I heard from a new contact who has data about Cousin Gertrude ALLEN
Farley. The database grows steadily.
Published Tree is Growing.
Today's upload of our family tree to RootsWeb's WorldConnect web pages contained
4870 individuals and 2275 marriages of people connected
in one way or another to Joseph and Mary Harper Campbell. The newly added names include
Blackwells, Hazletts and Owletts.
The downside of additions is that the tree is more "cluttered" with many folks
having "Living" as their first name. The plus side is that researchers
searching using the surnames of living (or presumed to be living) couples now have a
better chance of finding our tree.
RootsWeb Mail List Changes.
By now you've probably heard from RootsWeb that they have simplified the process of
subscribing, unsubscribing, or sending messages to RootsWeb mail lists.
Perhaps that will encourage many of you that have never sent messages to do so. Messages
now can be addressed to CAMPBELL-PA-NELSON(a)rootsweb.com. The '-L' is no longer
needed. Some folks always found that confusing.
It will be great if some of our "silent subscribers" take advantage of this to
chat with us.
This mail list is for discussion among us -- it's not a newsletter for me to keep the
world informed of my latest research. The mail list will work best if ALL subscribers
share information, ask and answer questions, and engage in family chit-chat.
Just keep in mind that whatever you send is archived on the web and accessable to search
engines like Google, Yahoo, Ask, DogPile, etc.
You will now be able to subscribe or unsubscribe via CAMPBELL-PA-NELSON(a)rootsweb.com.
The changes reportedly will make it harder for spammers to "harvest" e-mail
addresses from RootsWeb's sites.
Monday is when the list administrators get trained on the new procedures, so please hold
questions on RootsWeb' changes till Tues.
Computer Security Note 4. (Ignore if not of interest)
Anti-Adware/Spyware Software.
Unlike viruses, which primarily are spread via e-mail, Adware and spyware are primarily
spread by visiting "unsafe" web sites.
Adware is usually not dangerous, just a nuisance, sending unwanted ads to your screen.
Spyware is more serious. It can be part of an identify theft scheme. Or to enable hackers
to snoop on your data.
Or, to enable them to use your computer to launch illegal or spamming activities.
Some anti-virus packages are "bundled" to contain ant-adware/spyware programs.
Good free anti-adware/anti-spyware programs are available.
As with anti-virus software, anti-spyware programs are useless unless updated regularly
and run regularly. However, updates are much less frequent than with anti-virus
programs.
your computer.
As mentioned before, site "validation" software, such as the free SiteAdvisor,
help protect from spyware by adding web site safety indicators to the results of search
engine queries, so you have a warning BEFORE you click on the link for a site.