Hello members of the AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS mailing list, currently hosted on Rootsweb/Ancestry servers. My name is Peter and I have been the list administrator of this list since it was abandoned. I have no idea when it was abandoned nor who the previous admin was. On 7th January 2020, Rootsweb informed all list admins that they will not be providing any mailing list services after 2nd March 2020, except to keep the archives available (see RW email appended below). In other words, all lists will cease to be. If members want to keep this list active, they will need to host it on a new server. A number of such servers exist, such as groups.io, FaceBook, google groups. I personally do not wish to remain the admin of this list, so one of the members will need to step up as a new administrator if they want to keep this list alive. As a side comment, I think that many of the smaller lists were created on a person's whim in Rootsweb's heyday, and are probably past reviving. I can't remember when the last post to this list was. If there are any questions, please post them to the list, but do it quickly as time is running out quickly. Cheers Peter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beginning March 2nd, 2020 the Mailing Lists functionality on RootsWeb will be discontinued. Users will no longer be able to send outgoing emails or accept incoming emails.  Additionally, administration tools will no longer be available to list administrators and mailing lists will be put into an archival state. Administrators may save the emails in their list prior to March 2nd. After that, mailing list archives will remain available and searchable on RootsWeb. As an alternative to RootsWeb Mailing Lists, Ancestry message boards are a great option to network with others in the genealogy community. Message boards are available for free with an Ancestry registered account. Thank you for being part of the RootsWeb family and contributing to this community. Sincerely, The RootsWeb team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hello subscribers to the aus-fhs-webmasters mailing list. All Rootsweb mailing lists have been nearly dead for the last two or so years. In February this year, Rootsweb upgraded the software that runs their 30,000 or so mailing lists, and after a few teething problems, the system is now up and running. The archives of past posts are gradually being restored, but this may take months. Subscribers may notice minor differences. The main difference for you is that you can register as a subscriber and then be able to adjust options for how you receive emails (e.g. single posts or digests in plain or MIME format, halt mail while on holidays and a few more things). Or you can just leave things as they are. As a reminder, this mailing list is for the webmasters of Australian family history societies to discuss and share information and tips regarding the development and maintenance of their websites. For questions about the operation of this list, please contact the list administrator at      aus-fhs-webmasters-owner@rootsweb.com To post to this list or respond to a post, use the email address      aus-fhs-webmasters@rootsweb.com Your list is back up so if you want to keep it active and ongoing, please post your queries or information to the list. Cheers Peter Lakeman Temporary List Admin

Hello subscribers to the aus-fhs-webmasters mailing list. All Rootsweb mailing lists have been nearly dead for the last two or so years. In February this year, Rootsweb upgraded the software that runs their 30,000 or so mailing lists, and after a few teething problems, the system is now up and running. Subscribers should not notice much difference. The main difference for you is that you can register as a subscriber and then be able to adjust options for how you receive emails (e.g. single posts or digests in plain or MIME format, halt mail while on holidays and a few more things). Or you can leave things as they are. As a reminder, the purpose of this mailing list is for the webmasters of Australian family history societies to discuss and share information and tips regarding the development and maintenance of their websites For questions about this list, please contact the list administrator at aus-fhs-webmasters-owner@rootsweb.com <mailto:aus-fhs-webmasters-owner@rootsweb.com> To post to this list or respond to a post, use the email address aus-fhs-webmasters@rootsweb.com <mailto:aus-fhs-webmasters-owner@rootsweb.com> Your list is back up so if you want to keep this list active and going, please post your queries or information to the list. Cheers Peter Lakeman Temporary List Admin

Hello All, As I've been way way way less than what a list admin should be I'm going to hand this list over to another FHS/G webmaster. Just raise your hand and it's yours. I'd rather see it continue than to die as it has. My apologies to everyone.

On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 04:24 pm, Peter and Elizabeth Pidgeon wrote: > We are probably all busy. I have just updated the research form on the > website for Kilmore Historical Society. > > www.kilmorehistory.info Thanks for the update Elizabeth. A few months ago I decided to update the CDFHS website after having been banned from our last hosting company. The software I had been using for forms was being hacked and the spammers were sending out tens of thousands of spam emails. So I changed hosts and software. We are now using phpnuke and I'm happy with it. The only thing I have to do with the site now is update our list of speakers and resources when we buy anything. We are holding a seminar next year in case anybody is interested. :) http://www.cdfhs-aus.com/seminarregoform.jpg -- Regards Trevor Rhodes =========================================== Powered by Linux - Mandriva 2005LE Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandriva Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. =========================================== 16:50:04 up 22:47, 3 users, load average: 0.19, 0.36, 0.36 Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force.

