Dear members,
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Rootsweb is changing to new list management software! The change
may have already begun. To see the planned schedule see
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/migrate_sched.html
Any differences you notice should be minor:
The "-L" is being dropped from the official list name, but you will
be able to both subscribe and post using the "old" name, with the
-L, or the new one without it. If you use email headers to filter
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I thought this would be of interest to all who seek their roots
thus I'm sending this to all the lists I manage no matter what
place or surname.
I have just downloaded the software and I'm setting up and testing
it planning to be online a'chattin' with Dick this Thursday. I hope
to see... er.. hear some of you also.
Regards,
David
The article follows:
Announcing Genealogy Voice Chats
Genealogy chat sessions have been popular for years. These "chats"
have always been conducted keyboard-to-keyboa
What is Domesday Book?
At Christmas 1085 William the Conqueror commissioned a great survey
to discover the resources and taxable values of all the boroughs
and manors in England. He wanted to discover who owned what, how
much it was worth, and how much was owed to him as King.
It was a massive enterprise, and the record of that survey,
Domesday Book, was a remarkable achievement.
More at
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/domesday.asp?homelink=domesdaybanner1
New Genealogy E-Magazine: Digital Genealogist
The following is an announcement from Liz Kelley Kerstens:
Ancestry has discontinued its magazine Genealogical Computing,
effective with the July/August/September 2006 issue that is
currently in the mail. As editor of GC for the past nearly seven
years, I still believe there's a need for a magazine devoted to
genealogy and technology. To that end, I am starting my own
magazine later this year. It will be called Digital Genealogist and
will be delivered t
Hi List,
If you're searching your Shed ancestors in New England as I am I'm
sure you have heard of James Savage's "A Genealogical Dictionary of
The First Settlers of New England" more commonly known simply as
"Savage", and you've probably used it in your search for New
England ancestors. I've found many of my early Colonial ancestors
in that set of books. It's likely you used a copy at a library,
like I have, or possibly you own a set. Unfortunately the set is
again out of print, in paper version th