Debbie the trouble is the size of the entry - I intended only a short sentence but could not even manage that - my research ends in Scotlan! I have tried to amend it but it does not seem readily accessible, perhaps it is too obvious for me - any suggestions. Norman Thornton -----Original Message----- From: Debbie Kennett via Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 1:24 AM To: 'Norman Thornton' ; goons@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G] Member Profile Pages layout - others getting theirmessageacross. Norman Even if you haven't registered a one-name study with the Guild you can still register your surname interests. Log into the Members' Room, click on Members/Register a Surname Interest, and then fill in your details. Whenever someone searches for your surnames in the Guild register from the home page of the website your entry will show up. To see how it works type in Faithfull in the search box and you can see one of my entries. See the article by the Registrar on page 26 of the October-December 2013 issue of JOONS which explains how the scheme works: http://one-name.org/journals/volume-11/vol11-08/ If you're interested in all things Thornton perhaps you should be registering the Thornton surname with the Guild. Every one-name study has to start somewhere so it doesn't matter if you haven't yet done, say, Australia or America. The only requirement when you register a surname is that you must answer all enquiries. If you register the Thornton surname with the Guild you can then create your own profile page - a web page devoted to your Thornton study. You can list on your profile page all the material that you've collected so that people know what to expect when writing to you. If you like, you can include on your profile page some information about your other research interests. For example, I have a short paragraph on my profile which lists all the other surnames that I'm researching. The profile pages show up highly in search engine results and I've sometimes had enquiries for these other surnames through the Guild. You can find details on how to register a surname here: http://www.one-name.org/guildhowreg.html You can find out how to set up a profile page here: http://one-name.org/do-you-have-a-profile-page-for-your-one-name-study/ Debbie Kennett Member no. 4554 Cruwys/Cruse/Cruise one-name study http://cruwys.blogspot.com http://one-name.org/name_profile/cruwys http://www.familytreedna.com/public/CruwysDNA -----Original Message----- From: goons-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:goons-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Norman Thornton via Sent: 24 November 2014 15:16 To: Fíona Tipple; goons@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G] Member Profile Pages layout - others getting their messageacross. What about members who have not started a one name study? How do they get their interests across? I have not registered a study but I still have interests. Parish Records of churches not affiliated to the Church of Scotland, West Lothian Surnames, Other forms of records, and of course all things Thornton. _____________________________________________ 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