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Thanks to my father George Hilbig Making a generous contribution. HilbigFamily.com is now hosted with GoDaddy. Hosting has been paid in full for the next 3 yrs. Because of this there will be no more of the site going up and down and there will be other benefits as well. Such as email for those who may want one with YourName@HilbigFamily.com.

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Well the site is coming up on it's one year anniversary now and we are doing pretty well. We are in most of the popular Search engines and we have a steady flow of traffic for our age. For those of you visiting I would really appreciate it if you would sign the guest book, join the forum or maybe just post if you are already signed up and help breath some life into this site. It really does some good in keeping me interested and by doing so keeping the site fresh and updated. TY

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Website Updates

Update	Description	Date	Difficulty Rating from 1-10
Redesigned ELH Photos	Along with the New website design ELH Photos has been completely redesigned in function as well as appearance. In the new Album the photos shown are displayed at their full file size making them able to be saved and printed or developed at the best quality they possibly could be.	December 7, 2004	6
More Historical Photos	I have doubled the amount of historical photos on the website by adding another page oddly enough the page is titled More Historical Photos.	December 8, 2004	5
Finished Help page	Well the Help page is pretty self-explanatory I hope it is easy to read and understand.	Just before Christmas 2004	4
Search Bar (Located on the Main page, Family Tree page, & the Help page)	The Search Bar is a Google search tool I have embedded on a few pages where searching HilbigFamily.com may become useful. Like the Family Tree Page you will be able to type the name of the family member which you are looking for and find all the pages in which his/her name appears.	Over Christmas 2004	7
New Website Design	I decided to go with a design that will hopefully be a bit easier on the eyes. I feel the new colors and backgrounds contrast each other very well and produce a warm, classic, and inviting look to the site.	Over Christmas 2004	8
New Hilbig Hall Design Template	Just needed to get a Template that matched the new website design better.	Over Christmas 2004	4
Family Tree	Updates have been made to the Content on the Family Tree. Bare with me on this one it is a daunting task.	Over Christmas 2004	Just this content Update 7
My Links Page	On My Links page you will find links to friends and family websites as well as links to programs and websites I have found to be very useful.	January 3, 2005	3
Family News	Family News has gone from being tidbits at the bottom of the Main page to being it's own page. Allowing for more room for things like Websites updates.	January 9, 2005	4
Added Guest Book	The Guest Book was added in hopes that the average surfer/ visitor would take a moment to let us know they were here and what they thought of the website.	January 11, 2005	1
Site Maintenance	This you will probably see repeat from time to time. When you see this update it is just letting you know that I had checked for & found some links, images, or information that was in need of updating. And was taken care of.	January 12, 2005	1-3
Family Tree	Updates have been made to the Content on the Family Tree. Specifically to the descendants of Joseph Hilbig. Bare with me on this one it is a daunting task.	January 12, 2005	3
Family Tree	Updates have been made to the Content on the Family Tree. Specifically to the descendants of Alvin Hilbig. Bare with me on this one it is a daunting task.	January 13, 2005	4
Family Tree	Updates have been made to the Content on the Family Tree. Specifically to the descendants of Bruno Hilbig. Bare with me on this one it is a daunting task.	January 13, 2005	4
ELH Photos	Over 50 new photos added.	January 15, 2005	4
Family Tree	Added Link to Maps of Prussia and a bit on Prussian History.	January 15, 2005	1
Family Tree	Updates have been made to the Content on the Family Tree. Specifically to the descendants of Fred P. Hilbig. Bare with me on this one it is a daunting task.	January 16, 2005	7
Hilbig Hall	I have added two new Forums "Tech Help" & "DVD Movie Review". They are pretty self explanatory, but they are basically just more ways of trying to get visitors involved.	January 16, 2005	2
HilbigFamily.com	I have setup a better method of searching the Website; specifically the Family Tree. Unlike, Google's HilbigFamily.com this search is very accurate if used properly.	January 23, 2005	8
Family Tree	DONE!!	January 24, 2005	4
Basic Site Maintenance	Added Links, Toolbar updates, Small Design Changes	February 20, 2005	5
Historical Photos Added	I have added a new Historical Photos page "Edward Hilbig Family" I was able to get a bunch about 72 photos from my grandmother and scan them in they are savable and printable. Enjoy	March 21, 2005	7
Jäkle Jaeckle Information	I have added some Jaeckle information and just a few photos that my grandmother had of the Jaeckles & Engbrocks	March 21, 2005	4
Multi-Virus Attack	Well I guess for someone who has been connected almost 24/7 to the internet for 3yrs.; it was about time I caught a virus 8 distinct Virus to be exact. Wow! Everything is fine now and the hardest thing about this whole thing was finding the time to destroy them. We are back in fighting trim.	April 09, 2005	6
Hilbig's Of Canada	I had received an e-mail from Tom Hilbig of Canada who had taken some information about his family gathered by his father Eric Hilbig (Kinda neat even in the family tree he is the only other Eric Hilbig I have ever heard of..) and put it online he sent me a link explaining it may disappear any day now. So I asked his permission to copy the web page and host it here he agreed and now we have a wonderful story of the Hilbig's journey to Canada and their beginnings there. Thanks Tom	April 15, 2005	2
Updated Help Page & Basic Site Maintenance	Added Links, Toolbar updates, Small Design Changes	April 15, 2005	5
Basic Site Maintenance	Added Links, Toolbar updates, Small Design Changes	September 02, 2005	5
Basic Site Upgrades	Drop Down Menu's have been installed and will follow on the family tree pages. Tutorials have been added as well as a uniformed link bar at the bottom of each page. The disclaimer and HilbigFamily.com stance on the use of names, birth dates, and photos has been updated as well. Minor Maintenance and family tree updates have been added also.	October 30, 2005	7
Basic Site Maintenance	Added Links, Toolbar updates, Small Design Changes	November 16, 2005	5
Design Efforts	The Google search bar has been removed from every page save this one and the site search page. I have mage an effort to ensure you can click on the Site Search link from anywhere on this site. I have added a new photos page to the public area as well as two new page to the private area.	November 21, 2005	5

A few other things have been added but are not mentioned here as they are located beyond the ELH Photos page and are Private for Family members and Friends.

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