History of the TXGenWeb Project

History of TXGenWeb 1997-2013,
prepared by Trey Holt

1996 Spring A group of genealogists led by Jeff Murphy organizes the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database Project, which evolves into the KYGenWeb Project.
1996 Jun The KYGenWeb Project nears 100% county coverage. Interested volunteers decide to create a similar set of pages for all states, establishing The USGenWeb Project. By July of 1996 most states were online with state homepages
1996 Jun/Jul Ed Hayden answers the call for volunteers, adopts Texas and becomes the first state coordinator of The TXGenweb Project. He sets a state web site and templates for all county web sites and begins to recruit volunteers to adopt the county projects.
1996 Jul Ed Hayden, faced with a move to Russia for business, decides that he will be unable to continue as state coordinator he turns the position over to Mike Basham. Mike is coordinator for Dallas County and becomes the second state coordinator of The TXGenWeb Project. Ed's move is delayed until late September and he continues to work with Mike to get the project established.
1996 21 Sep State Coordinator Mike Basham and Ed Hayden host a TXGenWeb Project Seminar in Dallas, Texas to educate current and potential Texas County Coordinators. Meetings of this type will continue to be a semi annual event.
1996 24 Oct Mike Basham announces a lookup policy for The TXGenWeb Project. It is the same policy that USGenWeb Project National Coordinator John Rigdon has published for the USGenWeb Project. It instructs that all lookups should be acceptable under US Copyright laws for "fair use"
1996 28 Oct Mike Basham announces that 155 of 254 counties have been adopted.
1996 Dec Mike Basham announces the County of the Week program to showcase outstanding county sites. A similar program had been started by USGenWeb a few weeks earlier. The County of the Week program would become the County of the Month Award by February 1997.
1996 08 Dec Lamar County and CC Betsy Mills is named the first TXGenWeb County of the Week.
1996 13 Dec Mike Basham announces that 200 of 254 counties have been adopted.
1997 Jan The first logo for The TXGenWeb Project is adopted. The logo is designed by Trey Holt. The unofficial logo that many counties were using had a simple web design and the text "GenWeb". It is discovered that the term "GenWeb" and the logo are trademarked and owned by Gary Hoffman and the GenWeb Foundation. The Genweb Foundation first used the term to describe the system of linked genealogy databases in April 1994. The GenWeb Foundation requests that the USGenWeb Project and its state projects cease using the term and logo. A call goes out to make sure that all USGenWeb members use the correct terminology to include "US" or the two letter abbreviation for their state before "GenWeb" when referring to the project.
1997 27 Mar Mike Basham announces that 231 of 254 counties have been adopted.
1997 12 Jun Mike Basham announces a push for TXGenWeb Project volunteers to transcribe the 1850 Census for Texas and make it available online.
1997 27 Jun Mike Basham announces that 240 of 254 counties have been adopted.
1997 17 Jul Mike Basham announces that an Internet chat is going to occur Sunday evening July 20 at 8:00 pm Central Time. He says, "If it works out and we feel that it is a productive thing to do, we might schedule this chat session on a regular basis.
1997 Sep 13-15 Mike Basham invites Trey Holt to become the Assistant State Coordinator on Saturday, Sept 13. Trey Holt accepts the position on Sunday, Sept 14 in an e-mail to Mike Basham. Monday morning, Sept 15 Mike Basham announces that Trey Holt has accepted the assistant coordinator position.
1997 15 Sep TXGenWeb Project State Coordinator Mike Basham suffers a heart attack and dies while playing tennis in Dallas, Texas.
1997 16 Sep Megan Zurawicz, The USGenWeb Project National Coordinator, invites Trey Holt to assume the State Coordinator position for The TXGenWeb Project. In the early days of the project before the bylaws it is rare to hold an election for a coordinator position. Generally these are appointed positions.
1997 Sep 16-17 Trey Holt asks the TXGenWeb Project volunteers via the state mailing list if they support him in taking over the position of state coordinator. Based on support from the volunteers Trey Holt becomes the Third State Coordinator of The TXGenWeb Project.
1997 17 Sep The TXGenWeb Project web site moves from its old location at chrysalis.org to a temporary site until permanent space can be obtained.
1997 19 Sep The TXGenWeb Project web site moves to its new location at rootsweb.com.
1997 22 Sep The County of the Month award is renamed "The Mike Basham Memorial County of the Month Award" to honor the late state coordinator.
1997 Oct 3-4 Trey Holt announces the appointments of Lela Evans as Orphan County Director and Carla & Billy Clifton as New Coordinator Liaisons. These new positions are the first functioning assistant coordinators for The TXGenWeb Project. The New Coordinator Liaison position later becomes the Mentor Director.
1997 27 Oct The USGenWeb Project query system at dsenter.com goes offline and county coordinators are forced to come up with alternate methods of handling queries for their counties. The USGenWeb Project officers announce that a new query system will be researched and if necessary a new system will be developed. Until that time volunteers will have to come up with their own alternative.
1997 06 Nov CCHelper, the first of several query alternatives is introduced by Jim Murphy of Austin Texas. It uses a mail merge system to either have queries e-mailed to you or have them "written" directly to a file at the county site. Setting of the files for CCHepler prove to be difficult for some but the system works well and is well received. Many counties adopt this system.
1997 07 Nov Trey Holt announces the appointments of regional directors and the state counties are divided into 5 regions. The placement of some counties into certain regions drew some complaints but the divisions were made more on equal proportions and less on geographical ares. Among the first regional directors are Kay Bradley, Dana Thomas, John Quigley, and Barry Best.

The regional directors are to canvass their counties on a regular basis and help maintain a closer communication with their counties than the state coordinator is able to do. This organization has mixed results and eventually the regional director positions are dissolved and the canvassing duties are absorbed into the successful surfing committee that evaluates counties for the county of the month award.
1997 Dec The TXGenWeb Project staff first discusses idea of having regular roll calls for volunteers. The consensus of the discussion is that having regular roll calls is a good idea to promote communication and it is thought that it will be a good tool for assessing the status of volunteer involvement. It increasingly becoming a problem of not being able to determine the status of some volunteers and their county web site. It is also discussed that a process for determining when a web site is in an "abandoned" state should also be formulated.
1997 Dec 1997 Counties of the Month were:
January: Lamar County
February: Brazos County
March: San Augustine County
April: Llano County
May: Palo Pinto County
June: Crosby County
July: San Jacinto County
August: Cass County
September: Austin County
October: Fannin County
November: Blanco County
December: Zapata County
1998 12 Mar Nancy Trice announces the new USGW Query System. The system is a
1998 24 Mar Barry Best agrees to take over the Mentor program at the request of
1998 Apr 25-26 The 2nd semi Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held
1998 27 Apr The name of the USGWQuery System changes to GenConnect.
1998 Aug The first mandatory roll call of volunteers is announced. All
1998 Dec 1998 Counties of the Month were:
January: Bell County
February: Navarro County
March: Gregg County
April: Johnson County
May: Shelby County
June: No Winner Named
July: Hood County
August: Dallas County, Linda-Jeanne Dolby Coordinator
September: No Winner Named
October: Dickens County
November: No Winner Named
December: No Winner Named
1999 Feb 5-6 The 3rd semi Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Tyler, Texas. A welcome dinner is held on Friday night at the First Baptist Church. The main meeting on Saturday occurs at the Carnegie Local History Center in downtown Tyler.
1999 16 Mar State Coordinator Trey Holt announces that The TXGenWeb Project has been accepted as a partner society of The Texas State Genealogical Society. This relationship continues for a couple of years until the State Coordinator fails to renew the dues.
1999 21 May The Surfing Committee takes over the selection of the County of the Month. Up until this point the committee has selected finalists and the State Coordinator has picked the winner. The committee drafts guidelines that their selections will be based upon.
1999 22 May Lela Evans moves Orphan Co Director to Mentor Program Director. The program is subdivided into helpers for new coordinators and advisors with knowledge about a particular area that can aide in that area.
2000 Jan Coke County with Coordinator Mary Love Berryman is named 1999 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year. This is the first year a county of the year is selected from the monthly winners.

1999 Counties of the Month
January: Erath County
February: No Winner Named
March: Rusk County
April: No Winner Named
May: Limestone County
June: No Winner Named
July: Henderson County
August: Smith County
September: Panola County,
October: Van Zandt County,
November: Coke County, Mary Love Berryman, CC
December: Williamson County
2000 29 Apr The 4th semi Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Lancaster, Texas at Cedar Valley College.
2000 09 Jul State Coordinator Trey Holt announces that Dana Thomas has accepted his request to become Assistant State Coordinator.
2000 25 Sep A new TXGenWeb Project logo is announced. It became necessary to redesign the official logo because the old logo did not reflect the proper form of the project name. Elements of the old logo were incorporated into the new logo by designer Trey Holt.
2000 Oct Kimm Antell becomes Orphan County Director.
2001 Jan Frio County with Coordinator John Hawley is named 2000 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.

2000 Counties of the Month
January: Burnet County
February: Lampassas County
March: Red River County
April: Fannin County
May: Frio County, John Hawley, CC
June: Clay County
July: Lamar County
August: Aransas County
September: Gregg County,
October: Bowie County,
November: Kaufman County
December: Wilbarger County
2001 Apr 27-28 The 5th semi Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Atlanta, Texas. The meeting is hosted by the Cass County Genealogical Society and is attended by several members of the Society.
2001 Jun Rootsweb and Ancestry merge their respective county query boards. Many county coordinators are unhappy and express their outrage to this unilateral move by MyFamily.com the parent company of Rootsweb and Ancestry. Coordinators are no longer able to edit queries posted to the boards.
2001 16 Oct Bage Neimeyer, age 62 of Bowie, Texas and County Coordinator for Clay Co dies in Bowie, Texas.
2002 05 Jan Bosque County with Coordinator Bettie Wood is named 2001 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.

