I found this on another list and thought it would be of interest to both our old and
new members. We have had several new members join recently but they are a
quiet lot and haven't posted any messages.
So, hopefully this will help them browse through the archives and from some prior
postings find some connections.
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From time to time, as new subscribers join us, I receive questions
about the
ARCHIVES for these Lists. So, it's time to post instructions and
URLs again,
so that you can read those ARCHIVES.
To start, every email that has ever been posted to a Mailing List is archived
at Rootsweb. That means that you may do a search to read any past messages
that might be of interest to you. This is especially helpful for new users who
might want to know if a certain surname, subject, state, county, etc., has been
discussed in the past.
Basically, there are TWO different ARCHIVE search engines at Rootsweb:
Karen's Archive AKA Isearch<<<<I haven't tried this one NC
and
The Threaded Archives
The differences between the two are kind of complicated, and too lengthy to
discuss here. My recommendation is that you just try both of them and see
which fits your purpose better. (If you wish to search by year, "The Threaded
Archives" is the best choice.)
There are two ways to do a search on either of these search engines:
1) Go to the Main page for the search and type in the NAME of the List
you want to search:
(For ISearch)
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl
(For Threaded Archives)
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/search.html
2) Go DIRECTLY to the search for a specific list:
(For ISearch)
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=LISTNAME-L
(Where "LISTNAME" is the name of the List you want to search.)
For example, if you wanted to search the CARRIER List, you would go to:
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CARRIER-L
(For Threaded Archives)
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/LISTNAME-L
(Where "LISTNAME" is the name of the List you want to search.)
For example, if you wanted to search the EUDORA-MAIL List, you would
go to:
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/EUDORA-MAIL-L
If you want to search a List, and don't know the exact name, or don't
know if a List actually exists, you can go to the Main page and look
through the list of Lists; just find the List you are interested in
and click on it:
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/list-index.html
Some of these ARCHIVES only go back a few months (recently created), while
others go back several years. There are tricks to typing in the correct search
words or phrases, so be sure to read the tips at each site.
If anyone needs to search the ARCHIVES, and has trouble doing so, feel free to
send an email back here to the List. Please explain what you were looking for,
which URL you used, what selections you made, what search word(s) or
phrase(s)
you typed in, etc.
On another note about the ARCHIVES, please remember that EVERY email to
Lists
is "archived". That means that if you see an email and reply with "Me
Too", "I
agree", "I would like a copy", etc., and nothing else, your reply gets
archived. Such replies are what I consider to be unnecessary, since they
contribute nothing to the Lists, but do take up valuable space at
Rootsweb. This is just a gentle "reminder" to you to carefully consider what
you send to a List. Is what you're sending something you would like to have
permanently archived for eternity? Does your post or reply actually provide
anything useful for others? Would it be better to send a post or reply to an
INDIVIDUAL, rather than the entire List? If you're criticizing or castigating
someone, would you rather it go to the individual, or would you like it
permanently archived for all times? These are just some of the things you
should consider before sending an original post or a reply. Remember, if you
lose your temper and reply hastily, your words are forever etched into the hard
drives at Rootsweb, for all the world to read, FOREVER!
Neal F. Carrier
Holland Patent, NY
email ncarrier(a)dreamscape.com
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