I apologize if you receive this announcement multiple times from other mailing lists, but I want to be sure everyone is informed regarding financial support that Rootsweb is receiving from Palladium Interactive. This will provide Rootsweb the funds needed to continue to operate as they have in the past and to cope with the growing load on their servers. Here is the announcement from Dr. Brian Leverich and Tim Pierce, System Administrator: --------------------------------------------------- Dear RootsWeb Community, On 1 April 1998, Palladium Interactive reinforced the contributions of thousands of individual genealogists by becoming the sole commercial sponsor of the oldest and largest Internet genealogical resource: the RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative. An *extremely* important aspect of the sponsorship is that Palladium's commitment to RootsWeb goes far beyond simple financial support: Palladium and RootsWeb will work together to develop an exciting new generation of tools linking individual genealogists' lineage databases to the myriad data resources on the Internet. Palladium Interactive is the creator of the Ultimate Family Tree software for genealogists, the only genealogical software that can be used by novices but provides all the capabilities that experienced genealogists need. UFT itself has a distinguished lineage, being descended the widely-acclaimed Roots III and Roots IV software packages that defined professional-grade genealogical software more than a decade ago. Rootsweb also traces its origins back more than a decade to the founding of the ROOTS-L mailing list and the Roots Surname List query system. Now with more than 300,000 users, RootsWeb currently hosts more than 2,500 genealogical Websites and more than 3,100 mailing lists dedicated to surname and locality research. The hosted Websites include: * the Roots Surname List, which now includes 404,000 submissions from 55,000 genealogists * 40 of the 50 USGenWeb state pages and a large majority of the 3,100 county pages * the USGenWebArchives with hundreds of megabytes of searchable data * and hundreds of other resources Besides ROOTS-L, RootsWeb also hosts 3,100+ other mailing lists dedicated to the discussion of specific surnames, ethnic groups, and geographic localities. RootsWeb's Web servers handle 1,000,000+ Web "hits" each day, and RootsWeb's list servers allow genealogists to exchange 3,000,000+ pieces of e-mail each day. While RootsWeb has historically been supported by thousands of individual contributors and while individual contributions will remain RootsWeb's mainstay, Palladium's contribution provides RootsWeb with the ability to substantially increase the range of resources freely available to Internet genealogists. For example, the first two months of Palladium's sponsorship have allowed us to add: * A new search engine server, which has immediately made the equivalent of 500,000 new pages of data searchable by Internet genealogists and which will allow us to upload another 4,000,000 pages in the near future. * A new high-capacity router, that will increase from 2,000 to 5,000 the number of genealogists who can simultaneously be use RootsWeb. * A new mailing list archive server, which will enable genealogists to conveniently scan the archived posts of our 3,100 mailing using their Web browsers. In addition to the immediate, tangible benefits of Palladium's sponsorship, RootsWeb believes that the joint Palladium-RootsWeb software development projects will provide much, much greater benefits to the genealogical community. Over time we expect to see the seamless integration of Ultimate Family Tree with the burgeoning genealogical resources on the Internet, allowing even novice users to easily find Internet Websites, mailing lists, and databases where they can extend and refine their understanding of their family's history. On behalf of the million members of the Internet genealogical community, RootsWeb thanks Palladium for their contributions to the near-term needs and long-term advancement of our community. Sincerely, Dr. Brian Leverich ----------------------------------------------------------------- So there's the official story. As to some of the concerns that have begun to float around: WILL MANDATORY FEES BE IMPOSED ON LIST SUBSCRIBERS? ---------------------- No. RootsWeb is free: it is a resource provided free of charge to the general genealogical community. Period. Some people have expressed worry about the phrase ``services at minimal cost'' in Brian's letter. Minimal means zero: we will not charge across-the-board fees to subscribe to mailing lists or run archive searches. The reason that for emphasizing ``minimal cost'' rather than ``no cost'' is to remind people that running RootsWeb does cost real money, and we want to encourage as many people as possible to become RootsWeb Members and Sponsors. DOES THIS MEAN THAT UFT OWNS MY MAILING LIST OR MY DATA? --------------------- No. Absolutely not. Palladium's sponsorship has *no* effect whatever on RootsWeb's relationship with the listowners or list subscribers. The terms of the sponsorship are limited to underwriting the cost of RootsWeb operating expenses, and funding new research projects. There is no way that RootsWeb would enter into a commercial partnership that would involve taking away your rights as genealogists, listowners and RootsWeb sponsors. RootsWeb's chief source of funding is still from individual subscriptions. That's how Brian and Karen prefer things: it means keeping people our highest priority, and it's the best way to avoid compromising your interests in favor of some nameless corporate machine. The goal here is to augment our main financial support with a healthy partnership to produce some really powerful genealogical tools. Regards, Tim Pierce RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative volunteer sysadmin and general hacker

The Press Of Atlantic City Atlantic City, NJ Wednesday, May 6, 1998 LAWS, MILLIE V., 85, of Atlantic City died Sunday, May 2, at her daughter's home in Laurel, Maryland after a brief illness. Born Millie Viola Steele on September 13, 1912 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, she was married to the late Samuel T. Laws. She was a resident of Atlantic City for over sixty years. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a housekeeper for various hotels in Alantic City, including the Shelburne, St. Charles, The Breakers, Haddon Hall and Resorts International. She was a member of Local 54 and an active member of St. Monica's RC Church. She is survived by: three daughters, Barbara Green of Pleasantville, Karen Ali of Laurel, MD and Diane Laws of Absecon; three sons, Reginal Steele of Somerset, Kenneth Laws of New York and Thomas Laws of Atlantic City; sixteen grandchildren, Marvin Laws, Sheryl Laws, Shelley Abdullah, Stephanie Laws, Nafesha Ali, Rashad Ali, Amira Ali, Tawana Steele, Vicki Laws, Cynthia Johnson, Cheri Spragon and Helen Spragon; twenty six great grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Going Home Services of Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, May 9, at 11 am at St. Monica s RC Church, 108 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Atlantic City. Friends may call an hour prior at the church. A viewing will also be held on Thursday from 6pm to 8 pm at the Greenidge Funeral Home, 301 Absecon Blvd., Atlantic City. Interment will follow the services at Greenwood Cemetery, Pleasantville.

Please join me in welcoming John Patrick Laws to the list. I forwarded a post from John last week regarding his LAWS FAMILY REGISTER. We are happy to have you join us, and look forward to your participation with the LAWS-L! Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), Penix (NC), Bradshaw (VA>NC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner, Harris (Rutherford Co.,NC), Laws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards,Kelly (Yancey Co.,NC), Causby, Patton, Morrison, Sparks(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton (Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), Farris & Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co., NC), Granger, Ledford, Black(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), Towery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, RABB-L, FARRIS-L, PAXTON-L, NIX-L, and LAWS-L Editor of online newsletter: WILSONS of Rutherford and Polk Counties, NC Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

Forwarding the following from a non-subscriber. Hope the information is helpful to someone! Wanda >Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 07:30:13 -0700 (PDT) >X-From_: [email protected] Wed May 6 07:30:13 1998 >Old-Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 00:39:42 +1000 >From: Marcel Safier <[email protected]> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] >Subject: Laws Family in Queensland, Australia >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list > >I am responding to the LAWS FAMILY REGISTER Help & Requests message on >the Dumfries-Galloway list. > >I am researching the biography of early Queanbeyan and Brisbane >photographer Eddie Thomas Burder Hutchison and as his second wife was of >this name. I am assisting Eddie's grandson Harold in preparation of his >family history as a favour in return for his help with information about >his grandfather's professional career. > >1. WILLIAM LAWS m. SARAH SOPHIA GOODALL. > Children: > 2. i FLORENCE ANNIE LAWS b. 1861. > ii LIONEL EDGAR LAWS b. 12 FEB 1868, QLD. > iii PERCY MURRAY LAWS b. 12 SEP 1873, QLD. > iv FRANK CHARLES LAWS b. 2 APR 1876, QLD. > >Second Generation > >2. FLORENCE ANNIE LAWS b. 1861, m. 15 DEC 1896, in QLD, EDWARD THOMAS >BURDER HUTCHISON, b. 15 FEB 1857, Queanbeyan, NSW, (son of EDWARD >BARNABAS WESLEY HUTCHISON and EMILY ANN WILSON) d. 7 AUG 1911, bur. >Brisbane General Cemetery, Toowong, Qld. FLORENCE died 29 JUN 1926, >Brisbane, bur. Brisbane General Cemetery, Toowong, Qld. > Children: > 3. i HAROLD VOSPER HUTCHISON b. 7 JUN 1897. > ii IDA GWYNNE HUTCHISON b. 20 JUL 1898, QLD, >d. 1985. > >Third Generation > >3. HAROLD VOSPER HUTCHISON b. 7 JUN 1897, QLD, m. (1) 1922, DOROTHY >HILDA McCARTNEY, b. 18 MAR 1898, d. 1966, Greenslopes, Qld, bur. Mt >Thompson Crematorium, Holland Pk, Qld, m. (2) 1977, THELMA GIBBINS. >HAROLD died 1982, bur. Mt Thompson Crematorium, Holland Pk, Qld. > Children by DOROTHY HILDA McCARTNEY: > i HAROLD JAMES BURDER HUTCHISON b. 10 MAR 1923. > ii YVONNE MARY HUTCHISON b. 18 MAY 1926. > iii KEITH SELWYN HUTCHISON b. 9 MAR 1928. > iv JANICE DOROTHY HUTCHISON b. AUG 1937. > >Anyone with an interest in this family or further info is welcome to >contact me. Otherwise I hope this info is useful for the Laws database. > >Cheers! > >Marcel >Brisbane, Australia >

Please join me in welcoming some new folks to our list: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] We hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the family you are researching! Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), Penix (NC), Bradshaw (VA>NC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner, Harris (Rutherford Co.,NC), Laws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards,Kelly (Yancey Co.,NC), Causby, Patton, Morrison, Sparks(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton (Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), Farris & Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co., NC), Granger, Ledford, Black(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), Towery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, RABB-L, FARRIS-L, PAXTON-L, NIX-L, and LAWS-L Editor of online newsletter: WILSONS of Rutherford and Polk Counties, NC Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

Just received this note from John Patrick Laws regarding the LAWS FAMILY REGISTER. Since he is not subscribed to our mailing list, his note bounced to me. I thought it might be helpful to the group if I passed it along! Wanda >Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 17:06:05 -0700 (PDT) >X-From_: [email protected] Sun May 3 17:06:01 1998 >Old-Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 20:20:27 -0400 >From: John Patrick Laws <[email protected]> >Subject: LAWS FAMILY REGISTER >Sender: John Patrick Laws <[email protected]> >To: LAWS LIST <[email protected]> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by fp-1.rootsweb.com >id RAA09374 >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list > >LAWS FAMILY REGISTER >Mdina >12 Syston Grove >Lincoln >ENGLAND LN5 8TJ >Email:- >[email protected] >[email protected] > >3rd May 1998 > >Hi LAWS Researchers > I note your interest in a Surname covered in The LAWS FAMILY > >REGISTER This register has been in existence for the last 12 years >and I as Registrar have been researching the family for some 25 years. The >surname & varieties has been registered by me with the Guild of One Name >Studies for the last 10 years. > I can honestly say that I am interested in receiving any >data however small however large about LAW, LAWE, LAWES, LAWS. LAWSE. DE >LAWS, MCLAWS in fact anyone and everyone. our database covers some 35,000 >people since the early 16th Century, and may well be able to extend your >research. As you can see from our address, we are on the Internet which >opens us up to the world though we don't as yet have a web page, or a List, >we do >subscribe to a number of regional lists & are an active member of the Guild >of One Name Studies. > > There are some 38 subscribers this year, 18 of which are on >Email, with the data of some 100 ex-subscribers & correspondents over the >last 25 years, we are currently indexing from the 1881 Census of the UK. > I am pleased to be able to tell you that there are >LAW/LAWS researchers in the USA /CANADA /& the UK now registered with us, >our data has come from varied records & with time we'll correlate the >varied pieces, we would be only too pleased to help you. > Included with this letter is an Application form should you >wish to subscribe to the Register. > >Yours sincerely > > > John P Laws > REGISTRAR > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >LAWS FAMILY REGISTERPutting Flesh on the Bones of History > >12. Syston Grove,Lincoln. England.LN5 8TJ...Email: >[email protected] >[email protected] >Web Page (in preparation) > > > > > >This Register includes all variations of the surname including:- >LAW LAWE LAWES LAWS LAWSE LAWZE LAURS DE-LAWSE > >McLAWS...ETC...WORLD-WIDE >A GUILD OF ONE NAME STUDIES member 0674 >The Aims and Objectives of the Register is as follows:- >(1) To encourage the study of LAWS family history, encouraging the >conservation of documents, monuments, etc. > >(2) To circulate material periodically, of interest to the subscribers, & > >to maintain a register of all those interested in the research of the LAWS >family. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---------------------------------- >Annual subscription rates.(mutiples of 4 years incurr an extra year FREE= > >Email subscribers 3 pounds >UK mail 5 pounds >Overseas mail 7.50 (Pounds Sterling), >Introduce a new subscriber get a FREE year >Cheques/money orders should be made payable to:- John.P.LAWS > >--------------------------------------------------------- Detatch >Here------------------------------------- > >FULL NAME ............................................................. > >ADDRESS.............................................................. > >............................................................. > >............................................................. >EMAIL >............................................................. >TELEPHONE >............................................................. >DATE OF BIRTH SURNAME RESEARCHED >............................................................. > >I certify that I have no objection to any information that I supply being= >held on a computer in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1984, and >published in publications of the Register. > >Signature.................................. Date.............. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------------------- >(Office use only) > >Subscription Number.............................Expiry >Date...................................... > >Signature.................................. Date.............. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------------------- >(Office use only) > >Subscription Number.............................Expiry >Date..................................... >

