Most of you have probably read in the Rootsweb Review about the new Surname
Clusters being put together on Rootsweb. The Cain Cluster and Search Engine
is at:
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/c/a/CAIN/
If you need more info on clusters, you can get that from the previous issue of
Rootsweb Review.
BACK ISSUES OF ROOTSWEB REVIEW are available for download from:
<
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/>.
Below is the relevant info from the last issue:
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NEWS AND NOTES AT ROOTSWEB
ROOTSWEB PUTS IT TOGETHER. Have you ever wished you could look up
*everything* at RootsWeb that relates to a particular surname?
Now you can!
Click on the new option SURNAME RESOURCES at RootsWeb's main page
<
http://www.rootsweb.com/> or go directly to:
<
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/>. Click on the letter of
the alphabet for the surname of interest, and then select it from
the list that appears. This will take you to a "surname resource
cluster," where you can search for your surname in numerous
databases. For example, using BANKSTON you would find:
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http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/a/BANKSTON/>, where you
could search "B" WEB SITES, the OBITUARY DAILY TIMES, or:
o The ROOTSWEB SURNAME LIST (RSL). RSL search options are by
surname, Soundex, or Metaphone (the latter two are "sounds-
like" matches). You can search for updates from the past two
months, last month, last week, or for any mention.
o TRANSCRIPTION PROJECTS. You might check to see if your
immigrant ancestors' names are listed at the Immigrant Ship
Transcribers Guild (ISTG).
o PRIMARY RECORDS AT ROOTSWEB (from USGenWeb Archives and
RootsWeb Searchable Databases).
o GENERAL LINKS AND SEARCH ENGINES. There are three options.
o ROOTSLINK link registry. You can add a new link also.
o SEEKER search engine, which returns surname matches from
Web pages -- there is much "hidden genealogy" that this
search will help you find.
o SURNAME HELPER search engine finds queries and surname
registrations posted at various genealogically-related
sites on the Web, with participating sites including many
USGenWeb and WorldGenWeb sites. All GenConnect boards are
indexed in Surname Helper.
o MAILING LISTS. Descriptions of lists that relate to this
surname, subscription instructions, and links to the
archives so you can search or browse past postings.
o GENCONNECT. Click on GLOBAL SURNAME SEARCH to find queries
that mention the surname of interest that are posted in
connection with any county, state, or country in the world.
Or click an icon for one of the seven automated boards that
together make up a "suite" of boards available for surnames
and localities (Queries, Bible records, Biographies, Deeds,
Obituaries, Pensions, and Wills).
RootsWeb hopes that putting these links under one SURNAME
RESOURCES roof will help everyone find all the buried treasure.
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John E Cain; 4601 Concord Drive; Garland, TX 75042
http://www.rootsweb.com/~msamite/index.htm -----Amite County MS
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jecain/index.htm ----Cain/Ware list and My Website.