I was looking back through some old emails, and found one about posting
family information which I either did not answer, or answered from work --
which doesn't leave me a paper trail. Anyway, I thought I would answer it
here. There are a number of resources for posting information on this
family at RootsWeb, which we can use.
1) Post new information to this list. Odds are, somebody reading it will be
interested.
2) Post your own GEDCOM at
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
3) Use the surname resource pages:
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/index.html
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/o/BORDEN/
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/c/h/CHAMBLESS/
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/d/u/DURFEE/
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/g/a/GAUSS/
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/g/l/GLENDAY/
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/h/o/HORNE/
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/j/o/JOHNS/
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/s/a/SANDERSON/
Post your personal web site on the pages that are relevant. Each resource
cluster has links to the surname bulletin boards. There are boards for
Queries, Bible Records, Bios, Deeds, Obits, Pensions and Wills. You may
request to be notified whenever information is added to each bulletin
board. I think these could amount to a rather impressive collection of
information about our surname. At the moment, there is not much traffic on
any of these boards for the above surnames, but I think they have great
potential. There are also resource clusters for geographical areas.
-- S
Susan D. Chambless
listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY,
BORDEN, DURFEE, SANDERSON, HORNE & JOHNS
surname lists, now at RootsWeb -
http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us!
Check it out:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss
I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around
the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO.
Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay,
plus, of course, the people they knew.