This Comes from Rootsweb Review. Tip of the Week! Hope it helps@
Jenny Kernan
List Mom
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When you are browsing, searching, or posting a message on the
RootsWeb/Ancestry Locality Message Boards be sure you are looking and
posting in the right part of the world.
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/rw/localities
There are three yellow folders for Localities: U.S. States; Canada; and
United Kingdom and Ireland. The other option under localities is: BROWSE
ALL LOCALITIES. If you select the latter your 13 choices are: Africa,
Asia, Caribbean, Central America, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle
East, North America, Oceania, Scandinavian and Baltic States, South
America, United Kingdom and Ireland, and Western Europe.
If your family was from Tipperary (Ireland) you can't expect to find
them searching the Germany General Message Board. By the same token you
can't expect others researching your Irish ancestors to find your
message if you post it on the Africa General Message Board.
Pay attention as you navigate through the Message Board hierarchy as it
can be a bit confusing. Be sure that you have arrived on the correct
continent, country, and locality within a country before posting your
message. Don't confuse Africa or Germany General with plain old General
all-purpose. The Africa General is only for use when you are posting
about ancestors who lived in Africa and where you don't know of a more
specific location within Africa to post your query. Some countries only
have a GENERAL board at this time (with room for possible later
expansion), but that doesn't imply that the board is for posting of
"general" messages concerning all the other countries.
Lost? Use the FIND A MESSAGE BOARD option where you can type in the name
of the board you wish to locate.
Message Boards:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/