is it possible that Rush LIMBAUGH is a STATLER descendant ? Norman Blansett > > From: STATLER-D-request@rootsweb.com > Date: 2002/04/30 Tue PM 03:02:19 CDT > To: STATLER-D@rootsweb.com > Subject: STATLER-D Digest V02 #10 > > STATLER-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 10 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [STATLER] Hints on Message Boards ["John A Hansen" <jahansen@qwest.ne] > #2 [STATLER] Stephen Stradler>PA>1700 [MStateler@aol.com] > #3 [STATLER] Re: STATLER-D Digest V02 [CLADYC@webtv.net (CATHERINE BELL)] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from STATLER-D, send a message to > > STATLER-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the STATLER-D list administrator, send mail to > STATLER-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ______________________________ > Dear All: > > Some of you have posted really nice and comprehensive > descriptions of your brick walls on the roll call. There is also > an very interesting method to utilize the combined benefits > of the message boards and the mailing lists that could be > of use to everyone. > > We can use of the archiving capability of the message board > and the address of the URL of that message to keep your > information available and easy to reach for viewers. > > The process is: > > A: Most genealogy software programs will allow you to segment a > specific portion of the family tree. So create the descendants tree > or ancestry tree in your program or from your ancestry files > and then copy that to the clipboard. > B: Open the message board at www.rootsweb.com > for the specific surname and or Clan. > C: Create a new post and copy the material of the ancestor > from above into that post. > D: Go to Tools or other options on your email program and open > the sig lines feature option > E: Create the Sig Line block in your email program > Insert the name of the brick wall or person at the top of the chart > along with the highlights of location and time etc. This is effectively > your subject lines so make it eye catching and complete. Then copy > the message URL into the next line just below the subject line. > E: You now have a 2 line sig line! It lets a viewer go to the same > reference point by merely clicking on the URL. If they reply, then > you will get that reply automatically. It also gathers all the > information > on that ancestor in one location so you have a stream of replies for > all > to see and comment on. That URL becomes a universal locator for > you to add to all your outgoing messages and other messages. > Especially > if you have a lot of documentation etc it will help to confirm to > other > viewers that this is the right tree. > F: Then when you post to the SURNAME-L@rootsweb.com "insert" and select > the appropriate sig line in that message instead of merely the long > line of > surnames that nobody really looks at. It will then be a sig line of > interest > to people in that mailing list with a really easy way to check to see > if > it fits their family lines. This allows you to post your SPECIFIC brick > wall on > every post to that specific surname list! That way the more help > you give > others by posting , the more visibility your brick wall receives and > thence > the more chances you have of getting help in return :-) > G: It will also benefit the new search engines that are coming on stream > here > at Rootsweb. That search engine will then find your messages that > relate > to that specific ancestor you are researching. > > You are now using the message boards as an online archiving and retrieval > system. Most people will not go to the threaded archives etc but a simple > click on the url below an interesting subject line will likely get their > attention. > It has the added benefits of: > A: always visible forever. > B: easier to find than the archives list. > C: keeps the threads across many months and years > D: there will be an auto reply to you whenever a reply is given. > E: New search engine will find related messages. > > Let's use the combined benefits of the message boards and > the mailing lists to our mutual advantage. Please feel free to pass > this email to anyone of interest. > > Best Regards > John A Hansen > List Admin > jahansen@qwest.net > > BTW: Example below for one of my brick walls :-) > > Isaac Brownell > Mass > 1772 ( My ALDEN Line) > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.brownell&m=324 > > ______________________________ > Stephen Stradler>PA>1700's (My STATELER Line) > > ______________________________ > Julie, > > Hannah Elizabeth STATLER and Daniel R. LIMBAUGH were from Bollinger > County/Cape Girardeau area. Do you have info on her? > Thanks, > Catherine > >