We are probably all busy. I have just updated the research form on the website for Kilmore Historical Society. www.kilmorehistory.info Kind Regards, Elizabeth Pidgeon www.pidgeon.info ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Rhodes" <trevor@rhodes-online.net> To: <AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 12:18 PM Subject: [FHS-Web] Re: Family history research - Annie Ashby Nee Yeomans, C.1900 Adelaide > On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 06:36 am, you wrote: >> Looking for local contact(s) familiar with Colonel Light Gardens, >> Adelaide, >> with knowledge of UK family named ASHBY - Annie(mother); children: >> Bernard, >> Beryl and Muriel. Period, early 1900's all alive 1937. > > Unfortunately John, you're not likely to get an answer on this list. It > is > for webmasters of Family History Websites and as such we don't do research > here. Not only that, we're not a talkative bunch either. It's sort of > like > a room full of webmasters looking at each other suspiciously, but never > talking. :) > > Speak up, you bunch. Yoo Hoo!!! Earth to list, Earth to list??? :) > > -- > Regards > Trevor Rhodes > =========================================== > Powered by Linux - Mandriva 10.2 > Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org > Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandriva Club Silver Member > Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. > =========================================== > 12:15:11 up 1:01, 1 user, load average: 0.25, 0.46, 0.55 > > Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! > Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. > Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force. > > > ==== AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS Mailing List ==== > Add to your Genealogy the fun, easy way, Have Grand Children! > Have you backed up your data lately? > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 06:36 am, you wrote: > Looking for local contact(s) familiar with Colonel Light Gardens, Adelaide, > with knowledge of UK family named ASHBY - Annie(mother); children: Bernard, > Beryl and Muriel. Period, early 1900's all alive 1937. Unfortunately John, you're not likely to get an answer on this list. It is for webmasters of Family History Websites and as such we don't do research here. Not only that, we're not a talkative bunch either. It's sort of like a room full of webmasters looking at each other suspiciously, but never talking. :) Speak up, you bunch. Yoo Hoo!!! Earth to list, Earth to list??? :) -- Regards Trevor Rhodes =========================================== Powered by Linux - Mandriva 10.2 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandriva Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. =========================================== 12:15:11 up 1:01, 1 user, load average: 0.25, 0.46, 0.55 Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force.

Hello All, I was wondering how many of you not only do the websites for your respective societies, but are also involved with producing their CD's? We are in the process of putting together a second edition of our Pioneer Register on CD and once that is finished the Federation Register will be started. -- Regards Trevor Rhodes =========================================== Powered by Linux - Mandrake 10.2 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. =========================================== 19:03:24 up 3:29, 2 users, load average: 0.17, 0.35, 0.32 Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force.

Kasey, Subscribing and unsubscribing to mailing lists is the responsibility of the person themselves. Unsubscribing. To leave AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS-L, send mail to AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS-D, do the same thing with AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS-D-request@rootsweb.com. On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:45 pm, Kasey Rowe wrote: > Can I please be removed from this list as I am no longer involved with > website design for history societies. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Trevor [mailto:trevor@rhodes-online.net] > Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2005 12:46 PM > To: AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FHS-Web] Website Addresses > > Hello Everyone, > > It has been a long time since I have seen any traffic in the list. If > anyone > has changed the address of their site or knows of any sites that have gone > down permanently, please inform us. Any new members, could you please give > us a rundown of the site/s you manage? -- Regards Trevor Rhodes =========================================== Powered by Linux - Mandrake 10.2 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. =========================================== 18:57:32 up 3:23, 2 users, load average: 0.26, 0.29, 0.27 Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force.

Can I please be removed from this list as I am no longer involved with website design for history societies. -----Original Message----- From: Trevor [mailto:trevor@rhodes-online.net] Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2005 12:46 PM To: AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHS-Web] Website Addresses Hello Everyone, It has been a long time since I have seen any traffic in the list. If anyone has changed the address of their site or knows of any sites that have gone down permanently, please inform us. Any new members, could you please give us a rundown of the site/s you manage? -- Regards Trevor Rhodes =========================================== Powered by Linux - Mandrake 10.1 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. =========================================== 13:44:16 up 3 days, 19:33, 2 users, load average: 1.14, 1.17, 1.14 Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force. ==== AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS Mailing List ==== After 30 days any unclaimed ancestors will be adopted. KEEP YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE UP TO DATE. IF YOU ARE ON THE NET THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Hello Everyone, It has been a long time since I have seen any traffic in the list. If anyone has changed the address of their site or knows of any sites that have gone down permanently, please inform us. Any new members, could you please give us a rundown of the site/s you manage? -- Regards Trevor Rhodes =========================================== Powered by Linux - Mandrake 10.1 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. =========================================== 13:44:16 up 3 days, 19:33, 2 users, load average: 1.14, 1.17, 1.14 Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force.

Hi This is being sent to more than one list, please forgive if you get multiples. A new book listing hundreds of Warrnambool (Vic) & District families is now being printed. Warrnambool and its hinterland was a settlement before the Victorian gold rush of the 1850's and many families made it their long-term home. This magnificent work of more than 700 pages records details of around 10,000 people who lived and worked in Warrnambool & District between 1839 and 1900. Enquiries can be directed to welsford@standard.net.au or P.O. Box 607 Warrnambool Vic 3280

Fellow genealogists, Have you ever used the Internet to learn about genealogy methods and resources? Taken a genealogy course online? Read some 'how to' articles? Then I would like to hear from you. I am an Australian Ph.D. student who is currently writing a book chapter for an academic Virtual Learning Environment publication - my chapter is about using the Internet for genealogical education. I would therefore love to hear from you, fellow genealogists, about any Internet-based content you've used for genealogy education. This includes online courses (free or fee), how-to's, articles/columns, newsgroups, BBS, chat, mailing lists, forums, or even personal web pages that publish learning material - anything online that helps you in learning the craft of genealogy. Your comments on the following is of utmost interest: What are your favourite learning outlets on the Internet? How often do you use them? Can or did you find what you needed online? What are your learning successes? What could be better? What do you look for in genealogical learning on the Internet? If you would like to participate, your comments are extremely welcome. Please send your comments to me directly at research@veale.com.au before Saturday 1st May 2004. I thank you in advance for your participation in this academic research. Kylie Veale P.S. Names and email addresses will be protected and are therefore not included in the publication. Copies of the paper will be made available to interested participants on request, after the book has been published. ----------------------------------------------- Kylie J. Veale | Brisbane, Australia GradDipInvEnv, MInetStds(Design) Provisional PhD candidate http://www.veale.com.au/kylie icq: 27938257 msn: kyliej@hotmail.com yahoo: kylie_veale

Just a reminder that the 5th Victorian Family History State Conference "Settlers in the Sun" is now only two weeks away. Although the Conference is held in Victoria it is not only just for those with Victorian interests. A broad range of topics encompassing everything from how to trace your ancestry, getting organised, using internet resources, WWI & WWII records, convict records, immigration records and schemes, local history records, and much more, will be covered by speakers from ACT, NSW, SA, TAS, VIC and NZ. A selection of six pre-conference workshops will be run on Friday 16th April. Each workshop runs for a duration of 3 hours and include: - Doing your family history in Five Minutes - Writing & Publishing your Family History - Caring for your collection - Workshop of South Australian research - Delving into old family photographs - dating and identifying - Settlers, Selectors and Speculators If you are unable to attend the Conference, however would like a copy of the Conference Papers, you will be pleased to learn we are accepting orders. Further information and Registration Forms for the Conference to be held in Mildura on 16th - 18th April 2004, can be found on our website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausmdgs/2004.html or by contacting: 2004 Conference Organizing Committee P.O. Box 3467 Mildura 3502, VIC E-mail: SettlersintheSun@telstra.com Kind Regards Roz Voullaire roz@voullaire.com.au Secretary 2004 Conference Organizing Committee

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Hello One & All (Apologies for the cross postings) Just a reminder that the Early Bird Rates for the 5th Victorian Family History State Conference "Settlers in the Sun" close on December 31st 2003. Although the Conference is held in Victoria it is not only just for those with Victorian interests. A broad range of topics encompassing everything from how to trace your ancestry, getting organised, using internet resources, WWI & WWII records, convict records, immigration records and schemes, local history records, and much more, will be covered by speakers from ACT, NSW, SA, TAS, VIC and NZ. Further information and Registration Forms for the Conference to be held in Mildura on 16th - 18th April 2004, can be found on our website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausmdgs/2004.html or by contacting: 2004 Conference Organizing Committee P.O. Box 3467 Mildura 3502, VIC E-mail: SettlersintheSun@telstra.com Kind Regards Roz Voullaire roz@voullaire.com.au Secretary 2004 Conference Organizing Committee