2001 Counties of the Month
January: Parker County, Lela Evans, CC
February: Fannin County, Susan Hawkins, CC
March: Winkler County, Charlene Beatty Beauchamp, CC
April: Runnels County, Terry Jenkins, CC
May: Harrison County, Gail Brown, CC
June: Gillespie County, Wanda Qualls, CC
July: Tyler County, Barbara Dore, CC
August: Kendall County, Catharine Stone Schwarz, CC
September: Bosque County, Bettie Wood, CC
October: Lamar County, Betsy Mills, CC
November: Nacogdoches County, Debbie Wayne, CC
December: Crosby County, Linda Fox Hughes, CC
2002 24 Apr Wanda Lovell, former County Coordinator for Moore, Deaf Smith, Hockley, Cochran, Terry, and Lamb Counties dies.
2002 10 Aug James Lantrip, 73, of Merkel Texas, dies. He was the former County Coordinator for Taylor, Jones, Fisher, and Nolan Counties.
2002 11 Sep Dana Thomas resigns as Surfing Group Coordinator. Kimm Antell takes over in the Interim.
2002 18 Sep Dana Thomas resigns as Assistant State Coordinator. Dana continues as the coordinator of Cass County.
2002 28 Sep Trey Holt announces his resignation as TXGenWeb State Coordinator effective as soon as a new State Coordinator is elected.
2002 01 Oct John Dillon, 66, of Corpus Christi, Texas dies in Corpus Christi. He was former County Coordinator of Nueces County.
2002 16 Oct Nominations for TXGenWeb State Coordinator begin and continue until October 31. This is the first time the state coordinator is elected in The TXGenWeb Project. Before this time the state coordinator has been appointed.
2002 04 Nov State Coordinator Nominations are announced.
Kimm Antell - Accepted
Charlene Beachamp - Declined
Mary Love Berryman - Declined
Joe Deaver - Declined
Trey Holt - Declined
Gloria Mayfield - Accepted
David Morgan - Accepted
The election is scheduled Nov 8 through Nov 17.
2002 10 Nov The election committee announces a delay in the start of the election due to a problem forwarding the voter list to the programmer.
2002 12 Nov Kimm Antell withdraws from the State Coordinator election. David Morgan and Gloria Mayfield are the remaining candidates.
2002 15 Nov The State Coordinator Election begins and continues until November 25, 2002.
2002 25 Nov David Morgan is elected the 4th State Coordinator of the TXGenWeb Project. The vote is 58 for David Morgan and 46 for Gloria Mayfield.
2002 26 Nov State Coordinator David Morgan announces his new staff.
Bettie Wood, Assistant State Coordinator
Betsy Mills, Assistant State Coordinator
Shirley Cullum, Assistant State Coordinator
Kimm Antell, Webmaster
Lela Evans, Annual Meeting Coordinator
Joe Deaver, Weekly Chat Coordinator
Gina Heffernan, Family Group Sheet Project Coordinator
2003 Jan Refugio County with Coordinator Rena McWilliams is named 2002 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.

2002 Counties of the Month were:
January: Upshur County
February: Shelby County
March: Henderson County
April: Grayson County
May: Bell County
June: Fayette County
July: Refugio County, Rena McWilliams, CC
August: Coryell County
September: Wise County
October: Hidalgo County
November: Clay County
December: Live Oak County
2003 Jun 27-28 The 6th semi Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Austin, Texas. A tour of the State Archives is held on Friday and the main meeting is held at the REJ Conference Center.
2003 Dec TXGenweb Archives Project Coordinator David Morgan announces that Lola Withrow is the new TXGenWeb Project Archives Coordinator.
2004 05 Jan Kaufman County with Coordinator Abby Balderama is named 2003 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.

2003 Counties of the Month
January: Andrews County, Teri Ramsey
February: Bosque County, Bettie & Bob Wood
March: Upshur County, Sharon Pierce & Elaine Martin
April: Tom Green County,
May: Val Verde County, Teri Brown
June: Grimes County
July: Donley County, LaRae Hasley-Brooks & Eireann Brooks
August: Panola County
September: Red River County, Cynthia Samples
October: Gregg County, Elaine Martin & Sharon Pierce
November: Henderson County
December: Kaufman County, Abby Balderama
2004 13 Jan Ray Weathers, 68, of Hamilton, Texas dies in Temple, Texas. He was a long time coordinator of the Hamilton County project.
2004 Mar Mrs. Karen Kay Glass Ingargiola, long time supporter and volunteer for the Cass Co Project dies.
2004 Apr 2-3 The 7th semi Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Dallas, Texas.
2004 May 1-5 State Coordinator David Morgan announces that Hutchinson, Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, & Tyler counties are availabale for adoption. All of these counties are coordinated by Barbara Dore. A coordinator speaks to Barbara Dore on the phone and reports that she has had serious family medical problems and has not been able to respond to e-mails. Many requests are posted to the state mailing list for the counties to be restored to Barbara. David Morgan explains that she has not responded to coordinator roll calls for many quarters and the sites have not been updated for quite some time. He states that if she will contact him they will work something out.
2004 05 May State Coordinator David Morgan announces that Barbara Dore's counties have been restored. He also announces in the same message that vote counters are being selected for a State Coordinator election and that nominations will begin shortly.
2004 06 May Nominations for State Coordinator begin and continue through May 13.
2004 13 May Nominations are concluded for State Coordinator and the election period begins. Nominees for SC are Shirley Cullum, Bettie Wood, and Betsy Mills. It is announced that the one with the most votes wins. No run offs.
2004 21 May Bettie Wood is elected the 5th State Coordinator of the TXGenWeb Project. The vote is 37 for Bettie Wood, 36 for Shirley Cullum, and 28 for Betsy Mills.
2004 14 Jul State Coordinator Bettie Wood announces the new project staff.
Elaine Martin, Assistant Coordinator
Shirley Cullum, Assistant Coordinator
Lela Evans, Annual Meeting Coordinator
Kimm Antell, Weekly Chat Coordinator
Carla Clifton, Mentor Coordinator
2004 14 Jul Leigh Compton and Kimm Antell announce the TXGenWeb virtual schoolhouse for the posting of tutorials and developer aides.
2004 24 Jul Donna Brand, 59, of Cleburne dies. She was the former coordinator of the Palo Pinto Project.
2004 07 Oct The TXGenWeb Postcard Project becomes an official TXGenWeb special project. Jan Cortez is named as the Coordinator.
2004 02 Dec The TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame Announced. This new award begins on January 1, 2005. All counties that have won the County of the Month award 3 times will be automatically added to the Hall of Fame. Kimm Antell designs a special County Hall of Fame logo for each member to display. Counties in the Hall of Fame will not be eligible again for the COM award unless a new CC takes over the county, but will be eligible in each year's County of the Year nominations. The new award will have 2 effects: 1) It will give more counties a chance at the COM 2) It will encourage Hall of Fame counties to continue to update information and improve.

Initial Members of the Hall of Fame are:
Bosque County: Bettie Wood
Henderson County: Bunny Freeman & Holli Kees
Fannin County: Susan Hawkins
Upshur Couunty: Elaine Martin & Sharon Pierce
2004 20 Dec The state mailing list TXGen-L is placed on temporary moderated status for the first time. Discussion of non TXGenweb Project issues is cited for the reason for the moderated status. The list continued on moderated status until early January 2005.

2004 Counties of the Month
January: Grayson County
February: Colorado County
March: Upshur County
April: Brooks County
May: Navarro County
June: Hockley County
July: Bosque County
August: Brown County
September: Fannin County
October: Henderson County
November: Burnet County
December: Orange County
2005 12 Jan Fannin County with Coordinator Susan Hawkins is named 2004 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.
2005 01 Mar Grayson County named February County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Susan Hawkins Coordinator.
2005 Apr 22-23 The 8th Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Galveston, Texas at the Rosenberg Library.
2005 01 May Gregg County named April County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Sharon Pierce & Elaine Martin Coordinators.
2005 01 Jul Navarro County named June County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Ed Williams and Barbara Knox Coordinators.
2005 24 Sep Hurricane Rita makes landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
2005 26 Sep State Coordinator Bettie Wood calls for a special voluntary roll call to find out if all of the TXGenWeb Project volunteers are doing ok. Hurricane rita caused mass evacuations and power outages in Southeast Texas.
2005 04 Oct William Grant Bost dies at age 58 in Killeen TX. Bill, as he was known in the project, started the Bell County site for The TXGenWeb Project and continued until he turned the county over to Joe Deaver in October 1999. Bill continued to make contributions to the site for several years.
2005 31 Oct Panola County named County of the Month. Later that day it is announced that Panola is not eligible because they had just won the award in July. The guidelines for the award stipulate a six month ineligibility period after being awarded the COM. Johnson County is named the new October County of the Month.

