On 15 December 2014 at 16:22, Marie Byatt via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Number 1 - if you haven't used the Guild homepage search in the last 5 or > 6 days - do so now. Nigel has done a fantastic job of arranging the search > results to show what the Guild offers on any given surname. Actual details > may be behind the paywall but the teasers are there. Much more interesting > than just someone is or is not doing a study on the name. Scroll down to > the bottom of any Profile page as well. It's a great improvement and I > think makes the site friendlier. > > Number 2 - As you all know, I load material to the WWM (World Wide > Marriages Index - now over 150 thousand names and growing) - one of the > byproducts of this activity has meant that I have had a much wider peek > into other peoples studies. ANd honestly, I am blown away by the sheer > scope and magnitude of the work done. You members of the Guild have done > fantastic work, a university should be so good. Maps, DNA, Etymology, Data > crunching, Story telling, Immigration patterns, medieval manuscripts, > farming methods, midwifery, military concerns - if it concerns your surname > in anyway, you study it, you analyse it and then produce results others can > use. Traditional historians could learn a lot from you. SO may I say > congratulations and keep it up . And for those of you that haven't looked > at other studies, use the new search and visit some of the members websites > - there are less than 700 so at one a day - it's less than 2 years. I > have gotten so many > ideas I hope to include in my study, maybe I'll produce a movie. > > Finally I 'm still looking for more marriages - anywhere - anytime > > > Marie, I absolutely second your post. Nigel has done a great job of getting the website into a constant state of development. Each time I log in there are changes, tweaks and additions. I have not logged into the indexes page today, but will do later and I promise I will send in some marriages for the World wide index, but it won't be this side of Christmas! Everyone it seems is using the buzz word Collaboration. In some cases we use buzz words and yet rarely deliver. We are routinely collaborating, sharing information whether that is here, on a hangout or via the indexes which are looked after and co-ordinated by a team of Guild volunteers. That is the real collaboration when we each bring our own contributions to the table for the benefit of other members. Regards Julie Goucher Guild Member 3925 Orlando & Worship ONS South Devon Regional Rep
Right on, Julie, and well done to the webmaster and team. It does make the profile appear more interesting. The search at the bottom of my profile page shows 439 matches in the GMI and only 190 in the Worldwide index, whereas both contain many thousands of Howes entries, let alone other names in my study. Does anyone know what these numbers (439 and 190) are? Will the same ones be seen by others? Oh, and is there a way to stop "House" finding Stenhouse, Moorehouse, et al? (No disrespect intended!) Paul On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Julie Goucher via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > On 15 December 2014 at 16:22, Marie Byatt via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Number 1 - if you haven't used the Guild homepage search in the last 5 or >> 6 days - do so now. Nigel has done a fantastic job of arranging the search >> results to show what the Guild offers on any given surname. Actual details >> may be behind the paywall but the teasers are there. Much more interesting >> than just someone is or is not doing a study on the name. Scroll down to >> the bottom of any Profile page as well. It's a great improvement and I >> think makes the site friendlier. >> >> Number 2 - As you all know, I load material to the WWM (World Wide >> Marriages Index - now over 150 thousand names and growing) - one of the >> byproducts of this activity has meant that I have had a much wider peek >> into other peoples studies. ANd honestly, I am blown away by the sheer >> scope and magnitude of the work done. You members of the Guild have done >> fantastic work, a university should be so good. Maps, DNA, Etymology, Data >> crunching, Story telling, Immigration patterns, medieval manuscripts, >> farming methods, midwifery, military concerns - if it concerns your surname >> in anyway, you study it, you analyse it and then produce results others can >> use. Traditional historians could learn a lot from you. SO may I say >> congratulations and keep it up . And for those of you that haven't looked >> at other studies, use the new search and visit some of the members websites >> - there are less than 700 so at one a day - it's less than 2 years. I >> have gotten so many >> ideas I hope to include in my study, maybe I'll produce a movie. >> >> Finally I 'm still looking for more marriages - anywhere - anytime >> >> >> > Marie, > > I absolutely second your post. Nigel has done a great job of getting the > website into a constant state of development. Each time I log in there are > changes, tweaks and additions. I have not logged into the indexes page > today, but will do later and I promise I will send in some marriages for > the World wide index, but it won't be this side of Christmas! > > Everyone it seems is using the buzz word Collaboration. In some cases we > use buzz words and yet rarely deliver. We are routinely collaborating, > sharing information whether that is here, on a hangout or via the indexes > which are looked after and co-ordinated by a team of Guild volunteers. That > is the real collaboration when we each bring our own contributions to the > table for the benefit of other members. > > Regards > > Julie Goucher > Guild Member 3925 > Orlando & Worship ONS > South Devon Regional Rep > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Paul Howes www.howesfamilies.com Researching House, Howes, Hows, Howse & Howze worldwide
