Dickens County
USGenWeb Project
Dickens County
USGenWeb Project
In the spring of 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database Project, which evolved into the KyGenWeb Project. The idea was to provide a single entry point for genealogy data and research for all counties in Kentucky. In addition, the information for each county would be indexed and cross-linked to make it easier for researchers to find a name or data that they sought.
In June 1996, as the KyGenWeb Project was nearing 100% county coverage, interested volunteers decided to create a similar set of pages for all states, establishing The USGenWeb Project. Volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the efforts for each state, and additional volunteers were sought to create and maintain websites for every county in the United States.
If you would like to sponsor a county in Texas, whether you are a resident or not, please contact our state coordinator Gina Hefferman
How to Help With This Project
The TXGenWeb Project is still growing, and there are always opportunities for new volunteers to adopt county pages or participate in a Special Project.
We welcome your interest and hope you find the efforts of our volunteers useful in your genealogy research.
This project is maintained entirely by volunteers and depends on the support of RootsWeb and people like you that want to see Genealogy research take a step forward. We can use the technology of today, and make the Internet work for Genealogy!
If you have something you would like to contribute to the project, please read the guidelines below.
If you would like to contribute a file, e-mail Linda Hughes with the attachment or send e-mail asking for my Postal address.
Types of information wanted include:
Federal Census (free, slave, mortality, agriculture, veterans... schedules)
State Census
Vital Records
1.marriage
2.birth
3.death
4.divorce (or under court?)
Court records (county, federal, civil, circuit, probate....)
Church records (members lists, baptisms...)
Bible Records
Newspapers (obits, marriage & birth announcements, local events...)
Prison Records (got some proven moonshiners in my tree - the rest is just rumor )
Military Records (rosters, muster rolls, service records, pension applications...)
1.Revolutionary
2.Civil War,
3.Indian Wars
4.Mexican
5.Spanish-American
6.War of 1812
7.WWI
8.WWII
9.Korean
10.Viet Nam
11.Persian Gulf
Land Records (deeds, land transfers, federal land grants, surveyor's records...)
Tax Records (land, property, state, federal, local....)
Local Histories
Local Directories (phone books, old county and city directories....)
Occupational (?) (Mining inspector's reports, Accident reports, railroad reports, company newsletters....)
Educational (?) (school histories, newsletters, County school census, yearbooks?)
Cemeteries
Deeds/grants
Misc*
Newspapers/obits
Ship Lists
Tax lists
Wills
1. Ascii text (.txt) files are preferred, but not mandatory. Non-text will be converted to text before storing. If you have created a .doc, .wri, .xls, .dbf, etc. file, please save it "as text" in your software program, and assign a ".txt" extension to the filename. Hard "tabs" are not encouraged, as they do not translate the same on all browsers. Please use "5 hard spaces" in place of tabs. Large files may be split. We may, at our discretion, store the same data in several formats. Scanned documents will be considered, depending on their content.
2 All data is free to the public, and the USGenWeb Project will not pay royalties on any submissions.
3. Data is provided for downloading "as is" -- no guarantees of anything
4. File contributors must use their own discretion regarding the inclusion of data on living people. I try not use anything that may violate privacy prior to 1938. If you submit your own personal data, then I feel I have your permission to use it. Remember this is genealogy of the past, and try to protect the future of those still living.
5. We will not accept gedcoms due to space considerations, and my limited knowledge on them.
6. Do not send copyrighted material, unless it is your own, and you include a statement of permission to use in the document.
Note: Public domain records ARE NOT and cannot be copyrighted.
7. We are now able to store scanned images of primary source documents, but must be cautious about the size and quality, as well as the genealogical value of those documents. All graphics can be attached as a file in the e-mail address provided to Linda
8. We cannot guarantee permanency, in the event data is lost.
9. Any obviously false, malicious, libelous, or copyrighted data will be erased. We do not guarantee the validity of any files. Always check the original document.
10. These guidelines are subject to change as the website progresses and the need for new guidelines are needed.
11. Once submitted, the data cannot be retracted by submitter. (This rule causes concern to many potential submitters. The reason for this rule is that the volunteer file managers spend many hours preparing the files in the proper format for viewing by all types of computers. We have to discourage submissions - retractions - submissions - retractions because of the volume of data that is submitted. The USGenWeb/TXGenWeb records are accessible FREE and will remain FREE, to researchers. The files within will not be used for any commercial purposes by the USGenWeb Project. (This guideline WILL NOT CHANGE) Files in the USGenWeb Archives may not be copied for selling in any format.
12. We retain the right to refuse any submission.
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