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From: "Chovhani" <>
Subject: Re: NEW British-Genealogy.com BRITISH MAILING LISTS AND WEB SITE
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:43:52 -0500
References: <8So+3QE0fkc+EA3i@neep.demon.co.uk> <3E7683F8.8090503@rmit.edu.au> <3e76a18d$0$9538$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <003001c2ed34$ec387340$88b01e3e@default> <8r9e7vg296u6l26tg7dg9gskq78mknc76p@4ax.com> <3E773914.249@dircon.co.uk>


When all is said and done, those of us with zero ancestors outside Britain
really do get a raw deal currently on-line.

--
Melanie

http://www3.sympatico.ca/melanie.boxall


"Liz" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Stuart Morgan wrote:
>
> > Patricia, I agree that this isn't the best place to hold the
> > disussion, but then the announcement was made here in the first place.
>
> I don't really see why this isn't a proper place to discuss a new
> resource for British genealogy ... I would have thought it might be the
> *only* proper place <g>
>
> Such things are best announced, I feel. Otherwise you end up with a less
> than accurate 'word of mouth' message from someone who may have got the
> wrong end of the stick anyway.
> >
> > Its not a question of joining or not joining a list, I feel you've
> > entirely missed the point. The effect of duplicate lists is to further
> > sub-divide the community and therefore the quality of all the lists.
> > What as a community we should be doing instead is consolidating
> > information and resources. Now if rootsweb could be persuaded to close
> > down the existing lists then we would definately be in a better
> > position, but I don't forsee that happening.
>
> I think a lot will depend on which lists people currently belong to.
> Everyone is aware that the Rootsweb Lists vary considerably in quality
> and management. I'm sure we all have experiences that are both good and
> bad. I think that if you currently find yourself stuck with a choice of
> multiple Cornwalls, or whatever, it might be a very good idea to try a ,
> hopefully, more consolidated List.
> >
> > Equally but not relevant to this discussion, more effort should
> > probably be made by the community to combine information from the
> > myriad of indexes, transcriptions and web sites out there. Instead,
> > probably with the best of intentions, but more often a desire to carve
> > out their 'territory' many groups and individuals have set up their
> > own systems or sites.
>
> The trouble is that we are not really a community ... more a collection
> of individuals with a common interest. As this newsgroup illustrates on
> any given day <g> In the absence of any 'ruling body' it is inevitable
> that systems and sites will proliferate, with the best intentions. Time
> seems to sort out the successful from the unsuccessful ....
>
> I think that what Rod probably has in mind with the british-genealogy
> website (of which the Mailing Lists are only part) is to provide a
> starting point, or rallying point, for those investigating British
> ancestry. I make that last point because some comments were made earlier
> which almost implied it was only for the British .... clearly it is more
> inclusive than that and covers the world of current nationalities with
> the common interest of British forebears.
>
> A few thousand people have signed up now .... time will tell, I guess
> :-)
>
> Liz (Greenwich UK)
>


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