Judith and Bob, One left click works for me. -----Original Message----- From: Burger <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [MATTINGLY] William, son of John Baptist?? >Bob, thanks for the advice. I can get to the list of wills, but they won't >open. I've tried to find out how to register as a member or what ever they >call it but can't seem to get that done either. Did find a place that sent >me an e-mail showing where I had posted something in the past and the >boards/lists that I receive mail from, but in my advanced state of computer >ignorance have not been able to get the darn things to open. NOTHING opens >this morning, where as some would open last night. Is it because I'm not >using aol? Judith B > >> Judith, >> >> This combination of left mouse clicks has worked for me everytime since >the >> new merged boards were introduced a few days ago. Are you a registered >user >> with Rootsweb & Ancestry. Not sure but that might make a difference. >Right >> after Dan Matney's post to the list trying one more time to get us all to >> switch to the Yahoo boards, he was kind enough, even in my obvious >> disagreement of his postion, to send me the list address where all the >> conversation is going on between the various Board administrators. I >> subscribed to this list and while I have seen several hundred posts, I >have >> picked up quite a few points on how the new system works at least in this >> interim period where everyone is changing things hourly. But try this >> combination using your left mouse button only (gggg) >> >> log on to Genconnect ot what ever it is called today: >> http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/usaindex.html >> select any state but I usually choose Maryland or Kentucky >> select St Mary's Co but click on wills, not queries, when message board >> screen comes up >> select Advance Search, when the next screen comes up type Mattingly in >the >> "with surname" box and select Will in the "with message type" box. Then >> click on select and every Mattingly will posted to any Rootsweb, Ancestry >or >> My Family site appears. Since most of the wills were posted to Rootsweb, >> that is the bulk of the display. The William Mattingly will who died in >1832 >> shows up under Boards/Surnames/Mattingly. Click on the will your want to >> look at and the full post is displayed. Then I cut an paste what I want. >> >> There might be an easier way during this transition period but for now I >find >> this works. Also if you are looking for the e-mail address of a poster, >it >> shows up on every query if you select "print" the message. A qlitch that >> they are fixing I hear. It is a bit frustrating right now but some of the >> new items that is coming from all this merging looks like it is going to >> benefit us all. As a user we just need to be patient. Even now there is >> talk among some of the administrators who are mad that their world has >been >> rocked of bolting and organizing a new board. But that won't happen I >don't >> think. Most are arguing over copyright which in many cases I think they >mean >> recognition. I am sure you were aware when you posted all your wills that >> they would be wasily cut and pasted into anyones documetns but your full >post >> included a blurb to take with it giving you some recognition of hte work >you >> went thru jsut translating, typing and posting that material. Seems to me >it >> is terribly naive to belive that won't happen. None of us who post family >> history matierial to web pages be it Rootsweb, Family Tree Maker of Gen >> Circles as examples cannot say we did alone, we had the help of sometimes >> hundreds of contacts to put together the family information we have. I >> acknowledge that, William has acknowledged that many times and to argue >> relentlessly as to has the copyright in the Internet world is just so much >> whining. Often we are talking about documents that several hundred years >old. >> >> I agree with Jay & your comments regarding Thomas and his being a youth >or >> an adult when his father died and I have merged the William Mattingly, Ann >> Bullock and Thomas Mattignly information but I have not assigned a father >for >> William. From all the stuff I see posted to John Baptist Mattingly who >died >> in 1817 notes, any reference to William is limited to after 1835. There >is >> nothing in the will or earlier court proceedings only in final >distribution. >> I am reposting your John Baptist Mattingly will below. I cut and pasted >it >> from the GenConnect boards this morning. Also no mention in the will of >> William, Gabriel or many of the other children mentioned in the >distributions. >> >> Bob > > > >==== MATTINGLY Mailing List ==== ><Z>WELCOME TO THE MATTINGLY GENEALOGY GROUP<Z> >We also have the [email protected] >Your Host Website http://www.angelfire.com/or/matney >Rootsweb Host http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/a/MATTINGLY/ >To Unsubscribe or contact the List Owner [email protected] >mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscrib e >mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscrib e > >============================== >Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate >your heritage! >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >