{"id":32011,"date":"2013-07-25T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=32011"},"modified":"2018-10-18T13:13:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T20:13:14","slug":"websitenews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=32011","title":{"rendered":"New Jonestown Research Page Highlights Website Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jonestown<\/a><\/p>\n

As in previous years, the Alternative Considerations website has expanded to add new features and develop existing ones within the last twelve months. We are most grateful that many of these improvements have been made by people other than the website managers and researchers.<\/p>\n

The biggest change in 2006 was the addition of the Jonestown Research<\/a> page, which presents original research that has been developed from primary source documents and federal government records, principally from the FBI. The page includes links to a number of maps<\/a>, to Jonestown censuses<\/a>, and of course to the Edith Roller Journals<\/a>. Most of the research in this new section has been created and presented by Don Beck, with assistance from Michael Bellefountaine. Don\u2019s article about current resources and future plans appears here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Among the other changes in the last year:<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Tapes<\/a> section of the site achieved two significant developments in recent months. First, we launched a section<\/a> for tapes which come from private individuals and non-governmental sources. The first two entries in it are the sermon<\/a> delivered by Rev. John V Moore on November 26, 1978 \u2013 a week after the deaths in Jonestown \u2013\u00a0and Allegory<\/em><\/a>, a prophetic work by Laurie Efrein Kahalas. We are aware of the existence of other tapes and hope to expand this section in the near future. The second milestone is the completion of the 200th transcript from the FBI\u2019s collection of 900 tapes. <\/p>\n

\u2022 The Primary Source page<\/a> has added a small collection of Jonestown letters written by Pat Grunnet<\/a> to her family in the U.S. in 1978. Copies of the letters themselves have been donated to the California Historical Society. In addition, we have uploaded a column by Jack Anderson<\/a> from 1981 which explores the role of the press \u2013 and specifically the NBC news crew that accompanied Leo Ryan to Jonestown \u2013\u00a0in the tragic events of November 18. <\/p>\n

\u2022 The death list<\/a> has a new feature: we have indicated if someone on the list has had a remembrance written for him or her. The flowerettes on numerous entries invite you to open the biographical boxes, scroll down past the bare bones of the lives and read what a loved one has written. We mention this in part to remind you, we are always interested in receiving new remembrances. <\/p>\n

\u2022 The list<\/a> of people who have died since Jonestown has been divided into sections of former Temple members, relatives, government officials \u2013 both US and Guyanese \u2013 and others. <\/p>\n

\u2022 We have added several new FAQs addressing such issues as: how many people died on November 18 and how many survived (here<\/a>); was the shooting death of Jim Jones murder or suicide, and if it was murder, who shot him (here<\/a>); and what is the explanation for the wide discrepancies in the body count from Jonestown (here<\/a>). In coming weeks, we will transfer the forum<\/a> on murder vs. suicide to this section as well. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We recognize that a site this size will have errors, and we do our best to correct them, which is why we invite you to contact us<\/a> if you come across a mistake, especially as it relates to the people on the death list. In addition, we invite you to write us with any contextual information you might have, whether it\u2019s about an uncaptioned photograph or an incomplete tape summary. For example, Mike Cartmell added firsthand information known to no one else \u2013 especially not to the managers of the site \u2013 to several tape summaries, including Q 688<\/a> and Q 1058 (Part 2)<\/a>. These notes add details found nowhere else, and we are eager to accept additional input from you.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Moore & Fielding M. McGehee III<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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