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County sites are
required to include the following: |
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The CC's
name and a current email address (or link to the Email Registry ID) somewhere on the main home page. |
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Logos of both the
WYGenWeb Project
and the
USGenWeb
Project must be displayed on the county's home page. The logo or project name must link to the
main page of the respective project and may not be resized.
Find the logos here:
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QUERIES. The USGenWeb Project
requires a
query
system for each county website.
There are
several different methods
for doing this.
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The County Coordinator creates an
internal site query board where visitors
can enter their queries into a forum
style board themselves. If queries
are entered by the County Coordinator,
they must be placed on the query board
within a reasonable amount of time (1
week is the usual time).
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The County Coordinator creates an
internal site query board whereby
visitors send the data directly to the
CC. If this method is used, the
County Coordinator must keep the queries
up-to-date.
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Create a queries links to the
the Wyoming
boards at
Ancestry and/or
GenForum.
A word about why Ancestry or GenForum boards are recommended by the WYGenWeb for all counties: Statistics have shown that the counties using those
boards have higher traffic to their sites and more queries submitted than sites not using them. Also, the county lines in Wyoming changed significantly between the years 1860 - 1921, the years when most genealogists do research in Wyoming.
With the "global" search feature of Ancestry's and GenForum's boards,
researchers have a better chance of finding answers to their queries.
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A link
to a "lookups page" where volunteers can share their
resources. (If no county lookup volunteers are available, a link to the statewide lookups page at
http://genweb.org/lookups.htm can be used.) |
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CCs are required and ACCs are requested, but not required to: |
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Be
subscribed to the WYGenWeb mail list. (The SC will
automatically subscribe new CCs.) Derogatory, insulting,
embarrassing, or other inappropriate email posting will not be
tolerated on the list.
NOTE: If the ACC chooses not to subscribe to the state mail list,
s/he will not be eligible to vote in any WYGenWeb and/or USGenWeb election.
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Not
block mail from the SC, ASC, and/or mail
list. |
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Respond
to monthly roll calls. If there is no response to two (2)
consecutive roll calls and to private attempts to contact him
or her, the CC will be removed. |
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Provide
at least one alternate method of contact (phone
number or actively-used alternate email address). (This information will
be held in the strictest of confidence and is for use in the
event that the CC's email address starts
bouncing.) |
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Provide
the names and email addresses of ACCs so that they can be
given proper recognition for their contribution to the
project ("officially" listed as ACC on the county selection and county gateway pages on the state site). |
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Notify
the SC of any change in the CC's and/or ACC's
information. |
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Respond
to researcher/visitor concerns, complaints, notices of bad
links, etc., whether they are contacted directly or notified
by the SC/ASC. (This does NOT include requests for
research.) |
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Notify
the SC if they are going to be unavailable for an extended
period of
time. |
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Solicitation of
funds, advertising, or using the WYGenWeb site for personal gain is not permitted. |
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CCs may
acknowledge their host servers but may not use a WYGenWeb site
to seek contributions intended to support the
site. |
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Sites may include a listing of research materials and/or services available for sale or hire
by the coordinator, genealogical/historical society or others (for example, a listing of books for sale or a list of researchers for hire), provided that the actual arrangements
between the researcher and those offering the service are not conducted through the county site. Contact information and cost for ordering books or charges for lookups may be included. |
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Material contributed to a WYGenWeb county site may be removed only upon request of its submitter. An outgoing CC must ensure that a copy of all contributed material remains with the project. Outgoing CCs have the option of specifying whether their format or presentation of the pages (html coding, graphics and/or backgrounds) may be used by a subsequent CC. (Only the raw data, photos, etc. must be made available for an incoming CC. Copyright of the format or presentation of the data, photos, etc. still resides with the outgoing CC and s/he can choose to allow or disallow its use.) |
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Embedded browser scripts shall not be used to redirect the visitor's web browser
to an external site, but may be freely used as an internal site management and enhancement tool. |
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Links to any political party or to any non-government political organization are prohibited.. |
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Providing links to other non-commercial genealogical web sites relevant to the county, such as those operated by another organization or individual, is encouraged, but a WY GenWeb county site cannot consist entirely or primarily of links to non-WYGenWeb or non-USGenWeb sites. There must be sufficient information available on the site without following any off-site links that a visitor will perceive the list of off-site links as being a minor part of the WYGenWeb site. |
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Any links to genealogy-related for-fee sites (subscription-based sites or sites that charge for access to their records) must be clearly labeled as such.
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County Coordinators do not do free research, except at their own discretion. However, each County Coordinator is expected to be responsive to the public. If a County Coordinator does not answer your emails within a reasonable amount of time, please contact the
State Coordinator with your questions, submissions, or needs. |
