the url for Somerset Co is maligned. I figured out the problem. It should be outrageous simple .... http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.somerset&type=obituary I simply cut off the main url for the county, after the county name and add only &type=obituary Got the exact result. Just replace obituary, with other classifications as listed below. David Valorie Zimmerman wrote: > > I realize that this is old, but I did hear that the Resource pages were > going to be updated, today. Also, someone has figured out how to link to > just Obits, or just another of the Classifications: > > This is part of a post by Denny Shirer to Boards-Admins: > > "Link for obituaries for Shirer surname board > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?f=setsessioncookie&r=rw&p=surnames.shirer&ONOK=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.ancestry.com%2Fmbexec%3Fhtx%3Dboard%26r%3Drw%26p%3Dsurnames.shirer%26type%3Dobituary&cookiename=CLASSIFICATION&cookievalue=obituary > > Link for obituaries for Somerset Co., PA board > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?f=setsessioncookie&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.somerset&ONOK=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.ancestry.com%2Fmbexec%3Fhtx%3Dboard%26r%3Drw%26p%3Dsurnames.shirer%26type%3Dobituary&cookiename=CLASSIFICATION&cookievalue=obituary > > Just replace "obituary" in the link with one of the following to > pre-filter the other > classifications: > > bible > biography > birth > cemetery > census > death > deed > immigration > lookup > marriage > military > obituary > pension > will > > Leave it blank to choose all. > > You will have to edit the value of "p" to match your boards directory > but this should work for everyone who wants to maintain some resemblance > of the old system to help ease the transition for the users." > > I hope this helps somebody... > > Valorie > > Dennis Ahern wrote: > > > > I was just poking around with the search engine as I sometimes do and wnet > > down a path that petered out in the new boards system. Here is what I > > did: > > > > At http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/metasearch entered "Ahern" > > At http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi?surname=ahern&given= > > chose an Ahern born 03/15/1941 who died in San Joaquin Valley > > At http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/CA/SanJoaquin/ I clicked on a link > > that said "San Joaqun County Obituaries" which took me to > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p= which doesn't have any > > mention of obituaries. What is the new board system going to do to handle > > all these links that have been constructed and now broken? > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website > > Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com