Wolf, I cant find the ship "North Wind". Will it be on later? Thanks Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolf Zscheile" <saxonyroots@charter.net> To: "GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-L@rootsweb. com" <GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-L@rootsweb.com>; <genealogy.net-users-en@genealogy.net>; "Saxony_Roots@yahoogroups. com" <Saxony_Roots@yahoogroups.com>; "SAXONY_ROOTS-L@rootsweb. com" <SAXONY_ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com>; "SAXONY-L@rootsweb. com" <SAXONY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 6:39 PM Subject: [G-P-L] What's new ?? > Good evening, folks, > > well, to answer my own question, there are lots of NEWS > in the ships department. > > Our transcribers are 'churning' out lots of passengerlists > and they and the proofreaders deserve a big 'THANK YOU' !! > > They all work quietly in the background for the benefit of > all of us. However, there are still 'zillions' of lists not > transcribed yet and we are constantly looking for more > volunteers. > > To talk about me, I try to update our databases and bring them > up to the highest technical standards constantly. > > The latest changes with our ships database > http://www.saxonyroots.com/ships > > With now well over 100,000 names in our database it can be > quite a bit time-consuming to search through all the records, > but now you can now narrow down your search with entering > any amount of letters into the 'First Name' box... > > Very often, you do not know the exact spelling of the Last Name. > But now you have the option to search for similar sounding names > with clicking on the 'YES' button... > > When you start looking for the actual data like: > http://www.saxonyroots.com/ships/ships_db.php > > you usually get quite a few 'hits' and until now you were only > able to move forward one page at the time.. but now you can > select any page you want to visit on the bottom of the page... > > And another thing I find very exciting.. our database is now > linked to 'google maps' and whenever you 'click' on a placename > you will see the actual landscape and in zooming in, you can go > down to the 'street level' and can see even the individual > buildings as it looks from space.... amazing... > > I am still not to happy with the display and all the advertising. > It's a minor thing.. anyone having any knowlege with JAVA and able > to give me a hand to solve this problem ?? > > OK.. enough talk for today... > Take a look and let me know your opinion and, of course, > if you find any 'boo-boos' tell me abot them.. > > Have a nice evening, > > Wolf [Zscheile] > > ******************************************** > > Visit our homepage with ALL the latest NEWS > > http://www.saxonyroots.com > > ******************************************** > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/534 - Release Date: 11/14/2006 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >