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WVGenWeb Genealogy Research
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Home >> FAQs, How-to's,
Help, Tips, Etc. (for Pocahontas County WVGenWeb)
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Frequently Asked Questions, How-to's, Help, Etc. |
| • RootsWeb: Guidelines for User-Contributed Data |
| • RootsWeb: File Conversion Help |
| • The USGenWeb Census Project and more specifically, Pocahontas County opportunities. Help to transcribe census data. |
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Ask questions! You can do this several different ways. |
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From the Surnames page, you can contact a fellow
researcher via email. The Surname List is a list of the Pocahontas
County surnames that our users are researching. You just find
the surname you are investigating, and contact someone else that
is researching that surname. Click on their link to create an email
and introduce yourself.
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Use the Pocahontas County Message/Query Board. Just
post your genealogy-related question/query online and hopefully
someone will answer. They can respond via the Board, or directly
to you via email. It is actually better to answer on the Board so
that the information can be shared by all. You will find the Message
Board in the "Query Board, Posts, Mailing Lists" section.
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Use a Mailing List. A mailing list is a way of forwarding
messages to others who are interested in the same genealogical research
as you. You send your message to the list address and it is sent
to everyone who has subscribed to that list. And everything that
anyone else sends to the list will be sent to you. It is a great
way to find others who are researching in the same area or are researching
the same surname. There is a Pocahontas County Mailing List and
many more -- see the "Query Board, Posts, Mailing Lists"
section.
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| Make a Look-up Request. A Look-up Request is a list of resources owned/accessed by individuals who are willing to look up genealogical information and e-mail or snail mail it to others who request it. This is a free Volunteer service, unless expenses such as postage and copier fees are required. The resource owners are Volunteers with a limited amount of time and resources to spend looking up information. See the "Look-up Volunteers" section for more information. | |
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Answer questions. Give when you can. |
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Share! Don't just take — give something back
when you can. Exchanging information is the whole idea here. Everyone
here is looking for more information!!!
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Share information you have. |
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You can contact me and together we can decide the
best way to share your info. If you have a personal web page that
includes genealogy-related info, we can include it in our Researcher's
Homepage links — this can be found in our "Records, Homepages,
Searches" section. If you have pictures or postcards you want
to share let me know and we can add them to our "Maps, photos,
postcards, etc." section. If you have books or other resources
and are willing to do Lookups for others, see the "Lookup Volunteers"
section.
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The RootsWeb/Ancestry Message Boards have areas
where you can post information such as Bibles, Bio's,
Census, Deeds, Obits, Pensions, Wills, and more. You will find these
in the "Query Board, Posts, Mailing Lists" section.
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You can use the Pocahontas County Mailing List.
A mailing list is a way of forwarding messages to others who are
interested in the same genealogical research as you. You send your
message to the list and it is sent to everyone who has subscribed
to that list. And everything that anyone else sends to the list
will be sent to you. Anyone can also search and/or browse these
emails online. You will find the Mailing List in the "Query
Board, Posts, Mailing Lists" section.
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Become a Look-up Volunteer |
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Look-up is a place to list off-line resources you
have available THAT YOU ARE WILLING to look in for folks. If you
own or have access to resources related to Pocahontas County, volunteer
to perform a "look-up". You can find more information
about this in the "Look-up Volunteers" section.
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Become a Volunteer "transcriber". Transcribe records, microfilm, books, articles, etc. |
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Type documents in text format for archival and special
projects. See
USGenWeb Project Information for Volunteers and/or contact me
for additional information.
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Provide comments, suggestions, ideas, problems, etc. |
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I could use your help to improve this site. All
input is appreciated. Email
me.
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