Sorry. Here is one: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rosacker_origins& id=I200> &db=rosacker_origins&id=I200 From: Pat Geary [mailto:pat@the-gearys.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 1:01 PM To: Harlan Rosacker; FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Duplicate Notes in WorldConnect tree At 12:09 PM 7/13/2011, Harlan Rosacker wrote: The FTM 2010 file which I exported as a gedcom file to WorldConnect displays no duplicate Notes for individuals. However, the tree which appeared on WorldConnect - entitled "Rosacker Roots in Schleswig-Holstein" -- has repeated duplicates Notes. See for example: Rosacker, Wulf. The Notes on Wulf are repeated four times. It may result from multiple exports and merges over many years, so there is no pristine backup somewhere. At this stage, can anyone suggest an easy way of getting rid of the duplicates? ==================== We need a link in order to see the pages. pat

At 12:09 PM 7/13/2011, Harlan Rosacker wrote: >The FTM 2010 file which I exported as a gedcom file to WorldConnect displays >no duplicate Notes for individuals. However, the tree which appeared on >WorldConnect - entitled "Rosacker Roots in Schleswig-Holstein" -- has >repeated duplicates Notes. See for example: Rosacker, Wulf. The Notes on >Wulf are repeated four times. It may result from multiple exports and >merges over many years, so there is no pristine backup somewhere. At this >stage, can anyone suggest an easy way of getting rid of the duplicates? ==================== We need a link in order to see the pages. pat

The FTM 2010 file which I exported as a gedcom file to WorldConnect displays no duplicate Notes for individuals. However, the tree which appeared on WorldConnect - entitled "Rosacker Roots in Schleswig-Holstein" -- has repeated duplicates Notes. See for example: Rosacker, Wulf. The Notes on Wulf are repeated four times. It may result from multiple exports and merges over many years, so there is no pristine backup somewhere. At this stage, can anyone suggest an easy way of getting rid of the duplicates? Thanks.

I would contact Rootsweb the link at the bottom of the page and tell them about the problem. If that does not work, delete your current database and then reload it. Then if you still have the problem it is a issue with your FTM file. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == -----Original Message----- From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harlan Rosacker Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:15 AM To: 'Pat Geary'; FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Duplicate Notes in WorldConnect tree Sorry. Here is one: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rosacker_origins& id=I200> &db=rosacker_origins&id=I200 From: Pat Geary [mailto:pat@the-gearys.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 1:01 PM To: Harlan Rosacker; FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Duplicate Notes in WorldConnect tree At 12:09 PM 7/13/2011, Harlan Rosacker wrote: The FTM 2010 file which I exported as a gedcom file to WorldConnect displays no duplicate Notes for individuals. However, the tree which appeared on WorldConnect - entitled "Rosacker Roots in Schleswig-Holstein" -- has repeated duplicates Notes. See for example: Rosacker, Wulf. The Notes on Wulf are repeated four times. It may result from multiple exports and merges over many years, so there is no pristine backup somewhere. At this stage, can anyone suggest an easy way of getting rid of the duplicates? ==================== We need a link in order to see the pages. pat ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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At 01:51 PM 7/10/2011, tilburycm@aim.com wrote: >Some time ago there was an undertaking from Rootsweb that email >addresses posted in guestbook entries could not be harvested because >they would only appear when the gbk entries were called from the >server; so this is no longer true? My earlier explanation (apparently not clear) was that email addresses are not harvested from RW guestbooks because the bots that engage in that type of activity are not allowed access to the server. AFAIK, they are still blocked. Pat Asher

Some time ago there was an undertaking from Rootsweb that email addresses posted in guestbook entries could not be harvested because they would only appear when the gbk entries were called from the server; so this is no longer true? Visitors to a gbk want contacts from fh-ers with the same interests, not all and sundry. Caroline ____ Poems written to celebrate Liverpool's 800th anniversary http://www.poem800.com/index.php "Tilberia" http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~cmtilbury "TheTilbury Magazine" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmtilbury/ttm/ttm_frontpage.html AlanT's London families, including his globetrotters, & Edward-the-warehouse T http://www.arext.plus.com/ "The Bingham Line" (with HMS Tilbury in WW1) http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~bingham -----Original Message----- From: Pat Asher <pjroots@att.net> To: Freepages-Help <Freepages-Help@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:42 Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Guestbook At 12:22 PM 7/10/2011, tilburycm@aim.com wrote: >Thanks for the reply, Pat - but the e-address was visible and >copiable on the google header, as you can see from my original >message: can this not be avoided? Caroline Not if they enter it. How many places on line have you posted your email address? People post their email address because they want others to be able to contact them :) Pat Asher ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 12:22 PM 7/10/2011, tilburycm@aim.com wrote: >Thanks for the reply, Pat - but the e-address was visible and >copiable on the google header, as you can see from my original >message: can this not be avoided? Caroline Not if they enter it. How many places on line have you posted your email address? People post their email address because they want others to be able to contact them :) Pat Asher

