Linda, Sounds good to me! It is sometimes helpful when older queries are archived in some way, but as you mentioned, the email addresses often change and I'm sure it is a trick to try to change on the query. Thanks for all the work you do and don't forget to ask for help if you need it! Mary Westerhold Linda Kralman-Lambert wrote: > 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 Also, because queries become outdated or the information has changed on 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)