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From: "Judi Hayes" <>
Subject: [GAEARLY-L] Vote for 'Best Genealogy Site on the Web'
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:04:44 -0500


Which Site Is the "Best Genealogy Site on the Web"?

Who has the best genealogy-related World Wide Web site? Do you have an
opinion? If so, you can make your opinion heard in the fourth annual "Best
Genealogy Site on the World Wide Web" award.

What guidelines are used to define the "Best Genealogy Site on the World Wide
Web"? That is strictly up to you. You can nominate a site because it is
interesting, because it has nice graphics, because it has excellent maps, or
because it is full of valuable genealogy reference materials. I would suggest
that you nominate a site because it is the one genealogy Web site you go back
to and visit time and time again. However, even that guideline is optional.
The choice is yours to make. When you cast your vote, you might write a
couple of sentences about why you think this site is best, although that
description is not absolutely required.

An "electronic voting machine" that you can use to cast a vote is set up
for this "Best of the Web" award. I have great confidence in this voting
machine; Florida residents will not have to conduct a recount! You can vote
at any time from now until midnight Eastern Time on 30 November 2000. The
voting machine will then tabulate the results. The winning World Wide Web site
will be allowed to mention the award on its Web site.

To cast your vote, you must follow these instructions EXACTLY. A computer is
tabulating the results, not a human being. Computers are not very good at
interpreting what you meant to say; you have to be precise when talking to a
computer. You must enter your vote in exactly the proper format.

To cast a vote for "Best Genealogy Site on the World Wide Web," send an
e-mail to:


The subject of the message must contain the full Web site address and nothing
else. For instance, the message subject might be:

http://www.rootscomputing.com
The message subject (some e-mail programs will say "Message Title" instead
of "subject") MUST start with:
(IF ROOTSWEB IS YOUR FAVORITE, IT WOULD BE:)

http://www.rootsweb.com/

Please list the exact address in the message subject, but do not add any
other words. Do not say, "My vote is . . ." or anything like that in the
subject; simply list the actual URL beginning with the letters http://. None
of the following three examples will work:

www.xyz.com
My vote is for www.xyz.com
My favorite Web site is xyz.com

None of the three previous examples begin with http://, and therefore the
computer program that tabulates the vote will ignore them.

If you send your vote properly, you will receive a reply acknowledging the
receipt of your nomination.

You are encouraged to tell why you think your favorite site deserves such an
award. You can do so by writing comments in the body of the e-mail. The
automatic vote tally software will ignore the body text. However, once the
votes are tallied, a human will read all the messages that nominated the
winning site and will look for any comments about that site. Some of those
comments may be published. By writing text in the message body, you are
giving permission to reprint your name and comments. If you do not want
your words or name published, please do not write anything in the message
body.

All votes must be received on or before 30 November 2000.

You must send your vote to:


The message subject line must contain the Web site's complete address (URL)
and must start with:

http://.....................

OK, which site is the "Best Genealogy Site on the Web"? Your vote counts.


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