2005 Counties of the Month
January: Grimes County, Eleanor Colson Coordinator
February: Grayson County, Susan Hawkins Coordinator
March: Victoria County, Jack & Cynthia Buttram Coordinators
April: Gregg County, Sharon Pierce & Elaine Martin Coordinators
May: Marion County, Connie Draper & Dana Thomas Coordinators
June: Navarro County, Ed Williams and Barbara Knox Coordinators
July: Panola County, Angela Weaver, Marylee Knight, & Barbara Bonner Coordinators
August: Bastrop County, Tammy Owen Coordinator
September: Harrison County, Elaine Martin, & Sharon Pierce Coordinators
October: Johnson County, Wes Collins Coordinator
November: Orange County, Shirley Cullum Coordinator
December: Wharton County, Teri Brown Coordinator
2006 03 Jan Grayson County with Coordinator Susan Hawkins is named 2005 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.
2006 30 Jan Kaufman County named January County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Abby Balderama, Kathey Hunt & Justin Sanders Coordinators.
2006 Apr 1-2 The 9th Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Lancaster, Texas at the Lancaster Veterans Memorial Library.
2006 02 Apr State Coordinator Bettie Wood announces that the project leadership, after several months of discussion, decided to allow a second TXGenWeb Project county site for Floyd County. Both websites will be surfed independently of the other, & if one of the sites happens to win COM, the CC will be announced so there will no confusion as to which one has won. The two coordinators have two very different ways of site management and it is decided that both are valuable. This is a one time decision and not a change in project policy.
2006 04 Apr State Coordinator Bettie Wood announces that Floyd County once again has only one site and coordinator. Longtime Floyd County coordinator Janet Milam resigns over the controversy and Clarissa Lloyd is the new coordinator. The two website decision for Floyd County generates about 100 postings to the project mail list discussing this controversial and unprecedented decision.
2006 03 Apr State Coordinator Bettie Wood solicits feedback from the TXGenWeb Project membership regarding the addition of a provision to the guidelines calling for regular State Coordinator elections.
2006 25 Jul State Coordinator Bettie Wood announces the August roll call. In addition to checking in she asks members to decide if The TXGenWeb Project should have regular State Coordinator elections and if so how often.
2006 30 Aug Orange County named August County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Shirley Cullum & Elaine Stone Coordinators.
2006 09 Sep Results of the referendum on State Coordinator elections announced. It is added to the project guidelines that The TXGenWeb Project will have State Coordinator elections every two years.
2006 25 Sep Beginning October 1st, Nominations are accepted the TXGenWeb State Coordinator election. The nomination period is October 1 through October 7th followed by a campaign period from the 10th through 21st. Voting is expected to begin Oct 22nd, & end the 28th. The new SC will take their seat November 1st. In the event of only one nominee, there will still be a voting period, with the new State Coordinator to take their seat November 1, 2006. Every even year (2008, 2010, 2012, etc.) an election will be held, with the "new" State Coordinator taking their seat November 1st.
2006 19 Oct Shirley Cullum, Elaine Martin, Trey Holt, & Bettie Wood are nominated for State Coordinator. Only Shirley Cullum accepts the nomination and is announced as the 6th TXGenWeb Project State Coordinator. She officially takes office November 1, 2006.
2006 21 Oct New State Coordinator elect Shirley Cullum announces that Elaine Martin and Bettie Wood will serve as assistant state coordinators and Peggy Tebbets is the new Surfing Committee Chairperson.

2006 Counties of the Month
January: Kaufman County, Abby Balderama, Kathey Hunt & Justin Sanders Coordinators
February: Brewster County, Peggy Trammell Allen Coordinator
March: Colorado County, Dorothy Albrecht Coordinator
April: Nolan County, Billie Nichols Bennett Coordinator
May: Kendall County, Catharine Schwartz Coordinator
June: Houston County, Billie Nichols Bennett Coordinator
July: Hunt County, Shirley Cullum Coordinator
August: Orange County, Shirley Cullum & Elaine Stone Coordinators
September: Parker County, Lela Evans Coordinator
October: Fayette County, Rox Ann Johnson Coordinator
November: Nacogdoches County, Douglas Anderson Coordinator
December: Bell County, Joe Deaver & Mary Duke Coordinators
2007 08 Jan Colorado County with Coordinator Dorothy Albrecht is named 2006 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.
2007 27 Mar State Coordinator Shirley Cullum announces that a website header competition is being held for the TXGenWeb Project website.
2007 Apr 13-14 The 10th Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Austin, Texas at Towne Hall on the campus of the University of Texas.
2007 28 May 5 & 10 year service awards are announced for coordinators. A graphic that may be displayed on the county website is sent to each recipient.
2007 01 Jul The website header designed by Teri Brown is announced as the winning entry.
2007 12 Oct Mrs. Bobbie Jean Ross, 71 of Gatesville passed away. Mrs Ross was the long time coordinator for Coryell and Hamilton counties.

