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From: Cyndi Howells <>
Subject: August 5-10, 1998
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:25:38 -0700

The CyndisList Mailing List 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ August 5-10, 1998 Hi all - I've spent a lot more time correcting broken links over the last few days. There are two wonderful things that result of me doing this: 1) You are assured that the links on my list are reliable and that the list will always be a useful tool for your online research. 2) I always end up adding several new links in the process. As I'm searching for a new address to fix a broken link, I inevitably find all-new resources, so I take the time to set up new links while I'm able to verify the address, the title and the content of the site. In my ongoing project to complete a broken link check on each of my category pages, I accomplished quite a bit this week. I found several new web sites for Nebraska societies and Minnesota societies. I also finished updating each page in my Societies & Groups category (some links cross-referenced on the various state, province or country pages). I removed 19 links, added 54 new links and corrected 90 broken links. I completely updated my Software & Computers page, adding 1 new link, removing 7 links and correcting 9 links. Other categories I finished updating: Railroads, Religion, Roots-L, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taxes, Terms, several US state pages, the Channel Islands and Wales. My focus now is on the Libraries category. ~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~ ~==~ THANK YOU FOR THE OFFERS TO HELP! ~==~ On numerous occasions, many of you have generously offered to help me with the daily work to keep up the site. I appreciate your thoughtfulness more than you can know! I have been thinking about it and trying to come up with ways that visitors to the site can help me that would be easy, self-explanatory and wouldn't require extra input from me. There are a couple of things that I do regularly, which anyone can do. For those of you who would like to help, here are the ideas: 1. Send e-mail to other webmasters asking them to update their links with the new address to Cyndi's List. Whenever you run across a web site that has a link to one of the pages on Cyndi's List, check the address and if they haven't changed the link to point to the new domain (http://www.CyndisList.com), please send a quick e-mail to the webmaster of that site and ask them to update the link. Be sure to tell them what page you found the link on and what the new address should be. 2. I'm very dedicated to keeping all links as current as possible. I spend a lot of time correcting broken links. Please report any broken links you find on my web site via the Broken Link forms found via links at the top and bottom of each page on the site. 3. If you have a web site of your own, please consider setting up a link to my site. Please see: Create a Link to Cyndi's List http://www.CyndisList.com/linkto.htm 4. If you subscribe to other mailing lists, please consider sending out periodic messages telling everyone about Cyndi's List. It is here for all of you to use as your jumping-off point each day in your online research. It is free for everyone to use and always will be as long as my name is on it. So please share details about the site with all of your online friends. ~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~ ~~Categories that I updated in the last few days: African-American, Asia, Australia/NZ, Biographies, Books, General Canada, Alberta, BC, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Cemeteries, Databases, Eastern Europe, Events, Family Bibles, Female, Germans from Russia, Germany, Handy, Historical, How To, Jewish, Land, LDS, Libraries, Magazines, Mailing Lists, Military, Netherlands, Newspapers, Occupations, Odds, Personal, Photos, Prisons, Professionals, Queries, Railroads, Religion, Roots-L, Royalty, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Societies, Software, South Africa, Spain, Supplies, Surnames, Switzerland, Taxes, Terms, Unique Peoples, Gen. UK, England, Wales, General US, US Census, US History, and several US states. ~~Number of new links:201 ~~Number of links deleted:88 ~~Number of links updated/corrected:569 ~~Most memorable site(s) I visited recently: What is the I.G.I.? - aka The International Genealogical Index http://www.livgenmi.com/fhcigi.htm A definition help page by Helen S. Ullmann C.G. The General Commission on Archives and History for The United Methodist Church http://www.gcah.org Web of On-line Dictionaries Links to more than 500 dictionaries in 140-plus different languages http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction.html (The following is non-genealogical, but interesting!) Calculators On-Line Center http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html Over 6,790 calculators for everything you can imagine. Be sure to see the Calendar Calculators at: http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators1.html#CAL ~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~ August 19 - 22, 1998: I will be attending (but not speaking at): 1998 FGS Conference http://www.fgs.org/~fgs/fgs-c98.htm The Federation of Genealogical Societies and the Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/fgsogs.html Regal Cincinnati Hotel and the Cincinnati Convention Center Cincinnati, Ohio Contact: or 1-888-FGS-1500 I hope to see many of you there. Be sure to say Hi! ~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~==~ FYI - See an interview from August 5, 1998, LiveWire Column from Reuters: "Web tools for genealogy buffs" http://www.excite.com/computers_and_internet/tech_news/wired/?articl e=/news/r/980805/18/column-livewire.inp The site was also reviewed in USAToday on August 12, 1998: http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctd259.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE "NUMBERS": ~~I add approx. 1,000 new links per month. ~~I correct approx. 500 broken links per month. ~~There are almost 6,000 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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW CATEGORIES ADDED RECENTLY: Female Ancestors Handwriting & Script 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 10. Added new forms for submitting new links and for reporting broken links on each page. 11. Added a new page "About Sending E-mail to Cyndi" with some helpful guidelines: http://www.CyndisList.com/e-mail.htm Successful surfing! Cyndi ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Cyndi Howells Puyallup, Washington Cyndi's List http://www.CyndisList.com FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about Cyndi's List http://www.CyndisList.com/faq.htm To unsubscribe send a NEW e-mail message to: and in the body include only one word: unsubscribe

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August 5-10, 1998 by Cyndi Howells <>