Below is the first part of the RootsWeb Review Newsletter which comes out periododically. I've asked whether my members get a copy of this newsletter but I haven't gotten a satisfying answer. Would someone who is not a member of RootsWeb please tell me if you've received it since you joined this mailing list? Please? Some of the stories are fascinating, and it has notices of the new boards and projects that are coming online at a fantastic rate. We all want to know about them, I'm sure, so if you don't get this newsletter, let me know so I can keep you abreast. Or better yet, join RootsWeb and help support these projects. I think this organization is on the cutting edge of Genealogy! * * * * * * * ROOTSWEB REVIEW: Genealogical Data Cooperative News Vol. 2, No. 14, 7 April 1999. Circulation: 286,000+ (C) 1998-1999 RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative. Editors: Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <RWR-Editors@rootsweb.com> * * * * * CONTENTS. News and Notes from RootsWeb (RootsWeb's March Statistics; Randy Winch Hailed for Brilliant Work; Bob Tillman Joins RootsWeb Staff; Need Better Internet Access?; International Internet Genealogical Society (IIGS) April 1999 Newsletter; RootsWeb Report on TalkSpot; HelpDesk Tips); Connecting through RootsWeb; Letters to the Editors; Mailing Lists; Web Pages; USGenWeb Archives Project; USGenWeb Census Project Archives; Humor; Reprint Policy TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail that says only SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) to: <Rootsweb-Review-L-request@rootsweb.com>. BACK ISSUES OF ROOTSWEB REVIEW are available for download from: <ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/>. * * * * * NEWS AND NOTES FROM ROOTSWEB 163,035,217 EMAIL MESSAGES AND A LOT MORE. In March, RootsWeb supported the following for the Internet genealogical community: o 4,030 independently authored Web sites. o 108,887,834 total Web hits: 28,801,459 were HTML pages. 17,209,828 were cgi-bin database searches and such. 62,815,960 were graphics (GIFs, JPEGs, etc.). o 2,154,058 file downloads from the USGenWeb Archives and the ROOTS-L Library. o 6,100 independently operated RootsWeb-hosted mailing lists. o 163,035,217 pieces of e-mail shipped to our mailing lists. That's about a 14% increase in traffic just since January. What folks may not realize is just what those numbers mean. It takes a huge amount of bandwidth to transfer all these Web pages and e-mail messages to the Internet, and RootsWeb's monthly Internet costs have grown from about $10,000 to about $12,000 in just the last two months. It also takes about 30 servers (very large computers) to handle all these Web pages and mailing lists, and RootsWeb is having to spend $10,000 or more each month adding new servers and upgrading its older servers to keep up with demand. No government agency or big corporation pays for RootsWeb: we're entirely supported by contributions made by users like you. If you like the support RootsWeb is providing for the genealogical community and if you want help RootsWeb provide even better support for the community, please consider supporting us and becoming a RootsWeb Contributor: <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> or send e-mail to: <RW-info@rootsweb.com> RootsWeb's address is: RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative, P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798. (Please include your e-mail address on all correspondence and checks.) * * *