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From: "Joan Best" <>
Subject: Re: [BD-ADM] Re: Surname and location variations
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 05:49:01 -0700
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Luc
I have been considering the same thing. The only problem I see is if
the post gets responses. Then the deleting it and reposting becomes a
problem because all the comments will be lost if the orginal message is
deleted and reposted so it is near the top again.

I have been thinking about the "variations" for a location board. You
may not have this problem in Europe, but in the US many Counties where
further broken up over time so a family may stay on the same homestead
over several generations, but the county they live in changes as
subdivisions are made. This poses a problem for searchers, as the
records usually stay with the county where they were made. A notice at
the beginning of the board giving some of this information would be
useful.

Joan B.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Luc Matthijs" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: [BD-ADM] Re: Surname variations


> At 10:56 1/08/01, wrote:
> >I guess I'm just tired of seeing the topic beat to death every three
> >months or so. It'd be rather nice to see the ADMIN admins say, "Take
it
> >to the 'Surname Variation Board.'"
>
> As a start I will probably post on each surname board I admin a
message
> with the subject "*** Surname variations zzzz (in the country aaaa)
***",
> in the surname box the known surname variations, classification
"Queries"
> (although I would like "Admin") and in the body text an explanation
about
> the history of the surname and some relevant links. As poster name I
will
> use my "Admin alias".
>
> Some research is needed (and the alias feature), so I will probably
post
> them end September, after my vacation.
>
> Priority is given by me to a message, and not the L&A page, because
the
> messages are searchable. And I don't prefer a separate board, because
a
> first visitor will not look there. This way of working will create
> user-interaction (= replies). I'm the first to know that "my" list is
> certainly not "the" surname variations list.
>
> From time to time I could repost a compilation of the "Surname
variation"
> thread and delete the "***" from the subject of the old thread.
>
> The L& A page will be reserved for a more detailed description about
> specific topics, related to the use of that surname board. A link to
the
> most recent "Surname variations" thread will be present on that page.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Luc Matthijs
> Oud-Strijderslaan 105 bus 8
> Evere (Brussels, Belgium)
>
>
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