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From: Cyndi Howells <>
Subject: May 25-31, 1998
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 00:06:28 -0700


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This list is for announcements only, generally posted a few times
each week if updates have been made to the Cyndi's List web site at:
http://www.CyndisList.com

FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS:
~~The first section below contains new information about the
work I've done on the site in the last few days.
~~The remaining sections in this message list repetitive
information regarding the web site, including:
About Updates To The Site
The "Numbers"
New Categories Added Recently
Recent Improvements
~~The end of this message contains information on how to
unsubscribe from this list.

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May 25-31, 1998

Hi all -

Today, I reorganized the format of this message and prettied it up
a bit. The current update info will now appear immediately after a
brief bit of info for new subscribers (see above). Following that
will be the
repetitive information that is only periodically updated (see below).

I added a new section on my "Internet Stuff You Need to Know" page at:
http://www.CyndisList.com/internet.htm
The section is called "Privacy Issues" and it includes links to
articles and software web sites that have information on this
important topic. If you are thinking of putting a genealogy web
site online or if you post family information on mailing lists or
newsgroups, be sure to read these articles and take a bit of time
to consider the issues.

I had fun on the Family History Show radio program last night and
hope that many of you gave the Real Audio version over the Internet
a try. I even managed to get in a quick "Hello" and "Mommy loves
you!" to Evan. Mark said that he was listening to me and was
giggling every time he heard my voice. He kept looking up to see
where I was, then laughed thinking it was funny. He must have
thought I was playing hide & seek with him. I guess that our dog,
Mackey, was going a bit nuts and ran all over the house looking for
me. I only wish I had more time to plug all the wonderful Internet
resources that I wanted to mention. For each question that came up,
I had several different ideas for online resources, but not enough
time to go over them all.

Over the last few days, while at the Jamboree and while getting
ready to come to the Jamboree, I slipped in a few new links and
corrected a few here and there across the site. I corrected
USGenWeb county links for Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina. I
added a dozen new personal home pages and a dozen new surnames
links. There are 34 new links for Ireland county pages on the
GENUKI project site (see URL below). Otherwise, the updates are
piecemeal.

~~Categories that I updated in the last few days:
Books, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario,
Cemeteries, Census Related, Female Ancestors, Germany, Hispanic,
Humor, Libraries, Marriages, Medical, Netherlands, Newspapers,
Obituaries, Occupations, Odds & Ends, Personal Home Pages,
Photographs, Queries, Railroads, Religion, Ships, Societies,
Supplies, Surnames, Unique Peoples, Ireland, Scotland, US Census,
US Civil War, several US states and Wills & Probate.

~~Number of new links:114

~~Number of links deleted:5

~~Number of links updated/corrected:88

~~Most memorable site(s) I visited today:

The UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service (GENUKI) - Ireland
http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/irl/

Ron Taylor's UK Census Finding Aids and Indexes
http://rontay.digiweb.com/

Lunenburg County, NSGenWeb- Passenger Lists
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6625/shiplists.html

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ABOUT UPDATES TO THE SITE:

I have thousands of requests for links backed up in my
mailbox right now. I'm working through 100-200 messages
each day. I promise I will get to everyone as soon as
humanly possible. In the meantime, my priorities are to
correct broken links first, followed by improvements to the
list and additions of new links. Please do NOT send me
repetitive requests for links to your web site. This only delays
things longer because it keeps me sorting through the daily
e-mail instead of working on the links.

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THE "NUMBERS":

~~I add approx. 1,000 new links per month.
~~I correct approx. 500 broken links per month.
~~There are over 5,000 subscribers to this mailing list.
~~There are over 37,000 visitors to the web site each day.
~~I receive over 200 e-mail messages each day.
~~There really is only one of me!

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NEW CATEGORIES ADDED RECENTLY:

Female Ancestors
Loyalists
Marriages
Medical, Medicine, Genetics
Obituaries (split off of the Cemeteries page)
Primary Sources
Prisons, Prisoners & Outlaws
Societies & Groups - General Societies & Groups
Ethnic & Religious Organizations
Fraternal Organizations
General Resource Sites
Lineage Societies
Military Societies
National Societies
Travel & Research
Unique Peoples & Cultures
U.S. - History
Wills & Probate

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RECENT IMPROVEMENTS:

1. A new FAQ page to answer many of the repetitive
questions and cut down on my incoming e-mail:
http://www.CyndisList.com/faq.htm

2. This mailing list, also in the hope of cutting down on
incoming e-mail by keeping everyone posted on what I'm
up to each day.
http://www.CyndisList.com/maillist.htm

3. An easier to navigate table of links at the bottom of each
page. These links to are to other pages in my web site
that relate to the day-to-day operations of Cyndi's List.

4. The addition of the NetMind / URL-Minder form at the bottom
of each page. This is a free service that will notify you by
e-mail that changes were made to a web page of your choice.

5. A new, non-intrusive javascript menu was added at the bottom
of each US state, Canadian province, UK and Scandinavian
page. This is a drop-down menu that will allow your javascript-
capable browser to jump to another web page within that
category without having to return to the main index.

6. New, highly optimized graphics on the site that aid in a quicker
load time in your web browser.

7. A new, very fast web server at RootsWeb to host the site.

8. A new, easy to remember address:
http://www.CyndisList.com

9. A helpful new page to answer many of the questions I receive
by e-mail regarding technical issues on the Internet:
Internet Stuff You Need To Know
http://www.CyndisList.com/internet.htm

Successful surfing!
Cyndi

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Cyndi Howells Puyallup, Washington


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