If you have information that you would like to contribute to this project, please sent the information to me and I will be sure to forward it to the correct host. You can e-mail any information to me.

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There are fourteen territories that are part of the United States Territories.  Five (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands) have significant populations; therefore, they will each have their on website as part of the U. S. Territories Project at Trails To The Past.  Of the remaining nine territories, only Wake Island has any population.  These nine will be listed on a single site called 'Other Territories'.  There is history with the territories and my goal as host is to list that history, especially as it relates to genealogy.  

The Territories of the United States of America consist of the following:

American Samoa Area: 77 Square Miles Population: 57,663 (2007 Estimate) Please Adopt Me	Baker Island Area: 0.63 Square Miles Population: Uninhabited Host: Charlie Vines	Guam Area: 212 Square Miles Population: 175,877 (2008 Estimate) Please Adopt Me
Howland Island Area: 0.69 Square Miles Population: Uninhabited Host: Charlie Vines	Jarvis Island Area: 1.74 Square Miles Population: Uninhabited Host: Charlie Vines	Johnston Island Area: 1.02 Square Miles Population: Uninhabited Host: Charlie Vines
Kingman Reef Area: 0.01 Square Miles Population: Uninhabited Host: Charlie Vines	Midway Island Area: 2.4 Square Miles Population: There are no permanent inhabits but caretakers will periodically live on the island Host: Charlie Vines	Navassa Island Area: 2 Square Miles Population: Uninhabited Host: Charlie Vines
Northern Mariana Islands Area: 184 Square Miles Population: 86,616 (2008 Estimate) Please Adopt Me	Palmyra Atoll Area: 1.56 Square Miles Population: Uninhabited Host: Charlie Vines	Puerto Rico Area: 3,151 Square Miles Population: 3,927,188 (2006 Estimate)   Host: Charlie Vines
U. S. Virgin Islands Area: 136 Square Miles Population: 108,605 (2006 Estimate) Please Adopt Me	Wake Island Area: 2.51 Square Miles Population: 200 (2003 Estimate) Host: Charlie Vines

Sources:

The United States fourteen territories
"Territories of the United States." (March 11, 2010). Wikipedia.

More information on each of these territories can be found on the corresponding page for each territory.

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Volunteering To Be A State or County Administrator

What are my responsibilities as a State or County Administrator?

First and foremost, you need to have some knowledge of html and be able to create and upload web pages, either through your own html or a software package, such as Front Page, Dreamweaver, etc.

STATE ADMINISTRATOR DUTIES:

1. The ability to work well with the public and answer general questions about the State. We don't expect you to do research for people, but, you should have a general knowledge of where researchers might look for information they may need, such as the library, newspapers on microfilm, county building, genealogical and historical societies, etc. The ability to work well with the County Administrators.

2. Being the general overseer of the State pages. Maintaining them and seeing that they are up to date. Providing your State logo at the top of your main page, as well as links to all your county pages.

3. Recruiting County Administrators for your State.

4. Assisting County Administrators in getting a place to house their county pages, and offering any needed assistance, so that they will feel comfortable in what they are doing.

5. Visiting the county pages to make sure that they are up to date and broken links taken care of. Since we want our patrons to come back, we need to try and keep things as up to date as possible.

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COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DUTIES:

1. Try to provide a County History to give your visitors a little background on your County.

2. Providing raw data to the website. This can be in many forms: Cemeteries, Census, Vital Records, Biographies, Maps, Photographs, Churches, Obituaries, News Articles. As a researcher, you know what you like to see on a genealogy web site, so generally other people will want to see the same thing. This can come in the form of what you can provide, as well as adding what others send to you. Make sure you provide the name and email of the contributor on the page unless requested to do otherwise.

3. You must provide a link to the main State Page and a Trails to the Past logo at the top of your main page.

4. If you are interested in either being a State or County Administrator or would like more information, please contact me or a District Administrator in your  area of interest.  

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What if I am Unable to adopt a County, but would like to help?

There are many other ways in which to help, such as sharing some of your research or typing for the County Administrator. Contact the County Administrator or the State Administrator, if the county isn't hosted, to find out what help is needed.

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