It occurs to me that maybe some folks on the list don't know all the ways you can use Rootsweb for getting information. We are very lucky on this list to have volunteers who work tirelessly to provide us with information that we couldn't get unless we bought the books or the films or spent hours in the library. Specifically, Lee Cate with single surname marriage, census and burials and Martha Smith with newspaper abstracts and obits through 1970. Others help, too, but these two are the most active in sharing their information. All of this information is stored and viewable at all times in the Rootsweb Archives, as well as every other email that comes through the list. There are two ways to use the Archives. You can Search them or you can Browse them. Go to Rootsweb.com and click Mailing Lists at the top of the page. That takes you to the "new" page for searching the Archives, but I prefer the "old" page. To get the old page, look for a light blue rectangle on the left top of the page and click on the link "clicking here." That takes you to a page where you can search a Surname only by choosing the first letter of that surname or you can choose a state, then a county in that state. So you would click on TN and then Weakley to search the Weakley Archives. On the TNWeakley-L page, you can Subscribe or Unsubscribe from the list and on the very bottom, you can Search or Browse the Archives. I use the Advanced Search and put the surname I want in the line that searches the Subject. That will get me all of Lee's posts for that surname (and any others who have put that surname into the subject of their email). There are lots of ways to search for the information you want. You need to play with it to see what it will do. When you Browse the Archives, the posts come up by year and month down to the last email posted. If you think that you haven't gotten any emails from the list and want to know if you've missed something, just Browse the list. All the posts from day one are there and posted in the order they came in. You can choose several ways to view them, but you will know immediately if there is activity on the List or not. And please remember that Rootsweb.com with the Mailing Lists, family trees, Freepages, and other links too numerous to mention, is paid for by Ancestry.com. So those who pay for the subscription to Ancestry are also paying to provide everyone with the free information and services on Rootsweb including this Mailing List which allows us to ask questions and share information about our ancestors. Peggy M. T. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Thank you, Peggy, for sharing your knowledge of rootsweb. I, for one, am not aware of how you move through rootsweb. I knew I was missing a lot but not how much!!! And I am proud that my subscription to Ancestry.com is helping to fund this activity. Sherry Melton Arnold ----- Original Message ----- From: <Peggyt1950@aol.com> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:24 PM Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Using Rootsweb > > It occurs to me that maybe some folks on the list don't know all the ways > you can use Rootsweb for getting information. > > We are very lucky on this list to have volunteers who work tirelessly to > provide us with information that we couldn't get unless we bought the > books or > the films or spent hours in the library. Specifically, Lee Cate with > single > surname marriage, census and burials and Martha Smith with newspaper > abstracts > and obits through 1970. Others help, too, but these two are the most > active > in sharing their information. All of this information is stored and > viewable at all times in the Rootsweb Archives, as well as every other > email that > comes through the list. > > There are two ways to use the Archives. You can Search them or you can > Browse them. Go to Rootsweb.com and click Mailing Lists at the top of > the page. > That takes you to the "new" page for searching the Archives, but I prefer > the "old" page. To get the old page, look for a light blue rectangle on > the > left top of the page and click on the link "clicking here." > > That takes you to a page where you can search a Surname only by choosing > the > first letter of that surname or you can choose a state, then a county in > that state. So you would click on TN and then Weakley to search the > Weakley > Archives. On the TNWeakley-L page, you can Subscribe or Unsubscribe from > the > list and on the very bottom, you can Search or Browse the Archives. > > I use the Advanced Search and put the surname I want in the line that > searches the Subject. That will get me all of Lee's posts for that > surname (and > any others who have put that surname into the subject of their email). > There > are lots of ways to search for the information you want. You need to > play > with it to see what it will do. > > When you Browse the Archives, the posts come up by year and month down to > the last email posted. If you think that you haven't gotten any emails > from > the list and want to know if you've missed something, just Browse the > list. > All the posts from day one are there and posted in the order they came > in. You > can choose several ways to view them, but you will know immediately if > there > is activity on the List or not. > > And please remember that Rootsweb.com with the Mailing Lists, family > trees, > Freepages, and other links too numerous to mention, is paid for by > Ancestry.com. So those who pay for the subscription to Ancestry are also > paying to > provide everyone with the free information and services on Rootsweb > including > this Mailing List which allows us to ask questions and share information > about > our ancestors. > > Peggy M. T. > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >