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
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| 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
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| 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
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 |