To all my Ky list Friends, Received this & would like to share. Hornback/Hornbeck is not one of my lines. I have just tried to help Keith with his. Any with a Hornback/Hornbeck connection- PLEASE check this out. Mary Yoder ACC Meade/Bullitt Cos ----- Original Message ----- From: Shirley Hornbeck <hornbeck@s-hornbeck.com> To: <mayoder@davesworld.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 11:54 AM Subject: Hornbeck Rootsweb Discussion Group > I invite you to join to the Hornbeck Rootsweb Discussion Group. You can > subscribe by sending a message with the word > subscribe in the body of the message to: > > HORNBECK-L-request@rootsweb.com > > If you want DIGEST mode, which has several postings combined... send the > word subscribe to: > > HORNBECK-D-request@rootsweb.com > > You can also subscribe from: > <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/hsrc/hornsubc.htm> > > and read FAQ and other information about the list. After you subscribe, > you will get an automated welcome message from ROOTS telling you that your > subscription was successful, giving you instructions on how to post to the > list. Shortly afterward you will receive a welcome e-mail from me, asking > for your name and your Hornbeck line. Once that's all taken care of, you > can start posting to the list. It's so easy - just send e-mail to: > > HORNBECK-L@rootsweb.com > > Be sure to visit the Hornbeck Surname Resource Center at > <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/hsrc/home.htm>. > > I am in the process of putting together an updated book on > Hornbeck/Hornback/Hornbeak, etc.Please be sure I ave your line > to include in the book which will be out in 2000. > > I'll be glad to check my previous book and my database of over 19,000 > Hornbecks for your branch. Send complete details to me at > <hornbeck@s-hornbeck.com> > > We now had a new resource! The Hornbeck GenConnect Surname Query Board is > located at: > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Hornbeck>. This > board is for queries on all variations - Hornbeck, Hornback, Hornbeak, > Hernbeck, Hoornbeeck, etc. GenConnect also offers 6 other types of boards > that I have activated and > these include Obituaries, Wills, Deeds, Pensions, Bible records and > Biographies. Anyone who has information that fits one of these categories > can go to the appropriate Board and post the information. It can then be > viewed by other researchers at a later date and even located using the > search mechanism built into the GenConnect system. Remember that these > other Boards are NON Query Boards unlike the Query Board. Please do not > post Copyrighted information to the Obituary and Biography Boards--paraphrase > rather than quote if the source is Copyrighted. > > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HornbeckObits> - > Hornbeck Obituaries Message Index > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HornbeckBios> - > Hornbeck Biographies Message Index > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HornbeckWill> - > Hornbeck Wills Message Index > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HornbeckDeed> - > Hornbeck Deeds Message Index > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HornbeckBibl> - > Hornbeck Bible Records Message Index > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HornbeckPens> - > Hornbeck Pensions Message Index > > A few tips for the Query Board - it is important to list the surnames you > want to be included in the surname portion of the form you fill out for > those surnames to be indexed and listed by Surname Helper. This enables > others searching anywhere within the GenConnect system to find your query. > Only include surnames that are important to the specific query > however--keep in mind as you are listing the surnames that this is what > will lead someone searching the system to your query who may ultimately be > able to answer any question you were asking. I suggest that you use a > specific subject which identifies the topic of the query. Subject lines > that aren't informative may well be overlooked as more and more queries are > posted. For example subject lines such as "query" or "looking" or similar > don't really tell the person who is scanning the page what you are looking > for--it is far better to show: "Looking for parents of John Hornbeck born > 1750 in PA" for example. Be specific and informative. Once you post your > query there is no need to repeat the same query again as these messages > stay on the Board for at least 1 month before being archived and even after > they are archived they are still searchable. > > Regarding the Document Boards--or Non-Query Boards--for the posting of > Wills, Deeds, Bios, Bible Records, Pensions and Obits. Keep in mind that > these Boards are NOT for posting queries and seldom if ever will there be a > case in which you would want to reply to a post on these Boards. The > person posting the information usually has no connection to the person in > the Document he is recording. Therefore, he would most likely be unable to > give you further information. One other thing to keep in mind is that > these documents often contain allied surnames to the primary surname listed > in the document. It is important to list these surnames in the surnames > box so that others researching those names can find the posted document. > This is not the place for the person posting the record to list the > surnames THEY are researching--it serves NO purpose to draw someone to > these Boards through a search only to have them NOT find those surnames in > the posted document. Keep in mind as you post these records the purpose > for doing so--so that others can find what they need later on through a > search on the surnames to be found in the record. > > Remember, the Query Boards are the proper place to list the surnames YOU > are looking for with the query that accompanies those names. Once you have > listed the surnames YOU are looking for in a query then that information is > available to the entire GenConnect Search Engine through the Surnames List. > > ----Shirley Hornbeck - hornbeck@s-hornbeck.com - > <http://www.s-hornbeck.com/home.htm> > HORNBECK SURNAME RESOURCE CETER: > <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/hsrc/home.htm> > THIS & THAT GENEALOGY TIPS: <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck> > THIS AND THAT GENEALOGY TIPS is published by Genealogical Publishing Co. > Order from: > <http://www.genealogybookshop.com/genealogybookshop/files/General,Genera l_Re > ference/9377.html> > >