2007 Counties of the Month
January: Medina County, Margaret Simpson-Meyer Coodinator
February: Yoakum County, Jim Webb Coordinator
March: Burnet County, JoAnn Myers Coordinator
April: Houston County, Billie Nichols Bennett Coordinator
May: Menard County, Alicia Brown Coordinator
June: Bandera County, Susan Hawkins Coordinator
July: Van Zandt County Betty Miller and Betty Phillips Coordinators
August: Falls County Kay Cunningham Coordinator
September: Rockwall County Kathey Kelley Hunt Coordinator
October: Nolan County Billie Nichols Bennett Coordinator
November: Refugio County Rena McWilliams Coordinator
December: Harrison County Elaine Martin and Etta Withers Coordinators
2008 07 Jan Refugio County with Coordinator Rena McWilliams is named 2007 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.
2008 07 Mar A poll os presented to project volunteers in response to Rootsweb branding all hosted pages with a corporate banner. The question is asked whether to move the TXGenWeb site off of Rootsweb to a paid site. Ultimatley TXGenWeb moves to a paid server and many counties follow suit. Many other state projects also leave Rootsweb/Ancestry for new server/ISP's.
2008 13 Mar The Generations Network announced that Rootsweb.com is being transplanted onto the Ancestry.com domain.
2008 26 Mar The USGenWeb project announces that the projects national pages are now hosted on ixwehosting. This marks a move from Rootsweb for the national site.
2008 02 Apr Grimes County coordinator Eleanor Colson entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame based on the February County of the Month award.
2008 Apr 12-13 The 11th Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Wichita Falls on the campus of Midwestern State University. It is announced that the 2009 meeting will be in Conroe.
2008 01 May Nacogdoches County named April County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Douglas Anderson Coordinator.
2008 01 Jun Panola County named May County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Marylee Knight and Shirley Cullum Coordinators.
2008 06 Jun An announcement is made that donations are requested for the TXGenWeb Domain/Server Costs Fund to support the costs associated with paying for server hosting. Donations may be made via PayPal.
2008 03 Sep Shirley Cullum, State Coordinator announces a call for nominations for the bi-annual state coordinator election. Elaine Martin and Bettie Wood are in charge of the election.
2008 07 Sep Elaine Martin withdraws from the election committee. Greta Thompson (IA), Emmett Mason (UT), and Debbie Gerischer (IA) are announced to handle the election.
2008 11 Sep Gulf Coast residents begin evacuating in advance of Hurricane Ike.
2008 13 Sep Hurricane Ike makes landfall near Galveston as a Cat 2 hurricane. Ike causes devastation from the Louisiana coast to Kenedy County Texas. Coordinators begin to check in and telling their stories. Widespread power outages occur across eastern Texas as a result of the hurricane.
2008 14 Sep Due to Hurricane Ike the state coordinator election is postponed until at least Oct 1.
2008 30 Sep Colorado County named September County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Dorothy Albrecht Coordinator.
2008 07 Nov Election committee anounces that only Shirley Cullum has been nominated for state coordinator. Shirley Cullum is re-elected state coordinator for 2 more years.

2008 Counties of the Month
January: Cherokee County Kaye Slover and Gordon Bennett Coordinators
February: Grimes County Eleanor Colson Coordinator
March: Houston County Billie Nichols Bennett
April: Nacogdoches County Douglas Anderson
May: Panola County Marylee Knight and Shirley Cullum
June: Angelina County Carla Karbowski Clifton Coordinator
July: Lavaca County Rox Ann Johnson Coordinator
August: Delta County Dee Welborn and Betsy Mills Coordinators
September: Colorado County Dorothy Albrecht Coordinator
October: Rockwall County Shirley Cullum Coordinator
November: Medina County Margaret Meyer Simpson Coordinator
December: Hunt County Shirley Cullum Coordinator
2009 07 Jan Houston County with Coordinator Billie Nichols Bennett is named 2008 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.
2009 19 Jan Longtime county coordinator and project volunteer Bettie Wood resigns from the project. Bettie served as a Surfer, County Coordinator, State Coordinator, Assistant State Coordinator, representative on the National Advisory Board and in many other capacities.
2009 31 Jan Dorothy Albrecht of LaGrange, CC of Colorado County for 7 years, passed away.
2009 18 Feb Call for design submissions goes out for a new look for the State website.
2009 Apr 18-19 The 12th Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Conroe at the Montgomery County Library. The Montgomery County Library System and the Montgomery County Coordinators sponsor the meeting. Waco is selected as the 2010 site.
2009 29 Apr Jane Keppler becomes 2nd Assistant State Coordinator.
2009 01 May Van Zandt County named April County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Betty Miller and Betty Phillips Coordinators.
2009 01 Jul Nolan County named June County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Billie Nichols Bennett Coordinator.
2009 01 Sep Medina County named August County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Margaret Meyer Simpson Coordinator.
2009 10 Oct Call for recipes issued for the TXGenWeb 2010 Cookbook.

2009 Counties of the Month
January: Garza County Billie Nichols Bennett
February: Victoria County Jack and Cynthia Buttrams
March: Montgomery County, Jane Keppler and Jean Huot Smoorenburg CC's
April: Van Zandt County Betty Miller and Betty Phillipss
May: Llano County Deb and DJ Pittss
June: Nolan County Billie Nichols Bennett
July: Brewster County Peggy Trammell Allen
August: Medina County Margaret Meyer Simpson
September: Clay County Vicki Shaffer
October: Tarrant County Barbara Knox and Rob Yoders
November: Bee County Billie Nichols Bennett Coordinaotr
December: Jim Hogg County Amber Davidson
2010 05 Jan Victoria County with Coordinators Jack and Cynthia Buttram is named 2009 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.
2010 09 Jan Aurale "Lee" Huff, long-time CC of Gonzales & Caldwell Counties, passed away.
2010 12 Mar Dana Thomas resigns as county coordinator of Cass County after 12 years.
2010 Apr 17-18 The 13th Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Waco at the Ramada Inn.
2010 17 May A new TXGenWeb award called The Dedicated CC Award is announced that will be presented to CC's in the project. The Dedicated CC Award will be given to 2 CCs each month to show appreciation for their dedication and hard work.
2010 31 Jul Victoria County named July County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Jack and Cynthia Buttram Coordinators.
2010 09 Sep Sharon Pierce, Co-CC for Upshur, Gregg, Harrison, Marion Counties for 8 years, CC of Rains County, and in numerous other USGenWeb states passed away.
2010 24 Sep Call for nominations for State Coordinator bi-annual election.
2010 08 Oct Election committee reports that only on candidate was nominated for State Coordinator. Shirley Cullum is declared the winner and is reelected to another 2 year term.

2010 Counties of the Month
January: Matagorda County Carol Gibbs Coordinator
February: Nueces County Marti Brown Coordinator
March: Webb County Teresa Stewart Sitz Coordinator
April: Garza County Billie Nichols Bennett Coordinator
May: Haskell County Shirley Webb Coordinator
June: Reeves County Luan Alaniz Coordinator
July: Victoria County Jack and Cynthia Buttrum Coordinators
August: Kerr County Shirley Webb Coordinator
September: Angelina County Billy and Carla Clifton Coordinators
October: Bexar County Jimmy Epperson Coordinator
November: Wise County La Darla Keith and Sue Tackel Coordinators
December: Hopkins County Teresa Stewart Sitz
Wise County with Coordinators La Darla Keith and Sue Tackel is named 2010 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.

2010 Dedicated CC Award
May: Wanda Qualls Darren McCathern
June: Kimm Antell Tom Graham
July: Lela Evans
August: Carla and Billy Clifton
September: Eireann Brooks and LaRae Halsey-Brooks
October: Kay Cunningham Alicia Brown
November: Vickye White
December: Faye Elder
2011 03 Jan 2011 Service Awards
15 Years 10 years 5 Years
Cynthia Buttram Kay Cunningham Amber Davidson
Jack Buttram Rox Ann Johnson Carolyn Griffith
Billy Clifton Linda Simpson Dorman Holub
Carla Clifton Beverly Odom
Linda Jean Dolby Sandra Kornegay Rhodes
Tom Graham Kaye Slover
Trey Holt Jim Webb
Bob Hudspeth
Linda Fox Hughes
LaDarla Keith
Jane Keppler
Barbara Knox
Darren McCathern
Betys Mills
Paula Perkins
John Quigley
Frank Saffarans
Catherine Schwarz
Gayle Triller
2011 04 Apr Lamar County named March County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Betsy Mills Coordinator.
2011 01 May Parker County named April County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Lela Evans Coordinator.
2011 Apr 29-30 The 14th Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Paris at the Holiday Inn Express.
2011 11 Jul TXGenWeb membership votes to change the wording regarding how often a county site should be updated from "twice a year" to "once every 6 months" and include the definition "Updated applies to many things, including but not limited to: changing a date, adding new info, changing the background, changing the format, etc.
2011 07 Aug Christina Palmer joins the TXGenWeb staff as an assistant state coordinator in charge of maintaining the TXGenWeb website.
2011 01 Oct Rockwall County named April County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Shirley Cullum Coordinator.

2011 Counties of the Month
January: Lipscomb County Eirann Brooks and LaRae Halsy-Brooks
February: Brewster County Peggy Allen Coordinator
March: Lamar County Betsy Mills Coordinator
April: Parker County Lela Evans Coordinator
May: Cherokee Couunty Kaye Slover and Gene Uzzle
June: Montgomery County Jane Keppler Coordinator
July: Bee County Billie Nichols Bennett
August: Limestone County Cheryl Burks
September: Rockwall County Shirley Cullum
October: Matagorda County Carol Sue Gibbs
November: Hopkins County Teresa Stewart
December: Terry County Shirley Webb
Nolan County with Coordinator Billie Nichols Bennett is named 2011 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.

