Please check the for the following surnames: DARR - DOSSETT - CURNEAL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juanita Jamison" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:43 PM Subject: Re: RootsWeb Boards > > Thanks for the help. I have found the boards somewhat confusing and I > thought maybe it was just me, and lack of patience. > > I am reading "On Bended Knee" by Bill Cunningham, about the tobacco wars in > Western Ky. and the Night Riders. It is very interesting. > > There is a list of names in the back of the book, of people mentioned. If > anyone wants me to look up a name I'll be glad to. > > Juanita > > Juanita > > > > > At 04:16 PM 8/16/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Group, > >Since the team up of the RootsWeb boards and those sponsored by Ancestry.com > >I have been totally confused by just where they are or even how to use them. > >This morning I have spent some time trying to figure out how to bring up > >what you want and how to use them and I will share what I have found out > >about these boards. This is not all inclusive but is just what I have been > >able to determine so far. > > > >I believe you do now have to be a registered user. It is still free to > >those who wish to use the boards but usage does require a member name and > >password. Once you have become a registered member you are given the > >opportunity to login each time by clicking on your user name and if you > >click ON save my password this login process is much easier. > > > >The basis address that will fit into an E-mail for a quick link is: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam > > > >from this point you are given these options: > >Canada > >Mexico > >United States > > > >Click on the words United States > > > >New board comes up with these options: > >Special > >States > > > >Click on the word States > > > >New board comes up with 50 states > >Click on the word Kentucky > > > >New board comes up but this one is slightly different. > >Here you are given an option of the basic file of the counties > >or a quick link to other KY files. > > > >For example you will find a link to Sandi Gorin's Kentucky Biographies, > >Sandi Gorin's Kentucky Research Tips, > >Sellers' Western Kentucky Obituaries > >and others. > > > >Click Counties and a new board comes up with all the KY counties, > >Here click on whatever County you would like to research in and that County > >will come up. > > > >When the county comes up this is the spot where it is best to add that > >County to your favorities or bookmark it. > >If you do this on your computer you can quick link back to it directly. > >Ancestry.com also gives you this option of saving your favorities within the > >login of Ancestry.com. > > > > > >Now this is an important part of these County boards. > >You will see the words: > >View Message Type with a dropdown menu arrow. > >Click on the down arrow and you are given these options: > >All > >Bible > >Biography > >Birth > >Cemetery > >Census > >Death > >Deed > >Immigration > >Lookup > >Marriage > >Military > >Obituary > >Pension > >Queries > >Will > > > >This is important because here you select what type of board you wish to see > >displayed! > >You can not bookmark these catagories of the county and if you do not change > >this for each county you visit you will get the same board type each place > >you visit. If you have it set to Wills you will only get Wills for each > >county you visit. If you have it set to All you will get All of what was > >the most recently posted messages and you may have to go through a lot of > >obits or whatever to find basic queries or whatever you are looking for. > > > >This is also important because this was a plus feature. Places to add more > >data: such as Marriages, Births, LookUp Request and Offers etc. > > > >Also on the County Message Board you will find a circle spot with the words > >All Boards or Caldwell Board, if you click on Caldwell Board you will get a > >different type format of Caldwell Messages and I haven't figured out what > >these are....except older ones?? > > > >You will also find a place to post a new message, do an advanced search or > >visit the next page of whatever message type you have selected. > > > >Ken is still adding obituaries for Caldwell and Lyon and much other > >information in other counties is still being added also. It has become > >confusion during this merger of listings, but many people are still working > >hard to put information out there. > > > >I know some of you are well ahead of me on how to use these boards and I > >hope you will share with the group any helpful tips you may have as some of > >it is most confusing. > >Vicki > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== KYCALDWE Mailing List ==== > >to post a message to this mailing list, > >L mode: [email protected] > >D mode: [email protected] > > > >============================== > >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > ==== KYCALDWE Mailing List ==== > Please help preserve the rich heritage of > Caldwell County, KY. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >