This was the 1st idea! Every county within the USA has a county page handled by a County Coordinator. Jennifer Braswell is our CC. It is usually an index to what is on-line for the County as well as information about the Courthouse, etc. Every county page looks different. The CC can use their own creativity and everything is in HTML format. (That's the coding that actually creates web pages, i..e. the ending of the file is .htm)
There is a Search Engine on this page.....but remember it will ONLY cover what is actually ON this page!
There was a need for people to be able to contribute cemetery, wills, deeds, info in a simple format. So every county was set-up with an Archives Page and another volunteer to manage these files. I am the File Manager for Bibb county. When you send me your information, that's where I put it.
You'll find ALL the cemeteries that we're working on there. There are also some church histories....Bible Records, etc. There is a Search Engine on this page..(scroll down to the bottom)...which covers ALL the Archives in Georgia (depending on how you "check" it) or just Bibb County itself.
BIBB (662) (or whatever number is current) This is the number of messages posted on this board. This gives you an idea of how active this county board has been. "The messages on this Board are posted on GABIBB-L" (Not all Boards have their County Mailing Lists automatically sent to the County Lists) We feel this is the way to get the best exposure for your questions. POST a NEW Message. Click here and you can post. Remember to use a subject line that is specific for your message, i.e. Jones Family 1812 ADD BOARD to your FAVORITES If you research here often, that is a good thing to do. It works almost like a bookmark. ADD BOARD to Notification You may or may not want to do this. This will notify you every time that a message is posted here. It will not contain the "body" of the message though. IF you are on the Bibb County Mailing List, you'll be getting the entire message. LINKS and ANNOUNCEMENTS This tells you the Message Board Manager. Other specific news about the county may be listed there. VIEW MESSAGE TYPE Click on the arrow, and see all the options,i.e. obituary, query, bible. (Remember though that the person posting the material must also have used this option. So just in case I would visit the Query boards, as that is the default posting area) LISTED BY You can choose if you prefer by Date or by "thread" (replies under original message) REPLYING TO A MESSAGE You can respond right on-line to the message. IF you'd rather contact the poster privately, you can click on their name. You will see ALL the messages that they have posted, and where these messages are located. This covers all counties.
There are several ways to search this. 1) See EVERY message within a certain month http//archiver.rootsweb.com/ Type in GABIBB OR http//searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Type in GABIBB. Select YEAR. Type in Cemetery.... and you'll see all the messages that we've been posting on the Cemeteries. Click on FULL, you'll get the actual message sent.SO WE HAVE 4 DIFFERENT SEARCH ENGINES TO USE, so far!! Web page, Archives page, Ancestry/Rootsweb Page, Mailing List
But to help out, Rootsweb has also created "Resource Pages" for every county. http//resources.rootsweb.com/USA/Ga/Bibb/
Another Search Engine
This is not a USGenWeb Search engine, but does list all the Search Engines
available through Rootsweb.
http//searches.rootsweb.com/
Now, I'll probably think of some other things....but meanwhile....print out this page, and you'll have it to refer to. And please ASK me again, .....I really do welcome your questions, as some of this I take for granted and forget that it needs to be explained.