James W Anderson wrote: > The FamilySearch Wiki is growing, they need your help. From today's > User Group Meeting (which I attended live and those outside the area > can attend via Adobe Connect for now: > > 5. Have state, country, county coordinators. Could we > advertize this need on a portal page? Coordinators should have > genealogical experience? Have a way to give feedback on coordinators/ > moderators so those that are not effective can be evaluated and > changed as needed. > 5. Volunteers for moderators > > Jimmy: Idaho, Indians of North America > Lisa: Tennessee > Darris: Wales > David: New York, Oregon, Luxembourg, Germany > > This would work like USGenweb/WorldGenweb if it works out, have > coordinators for counties and states in the US and countries > > There need to be alot more than the 1660 or so people that are on as > of this writing. > > Also note the forums link on the left of any wiki page as well. You > can ask research questions there. The wiki will be for posting > information about records, repositories, research strategies, etc. > Almost all the other wikis I've seen have to do with surnames and the > like, this is the only one focused on actual research resources and > strategies. > > You do not have to be LDS to participate, although they are providing > the resources and the technical backing for the project. Jump in, > edit your areas of knowledge. They anticipate it being used by > millions on a regular basis. The site uses the latest version of the > Wikimedia software, so it is up to date technically as well. > > http://wiki.familysearch.org/ > > Forums: http://forums.familysearchsupport.org/index.php > > A note on registration which is needed for editing on the wiki and > posting on the forums other than those for feedback on the wiki: > Sorry no single signin yet for both projects, but they are working on > that technical issue. Best to use the same username on both if you do > so that when they do the transition will be smoother for you. thank you for the update I will probaly update move my existing FAQ there when I get round to it Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG