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Fall 2009 IAGenWeb County Project Review Form

 

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About this Review

 

IAGenWeb county sites are required to meet or exceed all specific USGenWeb and IAGenWeb requirements at all times. Reviews are designed as an aid to helping CCs meet these requirements and will be completed by an IAGenWeb volunteer using this form. CCs and reviewers may email Linda Ziemann, IAGenWeb ASC, with questions before or during the review. The forms are sent to the reviewer, ASC, SC and tech support (for archiving). The ASC will read the reviews, make comments and e-mail results of the reviews to the CCs.


All CCs and Co-CCs are required to respond to the review results to verify they received the review. For those who pass the review, that is the end of the process.


County Coordinators who fail their review must make arrangements with the SC to correct any deficiencies. The SC will work with the CC to develop an improvement plan for the site based on the amount of material already posted to the site, the amount of material recently added by the current CC, the material available for transcription and other relevant factors.

 

Coordinators wishing to dispute or to discuss their county review may do so by contacting the State Coordinator. Please email Constance Diamond, IAGenWeb State Coordinator.

 

  County Reviewer

Reviewer's Email:

 

Section I. County Data On State Pages

 

1.   CLICK HERE:   (Note: A new browser page will open. You can move back and forth between this page and the new one.)  Does the Iowa County Selection List display this county?  Click the county.  Enter the name and email address of the county coordinator(s) below. If there are co-coordinators for the county, enter both. Please do not enter Asst. CC's!   Yes No
CC Name: CC Email:  
CC Name: CC Email:  
 

2.  CLICK HERE:   Scroll and find the county on the coordinator list.
       NOTE: keystroke Ctrl F opens a browser search tool
       Are the coordinator(s) name and email address correct on this "By County" page?      

  Yes No
3.  CLICK HERE:  
      Are the coordinator(s) name and email address correct on this "By Name" page?
  Yes No
4.  CLICK HERE:  Then Click on the County Queries board page.
  Does the IAGenWeb Genealogy Message Boards page correctly point to this county's queries page?		   Yes No

 

NOTE: If you answered No to any question above—STOP. Notify IAGenWeb Tech Support so that these pages can be updated. Once you have notified Technical
Support, proceed with Section II.

 

Section II. County Basic Requirements

 

1.   Does the County index page show an e-mail address to allow visitors to contact the coordinator? If more than one CC, both must have a contact email displayed.
(note: The actual email addresses can be on a different page as long as there is an easily located link to them) 		   Yes No
2.  Does the County have a working query system?
(examples: IAGenWeb boards, RW boards, manual entry, other) 
   Yes No
3.   Are both IAGenWeb and USGenWeb logos prominently displayed and correctly linked to the IAGenWeb and USGenWeb pages?
(notes: Logos should be fully visible without scrolling down the page. Please check to see that the links are working) 		   Yes No
4.  Is there a working text link or clickable logo to the "Join Our Team" page?   Yes No
5.  Does the county provide lookup volunteers?   Yes No
6.  Does the county provide reference links? (i.e., links to other websites that may provide additional, relevant information)     Yes No
7.  Does the county provide basic research help? (i.e., how to contact local libraries, the County Court House, etc.)   Yes No

8.  Is the solicitation of funds (USGenWeb bylaw) handled properly on this site?

Solicitation of funds is inappropriate on the home page. The website may list research materials and/or services that are for sale/hire by the coordinator or by someone else, but that listing cannot be on the home/index page.

   Yes No
9.  Does the county have a working site search engine?
Please do a few site searches to make sure it is working properly and actually searches the site you are reviewing. 		   Yes No
10.  Is the website well maintained? Document any broken links or other problems.   Yes No

 

 

 

Section III. Data, Structure & Appearance

 

For our purposes, Transcribed Data is any defined, complete (or nearly complete) set of records, or a book or major portion of a book. Random Data is incomplete, assorted or miscellaneous information about a family or location or event.

 

Transcribed

  • Acme County Marriages 1860-1890
  • Complete Acme County 1856 State Census
  • Complete Burials for Delta Cemetery
  • Complete Acme County Fair Booklet Photo from Acme County Fair Booklet

 

Random

  • Some Smith Marriages in Acme Co.
  • Some Beta Twp. Families in the 1856 Census
  • Partial Burials for Delta Cemetery
  • Photo from Acme County Fair Booklet

 

Transcribed or random data includes only information contained on the site, not links to information contained on other genealogy sites. Transcribed or random data does not include the Ancestry/Rootsweb Message Boards, IAGenWeb Special Projects, the Iowa USGenWeb Archives or similar off-site repositories. Postings to the county IAGenBoards are considered random data unless they fit the definition of transcribed data.

 

1.  Using the “What's New” page, or new items listing from the main page, and material added to the IAGenWeb Boards by the CC, list at least two examples of transcribed or random data that have been added within the last year.

  
 

2.  List five examples of the other most interesting transcribed data posted on the site prior to this year.

  
 

3.  List five examples of random data posted on the site or on the IAGenWeb boards prior to this year.

  
 
4.  Is the website well-designed? Does it fit the screen? Is the type readable? Is it easy for visitors to navigate?   Yes No
 
 

 5.  Reviewer’s comments (required):

  
 

 

 

OVERALL RATING OF THIS SITE

This site passes review.   This site passes the review and is an outstanding example of a county site.   This site fails review based on the deficiencies noted above.
         

 

Thank you for volunteering your time!

Last updated Thursday, 14 Sep 2009

 

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