For those of you who are not already aware of this,
Ancestry.com recently purchased
Rootsweb.com. In an effort to consolidate resources, they created the new
Ancestry.com
message board system which combines and replaces the old GenConnect message boards on
RootsWeb.com and the old
FamilyHistory.com message boards. The new boards are still
"Gatewayed" to this mailing list, which means that postings also automatically
post to this list. Unfortunately, the new boards do not indicate that the message is
coming from the boards, so we will occasionally get postings to this list which appear as
if we have jumped in the middle of a conversation. Furthermore, all seven previous
categories of GenConnect boards have now been combined into one category. The new boards
also require a log-in and password, which can easily be created free-of-charge. These new
boards can be accessed through the following URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=main&r=rw.
This in no way affects the GenForum boards, which are not connected with
Ancestry.com.
Unfortunately, I am unable to "Gateway" the GenForum boards to this mailing
list, so they require a little more effort to keep up-to-date with current postings. The
GenForum boards can be accessed through the following URL:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/my/.
As you probably already know, all of the Rootsweb mailing lists, including this one, are
also archived and can be accessed through the following URL:
http://navigation.helper.realnames.com/framer/1/262/default.asp?realname=....
Rootsweb also has a search feature which can be accessed through the following URL:
http://searches.rootsweb.com/.
I also continue to use the "Related Links" section of my home page to list
noteworthy links to other sources of information for this surname. The URL for my home
page is:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/index.h....
Another useful search engine is the
Genealogy.com search engine for the FamilyTreeMaker
home pages. The URL for that search engine is:
http://www.genealogy.com/ifftop.html.
Sue Tilleman
List Administrator