Received this from another state list which may be of help to researchers..................... A 1,040,465 link directory of genealogical resources http://www.linkpendium.com/ In a message dated 9/8/2004 8:01:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, NEWYORK-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: >Hi all! > >Having started with a directory of Illinois genealogical resources, >Linkpendium has now finished a first pass through all US localities >and surnames worldwide. > >We have now built a directory to 1,039,142 sources of genealogical >information on the Internet. This is by far the largest >genealogical link collection on The Net. > >Nonetheless, we know we have missed many important resources. So, >again starting in IL (but working on the rest of the country and >all surnames in parallel), we are doing a second pass looking for >resources we've missed. > >YOU CAN HELP US! > >All Linkpendium's lower-level locality and surname pages include >links to a Web form that allows visitors to nominate new links. If >you visit us at: > http://www.linkpendium.com/ >please take a moment to make sure that we have links in the >appropriate categories to any Website, mailing list, or message >board that you administer. Also, if you just have a favorite site >that we've missed, PLEASE use the Web form to tell us about it. > >WHY HAVING A COMPLETE DIRECTORY IS IMPORTANT > >Obviously, a complete directory is useful to genealogists. Having >access to a categorized list of all the Cook County resources will >save genealogists a lot of Googling. > >But more importantly, in the next phase Linkpendium is going to use >the directory as input to a search engine specialized for use by >genealogists. This will allow folks to search for their ancestors >without having to dig through hundreds (and often many thousands) >of irrelevant links returned by Google. > >If we don't have a genealogical resource in the directory, we can't >make it searchable by the search engine. That's why your help in >making the directory complete is so important. > >PLEASE PASS THE WORD! > >While we're starting the second pass in Illinois, we'll be working >on the rest of the USA and surnames world-wide in parallel. If >you participate in lists or message boards frequented by other >folks who can help us index all the Internet's genealogical >resources, please feel free to tell them about what we're doing >(or just forward this letter). > >Thanks, everyone, for the help. I hope we can build something of >great value to the genealogical community. Cheers, B. > > >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >P.O. Box 6831, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6831 leverich@linkpendium.com