At 02:57 PM 5/3/98 -0600, you wrote: >Wanda: >To the best of my knowledge, the LAWS FAMILY REGISTER does not have a website. > >Wanda Rabb wrote: > >> The address you provided below is an e-mail address. Is there a URL for a >> web page for the Laws Family Register? >> >> Thanks, >> Wanda >> >> John & Louise Lawes <[email protected]> replied: >> >> >Margaret: >> >The LAWS FAMILY REGISTER may be found at >> ><[email protected]> and/or at >> ><[email protected]>. The registrar is John Patrick Laws. >> > >> >Margaret Walker wrote: >> > >> >> Hello All, Have just recently joined your mailing list, could skp please >> >> help, i found a LAWS FAMILY REGISTER which i forgot to bookmark and now >> >> need to find it,it was where you could place the names you were researching >> >> ==== LAWS Mailing List ==== >> Reminder: If you change e-mail addresses, unsubscribe from the old one and subscribe again with the new one. > > > > >==== LAWS Mailing List ==== >Reminder: If you change e-mail addresses, unsubscribe from the old one and subscribe again with the new one. > Hello John and Louise, Some time back i found a LAWS FAMILY REGISTER, HELPAND RESEARCH REQUESTS, but forgot to bookmark it, it had a very large list of names , it also had the name of JOHN PATRICK LAWS, maybe it has been taken off, i would really like to be able to make contact as it had a lot of my families names in it, acres,algate, archer, ballard, best, headley, price, to name some . can someone help find this . Regards Margaret>

Wanda: To the best of my knowledge, the LAWS FAMILY REGISTER does not have a website. Wanda Rabb wrote: > The address you provided below is an e-mail address. Is there a URL for a > web page for the Laws Family Register? > > Thanks, > Wanda > > John & Louise Lawes <[email protected]> replied: > > >Margaret: > >The LAWS FAMILY REGISTER may be found at > ><[email protected]> and/or at > ><[email protected]>. The registrar is John Patrick Laws. > > > >Margaret Walker wrote: > > > >> Hello All, Have just recently joined your mailing list, could skp please > >> help, i found a LAWS FAMILY REGISTER which i forgot to bookmark and now > >> need to find it,it was where you could place the names you were researching > > ==== LAWS Mailing List ==== > Reminder: If you change e-mail addresses, unsubscribe from the old one and subscribe again with the new one.

The address you provided below is an e-mail address. Is there a URL for a web page for the Laws Family Register? Thanks, Wanda John & Louise Lawes <[email protected]> replied: >Margaret: >The LAWS FAMILY REGISTER may be found at ><[email protected]> and/or at ><[email protected]>. The registrar is John Patrick Laws. > >Margaret Walker wrote: > >> Hello All, Have just recently joined your mailing list, could skp please >> help, i found a LAWS FAMILY REGISTER which i forgot to bookmark and now >> need to find it,it was where you could place the names you were researching

Sherry My Shepherd family married into the Laws family: William Shepherd born 1825 NC md. 18 January 1848 St. Genevieve Co Mo Martha Laws, born 1822 NC, a widow. In the 1850 Ste. Genevieve Co Mo Census Wm. and Mary had the following living with them: William Shepherd aged 1 born MO Franklin Laws age 10 yrs born MO Jane Laws age 8 yrs born MO Francis Laws age 6 yrs born MO Marion Laws age 4 yrs born MO I have a little more Laws data, please contact me Dolores Miltenberger

Thank you, will be watching for the Law Family info. from WVA Law Family on Monday, I am connected and need more details. [email protected]

Hi, I just joined the list this week, so thought I'd better post my line to see if anybody connects. It appears as though my LAWS ancestors migrated from North Carolina to St. Genevieve Co., Missouri and on to Macoupin Co., Illinois. My gr-gr-grandmother was Sarah M. LAWS b. April 25, 1861 in St. Genevieve Co., MO d. abt 1933 IL. She married Levi Franklin TOSH July 18, 1877 in Macoupin Co, IL. They were divorced- according to family stories she married a couple more times but I haven't been able to find the names of her husbands. In the 1880 census of Macoupin Co.,IL I find her living with her young husband and 2 small children in the same dwelling with the family of Wiley R.LAWS and wife Mary E. so I am assuming that Wiley R.LAWS is her father. Census listed Wiley's parents as both having been born in North Carolina. In the 1850 census of St. Genevieve Co., MO , I found the following: Wiley R. LAWS, age 36,farmer, born NC Mary wife, age 23 born MO William J. , age 7 born MO James , age 5 born MO Rosanna , age 2 born MO John , age 11/12 born MO Do I have any relatives out there who connect to this line? If so, I would love to share what information I have so far. Sherry Arlotta Tempe, Arizona

Are you looking for copies of the info on the Law family from W VA? If so I'll mai; it out Monday. Carol

Margaret: The LAWS FAMILY REGISTER may be found at <[email protected]> and/or at <[email protected]>. The registrar is John Patrick Laws. Margaret Walker wrote: > Hello All, Have just recently joined your mailing list, could skp please > help, i found a LAWS FAMILY REGISTER which i forgot to bookmark and now > need to find it,it was where you could place the names you were researching > . Can you help me find it please ?? Regards Margaret, Launceston, Tasmania, > Australia > > ==== LAWS Mailing List ==== > Reminder: If you change e-mail addresses, unsubscribe from the old one and subscribe again with the new one.

I'm trying to find the parents of Minnie G. LAWS (married name BANKSTON, Benjamin Taylor LAWS(Spouce: Della BANKSTON),and Ida Beatrice LAWS( married name DELAPP). Minnie was born:7-June-1863 in Mississippi. She married Ira Warren BANKSTON:29-August-1877. They had several children:Benjamin,Leslie,Annie Falitas,Edna,Jennie, Jessie, Lula,and Mary. Minnie died: 30-July-1927,in Panola County,Mississippi. Which is where she, and her husband raised all their children.When Minnie was 6 years old she was living with a Thomas and Sarah WADE,in Carroll County,Mississippi . There is a possibility that their father was Benjamin Laws??? and we've heard 2 names for the mother, Elizabeth KING,or ANNA TAYLOR??? The Father supposedly died,and mother put her 3 children in the care of friends and relatives. The mother went to England with and man with the name of DUKE,or Title of DUKE. She never returned. If anything sounds familiar, Please E-Mail me at [email protected]

Looking for parents/family of a John Law, who at age 16 married a Cathirene Smith., age 21, in Lee Co. Va. Ca. 1862/66. Know it's not much to go on....trying to link a friend as a long lost cousin. Lynn

Chattanooga Free Press Chattanooga TN April 11, 1998 DAN LAWS VALLEY HEAD, Ala. - Dan Taylor Laws of Valley Head died Friday, April 10, 1998, in a local hospital. He was 84. A native of Cherokee County, he was a farmer and a Baptist. He was the father of the late Charles Mack Laws. Survivors include his wife, Mildren O'Sheilds Laws; two daughters, Edith Laws Dean, Valley Head, Sarah Haushalter, Fyffe, Ala.; four sisters, Etna McCullough, Leesburg, Ala., Mae Laws, Trion, Ala., Bonnie and Marie Laws, Jamestown, Ala.; and six grandchildren. Services were to be today at 2 p.m. at the Valley head Chapel of Burt Funeral Home with the Rev. James Young officiating. Burial will be in Violet Hill Cemetery.

Wanda, I am on the mailing list for Rootsweb, How can I become an official member and provide a donation towards membership? Thanks....I find it a very beneficial network to belong to!!!! Michael W. Law E-Mail: [email protected] COM: (650) 603-9179 ------------- Original Text From: "Wanda Rabb" <[email protected]>, on 04-27-98 10:24 PM: Forwarding a note from Dr. B regarding hardware upgrade for Rootsweb... >Reply-to: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <[email protected]> >Subject: New Hardware at RootsWeb! >Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:14:24 -0700 >From: Brian Leverich <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] > > > >Last week RootsWeb bought a Cisco 4500M router, which will let us >use up to 8 T1s at our main network operations center. This gives >us room to grow and, perhaps more importantly, will enable is to get >even more clever about working around problems out in The Net's core >mesh. > >[ I'm not going to do the canonical beg and grovel for folks to > consider becoming RootsWeb Members, but I will note in passing > that buying the new router did put quite a dent in our budget ... ] > >Anyway, late Wednesday night we'll be installing the 4500 router. >We'll also be replacing our old ethernet hubs with a hairy Bay >Networks ethernet switch, which will enable us to bring more servers >online and work around problems more rapidly. > >There will probably be a number of very brief interruptions as we >cut over to the new router and switch, and there is the possibility >of as much as a 2-3 hour down if we have any interesting problems. > > ### > >As many of you know, we tried to bring up a new search engine server >two weeks ago but discovered it was prone to crashing when we placed >a full production load on it. In the last two weeks we've built >another server and made various adjustments on the unstable beast. > >Over the next few days we will be doing production tests on both the >new boxes. During the tests, you may see the 1998 archives be >available at some times and not available at others. Crashes may >occur. > >In any case, please don't announce the new archives even if they are >available online for several days. When we're sure that we have a >new search engine server running well, we'll announce that fact to >this audience and you can, in turn, announce it to your subscribers >and users. > > ### > >Wish us luck with the upgrades, and please be patient as we get >everything installed and tuned. Cheers, B. > > >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ >P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 [email protected] > ==== LAWS Mailing List ==== Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Forwarding a note from Dr. B regarding hardware upgrade for Rootsweb... >Reply-to: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <[email protected]> >Subject: New Hardware at RootsWeb! >Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:14:24 -0700 >From: Brian Leverich <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] > > > >Last week RootsWeb bought a Cisco 4500M router, which will let us >use up to 8 T1s at our main network operations center. This gives >us room to grow and, perhaps more importantly, will enable is to get >even more clever about working around problems out in The Net's core >mesh. > >[ I'm not going to do the canonical beg and grovel for folks to > consider becoming RootsWeb Members, but I will note in passing > that buying the new router did put quite a dent in our budget ... ] > >Anyway, late Wednesday night we'll be installing the 4500 router. >We'll also be replacing our old ethernet hubs with a hairy Bay >Networks ethernet switch, which will enable us to bring more servers >online and work around problems more rapidly. > >There will probably be a number of very brief interruptions as we >cut over to the new router and switch, and there is the possibility >of as much as a 2-3 hour down if we have any interesting problems. > > ### > >As many of you know, we tried to bring up a new search engine server >two weeks ago but discovered it was prone to crashing when we placed >a full production load on it. In the last two weeks we've built >another server and made various adjustments on the unstable beast. > >Over the next few days we will be doing production tests on both the >new boxes. During the tests, you may see the 1998 archives be >available at some times and not available at others. Crashes may >occur. > >In any case, please don't announce the new archives even if they are >available online for several days. When we're sure that we have a >new search engine server running well, we'll announce that fact to >this audience and you can, in turn, announce it to your subscribers >and users. > > ### > >Wish us luck with the upgrades, and please be patient as we get >everything installed and tuned. Cheers, B. > > >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ >P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 [email protected] >