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From: "Norby Family" <>
Subject: [GOLDRUSH] New SSDI feature at Rootsweb
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:03:08 -0700


If you missed the following from the Rootsweb newsletter I think you might
find it interesting. It should be a great tool for everyone if we all post
notes giving more identification on the listings that we know are ours -
might make some new connections and help others eliminate some names in
their searches. Just did a couple of mine and another link is provided once
you post a post-em that you can view any posted.

POST-EMs. Now you can attach a message to any of the more than
61 million records in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) at
RootsWeb by using a "post-em," developed by RootsWeb's own Randy
Winch. Some suggested uses: attach notes to the records of your
relatives, providing researchers with a direct link to you; add
background information on an individual in the database, such
as pointers to other records relating to that individual; or
add a correction to an incorrect record. Check the records of
individuals of interest to you often. Someone recently might
have left a note there for you. To add a note to a record, do
a search and click on "Post-em" at the end of a record at:
<http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi>;.

Post-ems are a another example of your contributions at work.

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