Memory Book Data: The Fun Stuff After the web site was completed and personal invitations began to be sent out over the world wide web to Ulrichs' 175th birthday celebration in L'Aquila, it was decided to compare the response of the computer invitations to those that had been sent out in previous years using regular mail. For the past 20 years, 150 pieces of regular mail per year was usually the limit, with at most 10 responses annually. The response came in the form of a newpaper or newsletter announcing the birthday or printing a feature article on Ulrichs; a person acknowledging the receipt of the mail; or an individual requesting further information. Sometimes the data base information was not in the original e-mail; therefore, the numbers did not always add up exactly. The following are some of the results since Celebration 2000 went online. Numbers of E-mails, of Respondents, of Cities, and Countries Gender of Respondents Numbers of E-Mails from Each State Total E-mails from the Continent of North America Total E-mails from the Continent of South America Total E-mails from the Continent of Africa Total E-mails from the Continent of Asia Total E-mails from the Continent of Australia Total E-mails from the Continent of Europe How People Said They Would Celebrate Index of Cities Worldwide and Number of Respondents Kudos: (Not recommended for persons with weak stomachs) Numbers of E-mails, of Respondents, of Cities, and Countries More than 10,000 persons worldwide were informed about the CELEBRATION 2000 event in L'Aquila by means of direct E-mail. As of this writing, 840 persons from 314 cities in 43 countries responded between the date the Ulrichs' page went online (October 1999) and the middle of August 2000. Of 840 respondents, 36 persons said they would try to visit Ulrichs' grave in L'Aquila in August or some other time; of the persons sending E-mail, two persons went to Ulrichs' grave in May (although 20 other persons actually were at the gravesite on Ulrichs' birthday). Independently, two went earlier in August. Return to Top of Page Gender of Respondents Gender of Respondents (when indicated) - Male: 625; Female: 124 Return to Top of Page Numbers of E-Mails from Each State Numbers of E-mails from each state, when writer indicated Select the map to find out! Return to Top of Page Total E-mails from the Continent of North America Total E-mails from the continent of North America - 500 Bahamas (3); Canada (27); Cuba (1); Jamaica (2); Mexico (5); United States (471) Return to Top of Page Total E-mails from the Continent of South America Total E-mails from the continent of South America - 24 Argentina (7); Brazil (6); Chile (5); Peru (4) Return to Top of Page Total E-mails from the Continent of Africa Total E-mails from the continent of Africa - 5 Algeria (1); Republic of South Africa (1) Return to Top of Page Total E-mails from the Continent of Asia Total E-mails from the continent of Asia - 26 India (1); Israel (1); Japan (4); Malaysia (3) Mongolia (1); Phillipines (4); Saudi Arabia (1); Thailand (8); Turkey (3) Return to Top of Page Total E-mails from the Continent of Australia Total E-mails from the continent of Australia - 23 Australia (18); New Zealand (4) Return to Top of Page Total E-mails from the Continent of Europe Total E-mails from the continent of Europe - 193 Austria (1); Belgium (3); Bulgaria (3); Denmark (5); England (36); Finland (2); France (22); Germany (47); Greece (1); Holland (8); Ireland (1); Italy (23); Lithuania (1); Portugal (2); Romania (1); Russia (3); Spain (4); Sweden (3); Switzerland (10); Yugoslavia (2) Return to Top of Page How people said they would celebrate How people said they would celebrate Ulrichs' birthday anniversary and how many said they would participate is listed below (no number = 1). Take photo of Ulrichs' name on the ceiling mural at the Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center at the San Francisco Public Library (3) -- no photo so far! Include Ulrichs in an essay; an article (3); a feature article (2); a story on a web site; info into a newsletter (5); a radio show (2); a film Advertised/promoted the event (2) Attend an event in Munich (5) Go to L'Aquila and link to the site (2) Made a rainbow cursor Buy/get/look for his books (3) Celebrate with friends (4) Hold a commemorative meeting in August E-mail a list of Lesbians; Belgian list; San Diego list (4) Encourage others to read and espouse KHU Feature the website, make a banner, write an article Hold a leather night; uniform night (bars) (2) Lift a glass to his heroism (3) Put a link to the site (94) Link and banner; and celebration; and go to L'Aquila; and inform others; and article; review; and presentation to students (8) Mark the date of the event May do a concert Make a postcard Do a travel package Do something or two; something original (4) Hold a campus rally Plan to hold an event; remembrance (2) Compose a song/ballad Make mention in June during Gay Awareness Week Mention