I apologize if I seemed "not gracious." Note that I did mention that if I had the expertise and time, I'd volunteer. I am only a rookie at this game, but in the short time I've been searching I realize that it takes a lot of time to do your own personal ancestry research, much less upkeep a Web site. This is why although I have a small but significant amount of information on some of the families I am researching, I have yet to put this information online or even compile it in any other form other than what my 'free' genealogy program outputs. I do however, still "totally agree" that it is incredibly frustrating when you think you've finally found a lead only to find that most are outdated and dead links. Just my humble opinion. Monie "Dick Meyers" <jzmrkm@erols.com> wrote in message news:3EDB61A4.4C0B8FAE@erols.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. > > > >