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From: John Clavin <>
Subject: Re: [NY-Mil] Do we need an FAQ page?
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 23:37:05 -0500


At 05:04 PM 4/4/00 -0500, Carl Johnson wrote:
>Seems like this is the kind of list where people come and go at various
>levels of research knowledge. If people were willing to pull together some
>FAQ's, I'd be happy to host an FAQ page at my website. Any interest?

I think a FAQ is an *excellent* idea for this list. It has been something
in the back of my mind since I took over as administrator. A lot of newbies
to the list come looking for something very specific, such as how to find
out their great-grandfather's civil war unit. The answers pretty much the
same and it can get a little tiring to try and answer them. From what I
have seen, people on the list do a great job, but this is a small list and
there are not that many of us to keep helping with the same questions.

In addition to posting on the web site proposed by Carl, I could also
include a tag-line in the messages from the list which would reference it.
It possibly could also be included into some of the canned, but generally
worthless help messages that the list now kicks out for new subscribers.

I can contibute some FAQ material on civil war sources in general, and for
NY specifically, but I am not as up to speed on the Revolutionary War.

***** John Clavin | NY-Military-L List Administrator | *****

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