Julia, I think this is an excellent idea. I have no idea how to do what you and Lisa did to make the Hancock Project a fact but I knew it had to be a monumental work. You both have done a magnificent job. If there were a Hancock Medal of Valor you both would be sure-fire winners! Jean Hancock in TX ----- Original Message ----- From: <JULIAFWOOD@aol.com> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Hancock Project In a message dated 06/03/2001 5:28:05 PM Central Daylight Time, HANSER5@aol.com writes: > Hello list: > > Does anyone know whether The Hancock Genealogy Project-Worldwide is making > corrections/changes/additions, etc.? I ask this since I haven't received a > response to several change requests I made many months ago. I am assuming > it > is therefore, inactive. Any info would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > The Hancock Project could, very well, be considered as "inactive". Lisa Craven and I spent countless hours working on the Project in its conception. It was more work than either of us anticipated, and even before we could complete the tedious task of merging, creating and uploading the files, we were inundated with requests for changes to be made. Making changes and adding data isn't as easy as you would believe, as the entire file must be uploaded with any change, and that takes hours. My and Lisa's lives have changed, and there is much demand on our time from our families, our work, and our other interests. We are no longer able or willing to devote all our time to this project. It will, however, stay online, and I find that I receive many emails from people who discover data from the Project, and we continue to gain members to the Hancock list because of contacts from the Project. I have an idea for those who wish updates. Perhaps, instead of having the data for each chart as part of the Project. The Project can describe the Chart as to the lineage, continue to list the researchers of that Chart, but in addition to their name, address and email, we can put a link to their personal Genealogy pages. Each person can create their own family pages, and our link will take anyone there who is interested in viewing it. That way, each researcher can update their own page whenever they have new data, but the Project pages will only change when there is a need to change links, or email address, etc. This will, also, prevent the argument that we had about whose data is correct, when we were trying to merge the GEDCOM files of several researchers. Each can present their own version. As soon as I can, I will add the address of webpages that I have, already, listed on our LINKS page, and anyone who has a Homepage and wishes me to link to it, please, let me know, and let me know from which Chart to link. Julia French Wood ______________________________