Thanks for the reply, Pat - but the e-address was visible and copiable on the google header, as you can see from my original message: can this not be avoided? Caroline ____ Poems written to celebrate Liverpool's 800th anniversary http://www.poem800.com/index.php "Tilberia" http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~cmtilbury "TheTilbury Magazine" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmtilbury/ttm/ttm_frontpage.html AlanT's London families, including his globetrotters, & Edward-the-warehouse T http://www.arext.plus.com/ "The Bingham Line" (with HMS Tilbury in WW1) http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~bingham -----Original Message----- From: Pat Asher <pjroots@att.net> To: Freepages-Help <Freepages-Help@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:17 Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Guestbook At 09:25 AM 7/10/2011, tilburycm@aim.com wrote: >I thought that entries in guestbooks could only be seen, were only >compiled from the server, when the gbk was called? I googled "George >Reginald Tilbury" and this came up top of the list True. But the information resides in a database on the server. Bots spider the server directly. In the past, RW was very picky about which bots were allowed that access. I would guess they still are. Also, if you view page source, you'll find email addresses are masked. The encryption is very basic and the emails could be harvested if desired, but Google retains the encryption. Pat Asher ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 09:25 AM 7/10/2011, tilburycm@aim.com wrote: >I thought that entries in guestbooks could only be seen, were only >compiled from the server, when the gbk was called? I googled "George >Reginald Tilbury" and this came up top of the list True. But the information resides in a database on the server. Bots spider the server directly. In the past, RW was very picky about which bots were allowed that access. I would guess they still are. Also, if you view page source, you'll find email addresses are masked. The encryption is very basic and the emails could be harvested if desired, but Google retains the encryption. Pat Asher

I thought that entries in guestbooks could only be seen, were only compiled from the server, when the gbk was called? I googled "George Reginald Tilbury" and this came up top of the list Tilberia - Messages - [ Traduire cette page ] resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/.../public_guestbook.cgi?... - En cache Name: George Reginald Tilbury, Jr <tilsgeorge@aol.com>. Date: 2011-07-07. Are you a Tilbury or Tilbury-related? a Tilbury (b 1937) ... If any gbk entry can be displayed thus, including e-address, this will discourage visitors from leaving info, contact email - enable abuse of their data? Or does it mean that somehow when I visit my gbk, google can reproduce the entry(ies)? Caroline ____ Poems written to celebrate Liverpool's 800th anniversary http://www.poem800.com/index.php "Tilberia" http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~cmtilbury "TheTilbury Magazine" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmtilbury/ttm/ttm_frontpage.html AlanT's London families, including his globetrotters, & Edward-the-warehouse T http://www.arext.plus.com/ "The Bingham Line" (with HMS Tilbury in WW1) http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~bingham

I assume at some time you downloaded that web page directly from the Live Web. That line is part of code inserted by Rootsweb when displaying the page. Their code needs to be removed if a page is "recovered" from the site. They put in a lot of code as they think you will not be downloading it directly for edit yourself Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ On 2011-07-10 6:16 AM, Heidi wrote: > Thank you for the help. I found the little devil that caused me all the > problem. > > <div id="RootsBanner-SearchWrapper">

At 06:45 AM 7/10/2011, Phyllis Dearborn wrote: >I have uploaded my information into Rootsweb-genealogy section, and have >uploaded my GEDCOM into the world data base. > >However, when I do a search on a web browser for names, my information does >not show up. Why? what do I need to do to get this information shown on a >general web search? ============= I am not sure how long it takes for Google to find WorldConnect database names BUT one thing I have done to help link to two sites is to include a link on my WorldConnect site to the appropriate section of my genealogy site which is no longer hosted by Rootsweb. Example: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=littlefamily with this on each page that displays which is a link to the rest of the site on this family .Home Page: <http://www.family-genealogy-online.com/little/>The Little Family and Collateral Lines Without having a link to your FreePages site it is hard to tell you what needs to be done. It does take time for the Search engines to find you. The results they display will be pertinent to what the viewer searches for. And remember, not everyone is going to enter your site through your "front door" or Home Page. So each page should be optimized for the search engines. A good resource is Googles SEO Starter Guide which can be downloaded for free. You will not be able to follow all of their recommendations but it will give you some guidance. You can read more about it here http://www.genealogy-computer-tips.com/google-search-engine-optimization-starter-guide/ and there is a link to dl the guide. If you click the link on the WordlConnect site, you will be taken to http://www.family-genealogy-online.com/little/ which deals with that specific line of my family. You heading tags to layout the outline of your site. H1 being the most important and they should be used in the proper order. You can read more about the use of heading tags here http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/heading-tags.html Back to your Freepages site. Include links on your pages back to your database. I do not link to the main page of my WorldConnect database except for the link that says Search the Database but to the pertinent page. Example: <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=littlefamily&id=I80>Register Report from RootsWeb Database on Samuel Little and Elizabeth Boone which takes the viewer to the page with that information. One advantage to linking to the database rather than including the report on my site is that anytime I update the database, the report will be automatically updated. Two free ebooks that you might find helpful are: http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/genealogy-website-ebook.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-freepages-ebook.html Pat

