-----Original Message----- From: Tim Pierce <twp@rootsweb.com> To: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com <listowners-announce@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 24, 1999 9:31 PM Subject: pre-announcement: Surname Resources at RootsWeb >Hi, listowners -- > >This is an early announcement of an upcoming service that's likely to >be of interest to our listowners. > >One of the requests we get most often from RootsWebbers is for better >navigation tools. RootsWeb provides a dizzying assortment of >surname-oriented research resources, so much that it can be >overwhelming to even the experienced user. Folks are constantly >asking us if there's some way to unify the Websites, mailing lists, >RSL entries, and GenConnect boards together in a single resource. > >We're extremely proud to let you know that now they can. We've >created 5,000 new "Surname Resources," a new way to navigate >RootsWeb's surname offerings. These are *not* yet public -- We'll be >announcing them in the 26 May edition of the RootsWeb Review -- but we >wanted to give our list and GenConnect board administrators a first >chance to look at the new Resources. > >What *is* a Surname Resource? Although these new resources are >still under construction, they are operational. Stop by > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/ > >and feel free to explore. > >These Surname Resources cover the 5,000 most common surnames from the >RootsWeb Surname List. Many of them are completely new -- we created >more than 3,000 new mailing lists just for this project. (We may even >do the next 5,000-15,000 most common surnames!) The new lists and GC >Boards are presently administered by a few (extremely busy!) RootsWeb >staff members, but eventually we'll take volunteers to adopt them. >We're still working out the details, but we will definitely give >preference to folks who already administer existing mailing lists and >surname boards for the same names. When we're ready to take that >step, we'll announce it here. > >So look around, have fun, and let us know what you think! > >-- >Regards, >Tim Pierce >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative >system obfuscator and hack-of-all-trades >