2011 Dedicated CC Award
January: No Winner Named
February: Gayle Triller
March: Paula Perkins
April: No Winner Named
May: Linda-Jeanne Dolby
June: Norman Lewis Jr
July: Bob Hudspeth
August: Trey Holt
September: Joe Deaver
October: John Quigley
November: No Award
December: No Award
2012 01 Jan 2012 Service Awards
15 Years 10 years 5 Years
Kimm Antell Betty Dunquez Sharon Bart
Lela Evans Gina Heffernan Suzie Henderson
Susan Hawkins Rena McWilliams Mary Ann Hetrick
Marylee Knight Hugh Swift Jim Mims
Chris Skelly Ralph Terry Christina Palmer
Patricia Stephenson Teresa Stewart
Ed Williams Lillian Trujillo
Bill Tye, Jr
Etta Withers
2012 03 Feb State Coordinator announces that due to impending legislation concerning the Internet and piracy of copyrighted material, the TXGenWeb hosting service would soon no longer be available. The project website is move to BlueHosting but as a result county websites hosted on the TXGenWeb server will have to find new hosting options. The URL for many county sites change.
2012 02 Apr The 1940 US Census is made available for public viewing and indexing begins.
2012 17 Apr A TXGenWeb Facebook page is created.
2012 Apr 27-29 The 15th Annual TXGenWeb Project Meeting of volunteers is held in Tyler at the Holiday Inn.
2012 01 Jun Due to health issues, Elaine Martin turns over her Assistant State Coordinator duties to Christina Palmer. Elaine will continue to work with the staff as a Special Consultant. Jane Keppler "retires" from her Assistant State Coordinator position in order to prepare for her husband's retirement from the work force. Carla Clifton takes the position left open. John Quigley agrees to fill Carla Clifton's position as Grievance Committee Chair.
2012 03 Jun Montgomery County named May County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Jane Keppler and Jean Huot Smoorenburg Coordinators.
2012 07 Jul Matagorda County named June County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Carol Gibbs Coordinator.
2012 03 Aug Hunt County named July County of the Month and is entered into the TXGenWeb Project County Hall of Fame. Shirley Cullum Coordinator.
2012 03 Sep After a project wide referendum State Coordinator Shirley Cullum is unanimously requested to remain as State Coordinator for another 2 year term. She agreed and is declared State Coordinator. Later that day due to a posting problem voting is reopened on the appropriate mail list for a period of two weeks.

2012 Counties of the Month
January: San Patricio County Jimmy Epperson
February: Austin County Joy Neely and Steve Alvarez
March: Armstrong County Gina Heffernan
April: Kerr County Shirley Webb
May: Montgomery County Jane Keppler and Jean Huot Smoorenburg
June: Matagorda County Carol Gibbs
July: Hunt County Shirley Cullum
August: McLennan County William Tye,Jr
September: Mitchell County Christina Palmer
October: Burleson County Gayle Triller
November: Eastland County Tim Self and Barbara Peck
December: Andrews County Christina Palmer
Burleson County with Coordinator Gayle Triller is named 2012 TXGenWeb Project County of the Year.

2012 Dedicated CC Award
January: Patricia Stephenson
February: Cindy Koegel and Linda Hughes
March: No Award
April: No Award
May: Bunny Freeman and Elaine Martin
June: Cynthia and Jack Buttram
July: Billie Nichols Bennett and Jane Keppler
August: Lela Evans and Chris Skelly
September: Shirley Cullum
October: Mike Hinze and LaDarla Keith
November: Susan Hawkins
December: Barbara Knox and Ed Williams
2013 01 Jan 2013 Service Awards
15 Years 10 years 5 Years
Eireann Brooks Steve Alvarez Jevette Burciaga
LaRae Halsey-Brooks Linda Blum-Barton Kaitlan Davidson
Faye Elder Teri Brown Jimmy Epperson
Dorris Harrison Katy Hestand Lisa Lach
Norman Lewis Joy Neely Norman Newton
Barbara Peck David Pitt Marcy Porter
Cynthia Samples Margaret Myers Simpson Laura Gregory Roberts
Tim Self Suzanne Waller Virginia Sofge
Vickye White Dick Sparkman
Rob Yoder Angela Walling

2013 Counties of the Month
January: Comanche
February: Kerr
March: Bee
April: Fayette
May: Lavaca
June: Comal
July: Menard
August: Trinity
September: Karnes
October: Armstrong
November: Bosque
December: Burleson

2013 Dedicated CC Award January: Marylee Knight and Cynthia Samples