Hi Mariquita, thanks for your encouragement. :=)) First we need somebody who volunteers to compile the content. I would appreciate it, if David can do it, otherwise Marcella Dawson has volunteered already. I think it could be even a small group to do it. I suggest to keep the FAQ in a simple text file, what can be viewed and/or downloaded from a site, but what can be also simply mailed. No big technical KnowHow needed for that. We have several options to upload the file on a server, preferably of course on rootsweb. The next is that everybody brings his small bits and pieces and soon we should have a good starting point, that helps everybody, as you correctly understood it. You write > I don't feel that I even have enough solid information to post > a legitimate query. Go forward, don't hesitate! Just put your names and places in a small query. You have already a combination of names and places? That is above and beyond every FAQ! Hope you find somebody with similar interest, i.e. same names and/or towns. Kind regards from Vietnam to Mexico! Stefan At 23:25 17.12.99 EST, Mariquita wrote: ------------------------- > Hi Stefan, > > I think your idea is wonderful. I really don't understand the objections to > it...... > perhaps the readers simply do not understand what you have in mind. Granted, > it is somewhat of a major undertaking but perhaps if we each contributed > something it wouldn't be such a formidable task. You could call it Bavarian > Basics and everyone > (not only the beginners) could plug into it instantly to retreive some > important information without searching through all their notes and research > files for the > correct URL. > > I am just a beginner on the Bavarian List and hardly have even begun my > search for > my SEIBERT family in Bavaria because I'm not even sure where to start. I > don't feel that I even have enough solid information to post a legitimate > query. All I have is a > name, a date and a place called Permesans (sp.) which was the last known > address. > > Hope the criticisms are not discouraging you. It IS a great idea! Perhaps > if enough people see it, someone will take the ball and carry it to the > finish line. If I knew anything about setting up a site, I'd gladly > volunteer to put it together but my computer knowledge is also at the novice > level so I can't be much help there. But I do want to congratulate you for > possessing a creative mind that comes up with solutions rather than problems. > You have the talents of a successful researcher. > Good luck in your quest! > Best regards, > Mariquita in Texas >