I have the same problem with PARKS :( ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eliz Hanebury" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] [Irl-Dublin]Genealogy Tip by Joan Young from RootswebReview, 9 March 2011 LOL I will give you my hard to google names Wills, Lord (you can only begin to imagine the hits), James (surname) it makes me shudder just to think. Changing email addy on old posts, are possible if you posted to a message board, just answer the post again with the new addy, then it will show up in searches for the name. Eliz On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:52 AM, edd73 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Das: > Thank you for posting that article to explain what some of us researcher > have to go through when looking up ancestors, but the dedicated surname > field is only as good as the Search Engine, and the worst one for me is > the > Atomic SE., > > The (3) three Surnames that give me the most trouble are. > > 1 )Mortimer especially from England because there is a location in England > called Mortimer and ...........also all those with the given name > Mortimer. > > 2 )Manuel which also produces written manuals as in books........... and > > 3 )Parent which always returns " the parents of " > > Now that you can edit your previous entries, it begs the other question I > always had, which is are you able to change your E-mail address, ( as so > many of us have done over the years ) so that someone reading an entry > from > say 1999 or 2005 can actual respond to your current addie. > > Edd Sinnett in Florida > _________________________________________ > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: > <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:00 AM Subject: > [IRL-DUBLIN] [Irl-Dublin]Genealogy Tip by Joan Young from RootswebReview, > 9 > March 2011 > > Genealogy Tip > > By _Joan Young_ (mailto:[email protected]) Are Your Genealogy > Posts Getting Lost in the Forest? > > Everyone has considered the age-old question "if a tree falls in the > forest > and no one is around, does it make a sound?" Both sides of that issue can > be debated with valid arguments. However, when it comes to family history > research there can be no debate about the difficulty in posting queries or > data that will help interested people find your posts. This is especially > true when your message concerns ancestors with surnames (last names) that > are also common words or given names (first names). When you are > researching surnames such as FOREST, LANE, ROBINS, or ROBERT, make use of > all available options at your disposal at the time you post the message, > and also when searching for existing posts. If you are not careful with > common-word surnames your message will be like the tree that falls in the > forest and no one will see or hear it. Some pointers that may help you > when > posting and searching are: > 1) Post your queries in places such as the RootsWeb/Ancestry _message > boards_ (http://link.rootsweb.com/u.d?L4GnlSPskvyok_8N6jUdZ=12991) where > the database offers a dedicated surname field. Enter only the surnames > found in your query in the surname box. Enter the surnames in a manner > that > will enable proper indexing for future searches. If you enter: ROBERT(S) > or > LANE/LAINE your surnames may not be found in a search unless someone were > to enter the names exactly as you wrote them which is unlikely. Enter the > surnames and variants individually with a comma and space to separate > them: > LANE, LAINE, ROBERT, ROBERTS. Do not enter any characters or symbols, > dashes or slashes, which may cause the searcher to miss your entries or > may > introduce non-surnames into the search field. The words "and" "or" "etc." > and "family" a re not surnames and should not be entered into the surnames > box. Properly entered surnames in a dedicated field will yield only > surnames and no extraneous words in a search. While most researchers will > perform a search to find your message, some people prefer to browse > through > all messages on a board scanning the posts for items of interest. Commas > separating surnames make it easier for researchers who browse to find > names > they are seeking. Your VAN WINKLE ancestors might be mistaken for separate > surnames VAN and WINKLE unless you make use of commas as delimiters. > Surname box entries listed: LANE, VAN WINKLE, ROBERT, ROBERTS make it > clear > exactly which surnames are included in your message. Don't let your VAN > WINKLEs sleep for another twenty years. > 2) If you are posting your query or data in a database that has no > dedicated > surname search feature (such as the RootsWeb _mailing list archives_ > (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search) ), be sure to > include > as much information about your ancestor as possible to help others find > your message. For example: if your query concerns James ROBERT of Perth, > Australia be sure to include the full name and location in your post. Many > search engines permit searches for full names such as: "James ROBERT" or > perform Boolean searches for James NEAR ROBERT, or James AND ROBERT, or > even "James ROBERT" AND Australia. Try various combinations of search > criteria to find the maximum number of posts. > 3) Make use of online databases for posting or uploading your family tree. > Family Tree databases such as RootsWeb's _WorldConnect_ > (http://link.rootsweb.com/u.d?X4GnlSPskvyok_8N6jUdv=13011) will always > have a search engine that finds the surnames included in your tree and not > similarly-spelled extraneous words. After reading the above information, > are > you having second thoughts about your existing RootsWeb message board > posts? Here's an additional tip: you can now edit (or delete) your own > posts on the boards. So, do a search for your posts and fix errors in > surname entries, or remove obsolete queries and post an updated message. > Don't let your queries be like the fallen tree in the empty forest never > to > be seen or heard from again. 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Oh I bet you do!! Eliz On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Carol <[email protected]> wrote: > >  I have the same problem with PARKS  :( > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eliz Hanebury" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:07 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] [Irl-Dublin]Genealogy Tip by Joan Young from > RootswebReview, 9 March 2011 > > > > LOL I will give you my hard to google names Wills, Lord (you can only > begin to imagine the hits), James (surname) it makes me shudder just > to think. > > Changing email addy on old posts, are possible if you posted to a > message board, just answer the post again with the new addy, then it > will show up in searches for the name. > > > > > Eliz > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:52 AM, edd73 <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Das: >> Thank you for posting that article to explain what some of us researcher >> have to go through when looking up ancestors, but the dedicated surname >> field is only as good as the Search Engine, and the worst one for me is >> the >> Atomic SE., >> >> The (3) three Surnames that give me the most trouble are. >> >> 1 )Mortimer especially from England because there is a location in England >> called Mortimer and ...........also all those with the given name >> Mortimer. >> >> 2 )Manuel which also produces written manuals as in books........... and >> >> 3 )Parent which always returns " the parents of " >> >> Now that you can edit your previous entries, it begs the other question I >> always had, which is are you able to change your E-mail address, ( as so >> many of us have done over the years ) so that someone reading an entry >> from >> say 1999 or 2005 can actual respond to your current addie. >> >> Edd Sinnett in Florida >> _________________________________________ >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: >> <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:00 AM Subject: >> [IRL-DUBLIN] [Irl-Dublin]Genealogy Tip by Joan Young from RootswebReview, >> 9 >> March 2011 >> >> Genealogy Tip >> >> By _Joan Young_ (mailto:[email protected]) Are Your Genealogy >> Posts Getting Lost in the Forest? >> >> Everyone has considered the age-old question "if a tree falls in the >> forest >> and no one is around, does it make a sound?" Both sides of that issue can >> be debated with valid arguments. However, when it comes to family history >> research there can be no debate about the difficulty in posting queries or >> data that will help interested people find your posts. This is especially >> true when your message concerns ancestors with surnames (last names) that >> are also common words or given names (first names). When you are >> researching surnames such as FOREST, LANE, ROBINS, or ROBERT, make use of >> all available options at your disposal at the time you post the message, >> and also when searching for existing posts. If you are not careful with >> common-word surnames your message will be like the tree that falls in the >> forest and no one will see or hear it. Some pointers that may help you >> when >> posting and searching are: >> 1) Post your queries in places such as the RootsWeb/Ancestry _message >> boards_ (http://link.rootsweb.com/u.d?L4GnlSPskvyok_8N6jUdZ=12991) where >> the database offers a dedicated surname field. Enter only the surnames >> found in your query in the surname box. Enter the surnames in a manner >> that >> will enable proper indexing for future searches. If you enter: ROBERT(S) >> or >> LANE/LAINE your surnames may not be found in a search unless someone were >> to enter the names exactly as you wrote them which is unlikely. Enter the >> surnames and variants individually with a comma and space to separate >> them: >> LANE, LAINE, ROBERT, ROBERTS. Do not enter any characters or symbols, >> dashes or slashes, which may cause the searcher to miss your entries or >> may >> introduce non-surnames into the search field. The words "and" "or" "etc." >> and "family" a re not surnames and should not be entered into the surnames >> box. Properly entered surnames in a dedicated field will yield only >> surnames and no extraneous words in a search. While most researchers will >> perform a search to find your message, some people prefer to browse >> through >> all messages on a board scanning the posts for items of interest. Commas >> separating surnames make it easier for researchers who browse to find >> names >> they are seeking. Your VAN WINKLE ancestors might be mistaken for separate >> surnames VAN and WINKLE unless you make use of commas as delimiters. >> Surname box entries listed: LANE, VAN WINKLE, ROBERT, ROBERTS make it >> clear >> exactly which surnames are included in your message. Don't let your VAN >> WINKLEs sleep for another twenty years. >> 2) If you are posting your query or data in a database that has no >> dedicated >> surname search feature (such as the RootsWeb _mailing list archives_ >> (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search) ), be sure to >> include >> as much information about your ancestor as possible to help others find >> your message. For example: if your query concerns James ROBERT of Perth, >> Australia be sure to include the full name and location in your post. Many >> search engines permit searches for full names such as: "James ROBERT" or >> perform Boolean searches for James NEAR ROBERT, or James AND ROBERT, or >> even "James ROBERT" AND Australia. Try various combinations of search >> criteria to find the maximum number of posts. >> 3) Make use of online databases for posting or uploading your family tree. >> Family Tree databases such as RootsWeb's _WorldConnect_ >> (http://link.rootsweb.com/u.d?X4GnlSPskvyok_8N6jUdv=13011) will always >> have a search engine that finds the surnames included in your tree and not >> similarly-spelled extraneous words. After reading the above information, >> are >> you having second thoughts about your existing RootsWeb message board >> posts? Here's an additional tip: you can now edit (or delete) your own >> posts on the boards. So, do a search for your posts and fix errors in >> surname entries, or remove obsolete queries and post an updated message. >> Don't let your queries be like the fallen tree in the empty forest never >> to >> be seen or heard from again. Reprints Permission to reprint articles from >> RootsWeb Review is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: >> 1. the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and >> 2. the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously >> published in RootsWeb Review: 9 March 2011, Vol. 14, No. 3 >> >> ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- Do any of you ever get >> to >> the bottom of this mail?, and do you remove the details that do not apply >> to >> your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED >> MATERIALS. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from >> http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm >> >> ****************************** >> ATTENTION TO ALL:- Do any of you ever get to the bottom of this mail?, and >> do you remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the >> SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- Do any of you ever get to the bottom of this mail?, and > do you remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the > SUBJECT LINE  for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3494 - Release Date: 03/09/11 > 12:08:00 > > > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- Do any of you ever get to the bottom of this mail?, and do you remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE  for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >