FYI - believe this has been out for awhile at least in beta testing! Mary Ann >RootsWeb issued the following press release this week: > > RootsWeb.com, http://www.rootsweb.com, the Internet's oldest > and largest genealogy site, today launched a new Genealogical > Data Communication (GEDCOM) hosting program entitled the > RootsWeb WorldConnect Project > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com. > > "In the 4 weeks of its beta test period, users have uploaded > more than 5.5 million names to the RootsWeb WorldConnect > Project," stated Dr. Brian Leverich, Founder and Chairman of > the Board, RootsWeb.com, Inc. > > GEDCOM is a standard file format developed by the Church of > Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and enables the exchange of > information among genealogy software programs. RootsWeb's > WorldConnect Project allows individuals, in a very simple, > user-friendly way, to upload, revise, delete and download > GEDCOMs on RootsWeb. > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project is hailed as the most user > friendly and unrestricted of its kind on the Web. Unlike with > other Web sites, RootsWeb users have complete control over > their GEDCOMs and can change or remove them at any time. > RootsWeb will never burn a user's GEDCOM onto a CD-ROM or > charge others to access it. > > RootsWeb's software is the newest, most comprehensive and > advanced available on the Web. Key features allow users to: > > * Upload a GEDCOM file generated by ANY of the major software > applications WITHOUT first having to convert the file to > HTML; > > * Revise or delete GEDCOMs as well as change the display or > download options at any time; > > * Link the GEDCOM to a home page; > > * Screen or remove information about living individuals from > the GEDCOM; > > * Attach Post-Em notes both from the GEDCOM originator and > from other RootsWeb users to the record of a particular > individual, similar to the Post-Em Notes in Rootsweb's > Social Security Death Index; > > * Link a GEDCOM to other GEDCOMs using Post-Ems; > > * Download subsets (portions) of the original GEDCOM, starting > with a specific person and choosing either ancestors or > descendants; and > > * Display GEDCOMs in the most highly flexible ways available > on the Web. > > A user need not have a Web site or even Internet access to > post a GEDCOM. RootsWeb will accept GEDCOMs on floppy disks or > ZIP drive disks. Users having trouble uploading a GEDCOM for > any reason should send it on a floppy disk or ZIP disk to: > RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, 1001 Tower Way, Suite #120, > Bakersfield, CA 93309. RootsWeb will upload the GEDCOM and > send notification by e-mail of such user's account name and > password. RootsWeb's default display choice is to remove the > names of everyone in a user's GEDCOM who was born within the > past 100 years. Thereafter, the user can change the viewing > options at any time by going to > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com. Users should > remember to enclose an e-mail address with the disk containing > the GEDCOM or RootsWeb will have no way to notify them > regarding their account name and password. Please also note > that RootsWeb will destroy the disks it receives after > uploading the GEDCOMs they contain. > > "Our GEDCOM program has been months in the making and was > developed by some of the most talented programmers in the > business," said Dr. Leverich. "The display capabilities set a > new standard. This new feature reinforces RootsWeb's > leadership position in the rapidly expanding online > genealogical community which we helped to create and continue > to define." > > "RootsWeb prides itself on being the consumer's friend. You > will never see it taking the hard work of RootsWeb users and > burning that information into a CD-ROM or charging others to > access," said Dr. Leverich. "In addition, users have FULL > control of their GEDCOMs and can change or remove them at any > time." > > > >Cheryl Rothwell >clrothwell@mindspring.com > > >==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== >Space for this list is provided by RootsWeb.com which also provides space >for the ILGenWeb Logan County pages. Your generous donations to RootsWeb >makes this all possible. Find out more! >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html Mary Ann Kaylor KAYLOR-L-request@rootsweb.com KAYLOR GenConnect Cluster Boards http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/queries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/bible_records http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/biographies http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/deeds http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/obituaries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/pensions http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/wills KALER-L-request@rootsweb.com TEDROW-L-request@rootsweb.com