Hello everyone, especially the Yorksgeners who are gathered in York, Perhaps to celebrate these two weeks' research, I have no bouncing email addresses to report! On the other hand, there are 21 new submissions for the following surnames: ASHURST BENTON, BERRY, BEVINS, BICKERDIKE, BOWNS BRADSHAW CROWTHER DALES, DAVIES, DYSON FLETCHER GAVINS, GREEN LEACH, LYLLY PHILBEDGE SAVILLE, SHELDON TAYLOR WOOD Good luck to all in your research, Magdalena ___________________________________________________ Magdalena Gorrell Guimaraens List Administrator PLEASE NOTE: - For *all *communications regarding the YKS Surnames List, please address emails to: *[email protected] not* to the address from which this update is posted. Thank you. - For the Index to surnames on the YKS Surnames database and for instructions on how to submit surnames, go to: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/YKSlist/ -- MAGDALENA GORRELL GUIMARAENS Member of Council for the Portugal Region AIIC - International Association of Conference Interpreters [email protected] http://www.mgorrell.eu

Somehow I have missed why decisions were made to link some of the lists I am on with Gateway and why we have to reply to two sources. What was wrong with the system we had? In order to read what we wrote to a list one had to look up the archives whereas many of these other sources seem to be freely available to anyone. It no longer feels as secure as it once did. Information goes to places one might not have chosen to write it to. Have the genealogical lists somehow lost their appeal. I no longer bother to unsubscribe when I am away from home because the volume is so small I can handle it. Jean in Australia.

Hi Jean Both boards and lists are rootswebs and both are and were freely searchable by anyone, the rootsweb search engine just does it more specifically to the enquiry, google will pick up much of what is posted on rootsweb dependent on the search criteria used You have always been able to pick up rootsweb postings via a search engine Some people prefer boards, others lists, the gateways are purely a way for the list members to see the posts on the board (generally of the same name and covering the same area) the choice as to whether a board / list are gatewayed is with the board / list administrator (sometimes one and the same person) You do not need to reply to two places, just one where it is a board post as I explained off list If there is a board post and you wish to reply, click the blue link in the gatewayed post and reply to the board, your reply will in turn be gatewayed back to the list Nothing has changed in recent years My personal opinion as to why the lists have become quieter in recent times is purely the plethora of information which is now available online, less questions need to be asked than there used to be, more people can do their own research than a few short years ago, people are in the main more "savvy" than they were Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Somehow I have missed why decisions were made to link some of the lists I > am on with Gateway and why we have to reply to two sources. What was > wrong > with the system we had? > > In order to read what we wrote to a list one had to look up the archives > whereas many of these other sources seem to be freely available to anyone. > It no longer feels as secure as it once did. Information goes to places > one > might not have chosen to write it to. Have the genealogical lists somehow > lost their appeal. I no longer bother to unsubscribe when I am away from > home because the volume is so small I can handle it. > > Jean in Australia.