Candidate for NENC CC Representative

My name is Alice Allen, and I am a candidate for NENC County Coordinator Representative. I've been doing genealogical research off and on since 1967, in the midst of raising 6 children and a husband. We got our first computer and the Internet in 1995. Not knowing what to do on the 'net, one Saturday evening I typed "genealogy" into a search box, and I was off. I have not taken a break from genealogical research since that time.

In July of 1996, as a member of a Kansas mailing list, I was asked if I would like to become involved with a brand-new project to get genealogical data on the Internet. Part of my love of this pastime includes sharing what I've learned with others. I didn't know anything about creating web pages when I began, but with my hand held all the way by Nancy Trice, I managed to create a site for Marshall County Kansas for this Project. I added Geauga and Seneca Counties to my list in August, and in November, I became County Coordinator for my home county--Clark County, Washington.

As a member of the USGenWeb Project since its beginning, I have worked under the original guidelines that were in place at that time:

1. To provide a research site for those whose families lived in our counties
2. Adding genealogical data for use by the researcher
3. Providing a place for them to leave queries about their families
4. Accepting contributions of data and getting it online so that more people can be helped

I plan to continue working with these guidelines and encourage the county coordinators in the NENC Region to do the same. As for my position on the AB, I hope to represent you in all that transpires within the Project, relating the our region. The Advisory Board is here to advise, not dictate. I will continue to work with that in mind as well. With the State Coordinator representative on the Advisory Board, I will work to keep you informed of what is going on related to our region, and to seek your input on matters affecting all of us. I hope you will feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer them.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and please consider voting for me during the month of July.

Alice Allen

County Coordinator,