Hello: I thank you very much for helping newbies. I will be using your webpages as I have a surname that matches. Helena > [Original Message] > From: the cohens <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 1/27/2011 12:45:15 PM > Subject: Re: [POLAND] Radom Diocese Church Books 1654-1946 > > Debbie, > > You are totally right, transcriptions are what are most needed. But I > found myself in a position (due to disability) where I do not have > access to the right kind of software to transcribe for the projects I > am most interested in and capable of helping with. > > My site has been there several years, and the Free International > Birth Resources pages have been there two years now. I am sure to > link to the long established free resources I know of, so folks > finding my pages can also find those pages as well. > > What I observed is that newbies trying to find free online records get > duped by the subscription sites that appear at the top of the search > engine results when they are trying to find records. And it is very > hard to find any comprehensive lists of free birth record sites > anywhere, that you can be sure you are not ending up on a pay site. > They exist, but are hard to find unless you already know what they > are. > > It is an incredibly aggravating experience for many, many people. And > I decided to change that, making it easier for newbies to find the > free resources they need without giving up. > > On 1/27/11, Debbie Greenlee <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > > > > I don't mean to rain on your parade but aren't there enough indexes on > > the internet? Poland Gen Web is a good place to put links for > > databases such as the "Radom Diocese Church Books" (from LDS) instead > > of adding another site. What's really needed are actual records or > > transcriptions of records placed on the internet. > > > > Debbie > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- > Text inserted by Panda IS 2009: > > This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://localhost:6083/Panda?ID=pav_8522&SPAM=true&path=C:\Documents%20and%20 Settings\Compaq_Owner\Local%20Settings\Application%20Data\Panda%20Security\P anda%20Internet%20Security%202009\AntiSpam > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------