Let's get someone on that! It's hard enough to find the information and even more annoying to think you've found a lead and encounter a dead link/dead info. Monie ps: If I had the expertise/time I'd volunteer. Alas, I have neither. ""Diane I."" <dti@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message news:3EDA7B90.8000405@nyc.rr.com... > Will the page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usvi/ ever be updated and have > all its broken links fixed? It's been like this for a few years now - > looks like the last update was in Feb. of 2000. Every now and again, I > check to see if there might be anything there I could use, but am always > disheartened to still find all those broken links and nothing new added. > Is there no one to maintain it? Three links to the island message > boards are pointing to ancient urls, and out of 18 links on the lower > right side, half are dead. It's a shame, because that page could be an > excellent resource. New researchers will become frustrated quickly. > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Diane I. > life is good > dti "at" nyc.rr.com > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >

Be gracious, friends- these boards are maintained by volunteers. If a particular board isn't up to date, it's likely that *no one w/ an interest in that board has both the time & expertise to "get...on that." Regards, Dick in Princeton, NJ ---------------- Monifa wrote: > > Let's get someone on that! It's hard enough to find the information and even > more annoying to think you've found a lead and encounter a dead link/dead > info. > > Monie > ps: If I had the expertise/time I'd volunteer. Alas, I have neither. > > ""Diane I."" <dti@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message > > Will the page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usvi/ ever be updated and have > > all its broken links fixed? It's been like this for a few years now - > > looks like the last update was in Feb. of 2000. Every now and again, I > > check to see if there might be anything there I could use, but am always > > disheartened to still find all those broken links and nothing new added. > > Is there no one to maintain it? Three links to the island message > > boards are pointing to ancient urls, and out of 18 links on the lower > > right side, half are dead. It's a shame, because that page could be an > > excellent resource. New researchers will become frustrated quickly. > >