June 30, 2006 12:00 am — posted by Charleen #

Well, folks, the site is working again, but we've got to work on some behind the scenes changes, so it's going to evolve slowly over the next few months.
In the meantime, please check out the new and improved gallery. Matt fixed it so that it wouldn't take forever to load anymore, and it looks gorgeous.
That's not nearly all the news, but that's all I'm going to type right now, since I'm really tired. Enjoy the new and improved site, and I hope it helps you in any research that you might have.
Yours, Charleen

April 1, 2004 12:00 am — posted by Charleen #

Hi folks! I just thought I would send out a hello to all the new folks visiting the site!

Please feel free to look around, and find what you want. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to click on any of the email links to let us know. Also, check out our links - especially the online tree.

Can't wait to hear from y'all! Enjoy your visit!

Charleen

January 21, 2004 8:26 am — posted by Charleen #

Hi guys!! I know that y’all have been wondering what on earth has happened with this site!!! I just have been very busy with both my jobs, and that has been keeping me from working on genealogy . Please forgive my absence, and know that, while I haven’t been able to update anything very often, I’m still dedicated to my quest for information on both the Hageney's and the Mullenweg's, and to the maintenance of this site.

As some of you may know, we had an unpleasant issue late last year, with someone breaking into this news feature, and posting some unpleasant comments. My Mother discovered this, and Matt took care of it in record time. He even fixed the problem that had enabled those people to break in. Matt and I both see this site as a resource for the living, and a memorial to those who have gone before us, so if you ever see anything offensive comments or mistakes like that, please let Matt or me know, and we’ll address it as soon as possible.

For those of you that have sent me email with questions about or additions to the site, please don’t despair if I haven’t replied. I still have the email, and I’m going to start going through them. Just remember that each one has to be individually researched, so it’s difficult to get to them quickly. Also, the more information that you give me in the email, the better; especially if the last name is very common (i.e. Hill or Smith), if you have a family tree already worked up, or a site with your family’s information on it, let me know and I will look at it and see if it meshes with the information that we have. Or you can check out our Online family tree, and look for any parallels. I realize that it’s large, unweildy and difficult to load (especially for folks with a dialup modem), but it may help you narrow down your search.

As I’ve said before, pictures and documents are a big help, so please let me know if you have any that might provide some information. Matt and I have discussed breaking up the Gallery into sections (i.e. documents, houses, gravesites, people, etc), but we haven’t gotten to it yet. Matt is in college now, so his time is very limited on when he can implement the myriad of programming ideas that I throw at him. I have no clue how to build a site in anything more complicated that Front Page, so this is definitely his department. If you have any ideas on improving the site, please drop me an email, and I’ll let him know.

We have some significant birthdays, and celebrations that are happening (congratulations Matt for turning 20!!!), so let me just take a moment to send everyone my very best wishes in this new year, and all the celebrations it involves! Hopefully, I will be a little more accessible this year, and get to see some of you that I haven’t seen in a long time. Happy new year!!!!

Yours, Charleen