Hi, Thank you for your explanation. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Gateway messages > 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. > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >