Hi Sheila And Janet; No Sheila you and Janet have given us alot of valuable information and I for one really appreciate all you have done. As far as the merging of their Information and yours don't worry about it, try to fix the problem with them. I have put my McCleister family in One World Tree and Ancestry.com in their infinite wisdom has merged a McCready Family with mine and I had to fix quite a bit of info so you see Gen Web is not the only site to screw up the Information Tree. Keep up your terrific work and wisdom. Walt McCann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine" <cjjoud@rogers.com> To: <CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [ON-CEM] Your list Mom is cranky...Please read > Sheila, > > Well here goes on my opinion! > > The Canada Gen Web takes and we all surmise the whole of "Canada", > and is broken down into provinces, and sections of research. > > There is plenty room for GenWeb, and sites such as Ontario Cemeteries > Resources, > I realised this when I was researching in Nova Scotia....there are some > superbly > done shall we say "private" sites of cemeteries, and then there are > those that a carried by GenWeb, which are quality as well, they have been > submitted > by individuals, or linked. > > Yes, there may be duplication, but a lot of researchers prefer the > "private" sites to going full tilt into GenWeb. GenWeb does offer a > lot but one has to know how to manouver about the site, and one > has to know the provinces, and then counties, with the "private" sites > one can get right in, and not have to do much manouvering around, > they can generally get to where they are researching quite quickly. > > GenWeb has been around for ages, as I am sure you know, and > they in my estimation generalize far too much, they are too big to do > anything > else. They are a compilation of different sites. > Myself and I am sure there are many others around who research > as a hobby, my family tree is complete. Always I have preferred to go into > the "private sites". > > I would not even consider pulling the plug on your's and Janet's site, > take the time, go to GenWeb and your site, compare > what is included in both sites, in reference to cemeteries the little bit > I compared yours has much more info, than the whole GenWeb Cemetery > Section. > > If a link has been given on the GenWeb site, I would consider > it more traffic to your site. > > You are not wrong to be annoyed, I would be, but more for the fact of the > claim > that they hadn't heard of your site, I would be gracious like > I think you are and link up the GenWeb site to your site, nothing > ventured nothing gained! > > Christine > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "GEN" <gendreamer@wightman.ca> > To: <CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 9:56 AM > Subject: [ON-CEM] Your list Mom is cranky...Please read > > >> Dear Listers: >> >> I want your opinion of this important item. >> >> As most of you already know, this mailing list started a website >> entitled" >> Gateway to Ontario Cemeteries" in late March or early April of 2004. With >> the cooperation of many we have started a website that covers every >> county >> and district in Ontario. I would be telling a lie if I stated we had >> every >> Cemetery in Ontario covered........we don't but that is our goal. >> >> Janet and I made a point of seeking out other cemetery sites and ask the >> owners if we could link their sites to theirs. They were agreeable. Some >> sites not only had databases on a cemetery, but also had photos. >> >> About two months ago I got wind of a project that I thought was great, a >> Canada wide cemetery database providing location, transcripts etc. >> >> For some unknown reason they have never heard of our site, which I made > the >> project managers aware of. >> >> Did I mention this project was launched late October of last year? >> >> I cannot understand why this project would want to duplicate work that is >> already done. >> >> Am I wrong for being annoyed? >> >> Should Janet and I just pull the plug on our Ontario Cemeteries Resources >> website when we were here first? >> >> I am not against the project, but I am against the duplication of > something >> that is already up and running. >> >> The ladies who are in charge of the Ontario section of Canada GenWeb >> cemetery Project have been nice and have placed a link to our site. >> >> I am more than willing to carry the GenWeb banner on our site, but I feel > we >> have been overlooked and snubbed, when{ in my opinion} we should be the >> official site for Ontario. >> >> Sheila >> >> List Mom and co-owner of Gateway to Ontario Cemeteries. >> >> >> ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== >> READ the taglines! >> Before you ask for a lookup ...check >> http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians >> In search of site: http://ocml0.tripod.com >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. 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