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From: Rod Neep <>
Subject: Re: NEW British-Genealogy.com BRITISH MAILING LISTS AND WEB SITE
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 02:40:34 +0000
References: <8So+3QE0fkc+EA3i@neep.demon.co.uk><b50hbj$24lrck$1@ID-135147.news.dfncis.de>


In article <b50hbj$24lrck$1@ID-135147.news.dfncis.de>, David Massie
<> writes
>> It is a great new project.... and different!
>
>Sorry to rain on your parade, Rod, but we need a new set of county mailing
>lists like we need a hole in the head. It may be new, but it's definitely
>not different. All it will do is spread the expertise over more lists, when
>what we need to to concentrate everybody's research in ONE list, so we don't
>miss anything.
>
>The Rootsweb lists have all the features you describe, so what's the point?
>
>...or am I missing something?
>
>Regards
>Dave


** There is no daily junk mail, newsletter, or similar from
British-Genealogy.com. There isn't even a master list kept of all email
addresses.

** The British-Genealogy web site will be totally free. (No pay to view
subscriptions). I don't have any problem with pay to own, for example a
certificate, book, CD or copy of a parish register, but I do not think
that it is right to have to pay to locate an ancestor. I have always
stood by this principle, and hence my close contacts with FreeBMD,
FreeCEN and FreeREG.

** The lists are easy to locate, and there is *only* one list for a
county instead of several confusingly named ones. The new lists are in a
very uniform and logical format, with meaningful list names, and the
facility to have sub divisions of a county where necessary if there are
distinct cultural areas. But we won't be having any "pseudo" county
lists (modern counties) or regional lists that cover more than one
county. Nor will we be having any list duplication.

** The whole thing is run on a different type of mailing list software
to what people normally know. It allows each user to control how they
configure their own list subscriptions with a login to their *own*
configuration page, and it has some pretty neat features too, such as
suspend mail whilst on vacation, or simply switch between list and
digest mode.

** Archives are brilliantly searchable. A person can search them *and*
sort them by poster name, thread, or date, or subject line. They can be
made accessible to subscribers only, or to anybody, (depending on how
the list admin sets it up).

I could probably think of quite a few more, not the least of which is
that it is British run.

Regards
Rod
http://www.british-genealogy.com
--
Rod Neep
web : http://www.british-genealogy.com

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