Paul, the numbers returned for HOWES in the GMI and the Worldwide Marriages (439 and 190 respectively) are the numbers of entries in which Howes occurs as the spouse name of someone else's study name. The 4,764 entries in the GMI and the 8,902 entries in the Worldwide Marriages which have HOWES as the study name don't get returned because - presumably - you know all about those already, having submitted them yourself! The searches return entries which perhaps you don't yet know about because they relate to someone else's studies. Hope this helps. Anne Shankland Web Indexes Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Howes via" <goons@rootsweb.com> To: <goons@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [G] Kudos > Right on, Julie, and well done to the webmaster and team. It does > make the profile appear more interesting. > > The search at the bottom of my profile page shows 439 matches in the > GMI and only 190 in the Worldwide index, whereas both contain many > thousands of Howes entries, let alone other names in my study. Does > anyone know what these numbers (439 and 190) are? Will the same ones > be seen by others? > > Oh, and is there a way to stop "House" finding Stenhouse, Moorehouse, > et al? (No disrespect intended!) > Paul > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Julie Goucher via <goons@rootsweb.com> > wrote: >> On 15 December 2014 at 16:22, Marie Byatt via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >>> Number 1 - if you haven't used the Guild homepage search in the last 5 >>> or >>> 6 days - do so now. Nigel has done a fantastic job of arranging the >>> search >>> results to show what the Guild offers on any given surname. Actual >>> details >>> may be behind the paywall but the teasers are there. Much more >>> interesting >>> than just someone is or is not doing a study on the name. Scroll down >>> to >>> the bottom of any Profile page as well. It's a great improvement and I >>> think makes the site friendlier. >>> >>> Number 2 - As you all know, I load material to the WWM (World Wide >>> Marriages Index - now over 150 thousand names and growing) - one of the >>> byproducts of this activity has meant that I have had a much wider peek >>> into other peoples studies. ANd honestly, I am blown away by the sheer >>> scope and magnitude of the work done. You members of the Guild have >>> done >>> fantastic work, a university should be so good. Maps, DNA, Etymology, >>> Data >>> crunching, Story telling, Immigration patterns, medieval manuscripts, >>> farming methods, midwifery, military concerns - if it concerns your >>> surname >>> in anyway, you study it, you analyse it and then produce results others >>> can >>> use. Traditional historians could learn a lot from you. SO may I say >>> congratulations and keep it up . And for those of you that haven't >>> looked >>> at other studies, use the new search and visit some of the members >>> websites >>> - there are less than 700 so at one a day - it's less than 2 years. I >>> have gotten so many >>> ideas I hope to include in my study, maybe I'll produce a movie. >>> >>> Finally I 'm still looking for more marriages - anywhere - anytime >>> >>> >>> >> Marie, >> >> I absolutely second your post. Nigel has done a great job of getting the >> website into a constant state of development. Each time I log in there >> are >> changes, tweaks and additions. I have not logged into the indexes page >> today, but will do later and I promise I will send in some marriages for >> the World wide index, but it won't be this side of Christmas! >> >> Everyone it seems is using the buzz word Collaboration. In some cases we >> use buzz words and yet rarely deliver. We are routinely collaborating, >> sharing information whether that is here, on a hangout or via the indexes >> which are looked after and co-ordinated by a team of Guild volunteers. >> That >> is the real collaboration when we each bring our own contributions to the >> table for the benefit of other members. >> >> Regards >> >> Julie Goucher >> Guild Member 3925 >> Orlando & Worship ONS >> South Devon Regional Rep >> _____________________________________________ >> >> RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > Paul Howes > www.howesfamilies.com > Researching House, Howes, Hows, Howse & Howze worldwide > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >
Hi One-Namers Everywhere Am I missing something? Can't say I like the new site that much, yes its glossy to be sure, but as to content and ease of navigation, I think I preferred the old site with all its faults, everything was easy to find once one drilled down a couple levels. I tried to update my profile and somehow it decided to resize the fonts without any instructions from me, the links are tiny, tried to change it but in the end decided to leave well alone. Perhaps I need a roadmap or perhaps new glasses, there are very few menu's on the homepage. I'm certain I'll get criticised for sticking my head over the parapet, but if I'm having problems how is it for the newbies. John P Laws Registrar Laws Family Register Putting Flesh on the Bones of History wwww.lawsfamilyregisterr.tribalpages.com www.lawsandlawes.blogspot.com
I think you might be John but not sure what the problem is. Everyone will have their own take on things John, but for my part I was finally able to do my Profile and it was a simple matter of copying and pasting from a Word document. I love the fact that you can add media to each of the sections. I had no issues with fonts so I am wondering if this might be an issue with your computer rather than the website. Definitely something to check on - did you update from a previous profile or was it a new profile? As to the information at the new and old sites - when you sign in there are aspects that have been updated and they are on the new site (actually everything is together but you either use the new section or click on the old section). Everything else is in the Members Room (right where it has been all along) and nothing there has changed yet. So you should have no issues finding things because they are still in the same places. When you have signed in (once now thankfully) you can get around in the revamped areas or go behind the scenes to the old familiar places. You might want to try that out John and I think you will easily find your way. Thanks to those who have been so hard at work on our website - it looks great and the revamp is really moving along. You deserve a round of applause. I really like the fact that I can see the events calendar, the surname search box, get easily to the members room and that my profile was so easy to input from a Word document. I am busily working away on the additional sections to add to my profile. What a great end to 2014 - to have come so far this year. Kudos to all! Tessa Tessa Keough Guild of One-Name Studies, Member No. 5089 Keough (Keogh, Kough & Kehoe) Registered ONS USA West Regional Representative On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:03 PM, John P Laws via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi One-Namers Everywhere > > Am I missing something? Can't say I like the new site that much, yes its > glossy to be sure, but as to content and ease of navigation, I think I > preferred the old site with all its faults, everything was easy to find once > one drilled down a couple levels. > > I tried to update my profile and somehow it decided to resize the fonts > without any instructions from me, the links are tiny, tried to change it but > in the end decided to leave well alone. > > Perhaps I need a roadmap or perhaps new glasses, there are very few menu's > on the homepage. > > I'm certain I'll get criticised for sticking my head over the parapet, but > if I'm having problems how is it for the newbies. > > > John P Laws > > Registrar > Laws Family Register > Putting Flesh on the Bones of History > > wwww.lawsfamilyregisterr.tribalpages.com > > www.lawsandlawes.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message