I'm proud to say I voted for Cyndi's List and she won! In case you don't subscribe to Eastman's Newsletter, I wanted you to be aware of the following. Enjoy! Nancy ...Just back from spending T-Day in Utah with our 6 month old grandson... :) >================================================================ > > - Announcing "The Best Genealogy Site On The World Wide Web" > >Two weeks ago I announced a "readers choice award" to be awarded >by the readers of this newsletter. The award would be for the >"Best Genealogy Site on the World Wide Web." Votes have been >pouring in by e-mail ever since. Today I am proud to announce the >results. > >According to the readers of this newsletter, the Best Genealogy >Site on the World Wide Web is: > > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet > located at > http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm > >Cyndi Howells maintains a gigantic list of other genealogy sites >on the Internet. She also recently wrote a book on using the >Internet for genealogy, which was described in the October 11, >1997 edition of this newsletter. Cyndi's list contains more than >25,000 entries, all sorted and catalogued into 84 major >categories. Several of those major categories are further >subdivided into smaller classifications. This is a major effort >that obviously has required hundreds and hundreds of hours of >work. > >Why did this one site collect 27% of all votes cast? Here are a >few quotes from the e-mail votes: > > "I consider this the best site for genealogy, because of the > great number of links which can take you just about anywhere > you want to go." - Faye Guthrie in Australia > > "Cyndi's List is the first choice for anyone looking for > ANYTHING pertaining to genealogy. But the best thing is how > she has kept things easy to find on such a huge site! It is > the best organized of ANY site I have ever gone to for > anything!" - Malinda Rimes > > "One stop shopping, so to speak. I could never bookmark this > many sites...my browser would go bonkers." - Barry Crocker, > Vacaville, CA > > "There is no other genealogy web site that does so much, is > maintained so well, and provides one-stop shopping for > everything genealogical." - Jerry Kliot > > "This site is so amazing! A researcher could use this site > only and be directed to literally everything of value > available on the Internet. The daily e-mail of updates also > motivates one to return to the site frequently. How Cyndi has > the time to maintain a site of this magnitude is mind > boggling!" - Michele Hassell > > "Not only is it the most comprehensive and up-to-date > directory of genealogy related sites, Cyndi Howells has found > creative ways to keep one personally in touch about updates in > your areas of interest, and developments on the site itself. > All who use this marvelous resource are in her debt." - > Wilfred Allan, British Columbia > > And my favorite nomination of all: "If I were alone on a > desert island with a solar-powered laptop, and I was able to > access just ONE website for the rest of my life............I'd > choose CYNDI'S LIST." - Anne Lurie, Vermont > >Cyndi Howells obviously has done a great job with her site. It is >with great pleasure that I confer the title of "Readers' Choice >Award for Best Genealogy Site on the World Wide Web" to Cyndi's >List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet located at >http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm > > >================================================================ > > - Honorable Mentions > >I found it interesting that quite a few sites were mentioned time >and time again in the voting for "Best Genealogy Site." The >following sites each gathered more than 5% of the votes. They are >listed in descending order by the number of votes received: > > http://www.jewishgen.org - JewishGen: The Home of Jewish > Genealogy > > http://www.rootsweb.com - RootsWeb Genealogical Data > Cooperative > > http://www.familytreemaker.com - Family Tree Maker by > Broderbund > > http://www.ancestry.com - Ancestry, Inc. > > >================================================================ ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== To join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative, learn more at: http://www.rootsweb.com/