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Reno County KSGenWeb Project |
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Reno County KSGenWeb Project |
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| Hi - My name is Marcia Ann Kuehl, your RenoCoKS CC (County Coordinator), To submit your data or a query,
use this EMAIL.
For a query: -Start the subject line with RenoCoKS - and then the name of the individual you are inquiring about. - Queries about an individual should be specific, and include a first and last name, a birth / death / or marriage date with a city or location within Reno County Kansas. For a female, include her maiden name if known. Also, include your relationship to the individual you are inquiring about. The more information you provide will ensure the accuracy of identifying the correct individual. (Keep in mind, there could be multiple people with the same name.) - Queries will be posted on the QUERY PAGE and the SURNAME PAGE. To submit data: - Start the subject line with RenoCoKS - and then the topic of the submitted information - Data can be submitted in a Word Doc, Text Doc, or Excell spreadsheet. -Photos should be sent as a JPEG. Only submit photos you own or have taken. Do not submit other individuals photos, unless you have obtained permission to do so and include their full name and email so proper credit can be given. All correspondance should include your full name so credit can be assigned. Broken Links - If you find a broken link on a RenoCoKS page and it is for another RenoKSCo page - send an email with the URL of the page with the broken link and the name of the broken link so it can be fixed. - If it is for an off site link - the site might have been moved or deleted - send an email with the URL which is "Not Found" or "Error occurs" - the link will be either updated or deleted. - If the site does not have an SSI certificate - your browser might block it automatically - this has been occuring when a site URL starts with http vs https - to view the site - you will have to over-ride the block by giving permission to exclude it from blocking - What is a County Coordinator and what do they do: For the most part, a county coordinator maintains the webpages for the county or counties they have adopted. They make sure the links are correct, and provide information about the county, to include basic facts about when and how a county was created, the history of the county, off site links to resources, and hopefully, data on the people who lived there. Not all county coordinators live in the county or even the state, or have family members or descendants from that county; so they may or may not have direct acess to records, research, or courthouse records. They have to rely on volunteers to submit data. So while there is data on the RenoCoKS site, it is considered secondary data unless it has a documented source. Researchers should then verify the information against primary documents. About the County Coordinator: I was born and raised in central Wisconsin. In 6th grade, our Social Studies teacher gave us an assigment to make our family tree. We went to the courthouse and learned how to look up the vital records. We were told to interview our parents and grandparents to help us fill in the tree. While my classmates could fill in 4-5 generations or more, I only had my parents and grandparents, and was told that they were all immigrants from Germany (father's line) and France (mother's line). Not knowing more sparked my curiosity, and a life long love of history and finding my roots. As a teenager, I asked questions and took a few notes, but I never got any further in my tree. I began to realize that my family was reluctant to share family history and realizing that fueled my curiosity. And the more questions I asked of relatives, the more conflicting stories were uncovered, making me wonder more about where my grandparents wre born and who were their parents? But more importantly, why wasn't the family history passed down? In 1985, I got my first IBM PC - and learned DOS. I purchased Family Tree from the LDS Family Center and began my search in earnest. In 1989, I found the rootsweb project and teamed up with the WIGenWeb team and adopted a WI county. Over the years, my family tree began to grow as I learned how to research using the internet and with the help of SCs (State Coordinators) and CCs (County Coordinators). Imagine my surprise when I discovered my maternal grandfather was born in Plevana, Reno, Kansas and known as the French family! And my maternal grandmother was not French but English, born in Wisconsin, descended from a Mayflower lineage, and re-located to Kansas after their divorce. And as for my paternal lineage, my grandfather was born in "Germany" and immigrated to America with "his grandparents?" settling in Wisconsin where he was "adopted" by his "uncle". That story is still remains a mystery. My grandmother's parents came to America where they met in NY and married, had a few children, and moved to Wisconsin where my grandmother was born. So, in 2024, when RenoCoKS came up for adoption, I stepped up - I am excited to learn more about the county where my maternal grandfather was born, and his family lived. The family split up when his father died; one brother died as an infant and is buried in the Plevna Cemetery, three of his sisters had married and remained in Kansas, one brother moved to Oregon, while the remaining family - his mother, 2 sisters, 2 brothers and my grandfather moved back to Wisconsin. I look forward to serving as the RenoCoKS County Coordinator - and providing data to help others in their search for the family history. |
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