----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol C-H" <cch@netdoor.com> To: <ANDERSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:08 AM Subject: [ANDERSON-L] LISTOWNER POST - Fwd: Please Help Linkpendium Index the Web > Linkpendium is a fantastic resource already, with an enormous potential for > helping us find information about our ancestors - if you have not checked > the resources linked already for this surname, please do so. Linkpendium > is being created by the folks who created RootsWeb. Please read the post > below, and let Brian and Karen know about any sites not already listed > there which you have found to be helpful! > > Carol > > ************ > >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 > > > > ==== ANDERSON Mailing List ==== > Take a look for <a href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson.html">your favorite Anderson Politician</A> > <a href="http://www.fincher.org/fincher/anderson.html">Notes on Robert Anderson of SC</a> >