Gail, I have also posted to WorldConnect. It was very easy and it has generated many new contacts. I recommend it to everyone. Lee Ann Aigner tmaigner@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Brown" <rexbrown@shreve.net> To: <TXHARRISON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 8:06 AM Subject: WorldConnect at Rootsweb > Happy New Year Everyone - > > I just uploaded my gedcom to WorldConnect (see below) - it was easy to do > and FREE! I was pleased to see that Rootsweb's program has great options > for removing info about the living, AND even your notes and/or sources. > This seems to be the best and easiest way yet to share your data with > others. > > Gail > > From this week's Rootsweb Review - > ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CEO, by Robert R. Tillman > > o PLEASE UPLOAD YOUR GEDCOM NOW TO THE WORLDCONNECT PROJECT. > To date, RootsWeb users have uploaded 11,580,381 names to the > RootsWeb WorldConnect Project. Only 419,619 names to go to reach > the goal of 12 million by year end. RootsWeb can make it with > your help! Search the names already uploaded, upload your own > GEDCOM, or find detailed answers to questions about WorldConnect > at <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/> > > o Not sure what a GEDCOM is? GEDCOM is the acronym for > GEnealogical Data COMmunication, created by the Church of Jesus > Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) to facilitate the exchange > of genealogical data among different software programs. A GEDCOM > is a text file that is created automatically in a special format > from information that is in a genealogical software program's > database -- no need to rekey. Most, but not all, genealogical > software programs have GEDCOM capability. For more information, > see <http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help/wc2.html#1> > > > > > > ==== TXHARRISON Mailing List ==== > If you won't be checking your e-mail for a while, send a message to TXHARRISON-L-request@rootsweb.com with just the word unsubscribe and the res ubscribe when you return >