On page 9 of the September/October 1998 issue of The Midwest Museums Conference News Brief, the W&E website received the following praise: "Terry Pepper, a member of the Canal Society of Indiana has completely revised his "Wabash and Erie Canal in Huntington County" web site. This virtual tour, which follows the route of the canal through the county, offers unique side trips including an animated illustration of how a lock works, is attractively designed and offers an engaging example of how to make history fun for today and the future. The site is interspersed with a variety of quotes, modern and old photographs, line drawings, and scans of original documents that relay a wealth of information. "Well worth a bookmark," notes John Harris, director of local history for the Indiana Historical Society."

On November 15, 1998, the W&E wesbsite was rated with RSACi  (the Recreational Software Council on the Internet), and received a rating of "0." This rating indicates that the site is completely free of any offensive content, and is safe for viewing by children of all ages. I am proud to have received this rating, as the site has been designed for all ages.

To visit the websites of the awarding organization, click on any of the awards.

Alan Rickards maintains a genealogical site in  Cheshire, England, and awards "Alan's  Genealogy Original Page Award" to websites that contain information useful to those undertaking genealogical research. The W&E website is honored to have received this award from Alan. 

Angela has an eclectic website, which focuses on balance, harmony and diversity of culture. She also makes various awards to sites which feature her values. The W&E website has been awarded her "Knowledge is Power" award for the educational resources that it offers.

Prism is many things. Above all it is a Christian-oriented website and a group of musicians. However Prism also reviews websites and honors deserving sites with their Global Award of Excellence. In notifying me of their honoring me with their award, Jim Foster wrote:   "It is not often that I come across sites such as yours. It exemplifies what web development is in terms of content, layout, design and navigational ease. We have awarded your site the Global Award of Excellence AND the Platinum Award (which is given to approx. 3-5 sites out of 200 submissions) for Outstanding Excellence. We enjoyed our visit and will return. God Bless, Jim Foster."

Tasha has a graphically voluptuous personal site, and in addition to providing various diversions for visitors, she busies herself with providing awards. In her email notifying me of her awarding the W&E her Award of Excellence, she wrote "I have just come from your site and it is obvious to me how much thought and work has gone into its development. It would be an honor to give to you my award. I found it to be highly informative."

CyberScans is a website specializing in the free scanning of graphic images. They offer two awards, "the beautiful web page award," and the coveted and prestigious "Award of Excellence for Web Page Design." Jason Carlson, Chairman of the Awards Committee honored this website with the "Excellence" award on November 23, 998.