I believe if residents can be better informed they will make make better decisions and be more active in local government. Tax bills issued in 2008 for Lebanon, Maine provided residents with a 35% increase over 2007 rates. The site is also a place to post fund raising, social events as well.

Here is the URL http://ourvoice.stadig.org

I proposed a dynamic website that would meet their needs. One where the District Council could post news articles, frequently asked questions, polls and training information. This was desirable since the articles could be updated as frequently as they wanted to and they could be managed by District Council easily.

I populated the initial design with common articles and provided full documentation for adding and managing articles with in the system.

The site has been a huge sucess for the client and they have been very pleased with the results.

You can find the site at http://www.mnvdc.com

I see many posts on message boards and blogs from Stadig individuals looking to connect, research and identify distant relatives from the present and past.  My desire is the Stadig Family Genealogy website will serve as a hub for this function and eventually provide an authoritative record of the family.

On August 18, 2008 I published what I determined to be the best solution to provide a level of interactivity, security, and customizable flexibility that will evolve.  Please check it out and let me know what you think of the Stadig Family Genealogy Website http://ancestors.stadig.org

The site core code for the Stadig genealogy is based upon PHPGEDVIEW an open source project based on current web and GEDCOM standards. This code is under active development and therefore new features that simplify and or expand functionality should come about regularly. The site works on the basis of managing individual records or I records, and their relationship to F or family records. Data within the GEDCOM may be displayed and viewed in a multitude of ways depending on the viewers purpose and the system serves as a great research tool for any genealogical hound. Facts, Sources and Media are all simply tied to the records I and F records in the Stadig Genealogy database.

My Stadig genealogy data is based on the work done by my fathers uncle Clinton Stadig, Christian Christian and Nathan L. Silver and many, many, others their original work is available here at Stadig.org in a flat HTML file.

The data in the new site is maintained in a standard GEDCOM format therefore it is compatible with most Genealogy applications and should be forward compatible without much alteration required if any. So there won’t be any need to  re-enter the record by hand as I have done.

The story of the Stadig Genealogy goes back to the 1600s when it is said that the current Swedish King awarded Olof Jonsson Olofsson with the new surname Stadig for his courage, bravery and leadership in militray service. At the time many of the peoples were named similarly… Jon Olofsson, Karin Jonsdotter, Olof Jonsson, so the name base was thin and confusing to say the least. The Stadig family immigrated to Maine in the 1800s in New Sweden, Maine USA.

At present I see there are over 400 Surnames coming from the original Olof L. Stadig. There is a healthy lineage that other family branches may benefit from in there research on the site as well. I will post my partial listing of individuals here to assist the search engines in finding names like Stadig, Kruger, Rasmussen, Norman, Olivenbaum, Raa, Peterson, Matson, Johnson and others. This hopefully will elevate the website in Stadig name space searches results and genealogy name space search results.

So please check the new website Stadig Family Genealogy at http://ancestors.stadig.org

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