Hi Everyone, This is just a reminder that if you change your email address [or even your name] for any reason, you can have your old posts to ANY of GenConnect's Query & 6 data boards edited to show your new address. All you have to do is : 1. email the person shown at the bottom of each board as the 'maintenance' person, 2. provide them with both old and new addys, Carol Pierson, I have fixed your post to reflect your new addy on your TOWE query on the Union Co., GA Query Board and deleted your "address Change" post as it no longer applies. Please re-visit our query board to make sure your new addy is correct. If not, let me know. Here's our Union Co., GA FAQ about email address changes..... FAQ# 13: I've had to change my ISP [Internet Service Provider], so I now have a new email addy. What do I do now to let everyone know where to find me? You will need to change both your queries and your subscriptions to each email list that you were on. Don't forget about your email notices about every post to query and data boards at GenConnect and any post-em notes you made to the World Connect project or within the SSDI at RootsWeb or entries you made on the ROOTS-L system. If you donated any data to the USGenWeb Archives or to a county's website site, they will also have your old email addy. Queries: This will take you some time to complete on your own...because it's helpful for you to find each one before you contact the person who will update it for you. When you find one, note the page's URL or GenConnect's message #. Email the person identified on that page as the maintenance contact or webmaster. Give the county name, both your old and your new addy and a copy of your query and/or the #. Be as specific as possible in order to help them to help you!! For queries at GenForum, there's no way to change your email addy with them. You will need to post your new email addy in a 'reply' to all your original posts. If you can remember where you posted one query, you can access all the ones you ever posted to the GenForum system by clicking on your name's link. Email Lists: For the ones at Rootsweb, if you still have access to your old email account, send the standand 'unsubscribe' email messages to each list. Can't remember all the lists you were on? Go here http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ and RootsWeb will be able to provide a listing to you. If you no longer have access to your old email account, that's okay. Your mail to your old account will bounce and the owner of the list will be notified automatically. After about 3+ bounces, your old addy should fall out of the system. There may be lingering addys that look similar to your old one generated by programming within the email delivery system...but the list owner will be able to get rid of those manually for you. To re-subscribe to any list, log on from your new email account and start sending the same 'subscribe' messages as you originally did before switching ISPs. If you still aren't receiving email at your new address, contact the owner of the email list so that they can subscribe you manually. Sometimes list owners need to do this for you when you have similar email addresses before the @ sign. Reminder: Sending a one-time mailing to all your email lists telling folks that your address has changed isn't the best way to get the word out. Your message will automatically go into the email list archives [and taking up space]...but folks are searching lists on surnames [not you]..so your message will be over-looked. Not everyone is going to hasten to the task and see if they have something about you on 100's of their webpages as that is just too time-consuming. Be considerate and send private emails to webmasters citing the exact pages where your name appears and ask them politely to change your address. See: RootsWeb's FAQs about email changes. http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/address.html#b2 -----Original Message----- From: Carol Pierson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 11:21 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Address change >Posted on: Union Co. GA Query Forum >Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Union/720 > >Surname: Ga and Tn Towes >------------------------- > > >My address has changed since I posted my original message. And since I >am so interested in finding people who can help me with my search I wanted >to update. > > > >