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Some links.
Subsequent to the announcement of Ministers Rock and Copps regarding the
immediate release of the 1906 Census of the Western Provinces, Ian
Wilson - National Archivist, has announced that those records are now
accessible online.
They can be viewed at
http://www.archives.ca/02/020153_e.htmlhttp://www.archives.ca/02/020153_f.html
Our thanks to Ian Wilson and his staff for preparing these records so
that they might be accessible so soon.
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Good news for all of in genealogy and supporting free genealogy...but of
utmost importance for those of us researching for ancestors in Canada is the
fact that as of today Canada has decided to open up the 1906 census to the
public.
For those of you that have been trying to find ancestors in Canada I say
congratulations and good luck.
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Signature lines and files
I know how annoying it is to me to search the archives and come up with so
many false positives because of the names in the signature files. If you
feel that you need to have them by all means please do but please limit them
to 4 or maybe 5 lines. If all that you are listing is surnames then please
do not put ALL of your surnames in your signature line. Only the 3-4
closest to the mailing list you are sending too.
Good, clean signature are also part of good netiquette. Please check the
following site and then adjust your signature files accordingly.
http://email.about.com/library/daily/et/01/02/bl_et020301.htm
Thanks,
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Posting Notes
On WorldConnect's files you can add a Post-em Note. I have found
this a good way to correct data, and I leave my e-mail "addy" so that
people can e-mail me for source material and documentation that support
my claim(s). The Post-em Note process is also great for getting your
name and e-mail addy on a d-base as a researcher for a particular branch
of a surname you are looking for. I just recently completed the cor-
rection process on the BANDY.UK database, so that I could update the
info and add a person that had been left out of a lineage by another
cousin of mine.
I wish all researchers would go to their known connections online and
correct any errors found by using the various tools on a website or the
d-base. I have found all legitimate researchers are happy to add
corrected info if you have documentation to update errors, and most give
credit to you for the update, even if you haven't asked for it!
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CLEANING UP MESSAGE BOARDS DEBRIS: Tips from Elvis.
Elvis has not left the building. However, he has left a trail of old e-
mail addresses behind. He personally asked me to share this information
with y'all.
Yes, it's me, Elvis. Most people think I died but, the truth is, I only
decided to drop out of sight to take up the pursuit of genealogy. They
call me "The King" and I got to wondering whether I might actually be
descended from Kings. So I decided to find out. One of my favorite tools
for trying to locate information about my ancestors is the RootsWeb
Message Boards.
Now I move around a lot and I change e-mail addresses frequently, too.
Recently when I checked in at the Message Boards and searched to see
whether I had any responses to my old queries I realized to my horror
that no one could find me no matter how hard they had been trying
because the contact addresses on my old messages were obsolete. Every
attempt to contact me was "returned to sender, address unknown." I get
all shook up when I think of all the opportunities to meet my kinfolks
that I've missed and those kissin' cousins that I haven't been able to
connect with.
I set out to take care of business and update my contact address on
all of the old messages. Discovered that there were several steps I
needed to take to ensure that all past messages now list my new address,
which is: Elvis(a)thepearlygates.net.
I started off with updating my most recent, but no longer valid, address
TheKing(a)MyJailhouseRock.com. This address was one I had registered
previously (created an Ancestry account by clicking on the NEW TO
ROOTSWEB link and completing the required information on the
registration form) and had been using for messages posted on the Message
Boards within the past year.
Now, updating this one was a cinch and very logical. All I had to do was
login under my account and click on MY PROFILE. I changed my e-mail
address in two places where it says E-mail and Post E-mail. I clicked to
submit the changes. This took care of updating my address on all
messages which I had posted using THIS account. But, wait a minute ... I
did a search of the boards for messages posted by Elvis, using the
AUTHOR box on the ADVANCED SEARCH page, and then sorted out which ones I
really posted and which were made by those pesky impersonators. Well,
whoooooooeeeee, there were still quite a few of my messages with my
obsolete e-mail addresses on them.
So, next I decided to check out whether I might have other Ancestry
accounts. I logged out of my current account and then clicked on LOGIN
and then clicked on FORGOT YOUR PASSWORD. I sent for all account
information under all e-mail addresses for which I can currently receive
mail that could possibly have an account associated with them. I then
logged in under each one, one at a time, and updated the MY PROFILE
information just like I indicated above.
In the process, I learned that I had accounts I was not aware of that
needed updating. Then I did another search and found, dang it all, there
were still some of my old messages with outdated addresses -- ones where
I can no longer receive mail like elvisp(a)heartbreak-hotels.com and
pelvis(a)love-me-tender.net.
For those accounts, I needed to contact Ancestry Customer Support to
have all account information mailed to me -- I made certain that I
listed each e-mail address that might have had an account associated
with it. I found Ancestry Customer Support by going here:
http://ancestry.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ancestry.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?
When that information arrived I logged in under EACH account and updated
the e-mail information for each one. In each case, I made certain to
update the address in BOTH places under MY PROFILE -- E-mail and Post E-
mail. Did you know that it is actually the Post E-mail address that
shows up on the messages and fixes them as displayed on the boards?
Now we were getting somewhere, but, then I still found some messages
from years ago that had old non-working e-mail addresses on them,
including my old office e-mail account. Now, listen closely to The King,
because here is where things start to get a bit complicated. Uh huh. If
you are an old-timer at using the RootsWeb Message Boards and you have
posted messages say prior to about mid-2001 when registering and logging
in was first started, or if you posted messages without logging in after
the creation of the current RootsWeb/Ancestry combined Message Boards,
you need to make note of which old e-mail addresses appear on the old
posts. If you are like me, you might even have posted messages on both
the old RootsWeb/GenConnect Message Board system and the old
FamilyHistory Message Boards at Ancestry.com. If so, you might have old
addresses on messages that were transferred over from both sets of
boards to the current combined RootsWeb/Ancestry Message Boards -- and
they all need to be updated -- if you want your cousins to find you.
Now pay attention because this is the really weird part. To fix this
mess, you need to create a NEW registration/account for each OLD address
(yeah, you heard me right -- for the addresses that are no longer
working) listing your NEW account information exactly as it appeared on
the OLD messages you want to update. Then login using each of the new
accounts with the OLD information on them and click on MY PROFILE and
update each one. This should update your e-mail address on all of your
old messages on any of the RootsWeb/Ancestry boards no matter how or
when you posted them.
So don't find yourself out of luck like a hound dog that ain't never
caught a rabbit. Check today to be certain all of YOUR e-mail addresses
are current on YOUR RootsWeb Message Board posts. Don't be cruel -- pay
attention to "The King," and, oh yeah, stay off my blue suede shoes.
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