Anne, GREAT! I"I've already set you up as a co-admin (didn't you get a notice?), and have asked Jim Burgess to also be a co-admin. Haven't heard back from him yet on that. Now, changing topics. I'd like to tap Mike Marshall on the IDEA of his being our guinea pig on throwing up his vast database onto the type of ancestry.com tree I was talking about. I know he already has it on ancestry, but it is not a shared project. I'd don't know if he'd be open to this or not. Either way, Mike you should send out a link to it both here and on the new fb page. The reason I think of Mike Marshall is that (1) I have met him personally and think quite highly of him (2) he is somewhat of a name collector and his database probably includes almost anyone we can think of in the Northern Neck and (3) could probably be a great project for correcting things. By which I mean by all of this, it is the _perfect_candidate. I don't know if he'd be willing to do this, however. It would not mean he'd give up his other site, or even have to make any changes to it. Just a one-man brainstorm. Mike, what do you think? Jim Burgess, your data base might be a good guinea pig too. My NN list is just too small. Further, when I first created it, it was for a completely different reason than a "real" database--it was for a chart. As a result, I have scads of duplicate people who need to be merged and connected into the right families. I'm working on that, but I'd just as soon not start with something that disastrous. Craig On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:27 PM, Anne P. Johnson wrote: > Craig - > > Glad to help. I have little to offer to the group in the way of > research i have done, and spend much of my time lurking in case my one > Stafford Co. family is mentioned. (And Stafford itself is rarely > mentioned.) It will make me feel as if I am contributing. > > Just let me know when you set me up as an admin and I will start > posting relevant material (mostly links to sites and articles). > > Thanks, > Anne > On Sep 23, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: > >> Anne, >> >> I've taken you up on your offer to be a co-admin of the new fb page. >> You seem to be a lot more savvy at this than I. And you have much >> better ideas! >> >> As of now, there are 18 members on the fb page. There are roughly >> 170 members on the rootsweb list. So, I doubt it will really be a >> huge group of people there. The advantage, as you say, is that it >> may be a whole lot easier for new people to find us on fb than on >> rootsweb, which is complicated. That way, we can direct them to the >> discussion board. >> >> Craig >> >> On Sep 23, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Anne P. Johnson wrote: >> >>> Dear List: >>> >>> This is a good example of something that could be posted on FB: A >>> short explanation of DNA testing, along with a link to a testing >>> company's website. And think how much more possible DNA you are >>> reaching with that link. >>> >>> Another link you could add is Jim's website - >>> www.virginiasurnames.com >>> >>> These all might drive traffic to your NN list, or add to the >>> available >>> data on these families. >>> >>> Anne >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >

I did get a notice and will post relevant links as I come across them or moving forward as they show up on the list. I will also look into the list-to-fb-page automation. Thanks! Anne On Sep 23, 2011, at 8:27 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: > Anne, GREAT! > > I"I've already set you up as a co-admin (didn't you get a notice?), > and have asked Jim Burgess to also be a co-admin. Haven't heard back > from him yet on that. > > Now, changing topics. I'd like to tap Mike Marshall on the IDEA of > his being our guinea pig on throwing up his vast database onto the > type of ancestry.com tree I was talking about. > > I know he already has it on ancestry, but it is not a shared > project. I'd don't know if he'd be open to this or not. Either way, > Mike you should send out a link to it both here and on the new fb > page. > > The reason I think of Mike Marshall is that (1) I have met him > personally and think quite highly of him (2) he is somewhat of a > name collector and his database probably includes almost anyone we > can think of in the Northern Neck and (3) could probably be a great > project for correcting things. > > By which I mean by all of this, it is the _perfect_candidate. I > don't know if he'd be willing to do this, however. It would not mean > he'd give up his other site, or even have to make any changes to it. > > Just a one-man brainstorm. Mike, what do you think? > > Jim Burgess, your data base might be a good guinea pig too. My NN > list is just too small. Further, when I first created it, it was for > a completely different reason than a "real" database--it was for a > chart. As a result, I have scads of duplicate people who need to be > merged and connected into the right families. I'm working on that, > but I'd just as soon not start with something that disastrous. > > Craig > > > On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:27 PM, Anne P. Johnson wrote: > >> Craig - >> >> Glad to help. I have little to offer to the group in the way of >> research i have done, and spend much of my time lurking in case my >> one >> Stafford Co. family is mentioned. (And Stafford itself is rarely >> mentioned.) It will make me feel as if I am contributing. >> >> Just let me know when you set me up as an admin and I will start >> posting relevant material (mostly links to sites and articles). >> >> Thanks, >> Anne >> On Sep 23, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: >> >>> Anne, >>> >>> I've taken you up on your offer to be a co-admin of the new fb page. >>> You seem to be a lot more savvy at this than I. And you have much >>> better ideas! >>> >>> As of now, there are 18 members on the fb page. There are roughly >>> 170 members on the rootsweb list. So, I doubt it will really be a >>> huge group of people there. The advantage, as you say, is that it >>> may be a whole lot easier for new people to find us on fb than on >>> rootsweb, which is complicated. That way, we can direct them to the >>> discussion board. >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> On Sep 23, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Anne P. Johnson wrote: >>> >>>> Dear List: >>>> >>>> This is a good example of something that could be posted on FB: A >>>> short explanation of DNA testing, along with a link to a testing >>>> company's website. And think how much more possible DNA you are >>>> reaching with that link. >>>> >>>> Another link you could add is Jim's website - >>>> www.virginiasurnames.com >>>> >>>> These all might drive traffic to your NN list, or add to the >>>> available >>>> data on these families. >>>> >>>> Anne >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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