to his support group Create a musical composition Offer to speak; will speak out (2) Plant a butterfly garden (2) Print the site for distribution Make a Web banner (3) Make an announcement at March On Washington Write a play All told, 211 persons said they would participate in the Birthday Suggestions Seventy-seven persons said they would pass the website on. One individual passed it on "to 23 friends;" another: "to 400 friends;" "to 120 people;" "to 44,564 people;" "to 5,000 on e-mail list; "to 250 on e-mail list;" "to 1,080;" and "to 80" on an e-mail list. Return to Top of Page Index of Cities Worldwide Index of cities worldwide and number of respondents (no number = 1) Aachen Adelaide - 2 Albany - 2 Amarillo Amherst - 4 Amsterdam - 4 Anchorage Angers Ann Arbor Ann Harbor Anna Maria Island Archangel Arlington Arnhem Athens Auckland - 3 Return to Top of Page Bahia Baldwin Baltimore - 3 Bangkok - 5 Barcelona - 2 Baton Rouge - 3 Bay City Bedford Belgrade - 2 Bellingham Bergamo Berkeley - 3 Berkeley Heights Berlin - 6 Bethlehem Beverly Hills Billings Biloxi Beach Birmingham Bloomington - 2 Boston - 3 Bradford Brampton Brandon Bremen Brighton - 3 Brisbane - 2 Brussels Buenos Aires - 6 Buffalo Burbank - 3 Burlington Return to Top of Page Calgary Cambridge - 4 Canberra Carson City Cathedral City Cedar Crest Cedar Rapids Charlotte - 3 Chiangmai Chicago - 7 Chico Cincinnati Cleveland - 4 Cluj Columbia Como Concord - 2 Copenhagen - 2 Corner Brook Cusco Return to Top of Page Dallas - 5 Danbury Darlinghurst Daytona Beach Deltona Denton Denver - 4 Detroit Dublin Düsseldorf Return to Top of Page East Haddam East Lansing Evanston Fairbanks Fairfax Fairview Farmington Hills Fayetteville - 3 Fenwick Island Festus Fitchburg Forest Grove Fortaleza Foston Derbyshire Frankfurt Franklin Park Fribourg Ft. Lauderdale - 6 Return to Top of Page Gaithersburg Geneva - 3 Gibraltar Hackensack Hamburg hamilton Hanover Hasselt Havana Helsinki - 2 Highland Heights Hillsboro Hong Kong Hornell Houston Iligan City Indianapolis - 3 Ironton Istanbul - 2 Ithaca - 2 Return to Top of Page Jacksonville - 4 Johannesburg - 2 Johnstown Kansas City - 5 Kingston Kingston-on-Hull Knoxville Return to Top of Page Laguna Beach - 4 L'Aquila Las Vegas - 4 Lawrence/Topeka - 2 Leeds - 3 Leitchfield Lille - 2 Lima - 2 London - 15 Long Beach - 2 Long Island Los Angeles - 18 Louisville Lowell Lubbock Return to Top of Page Madison - 3 Mainz Malmo Manchester Manila Mannheim Marsailles McAllen Mechanicsburg Melbourne Memphis - 2 Mexico City - 3 Miami - 3 Miami Lakes Milan - 3 Milltown Millville Minneapolis - 2 Missoula Monetery - 2 Montgomery Montreal Moscow Munich - 4 Murmansk Muskeogon Return to Top of Page Nagoya Naples - 4 Nashville - 3 Nassau - 3 Neuchatel New Brunswick New Haven New Orleans - 3 New York - 17 Newark Newcastle - 2 Newport Nice Nimes No. Huntington North Adams - 2 North Hampton Nyborg Return to Top of Page Oakland - 4 Ocala Oklahoma City - 2 Olympia - 4 Oneonta Ontario - 3 Oran Orange Park Orlando - 2 Osaka Osnabruck Ossining Ottawa - 4 Oxford Return to Top of Page Pachuca Palm Springs - 3 Paris - 7 Pasadena - 5 Pawtucket Pendleton Perth Philadelphia - 9 Phoenix - 3 Pittsburg - 2 Pleasanton Plymouth Portland - 3 Porto Prato Pretoria Provincetown Puerto Mont City Punta Arenas Quezon City Return to Top of Page Racine Raynosa Rehoboth Beach Rennes Reno Riverside - 2 Roanoke Rochester - 7 Romandie Rome - 3 Roskilde Rutgers Return to Top of Page Saba Sacramento - 3 Saginaw Salt Lake City San Diego - 5 San Francisco - 18 San Jose - 3 San Juan Santa Barbara - 2 Santa Fe Santa Monica Santiago - 2 Sao Paulo - 2 Sarasota Savannah - 3 Scotts Bluff Seattle - 10 Return to Top of Page Sharon Sheffield Simcoe Singapore - 2 South Milwaukee Sofia South Hadley Southampton Spokane St. Augustine - 2 St. Louis - 2 St. Petersburg - 2 Stockholm Stockton Sturbridge Stuttgart - 4 Sydney - 5 Sylvania Return to Top of Page Taunton Tel Aviv Tempe Toledo Torino - 3 Toronto - 3 Torrington Toulouse - 2 Treviso Troy Tucson - 4 Tulsa - 3 Tyler Return to Top of Page Ueverlingen Utrecht Valencia Vancouver - 3 Velbert Venice Vensalem Ventura Verona Victoria Virginia Beach Waco Washington - 10 Watford Weed Wellington West Hollywood - 5 West Palm Beach White River Junction Whiteland Wichita Wilmington Wilton Manors Windsor Woodland Woodstock Zephyrills Zurich - 2 Kudos As responses arrived, it became interesting to read how many people used the same word to describe the Ulrichs' website. Perhaps you will find them interesting, too. Of the 840 e-mails received, 276 persons said "thanks." Three stated that it made them feel proud. Five gave "congratulations!" Four said the website was cool or kewl; one felt it was awesome; two said it was fascinating, another two were amazed. Four thought it was nice, five said "wow," and two thought it was wonderful. Twenty-three exclaimed "great;" one found it beautiful, and four were impressed.

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