If Trails is thinking on a wiki type of page- why not just add a page to each county ( or state ) that the researchers can add to- or place a page with a mail box for submitting such links as on wiki- that is all the wiki search does- provide links to other material- right or wrong? Just thoughts- also thought it may be a more simple solution that running another state oriented project. -- PMcSwain ---- Jan Cortez <[email protected]> wrote: This could be done at the National level thru the Trails server, if Gail would set it up. We have a set-up like that in MIGenWeb that isn't thru Google but our own server which searches all sites in the state regardless of whether it is on our server, RW and any where else. Now don't ask me how it is done, as ours was set up by my ASC who is positively the most brilliant web person that I have ever met. <g> It does take a major amount of time to spider all the sites and we have it set-up on a schedule to spider so many sites each day. I would imagine that once Trails really grows though - it would be quite a job with all the different states and counties. Mi only has 83 counties, so add in all the other states and you have a lot once everything has grown, which it will in time. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "PMcSwain" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [TTTP] Records Including Data from Other Places > First thought, and this may be too big of a question... and I'm very new, > so please forgive any ignorance. Is there anyway for someone to search the > ENTIRE TTTP system on one page? For example, if you go to many sites these > days, you can search the county site, and all its subpages, for a name. > Can > we do that for all TTTP sites, even though they are created by and hosted > by different people? Then, you wouldn't have to post obits or BMD's on > each > individual county or state page... they would come up in the search no > matter where the event took place? > > Second, I would agree that the document should be posted on each site > representing a place that is listed. If you have an obit that says, "born > in NY, enlisted in Civil War in Missouri, lived in Michigan, moved to > Omaha, then lived and died in Colfax County, Neb..." then all of those > places should somehow be linked to that document. (I have one of those, by > the way!) If a researcher only has one of those pieces of information, > they > won't know to look in all those other county or state sites. > > ~~ Jen > Colorado > > > > On Aug 20, 2011 5:41pm, PMcSwain <[email protected]> wrote: >> I would think- a death of anyone wh came from one place- died in another- >> and was then buried in the place of which they came from could be posted >> to both places- those searching one place would then be searching both >> places place of birth- death and burial. > > >> But those are just my thoughts- > > >> -- > > >> PMcSwain > > > > > >> ---- Jo Ann Scott [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Jeanne...another way would be for states mentioned to link to that >> data. Probably good for our exposure through google as well. > > >> Jo Ann Scott > > > > > > > > > > > >> ________________________________ > > >> From: Jeanne Hicks [email protected]> > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 4:05 PM > > >> Subject: [TTTP] Records Including Data from Other Places > > > > > >> Okay, I am busy transcribing data from Polk Co, NC. I had a thought and >> want some opinions. > > > > > >> Some of these records includes data from other areas. These >> are "official" records from Polk Co, NC. Should transcriptions of the >> information be available for other locations? > > > > > >> For example, someone born in Ocala, Marion Co, Fl, died in Polk Co, NC >> and was then buried (according to the death record) in Ocala. -- should >> that information also be made available on the Marion Co Fl (when there >> is one)? > > > > > >> Other examples are those who died in Polk Co, NC, but were born in Ohio, >> Illinois, etc. Should we (attempt) to make a database for the states >> including information about those who died elsewhere? > > > > > >> Here's some specific examples (all died in Polk Co, NC): > > > > > >> 1)George Cramer Baker: b 19 Jun 1839 near Columbus, O d 12 Apr 1915 > > >> Father: Geo Baker birthplace: Perma > > >> Mother: Elizabeth Cramer birthplace: Perma > > > > > >> 2) Charles Pearson: b Davie Co, NC d 18 Apr 1915 > > >> Father: Giles Williams Pearson birthplace: Davie Co, NC > > >> Mother: Elizabeth Ellis birthplace: NC > > > > > >> 3) Samuel Jesse Pyles: b 22 Aug 1883 Marion Co, Fla d 30 Aug 1915 > > >> Father: SR Pyles birthplace: Marion Co Fla > > >> Mother: Mary Davis Barnes birthplace: Marion Co Fla > > >> Burial: Ocala, Fla > > > > > >> 4) Ashbell Tenbrook: b 16 Mar 1856 Springfield, Ill d 10 Apr 1917 > > >> Father: Joshua Tenbrook birthplace: Recan > > >> Mother: Mary Wilkins birthplace: Ohio > > > > > >> 5) Benjamin Daniel Williams: b 26 Jan 1848 Penn d 18 Mar 1917 > > >> Father: Ezra Williams birthplace: PA > > >> Mother: Clarris Wescott birthplace: NY > > > > > >> 6) Harriett F Becker: b 24 Dec 1859 Illinois d 24 Dec 1917 > > >> Father: Noah H Kernsy birthplace: Ohio > > >> Mother: Elizabeth Miller birthplace: Ohio > > > > > >> 7) William Hiden McEachern: b 3 Feb 1897 Hahira, GA d 28 Jan 1918 > > >> Father: JC McEachearn birthplace: NC > > >> Mother: Lucy Taylor birthplace: NC > > >> Burial: Jacksonville, Fla > > > > > >> 8) Maria Elizabeth Reek: b 4 Feb 1827 Stratford, CT d 14 Feb 1918 > > >> Father: John Sherman birthplace: CT > > >> Mother: Maria Liluby birthplace: CT > > >> Burial: Stratford, CT > > > > > >> 9) John Fleming Wilcox: b 4 Jul 1851 Pittsburg, PA d 18 Mar 1918 > > >> Father: Lennie Wilcox birthplace: NY > > >> Mother: Eliza Flemming birthplace: Ireland > > > > > >> 10) Mary Rebbeca Day: b 19 Apr 1866 Huntington Co, Ind d 22 Apr 1918 > > >> Father: Frederick Sheets birthplace: OH > > >> Mother: Maria Shivley birthplace: Indiana > > > > > >> 11) Louisa Marie Swail: b 2 Mar 1830 Stratford, CT d 12 Sep 1918 > > >> Father: Timothy Benedict birthplace: Connecticut > > >> Mother: Mary G Chamberlain birthplace: Dalton, Mass > > > > > >> Unless otherwise noted, the burials are in the area. > > > > > >> So, should we, collectively as a project, include some sort of a database >> on our state page, which identifies those from/in our states but which >> died elsewhere? For example, should there be a database in, for example, >> New York, which lists those who, according to their death certs, were >> from New York, but who died in North Carolina? It wouldn't have to >> include the entire record, only the bits indicated there and a link to >> the records in the appropriate county (my thoughts). I think, using #5 >> above, that if I created a database in New York or Pennsylvania, I would >> only identify the deceased, dates, and a link to the county where the >> record is located. If we work together to create these types of >> databases, we could be the absolutely most amazing project around!!! But, >> we'd all have to be willing to work at this type of thing. > > > > > >> Jeanne/jmh > > > > > > > > >> ------------------------------- > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > >> ------------------------------- > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > >> ------------------------------- > > >> 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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

On 8/21/2011 11:19 AM, PMcSwain wrote: > If Trails is thinking on a wiki type of page- why not just add a page to each county ( or state ) that the researchers can add to- or place a page with a mail box for submitting such links as on wiki- that is all the wiki search does- provide links to other material- right or wrong? > Just thoughts- > also thought it may be a more simple solution that running another state oriented project. > -- > PMcSwain Being involved with Wikipedia and FSWiki, there are lot of tech and features that have to be added separately and twinked to fit in constantly. Manpower is immense. W. David Samuelsen