The Chapter has checked this out and it looks legitimate. This is good only to April 10th. Check out the University's website if you are cautious. http://www.curtin.edu.au/ > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Genealogy Survey Invitation - Lorain County Chapter (OGS) > Date: 2/16/2005, 11:31 PM > From: Kylie Veale <[email protected]> > To: Lorain County Chapter <[email protected]> > Organization: . > > Dear Margaret, > > Would the members of the Lorain County Chapter (OGS) be interested in > helping us understand how the Internet is used by genealogists? > > I am an amateur genealogist and PhD candidate with Curtin University of > Technology in Australia, currently researching the use of the Internet > for genealogy by people in USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the > UK, for my PhD thesis. > > As a result, I am writing to you as President of your organisation to > seek help in inviting your individual members to participate in the > study. The privacy of your members is paramount however, therefore I > ask: would you consider forwarding an e-mail invitation about the survey > to your member e-mail list on my behalf? > > The survey (and information sheet) is available and ready for > participation until 10 April 2005 at http://igcs.survey.curtin.edu.au. > > Should you pass on the details of the survey to your members, I would > love to hear from you via reply to this email, or to my academic e-mail > at [email protected] And as my personal thank you for your > help, I would like to offer you a report on the results for the OH, USA > region, after the survey closes. Results of the survey will also be > sent to every participant. > > Thanking you in advance, > > Kylie Veale > Curtin University of Technology, Australia > PhD Website: http://www.veale.com.au/phd > > This study is an Australian PhD Research project, approved by the Curtin > University Human Research Ethics Committee in June 2004. -- Sue Strick, Lorain County Coordinator for OHGenWeb Lorain County Genealogy Page, http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen L.C. Mailing List, http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen/mail.htm
As a footnote to this, the newest issue of Ancestry.com magazine that I just received also announces this survey in an article. Sue Strick wrote on 3/6/2005, 1:22 PM: > The Chapter has checked this out and it looks legitimate. This is good > only > to April 10th. > Check out the University's website if you are cautious. > http://www.curtin.edu.au/ > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Genealogy Survey Invitation - Lorain County Chapter (OGS) > > Date: 2/16/2005, 11:31 PM > > From: Kylie Veale <[email protected]> > > To: Lorain County Chapter <[email protected]> > > Organization: . > > > > Dear Margaret, > > > > Would the members of the Lorain County Chapter (OGS) be interested in > > helping us understand how the Internet is used by genealogists? > > > > I am an amateur genealogist and PhD candidate with Curtin University of > > Technology in Australia, currently researching the use of the Internet > > for genealogy by people in USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the > > UK, for my PhD thesis. > > > > As a result, I am writing to you as President of your organisation to > > seek help in inviting your individual members to participate in the > > study. The privacy of your members is paramount however, therefore I > > ask: would you consider forwarding an e-mail invitation about the > survey > > to your member e-mail list on my behalf? > > > > The survey (and information sheet) is available and ready for > > participation until 10 April 2005 at http://igcs.survey.curtin.edu.au. > > > > Should you pass on the details of the survey to your members, I would > > love to hear from you via reply to this email, or to my academic e-mail > > at [email protected]curtin.edu.au. And as my personal thank you for > your > > help, I would like to offer you a report on the results for the OH, USA > > region, after the survey closes. Results of the survey will also be > > sent to every participant. > > > > Thanking you in advance, > > > > Kylie Veale > > Curtin University of Technology, Australia > > PhD Website: http://www.veale.com.au/phd > > > > This study is an Australian PhD Research project, approved by the > Curtin > > University Human Research Ethics Committee in June 2004. > > -- > Sue Strick, Lorain County Coordinator for OHGenWeb > Lorain County Genealogy Page, http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen > L.C. Mailing List, http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen/mail.htm > > > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page > http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >