.e., Court House (Probate Judge, & Land Record Office), Newspaper, Health Dept., Chamber of Commerce and the local Genealogical Society, with internet links when available. If they have a website it may be here http://www.ganet.org/index/local.cgi If not go here http://yp.yahoo.com/ Set Your Location for the County Seat Address is not required Just City and State Then Under Community Click on Government General should get you Clerk of Superior Court who keeps the Land Records Law and Justice should get you Probate Court which keeps marriages, wills and in many counties the birth and death certificates If not, then they are kept by the Health Department. See http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/rs/gbdr.htm and http://www.ph.dhr.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords/index.shtml
I.	a way for researchers to query their county: Genforum Genforum Replace forsyth with your County name Forsyth MessageBoard Rootsweb All Georgia Counties Copy and Paste Logos Rootsweb Message Board Logos from Rootsweb Rootsweb Message Board Logos from Debra Crosby
K.	a link to their county's section in GAGenWeb Archives.
L.	encouraged to make available, surnames (submitted to the county coordinator) and the corresponding surname researcher's contact information. For sample see http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadawson/surnames.html surnames and queries combined or http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahall/surnames.html just surnames
M.	copyright notice on each page is optional, but suggested. see codes for copyright symbol
N.	a CC or SPC must include (within a reasonable time commensurate with the amount and format of the data) on their county or project site, any data submitted by any transcriber that relates to their county or project, with exceptions as noted in Section 13.