Hello One & All I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that the Registration Form and Programme Information Booklet for the 5th Victorian State Family History Conference "Settlers in the sun", to be held in Mildura from April 16th - 18th 2004, are now available and can be printed from our website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausmdgs/2004.html The Early Bird rates close on December 31st 2003. This conference is hosted by the Mildura & District Genealogical Society Inc. under the auspices of VAFHO. It will be an exciting, informative, low-cost conference where you will have the opportunity to attend workshops and a variety of sessions conducted by 25 guest speakers covering a broad range of topics encompassing everything from how to trace your ancestry, using internet resources, WWI & WWII records, colonial links, immigration records, celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Cobb & Co coaches, and more. The conference keynote speaker is Jan Gow, one of New Zealand's most experienced professional genealogists. We have a selection of pre-conference workshops that will be conducted on Friday 16th April. For further information please contact: 2004 Conference Organizing Committee P.O. Box 3467 Mildura 3502, VIC E-mail: SettlersintheSun@telstra.com Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausmdgs/2004.html Roz Voullaire roz@voullaire.com.au Secretary 2004 Conference Organizing Committee

Hello Marilyn, I'd like to publicly take this opportunity to welcome you to our list. As you can see by our name, we are a group of Australian Family History Society/Australian Genealogy Website webmaster/webmistresses. There usually isn't much traffic on this list unless somebody has a particular problem, but at least we all know there is someone here to help. I don't know if the rest of our members here would know your name and who you are, so if possible, could you write an email explaining who you are and what you do here in NSW. Also, if you are thinking of changing your website and have a question, please feel free to ask for any advice we might be able to give you. Regards Trevor Rhodes =========================================== Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951, Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. =========================================== 10:48:46 up 1 day, 17:47, 3 users, load average: 1.04, 1.02, 1.00 -- Trap full -- please empty.

To Trevor and all listers, Thanks for the welcome. I am an accredited Transcription Agent for the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages and am the owner of the Marbract Services website at http://www.marbract.com.au I hope I can help other webmasters by keeping my links to other societies/registries/resources current and help direct traffic to them and vice versa. Thank you all for your time. regards --- Marilyn Rowan Marbract Services N.S.W Birth, Death & Marriage Certificate Transcription Agent ABN 88 982 438 809 Phone: +61 2 9543 8156 Fax: +61 2 9541 1246 E-mail: marilynr@australis.net.au Home Page: http://www.marbract.com.au -------------------------------------------------------------- >From: Trevor Rhodes <trevor@rhodes-online.net> >To: AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [FHS-Web] Welcome >Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:21:33 +1100 > >Hello Marilyn, > >I'd like to publicly take this opportunity to welcome you to our list. As >you >can see by our name, we are a group of Australian Family History >Society/Australian Genealogy Website webmaster/webmistresses. There >usually >isn't much traffic on this list unless somebody has a particular problem, >but >at least we all know there is someone here to help. > >I don't know if the rest of our members here would know your name and who >you >are, so if possible, could you write an email explaining who you are and >what >you do here in NSW. > >Also, if you are thinking of changing your website and have a question, >please >feel free to ask for any advice we might be able to give you. > > Regards > Trevor Rhodes >=========================================== >Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 >Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org >Registered Machine #'s 186951, >Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. >=========================================== > 10:48:46 up 1 day, 17:47, 3 users, load average: 1.04, 1.02, 1.00 >-- >Trap full -- please empty. > > >==== AUS-FHS-WEBMASTERS Mailing List ==== >A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away. > >KEEP YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE UP TO DATE. IF YOU ARE ON THE NET THIS IS >YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Instant Messenger now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_messenger.asp

I am the Web master of the LRFHS Web Site. I have put a List of WWI Soldiers who died and were Buried in Leicester on to our web site bulletin board.This includes some Australians If any can help Identify these soldiers, it would be appreciated. Please take a look and circularise the information if you can G.Smith (Web Page Co-ordinator) Home Page: http://www.localdial.com/users/airforce LRFHS Web Site: http://www.lrfhs.org.uk Jersey Island Page: http://www.jerseyvirtual.net George Smith <airforce@localdial.com> Jersey Insight http://www.jerseyinsight.com Jersey Airport http://www.jerseyairport.com