Linda, That is a very good solution. Hopefully all of us will have some changes in a year and which would make it necessary to resubmit anyway. I vote "Yes". Linda Wood Eaton In Texas -----Original Message----- From: Linda Kralman-Lambert <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, October 31, 1999 2:26 PM Subject: [ILEFFING-L] I need your opinions re Effingham County IL GenWeb Page >If you think there is a probability that I didn't receive the >surnames/query you submitted, please send a duplicate to me "in the clear" >at [email protected] Yes, multiple entries do confuse me and slow me >down.....because I have so many to go through I can't remember if I've seen >them before or not. > >Also, because queries become outdated or the information has changed on >them, and the submitter wants me to go back in and change information from >2 years ago, I've come up with this idea.......what do you think of it? It >would sure speed things up for me. > >IDEA: I will post all queries as they are submitted (with some editing for >English, grammar and spelling). After a year, they will be removed. So if >you submitted a query over a year ago, you could expect it to "expire" in a >year...that way you could resubmit it with updated information, correct >e-mail address (these are a bugger, folks), or whatever. > >Important: A surname would never be removed from the surname page unless >it is requested. This applies only to queries. > >If this idea flies, I will post that information to the query page with an >effective date to give everyone time to adjust. I would also post it to >this list. This is a very unusal way of doing things, I agree, and this >would be a pilot program. If it worked, I would do the same for Jasper >County. I know several other county coordinators are interested in this >concept, too. > >What do y'all think????? Comments (both pro and con) are welcome, and I'd >appreciate them asap. I have two 3-day weekends coming up in November and >would like to get this all done before I head for Effingham County for 2 >weeks in December to visit with my family and hopefully do some personal >research. > >Yes, Linda does try to have a personal life, too......... <grin> > >Linda (the listmom and the county coordinator for Effingham County ILGenWeb) > > >