Cassie, we are considering moving our Gardner page to Rootsweb. Are you happy with it? Marilynn ---------- > From: Cassie A. Elam <celam@pdq.net> > To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] New from Rootsweb > Date: Saturday, June 05, 1999 12:32 PM > > ROOTSWEB PUTS IT TOGETHER. Have you ever wished you could look up > *everything* at RootsWeb that relates to a particular surname? > Now you can! > > Click on the new option SURNAME RESOURCES at RootsWeb's main page > <http://www.rootsweb.com/> or go directly to: > <http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/>. Click on the letter of > the alphabet for the surname of interest, and then select it from > the list that appears. This will take you to a "surname resource > cluster," where you can search for your surname in numerous > databases. For example, using BANKSTON you would find: > <http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/a/BANKSTON/>, where you > could search "B" WEB SITES, the OBITUARY DAILY TIMES, or: > > o The ROOTSWEB SURNAME LIST (RSL). RSL search options are by > surname, Soundex, or Metaphone (the latter two are "sounds- > like" matches). You can search for updates from the past two > months, last month, last week, or for any mention. > > o TRANSCRIPTION PROJECTS. You might check to see if your > immigrant ancestors' names are listed at the Immigrant Ship > Transcribers Guild (ISTG). > > o PRIMARY RECORDS AT ROOTSWEB (from USGenWeb Archives and > RootsWeb Searchable Databases). > > o GENERAL LINKS AND SEARCH ENGINES. There are three options. > > o ROOTSLINK link registry. You can add a new link also. > > o SEEKER search engine, which returns surname matches from > Web pages -- there is much "hidden genealogy" that this > search will help you find. > > o SURNAME HELPER search engine finds queries and surname > registrations posted at various genealogically-related > sites on the Web, with participating sites including many > USGenWeb and WorldGenWeb sites. All GenConnect boards are > indexed in Surname Helper. > > o MAILING LISTS. Descriptions of lists that relate to this > surname, subscription instructions, and links to the > archives so you can search or browse past postings. > > o GENCONNECT. Click on GLOBAL SURNAME SEARCH to find queries > that mention the surname of interest that are posted in > connection with any county, state, or country in the world. > Or click an icon for one of the seven automated boards that > together make up a "suite" of boards available for surnames > and localities (Queries, Bible records, Biographies, Deeds, > Obituaries, Pensions, and Wills). > > >