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Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GiH.2ACIB/519
Message Board Post:
Dear All:
There is a new extension of the message boards and mailing list that has
been created.
The Scottish Clans message boards and mailing lists have been established
to cover those subjects that are generally off topic in these boards and lists.
You can subscribe to the Clan mailing lists by either
A: email to the Clan-CARMICHAEL-L-request(a)rootsweb.com
and put subscribe in the body of the message
or
B: go to
www.rootsweb.com
Lists
International
Scotland
Clan
and activate the email request
C: For the Clan message boards
www.rootsweb.com
boards
topics
ethnic/race
Celtic
Scottish Clans
Some of the current posted threads and topics are:
A: Ancestors
B: Events and Reunions
C: URL's and Web Sites
D: Castles
I will be adding more threads/topics over the next weeks
as time and suggestions occur. I plan to add threads on
Tartans, Heraldry, Customs ( Hogmanay) and
Culture ( Food, Songs, Dance etc)
If there is other subject matter that you think needs a thread
please let me know or add it to the threads and topics on
the message board
The posting process is a little different than normal so
please read the posting guidelines. Basically you would reply to the
thread/topic where you want your own post/thread followed.
This then gives you a URL that you can send by email or
post to other web sites. Then related parties, and interest
groups can have their own unique thread to follow.
I've tried to organize the posts so we get the natural
filing structure that this technique gives us. This way
we won't have a series of unrelated posts that you need
to track and search through pages upon pages
There are a couple of other major advantages to posting
to the Clan message boards
A: There is no virus threat. So you can post there
with no possibility of getting an infected message back.
All replies to the mailing list go back to the rootsweb
servers by default and the virus are thence removed.
B: The messages are gatewayed over to each Clan mailing
list so you do get the wide distribution of the mailing list.
So you can post there on the message board and still get
the wider disribution and archiving of the Clan mailing list.
C: Your post is visible for an extended period of time.
D: If you activate the "board notification" then you will receive
one email notice whenever there is a post to any and all
boards you are trackings. So it's the equivalent of one
"super digest" . Nice invention by some creative person
here at Rootsweb. No other web site offers this that I know
of !
So please do me a favor and post this notice to other mailing
lists and surname and topics message boards that you think might
be interested in their Scottish Clan and Related Family /Sept heritage .
Best Regards
John A Hansen
Clan Board Admin
BTW: Septs is normally used more by the Irish Clans but in actual
practice, I see a lot of people still using this term as a definition for
the related family to the main Clan. There are a number of
septs defined at a good web site at
www.electricscotland.com
It cross references both ways. Septs of the Clan and then
the cross reference of the Septs that normally are accepted
as belonging to a certain Clan. There are also several good
books on the subject as well. Usually a study of Scottish
History will tell you the related parties and families in a certain
Clan. I don't know of another ethnic group that has been so
careful to define their ethnic heritage and related families
as well as the Scottish. Even to the point of creating a
court under the jurisdiction of the Lord Lyon to sort out the
arguments and disputes that arise from time to time. Scots are
proud of their heritage and their ancestry and the love of the
people for their own glens and bens is strong and deep.
JAH