Thursday, March 14th, 2002

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Website Redesign is complete

Joan has been working hard and has finished a complete redesign of the Berne History website. Our focus has changed slightly in the past year from emphasizing the Berne Historical Project to focusing more on the Town of Berne, it's residents, genealogy, and history.

We have also added a chat room where visitors can meet each Sunday evening at 7:00 PM EST to share ideas or questions.

Please check out our new look at www.bernehistory.org

New George Warner Diary

Some of you may have been following George Warners life as he recorded it during the Civil War in 1863. "No Sabbath on the Battlefield" was previously published by Norma June Luce and is being reproduced here. Well, Ralph Miller and his wife Jan are transcribing a second (earlier) diary that was also written by George during 1862. The owner, Allan Dietz has granted permission for us to publish the transcript here. We posted the first three months and I recommend everyone take a look at this fascinating record of daily life in 1862.

Website Updates

The test version of the new Berne History website is currently available at http://bht.itsallwright.com for anyone wishing to play with a developing site and provide feedback. This site now offers surname search capabilities against our cemetery, census and baptism records. The location of this site is temporary and will only be used only until I move the finished site to our current address on the Internet. Be aware though, this site is under development and is not yet complete so you may experience broken links and other unusual behavior.

If you have any ideas or thoughts about ways to improve the site please send them to the webmasters.

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Comments:
Your website is like a dream come true. I descend from the Palmers, Cornwells, Northrups and Widemans, and have found so much information on your site that I will be back many times to come. Thank you all for the time you have invested in putting together this wonderful source of information.

Name: Mary-Chris Ecker-O'Hern
Email: mcohern@juno.com
Date: Mar 9, 2002 3:39 p.m. PST
Location: Syracuse, NY

Comments:
My father Ernest Ecker told me to look this site up, I knew quite a bit of famly history from my father and grandmother. There are a few things on the Ecker name that are wrong and some names that are missing. My father would be glad to provide you with the correct information. This was a great job done by all and provides a history of a place where my family first settled.

Name: Roger Ratzenberger, Jr.
Email: Roger@Ratzenberger.net
Website: http://www.ratzenberger.net
Date: Mar 3, 2002 07:12 PST
Location: Milford, Ct.

Comments:
Congratulations and thanks to those involved with the Berne Historical Project. You've done a tremendous job on this extensive undertaking. This will be a tremendous resource for many genealogists like myself. Keep up the great work and I look forward to visiting here often. One suggestion, source references for data would be helpful. Thanks again.