Linkpendium is a fantastic resource, with an enormous potential for helping
us find information about our ancestors - if you have not checked the
resources linked already for this surname, please do so. Linkpendium is
being created by the folks who created RootsWeb. Please read the post
below, and let Brian and Karen know about any sites not listed there which
you have found to be helpful!
Carol
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Hi all!
Having started with a directory of Illinois genealogical resources,
Linkpendium has now finished a first pass through all US localities
and surnames worldwide.
We have now built a directory to 1,039,142 sources of genealogical
information on the Internet. This is by far the largest
genealogical link collection on The Net.
Nonetheless, we know we have missed many important resources. So,
again starting in IL (but working on the rest of the country and
all surnames in parallel), we are doing a second pass looking for
resources we've missed.
YOU CAN HELP US!
All Linkpendium's lower-level locality and surname pages include
links to a Web form that allows visitors to nominate new links. If
you visit us at:
http://www.linkpendium.com/
please take a moment to make sure that we have links in the
appropriate categories to any Website, mailing list, or message
board that you administer. Also, if you just have a favorite site
that we've missed, PLEASE use the Web form to tell us about it.
WHY HAVING A COMPLETE DIRECTORY IS IMPORTANT
Obviously, a complete directory is useful to genealogists. Having
access to a categorized list of all the Cook County resources will
save genealogists a lot of Googling.
But more importantly, in the next phase Linkpendium is going to use
the directory as input to a search engine specialized for use by
genealogists. This will allow folks to search for their ancestors
without having to dig through hundreds (and often many thousands)
of irrelevant links returned by Google.
If we don't have a genealogical resource in the directory, we can't
make it searchable by the search engine. That's why your help in
making the directory complete is so important.
PLEASE PASS THE WORD!
While we're starting the second pass in Illinois, we'll be working
on the rest of the USA and surnames world-wide in parallel. If
you participate in lists or message boards frequented by other
folks who can help us index all the Internet's genealogical
resources, please feel free to tell them about what we're doing
(or just forward this letter).
Thanks, everyone, for the help. I hope we can build something of
great value to the genealogical community. Cheers, B.
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Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L
P.O. Box 6831, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6831 leverich(a)linkpendium.com