Hi, everybody, it's been an exciting, exhausting couple of weeks. But
our new board is up, working fine, and if you haven't visited yet, come
take a peek. The one little oddity that I'm waiting for them to fix, is
that "gatewayed" messages sent to the list when someone posts on the
board, aren't well marked. Remember that many people will post to our
board, that would never join the list. So if you just answer a board
post *on the list* instead of clicking over to the board to answer, they
MAY never see your answer. As you know, I manage all these
Cowan/Colquhoun surname variants as a group to complement the Cowan and
Colquhoun lists. So here are all the relevant boards. Be sure to put
your favorites in My Favorites, so you can click right through!
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.cowan
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.cowen
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.cowin
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.colqu...
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.cahoon
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.calhoon
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.calhoun
What's New With The Rootsweb Message Boards
Message from the Ancestry Home Office
by Jake Gehring, Executive Producer
Wow, what a week it has been. The messages have really been flying. In
an effort to improve communication from Ancestry to you (and vice
versa), I
will be sending out a message every so often which addresses current
issues
on the Ancestry site. The Ancestry staff has received lots of questions
since
the merger of
Ancestry.com and
RootsWeb.com last summer, and I think
there's
a general need for our users to have regular information on Ancestry's
efforts to provide valuable services to the genealogical community.
I also want to make a few comments about our new message boards system
which was launched last week. We're grateful for the excellent feedback
many
of you have provided. The feedback has been generally positive when
addressing
the value of the combined datasets and the increased search
functionality.
However, I also recognize that any significant change requires some
getting used to and may create some temporary inconvenience and
frustration. I
would like to address some of the concerns we've heard from you, the
users.
...
There is some confusion about Ancestry's position regarding the
ownership of messages posted on the boards. Let me clarify by excerpting
from the Acceptable Use Policy, which reads, "When you post messages to
mailing
lists, message boards, and other facilities at Ancestry, those posts
remain
your property under copyright law." The same is true for those using the
message boards at
Ancestry.com. In short, if you posted it, you own it.
As far as the message boards or any other Ancestry features are
concerned, if you're not happy, we're not happy. Please continue to give
us your comments and concerns at the Suggestions Message Board
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.rw.admi...
or at
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi