 | Gratiot County Michigan MIGenWeb Project |
| Gratiot County Michigan MIGenWeb Project |
There are different ways you can volunteer to help with these pages, if you would like to be the Township Historian.
1. You can volunteer to collect the historical information and create your own html. Some pointers on this below.
2. If you have information and would simply like to type it out in your word processor and want me to create the html pages for the township, that is fine also.
3. If a Township Historian is already in place, you can volunteer to transcribe records or donate information to the Township. You can also volunteer to do lookups in a specific
Township related source, such as cemetery transcriptions, or burial records if you have created a relationship with the Township Clerk.
There is some information already in the Gratiot Co. MiGenWeb archives pertaining to specific townships. All that has to be done is create a link with and explanation of what the file is.
The information or files available are all kept in the Archives. You can link to these files.
Use Seville Twp. as an example.
Feel free to use the information on the Cemetery Page on the each township page.
You can use the space or directory that has already been created on the Rootsweb server for your pages, or create your directory on another server such as Tripod, Geocities, Xoom, or your own ISP. If you want to use the space provided on Rootsweb, the pages would need to forwarded to me, so I can put them in the proper directory.
Please read and follow the guidlines below.
1. A link and project logo for MIGenWeb Project needs to be on your first page to be considered a part of the project. Many people recognize USGenWeb and MIGenWeb as a source of free genealogical research on the Web.
New CC or TH Guidelines and Help
First and foremost - Subscribe to the MIGRATIO mail list in either list mode or digest mode. This is so you keep up with people's queries and offer suggestions if you can and to keep abreast of the new files and projects that are going on with the site.
1. The links at the bottom of this page need to be on your township index page in some way.
2. The MIGenWeb logo for Gratiot Co. should be located on your page with a link back to the MIGenWeb Gratiot Co. Index Page.
3. No copyrighted material is to be put on any page. If the material you have is older than 1927 the copyright is generally off that material and can be used. Include a "date published" on all material on your site to avoid legal accusations and problems.
4. If you put copyrighted material on your site you must have permission from the author or publisher. Written is best to protect yourself. It is your responsibility to make sure this is done on your pages.
5. USGenWeb and MIGenWeb's policy is that the pages under the project are not to promote material for financial gain of the person creating the page. It is allowable to create links to other pages or sites with items for sale that are related to your township though, as long as it is made clear that it is an item for sale or a researcher for hire.
6. If any of the above cannot or have not been followed I will contact you to work out a solution. If I can't get a hold of you within 30 days or a solution has not been worked out in that time period your page links will have to be changed to a non-MIGratio Project status, and your name taken off as Township Historian. The Township page will revert back to a page that is up for adoption with a link to your pages if they are available on the internet, unless you request that they be removed.
7. If you have material that you have transcribed for your township you have the choice of either placing the material on your site and/or placing it in the USGenWeb Archives under Gratiot County's directory. Copyright of this material is always credited to the creator of the file and is stated on all archive files. The archives has a search engine that will help people locate your files when they visit any of the following pages by just typing in a Surname or another word that is in that file: Rootsweb, USGenWeb, MIGenWeb or MIGratio.