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From: Dai Bevan <>
Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Genuki pilot project for CGN - cross post
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:46:21 +0100
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Gareth,
I too am guilty of not participating fully in the list - this message was
sitting unread in my inbox since you wrote it.
I'm sorry, but as far as I'm concerned, I don't think is such a good idea. I
already keep my family history online on my website. I think there is little
to gain by having to extract the appropriate information for just CGN,
reformatting it, and putting it on Genuki. It is alll I can do to keep one
site up to date. Keeping another up to date is just extra work. I guess if I
could export a gedcom file to you, that may be easier, but I would still have
to identify all the CGN families manually. Have you considered adding links
to individuals sites that have info on CGN families?

As for my genral lack of participation, as others have said, I have asked all
the questions I can over the past years, and some of them twice. My purpose
on staying on the list now is just hoping that someone else may mention the
families in my tree. That did happen last year, and I am trying to verify the
information gained from that lister.

Sorry if I appear a killjoy,
Dai

Gareth wrote:
> Now that the Map Extraction project is so well advanced I feel obliged to
> find something else for you to do :-)
>
> I've had in mind for some time an idea based on the 3 Dyfed area lists and
> their counterpart Genuki pages which is rather different from my usual
> effort - I'll quickly say that it doesn't need you to spend money buying
> Cds or books, you have *all* that's necessary in your own research files
> :-)
>
> I've now decided to pilot this project on the CGN list, and extend it in
> due
> course to CMN and PEM if successful.
>
> The full rationale can be seen on the Genuki page below - in essence it's a
> way of bolstering list traffic and enhancing the Genuki parish pages at one
> and the same time.
> Not overlooking the fact that *your* ancestry details will find a permanent
> and visible home on both Genuki and the list Archives.
> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CGN/CGNproject.html
>
> What it involves is listers producing certain data re their ancestors
> geared
> to specific parishes.
> The data needs to be in a consistent format, and submitted via
> the CGN list - from there I will input onto the Genuki parish pages.
> In a week's time I will advise the CGN list that I am ready to receive
> input, so CGN listers have a week to start preparing their own data.
> To limit the risk of my being swamped (ever the optimist) the first
> batch to the CGN list will
> likely be the 10 parishes from Aberporth to Cardigan - but by all means
> prepare data for all your CGN parishes as you wish.
>
> And to see what the new parish pages will look like (with just my 2
> Bangor Teifi entries), see
> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CGN/BangorTeifi/Families.html
>
> As far as your own list message is concerned you may optionally wish to
> give
> brief details of any problems you have yet to overcome, but this won't go
> onto the Genuki pages.
>
> May I ask that you don't raise queries of minute detail until you've
> actually
> produced your first entry - because I think (hope) it should all make sense
> once you've got stuck into it.
> It's your data, use your discretion as long as the format and type of
> content in each field is maintained.
> But if you feel you'd like to make a general comment now then by all means
> do so - onlist please.
>
> I must emphasise that this pilot project is different in one key respect -
> which is that *everyone* with CGN research interests really can join in.
> I can't think of any reason why anyone would not want to be involved but
> if you really aren't interested or aren't sufficiently advanced
> research wise - I emphasise that participation is voluntary.
>
> The project will never come to an end as such, I will be happy receiving
> new entries at any future time, as long as they are through the list, and
> even amendments - but not too often :-).
>
> I must now hope that enough listers will be suitably enthusiastic to make
> this a success from the word go.
>
> Gareth
> List administrator for DYFED, CGN & PEM
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