Going along with your comment- I do find the information that one is directed to if there is no profile , very disheartening. Particulariy when the previous contact page gave a members website and DNA study even if they hadn't set up a profile. In effect - these members did have further information when their name was searched for and have now lost that. This is actually quite a large number of affected members - out of the first 420 member websites I checked - only just over half had a profile set up. Most probably do not realize that the Guild no longer provides the link to their website from the search as it did in the past. Marie (GOONS 5318) Bringing the world together one surname at a time. 'A Pepler Name' http://pepler.tribalpages.com 'Hedgerow - the Ancestors' http://cranberry.tribalpages.com Pepler DNA Study http://www.familytreedna.com/public/pepler-ow/ 'Scroops, Scropes and Scroopes' http://dentonlk.tribalpages.com ________________________________ From: Vivienne Dunstan via <goons@rootsweb.com> To: Tessa Keough <keough@one-name.org>; goons@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [G] Thank You & No More Excuses I'd like to echo Tessa's recommendation to start a Guild profile, but not from the perspective of a Guild member, but rather from what it looks like from someone looking at the Guild from outside. As a genealogist I have searched for a number of Guild surnames, and often found that they are being researched, but then when no more detailed information is given online - and in particular in a profile - about the scope of the study, or its status, I am often reluctant to make further enquiries.

I also miss (when not signed in - ie not a member) the ability to read the alphabetic lists of names. I actually used that a lot to see if someone was doing one of my 'family' names. Marie (GOONS 5318) Bringing the world together one surname at a time. 'A Pepler Name' http://pepler.tribalpages.com 'Hedgerow - the Ancestors' http://cranberry.tribalpages.com Pepler DNA Study http://www.familytreedna.com/public/pepler-ow/ 'Scroops, Scropes and Scroopes' http://dentonlk.tribalpages.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Marie Byatt via <goons@rootsweb.com> To: Vivienne Dunstan <viv.dunstan@one-name.org>; "goons@rootsweb.com" <goons@rootsweb.com> Cc: Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [G] Thank You & No More Excuses Going along with your comment- I do find the information that one is directed to if there is no profile , very disheartening. Particulariy when the previous contact page gave a members website and DNA study even if they hadn't set up a profile. In effect - these members did have further information when their name was searched for and have now lost that. This is actually quite a large number of affected members - out of the first 420 member websites I checked - only just over half had a profile set up. Most probably do not realize that the Guild no longer provides the link to their website from the search as it did in the past. Marie (GOONS 5318) Bringing the world together one surname at a time. 'A Pepler Name' http://pepler.tribalpages.com 'Hedgerow - the Ancestors' http://cranberry.tribalpages.com Pepler DNA Study http://www.familytreedna.com/public/pepler-ow/ 'Scroops, Scropes and Scroopes' http://dentonlk.tribalpages.com ________________________________ From: Vivienne Dunstan via <goons@rootsweb.com> To: Tessa Keough <keough@one-name.org>; goons@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [G] Thank You & No More Excuses I'd like to echo Tessa's recommendation to start a Guild profile, but not from the perspective of a Guild member, but rather from what it looks like from someone looking at the Guild from outside. As a genealogist I have searched for a number of Guild surnames, and often found that they are being researched, but then when no more detailed information is given online - and in particular in a profile - about the scope of the study, or its status, I am often reluctant to make further enquiries. _____________________________________________ 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

I agree that the new profiles are a great improvement. What I particularly like is the ability to add images. I've now added some distribution maps to my profile using Steve Archer's Surname Atlas CD and they've come out really well: http://one-name.org/name_profile/cruwys There is a wealth of knowledge and information on the old website, much of which is hidden away in the Members' Room. I don't think we should underestimate the enormity of the task of migrating all this content to the new platform. Good progress has already been made and I'm sure we will see many more improvements in the coming year. The URLs for members' websites where the member does not have a profile page have not being displayed since June when the migration to the new platform began. I believe the problem relates to the fact that there are different versions of the register and I would guess the problem will only be resolved when the members' version of the register is migrated to the new platform. However, in the meantime this should be an excellent opportunity for those members who have websites and/or DNA projects but don't yet have profiles to get their new profile pages set up. The profile pages are very easy to work with, and there are many advantages to having both a profile page and a website. Writing the profile page in the standardised format is a good discipline in its own right. Also, the profile page can help with search engine optimisation. Marie, If you want an alphabeticised version of the register you can download the PDF file of the 2014 Register from the Members' Room. It can be found in the information section but here is the direct link: http://www.one-name.org/members/Register.pdf You can check for recent updates to the register here: http://www.one-name.org/cgi-bin/members/recent.cgi Best wishes Debbie Kennett Member no. 4554 Cruwys/Cruse/Cruwys one-name study