When I first began making pages, I didn't know about "includes". Pat G. or Pat A. or others on this list told me about them and showed me how to make an include. But, at first I only used includes for certain parts of my pages, but not all things that I could have done. What is an include? An include is one page that contains info you might repeat all on many web pages. An include page therefore is inserted by code into many webpages. A webpage can use many includes. As an example, if you use a footer for your contact info and copyright, it's easiest to use an include because you'll only need to change ONE page to update your info. An include page can be used, as another example, to put internal links onto many webpages (for example, if you have a bunch of webpages on one topic and need to link those to each other, especially if the pages are consecutive reading, like book pages.) As we all figure out (eventually), links to other people's webpages change-- often frequently. We might use external links to libraries, newspapers, educational institutions, online encycopedias, wiki, etc. It's very disheartening when a favorite site removes their content, or re-arranges their websites, leaving us with numerous broken links on our webpages! I have learned a BIG lesson about putting a list of external links for GPS data on my pages for one specific folder in my website that contains hundreds of pages. This was before I knew about includes. I recently discovered that I have over 1,000 broken external links for the GPS data! Arrrgh! If I had put those external links in an "include page", I would now only need to update ONE page. Without an include, I now manually have to go fix a few hundred pages/over 1,000 links. But lesson learned-- this time, they are going into an "include". :-D (I'm thinking about putting all external links into includes in the future!) If you haven't started using Includes and don't know what they are, ask for help to learn how to make and use them. Includes truly will help you down the road as your website grows. Judy

Don't know why this took so long to arrive - sent it Saturday afternoon (French time). Caroline -----Original Message----- From: tilburycm <tilburycm@aim.com> To: hutley <hutley@greenhills.net>; freepages-help <freepages-help@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 9:26 Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Page does not display properly Heidi, you'll probably have more expert help, but I copied your source code, then removed the roots banners at the top, got the same result of only the top of your table appearing; then removed <div id="userContentFP" style="padding: 8px;"> <div id="RootsBanner-SearchWrapper"> <script type="text/javascript">function mailto(domain,user) { document.location.href="mailto:"+user+"@"+domain;}</script> whereupon your complete table appeared, with the inset links table. Hope this helps - Caroline (old e-address, still valid: tilburycm@netscape.net) ____ Poems written to celebrate Liverpool's 800th anniversary http://www.poem800.com/index.php "Tilberia" http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~cmtilbury "TheTilbury Magazine" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmtilbury/ttm/ttm_frontpage.html AlanT's London families, including his globetrotters, & Edward-the-warehouse T http://www.arext.plus.com/ "The Bingham Line" (with HMS Tilbury in WW1) http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~bingham Every path has its puddle. -----Original Message----- From: Heidi <hutley@greenhills.net> To: freepages-help <freepages-help@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:56 Subject: [FreeHelp] Page does not display properly Hi list, Am having problems with one of my pages. After doing some work and uploading it does not display right. I have checked it in FrontPage 2003 (Preview) also previewed in browser from FP 2003. Everything looks good. The page can be found at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily/waltzgenealogy.htm Would appreciate for someone to take a look. My OS is Windows 7 and I am using IE9. Thank you for your help. Kind regards, Heidi Boos-Utley Email: hutley@greenhills.net URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Could you give a link to your site? Are you using an on-site Search, such as Google's Webmaster Tools? A browser "reads" what is on a webpage, but a bot must index the page and it's content. The World area and the freepages area are separate entities. I would think you'd at least need to place an index of names on your freepages to get them to show as being on your freepages. A google on-site search box would assist google to 'find' your stuff. It's fairly easy to set up and to insert the code that Google Webmaster Tools gives. You'll also use a "verify" code that is given from Google. I don't have a World Connect GEDCOM but what I'd do is: 1. Generate a names-only index to put on the freepages website. 1b. You could make one (or more) "index" pages per alphabet letter (surnames) on your freepages website. 1c. You could add descriptive pages for some of the people on your freepages, such as stories, photos, extras. Link all the same-name pages to each other. Crosslink as you think appropriate. 1d. (Not sure if this can be done)-- Link some or all of the freepages Index of Names to specific GEDCOM pages for that family/ person. (i.e. crosslink between freepages and the gedcom pages) 2. On every freepages/website page, make sure you have a link to your GEDCOM beginning page. 3. Think of ways to use your freepages to expand some aspects of your family's genealogy, history, location info/history, family, relationships, schooling, life experiences, religious affiliations, clubs/group memberships, etc. etc. For Example, let's say your key family members were founding members of XXX Church. You could expand to include pages about the XXX Church history, how your family supported/influenced/built the church or its goals. 4. On your freepages, use some identifier for you on all web pages. i.e. your name, a way to contact you, etc. Can you use the name of the GedCom on your website, for example? 5. Make sure Google knows where your pages are by using Google On-Site Search. There are other on-site tools, like Pico or Freefind. All are free. 6. Ask for more information about the best use of HEAD tags in your web pages. This is a big subject, but generally, you need to make sure every page has a good TITLE tag, DESCRIPTION tag, and KEYWORDS tag, plus have these match or reflect what is on "each" particular webpage. For examples: If you put a map on a webpage, all 3 tags plus the words on your page should have map as one of the words. Use full names of people when you write content, as an example, instead of saying "May, wife of George Xmith" it helps with Google search to use women's full names, like Mary Yyabb married George Xmith on xxx date. Mary Yyabb Xmith taught in a one room schoolhouse in McKean County State..." Although Google returns search words that are nearby on a webpage, it always helps to put the words together that we really want Google to find. Judy On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Phyllis Dearborn <pdearbor@gmail.com>wrote: > * *I have uploaded my information into Rootsweb-genealogy section, and have > uploaded my GEDCOM into the world data base. > > However, when I do a search on a web browser for names, my information does > not show up. Why? what do I need to do to get this information shown on a > general web search? > > thanks for this (and all the help provided previously!) > > > Phyllis Dearborn >

