USGW Campaign 2008

My name is Ann Allen Geoghegan (better known as AnnieG) and I am a candidate for Northwest Plains County Coordinator Representative.

I am 59 years old, married to the love of my life for 44 wonderful years.  We have 3 children, 37 to 26, and 7 (almost 8) grandchildren, 20 to 2.  I am disabled (nerve deafness) and this computer and genealogy saved my sanity when I became unable to work because of my deafness.  I love building web pages, researching old records, and helping folks find their roots.  One of my great joys is helping someone break down a brick wall.  The greatest genealogical find I have experienced was helping a man find the grandparents he had never met!  His parents divorced when he was a child and his mother became estranged from her in-laws.  I not only located his grandparents but they let him know his father had passed away but he left the man a half-brother living only 200 miles from his home!

I am a County Coordinator for 6 Counties in Colorado and several counties in other states.  I am also the Mississippi Archives File Director for the USGW Archives Project. I also have a Special Project for the State of Mississippi called Slave Narratives which is the transcribed interviews of people born into slavery in Mississippi.

USGenWeb at its conception was a simple straightforward project dedicated to providing online research material. How amazing that this could happen, a group of people from all walks of life coming together in this way. I am still in awe of its concept. The hard Working County Coordinator is often ignored and I believe this needs correcting.  I hope you will consider becoming more involved in all levels of the Project.

These are things I will strive for if elected:
I believe that the County Coordinators need to be better informed, and included more fully in decisions.
I believe that all members of the project should have the same rights.
I believe that the USGenWeb Project truly can be the best source of free genealogy available!

If you choose to elect me I promise:
I will always listen to your questions and desires and keep you informed.
I will answer your email promptly.
I will spend as much time as possible coming to know which issues are important to you then do my best to help achieve them.
I will be as open and honest as you deserve.

Thank you for visiting this page and for considering me as your representative for Northwest Plains County Coordinator Representative. I hope this page will express to you my sincere desire for the betterment of the USGenWeb Project.

Ann Allen Geoghegan aka AnnieG

Questions?  Write me at colorado.asc@gmail.com and I will be happy to answer!

Remember, whether you vote for me or not,

 Please VOTE!  It is YOUR Project!