Hi Nigel, Whilst trawling the internet looking for obituaries, I have come across: http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/ Which states that: "In addition to tributes originated by visitors to our website, thousands of newspaper bereavement notices, in memoriam messages and other notices are automatically added from Northcliffe media's newspapers in the west and east Midlands, South Wales, the Westcountry, Gloucestershire, the south-east and Lincolnshire. This is a service covered by the price when notices are submitted for inclusion in the local newspapers". They charge £10 to create a new tribute - although there is no fee to search. In addition there is: http://www.gonetoosoon.org/ which states that it is free. I just wonder if perhaps you are duplicating what already exists? Kind regards, Phil Keast ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel Penton Tilbury" <nigelt@familynotices.org> To: <CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:40 AM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] A new website - www.familynotices.org > Posted with the kind permission of the Listowner. > > You are cordially invited to visit www.familynotices.org, a totally > non-commercial site. > > Following the death of a close family member, I was surprised at the > charges > levied by the local newspaper for posting just a small obituary. The same > applies to birth, engagement, marriage notices et al. It made me think > through the whole 'public notices' concept and I created FamilyNotices.org > which is an on-line repository for all such, with no fees or charges to > post, view or search. > > Unlike a newspaper this has the advantage of being world-wide, free and > doesn't get thrown away! > > Messages posted do not have to be current - details of 'Aunt Millie born > in > 1896' is just as relevant as a modern-day wedding notice. > > Just register, log-on and enter your messages & please tell your friends, > for anyone is welcome to post good news or sad news. > > Cheers for now, > > > Nigel > > > ______________________________________________ > > FamilyNotices.org - the free online repository > for all notices of Births, Deaths, Marriages, > Engagements, Anniversaries and Missing Persons > > Doing it for free - unlike the newspapers ! > > > Visit www.familynotices.org > > Follow us on Twitter > www.twitter.com/familynotices > > ______________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Phil, Many thanks for the quick response and for your comments too. I registered this domain in 2003, but for a variety of reasons there were several 'false-starts' which delayed going live for far too long. > I just wonder if perhaps you are duplicating what already exists? To a degree but if anything, only duplicating opportunity, for I guess this is what competition is all about - the Users will decide what suits them and align their loyalties accordingly. It is true there are other sites, which are mainly an adjunct to a paid-for newspaper service and for the Searcher these can offer quite extensive data from the outset. However they all seem to involve payment, either openly at the front-end as in the case of newspapers, or by offering 'free' posting plus a charging mechanism for 'virtual gifts', 'virtual flowers' etc. http://www.gonetoosoon.org/ [owned by All Points North Publications Ltd] is devoted to deaths only, as the domain name suggests and this offers the 'gifts' option, whereas http://www.familynotices.org is for all types of announcements and is totally devoid of all charges. One particular aspect which arose during the long [very] development of FamilyNotices was the 'Search or Post' debate, for it highlighted the varying interests that Users have. The prime intention was to provide the User with a facility to post a message and display it to the whole World, plus send 'tell a friend' email links. The opportunity for searches by anyone, not just family historians is [marginally] a secondary, albeit immensely valuable benefit. The reason this site has been brought to the attention of fellow family historians is because they too have other facets to their lives, not just researching the past. Genealogists also have families & friends who all experience social milestones like engagements, marriages, new arrivals as well as deaths, and I felt that _more than any other social group_ they especially would appreciate the value of a centralised store for this information - if only for others later. I do hope you decide to use it for any type of message, celebratory as well as obituary! Cheers, Nigel ______________________________________________ FamilyNotices.org - the free online repository for all notices of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Engagements, Anniversaries and Missing Persons Doing it for free - unlike the newspapers ! Visit www.familynotices.org Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/familynotices ______________________________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Philip Keast > Sent: 23 April 2010 12:23 > To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] A new website - www.familynotices.org > > Hi Nigel, > > Whilst trawling the internet looking for obituaries, I have > come across: > > http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/ > > Which states that: > > "In addition to tributes originated by visitors to our > website, thousands of > newspaper bereavement notices, in memoriam messages and other > notices are > automatically added from Northcliffe media's newspapers in > the west and east > Midlands, South Wales, the Westcountry, Gloucestershire, the > south-east and > Lincolnshire. This is a service covered by the price when notices are > submitted for inclusion in the local newspapers". > > They charge £10 to create a new tribute - although there is no fee to > search. > > In addition there is: > > http://www.gonetoosoon.org/ > > which states that it is free. > > I just wonder if perhaps you are duplicating what already exists? > > Kind regards, > > Phil Keast