Projects
my volunteer projects
I serve others through a myriad of volunteer activities, including participation & leadership roles
in the national USGenWeb Project and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society.
USGenWeb Activities
I am/had been a county coordinator of some USGenWebsites that can assist you in utilizing free genealogy resources. Ever considered donating the items you have that are related to the history and people in a specific geographic region?
- Assistant State Coordinator, FLGenWeb Project – October 2010 – March 2017
- Hillsborough County – county coordinator since July 2010
- Pinellas County – county coordinator since November 2020
- Sarasota County – county coordinator since August 2013
- Daviess County – coordinator since June 2018
- Jefferson County – coordinator since June 2018
- McLean County – coordinator since April 2013
- Assistant State Coordinator #2, NCGenWeb Project – since July 2010
- Webmaster, NCGenWeb Project – since July 2009
- Martin County – county coordinator since 2008
- Onslow County – county coordinator since August 2009
- Jones County – county coordinator since September 2009
- Wake County – county coordinator since January 2010
- Washington County – county coordinator since August 2009
- TNGenWeb Executive Board, July 2021 – present
- TNGenWeb State Coordinator, July 2011-June 2019
- Coordinated 1940 Census Indexing Group for TNGenWeb – 2012
- Blount County – county coordinator since October 2007
- Madison County – coordinator since July 2011
- Shelby County – coordinator since May 2012
- Davis County – county coordinator since April 2015
- Salt Lake County – coordinator July 2016 – January 2020
Indexing Projects
TNGenWeb Historical News Index – database of abstracts from Tennessee newspapers.
NCGenWeb Yearbook Index – database of (mostly) senior classes found in yearbooks from many NC colleges and universities. More than 38,000 names so far. Created in 2010.
NC Historical News Portal – database of names mentioned in various newspaper articles. Site also includes a few paper-specific indexes.
1940 Census Indexing (TNGenWeb Project) – I led a group of 50 volunteers in indexing 360,000+ names
Black Nashville – blog (now archived) dedicated to the African-American history & genealogy of Nashville, Tennessee.
Who’s Who in Tennessee — I created the portal and currently coordinate transcription efforts for this WordPress-powered site of Tennessee biographical profiles. This project was featured as the cover article for the Summer 2013 issue of FGS Forum.
Index Onslow County Cemetery Transcriptions – typed up more than 6,000 names from 12-volume series. (June 2013)
North Carolina Loose Estates Index – a project I worked on from 2013-2015 to create a master index of names – covered 48 counties; I donated the index to the NC Genealogical Society website and they finished the project and added another 48 counties.
