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Hi Everyone,
I hope this email finds you happy and preparing for the Holidays. This
email is to inform you (if you don't already know) that virii are running
rampant again! This virus has a very high penetration rate and is highly
successful in the payload. My only note on this latest virus to go around
is that, in my perception at least, it has in its few days of existence
infected many more list subscribers than I ever recall being infected with
the first round of BADTRANS. I am still getting a lot of virus infected
mail. It is almost a full time job trying to keep up with the virus.
Please protect your computer files for your sake as well as others. For
benefit of you newbies, the BadTrans is a nasty little worm that gets into
your computer and mails out messages without your knowledge. This new
version of the worm also drops a backdoor trojan that logs keystrokes.
Those messages contain an attachment with the virus. The latest version of
Badtrans, as well as some of the older viruses or worms, may show up in your
mailbox as a message from a fellow genealogist, and may have a subject line
that looks like a genealogy message. People continue to open attachments
even though they aren't expecting anything....and they get a virus. That
virus picks up email addresses from your inbox and address book and sends it
to every email address that it finds. Please be suspicious any time you
receive an email with an attachment or that has a blank message. Pretend
you got home from work and found a pretty wrapped box on your porch
unexpectedly...that was ticking.
If YOU have the infected computer I will unsubscribe you from the maillist
until you've cleaned your machine and let me know about it. This is for
protection of the other subscribers computers.
Free Online Virus Scanner:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall/
Use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or 5.5?
Be Sure You Have This Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp
Viruses, Trojans and Worms:
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/virus.html
1. W32.Badtrans.B@mm
W32.Badtrans.B@mm is a MAPI worm that emails itself out as a file
with one of several different names. This worm also creates a .dll in
the \Windows\System directory as Kdll.dll. It uses functions from
this .dll to log keystrokes. Virus definitions dated November 24,
2001 will detect this worm. For additional information, point your
Web browser to:
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/vURL.cgi/nav108
_____________________________
2. W32.Aliz.Worm
W32.Aliz.Worm is a very simple SMTP mass-mailer worm. The worm
currently only replicates on Windows 9x computers. It does not seem
to spread on Windows NT platforms. The worm spreads by obtaining
email addresses from the Windows address book and sending itself to
those addresses. Virus definitions dated May 22, 2001 will detect
this worm.
When the worm arrives by email, the worm uses a MIME exploit that
allows the virus to be run just by reading or previewing the email.
Information on and a patch for this exploit can be found at
If you receive a blank message from someone or if you receive an attachment
from someone you may or may not know, USE A VIRUS DETECTOR before you open
it. If in doubt, quarantine the attachment and inquire of the sender. All
attachments should be suspect if you are not expecting to receive them. At
the present time, images (JPG, GIF) are safe to open.
If you have any questions or comments you're welcome to email me
mmcmanness(a)mindspring.com.
I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions
please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping,
breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas.
Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in
the great moments, but it is made in
the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mQJ.2ACIB/57.1.1
Message Board Post:
I am sorry, there is no connection as far as I can find.
My father was the son of George W. Wirshing. His father was born in Westenburg, Germany. Thanks for answering.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mQJ.2ACIB/57.1
Message Board Post:
I was interested in your listing a William Wirsching of Milwaukee Wisconsin. My ggreatgrandfather was named Sylvester Wirsching and was married to Frederika Backhaus. They had a son Joseph Sylvester Wirsching who was born November 1, 1877 in Milwaukee. I was wondering if you had any information to connect these people??
Hi Everyone,
This virus has a very high penetration rate and is successful in the
payload. The virus is undetectable in some instances because it is embedded
in HTML. It appears there's a new strain of the Bad Trans virus running
rampant through the maillist subscribers. This one is the
<W32.Badtrans.B@mm>. For benefit of you newbies, the BadTrans is a nasty
little worm that gets into your computer and mails out messages without your
knowledge. This new version of the worm also drops a backdoor trojan that
logs keystrokes. Those messages contain an attachment with the virus.
A quick lesson here for those of you who don't know ...
1. You should ALWAYS be extremely cautious when it comes to opening
attachments. If you receive one that you didn't expect, before
opening it write back to the sender to see if s/he mailed something to
you and find out what it is.