* *I have uploaded my information into Rootsweb-genealogy section, and have uploaded my GEDCOM into the world data base. However, when I do a search on a web browser for names, my information does not show up. Why? what do I need to do to get this information shown on a general web search? thanks for this (and all the help provided previously!) Phyllis Dearborn

At 04:16 PM 7/9/2011, Heidi wrote: >Hi Pat, > >Thank you for the help. I found the little devil that caused me all >the problem. > ><div id="RootsBanner-SearchWrapper"> > >This was sitting right behind my body tag. Don't have a clue how it >got there. It showed up since I changed to Windows 7 and am still >using FrontPage 2003. Should I change to a different HTML editor? >Have tried Expression Web but don't have much luck with it since I >know virtually nothing about CSS. Hate to admit that at age 73 the >learning process is not so easy. I would like to hear any >suggestions that you might have. ========== Not unless you are willing to spend some time learning html and css. <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-US;2511858>This article (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-US;2511858) outlines the prerequisites for using Expression Web effectively, along with a list of useful resources you can use to get up to speed on modern Web design. The bottom line is that you do need to have some knowledge of Web design before you'll be comfortable or effective using Microsoft Expression Web. Pat

Hi Pat, Thank you for the help. I found the little devil that caused me all the problem. <div id="RootsBanner-SearchWrapper"> This was sitting right behind my body tag. Don't have a clue how it got there. It showed up since I changed to Windows 7 and am still using FrontPage 2003. Should I change to a different HTML editor? Have tried Expression Web but don't have much luck with it since I know virtually nothing about CSS. Hate to admit that at age 73 the learning process is not so easy. I would like to hear any suggestions that you might have. Regards, Heidi Email: hutley@greenhills.net URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heidisfamily ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Pat Geary Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 1:18 PM To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Page does not display properly At 02:03 PM 7/9/2011, Heidi wrote: >Thank you for your prompt reply. Unfortunately this is code that Rootsweb >puts in. It is not on my page at my computer, and because of that I can not >remove it. The only time you can see it is when you "View Source" in the >browser. So it appears that I have to notify the powers that be at >Rootsweb. ================= Then you may have something wrong with the coding on your page on your computer that allows the RootsWeb banner code to be inserted in the wrong place. Make sure your tags are open and closed including these: Well that did not come through as it should have so try this instead http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/html-document-structure.html Pat Geary Working With Rootsweb FreePages Accounts EBook (free) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gearyfamily/rootsweb-freepages-ebook.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message