2. You will NEVER receive a virus through a RootsWeb maillist, but if
listmembers
get infected, their computer may send you the virus, which *may* have a
list subject line.
3. This new strain of BadTrans is going to make life difficult for a
LOT of people. Note the differences:
The first wave of BadTrans virus messages always had a standard "Take a
look to the attachment." at the end of the message but above the
attachment. Also, those messages had double extensions (for example:
filename.exe.pif OR filename.doc.scr OR filename.txt.exe OR any other
combination of extensions), know immediately that your message is
holding a virus. Do not open the attachment, but delete it immediately.
According to people who have already received infected messages this newer
strain of BadTrans virus is even nastier than the first because it is
undetectable in some instances because it is embedded in HTML, the
attachment may not show or there is a false (second) extension. It appears
to have filename.doc or filename.txt BUT THE REAL EXTENSION (.scr or .exe)
IS 59 SPACES TO THE RIGHT. Also, the message size will be around 29 or 30k
even if no words shows up. Many of the messages are blank. One other clue,
the email addresses of the sending computers is altered by having an
underline
character preceeding the address <_ComputerUser(a)isp.com>.
You are strongly encouraged to keep your virus protects updated on a
daily basis ~ or at least every other day.
If you receive an infected message please do two things:
1. Advise the family of the fact you've received an infected message and
from whom.
2. Send me the name and email address of the person with the infected
computer as well as the list name
If YOU have the infected computer I will unsubscribe you from the maillist
until you've cleaned your machine and let me know about it. This is for
protection of the other subscribers computers. You can read about this
virus and
how to remove it from your system on the Norton Symantec site ...
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.html
If you have any questions or comments you're welcome to email me
mmcmanness(a)mindspring.com.
I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions
please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping,
breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas.
Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in
the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
Thanksgiving is an ideal time to share your family history. If you have
relatives coming for Thanksgiving, get your records out now, and make a list
of your questions. Ask them to bring their records. You might want to
suggest that they put their records in the car right then, so they aren't
forgotten. Keep in mind that your questions serve several purposes; to
extend the information on your charts, to give you clues for further
research, and to gather life history of the family, especially your focus
ancestor. Any information that contributes to these purposes is desirable.
Some pieces of information are more important than others. Some are more
interesting.
Also, if your family relation is going to be available for more than one
day, it would be a great time to visit the cemetery, and do a little
cleaning, and remembering, maybe some recalling of some forgotten info
...... cemeteries are quiet, peaceful places for contemplation and
remembrance. You will feel closer to your family and accomplish a great
deal.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
Just a note to let you know CENSUS ONLINE & OTHER DIGGINS has changed
domains!
Same databases and information but new address and name. Please adjust your
bookmarks.
CensusDiggins.comhttp://www.censusdiggins.com
I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions,
please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
Just a note to let you know that if you attempted to post a message to the
maillist over the last 12 hours you will need to repost. The list servers
were down and any message posts that were sent over that 12 hour period were
lost. If you sent a message post today, November 18th, and you didn't see
the message go thru, you will need to send it again. The problem has been
fixed, everything is back up and running now and we are now back to normal.
Sorry for the inconvenience. I hope this information helps. If you have
problems or further questions, please let me know.
:-) Thanks, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Surnames: Cobbe, Cobbes, Cobbs, Cobb, Phifer, Moser
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mQJ.2ACIB/107
Message Board Post:
Hello. I signed on to a few UK mailing lists today and this Jim Mac Donald blessed me with this Cobb/Cobbs/Cobbes/Cobbe and Moser listing from the 1881 UK Census. Wow. I'd like to share it but not sure how to post it... because of this RootsWeb thing about attachments. It is ~24 pages long of names in a 'MS - Word' document. Any ideas?
Peace and blessings.
Dolores Cobb Phifer
Cobb/Cobbs/Cobbes/Cobbe in the 1881 UK Census
Hi Everyone,
Thought this might be of interest and wanted to share it with you.
A great site. You can search it and add your own ancestors/relatives graves
to it, add flowers and/or a photo, for free.
http://www.findagrave.com/
I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions,
please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
Thought this might be of interest and wanted to share it with you.
Now Available!
There was a recent debut of the Patriot Lookup Service on the DAR National
web site.
The purpose of this new service is to assist the General Public by providing
DAR Patriot Index information upon request.
The service will be staffed by Volunteer Information Specialists (VIS)
volunteers coordinated by Rose Mary Patterson (AZ).
Current DAR members already have access to the Patriot Index from the
Members' Web Site. We are now, for the first
time, offering the general public a Patriot Lookup Service directly from our
National web site.
If you are a member of a genealogy list or forum and would like to share
this information with them, please consider using
the following announcement:
FREE DAR PATRIOT LOOKUP SERVICE
Do you think you have a Revolutionary patriot (male or female) in your
family tree?
The DAR will search their database of proven Revolutionary patriots free of
charge. This service is available at www.dar.org
Sincerely,
Susan Tillman
National Chairman - VIS Committee
I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions,
please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
This post is *off topic* and if you have no interest simply delete it.
Normally, I would not post something off topic but I felt that you might
have an interest in locating and claiming your lost money so I wanted to
share this information with you.
What better way to celebrate your family, than locating and claiming your
lost family fortune? You may have an insurance
policy or inheritance that may be unclaimed. The Foundmoney CEO and Web site
was featured on the "Oprah" show and has been helping thousands of families
just like you since 1993. Find out instantly.
http://7341.foundmoney.com/
I hope this information helps. If you don't understand these instructions,
have problems or further questions, please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
Previously published in RootsWeb Review: Vol. 4, No. 46, 24 14 November
2001.
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
Volunteer contributions did *not* support RootsWeb well
enough for it to remain viable. Ancestry purchased RootsWeb. RootsWeb
remains a free volunteer effort. Ancestry is subscription or pay for use.
You will see further consolidation of the two where they overlap in the
future such as the merger of RootsWeb's GenConnect & Ancestry's Family
History
Message Boards and RootsWeb's WorldConnect & Ancestry's WorldTree
Family Trees. These features have been improved and remain free to
researchers.
Ancestry is trying to make this merger work while still showing a profit.
There is less
and less that is "free" left on the Internet. Everyone knows that the
bottom line is
showing a profit. It is important as RootsWeb users that we try to support
Ancestry
to help RootsWeb and it's concept of free genealogy aided by volunteers
available to
researchers! I can't predict the future but I can tell you that however
Ancestry goes
so will RootsWeb.
I hope this explanation helps. If you have problems or further questions
please let me know. :-)) Thanks again, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
GENEALOGY IN THE NEWS
Congress Probes Death Data Privacy
The practice of public access to the Social Security Administration Death
Master File is getting a closer look now that investigators determined that
all 19 terrorist hijackers had Social Security numbers. The Washington Post,
November 8, 2001.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61215-2001Nov8.html
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
I have copied a portion of Message Board Help that I hope answers any
questions.
At the bottom of the Message Board you will find:
Request New Board | Message Board Rules | Message Board FAQ | Message Board
Help
Post/Reply Help
If you are not already a registered Ancestry.com user, you must register
before posting a message for the first time. Click here to register now.
Once registered, you must log in before posting to the boards using the
username and password you established for your account. Click here to login
now.
Click on 'Post Message' to post a new message on any board. If you are
viewing a message on a board, you can choose between posting a new message
or posting a reply to the message you are viewing. If you elect to post a
reply it will be 'threaded' with the message to which you are replying.
Threading means that responses are grouped with the original message rather
than standing alone. Posting a response as opposed to an original message
also means that if the previous posters in the thread have elected to
receive e-mail notification of responses (the default setting) they will be
notified of your reply.
Subject Box: When you choose a subject you should try to be as concise as
possible, but try to cover the basics of who, when, and where. For example,
if you are posting a query about John Smith who was born in 1832 in
Pittsburgh, PA an informative subject line would be exactly that: "John
SMITH, born 1832, Pittsburgh, PA." Never use all purpose, non-informative,
subject lines such as: "searching," "looking," "genealogy," "family search."
Remember that everyone using these boards is searching and looking for their
ancestors. Ask yourself if the subject you have posted will help others to
understand the topic of your query. If the answer is YES you have chosen an
informative subject line.
Surname Box: Only surnames (last names) should be listed in the Surname Box,
and each should be separated by a comma. The Surname Box is used to index
the surnames in your message and is not to be used for listing surnames not
included in the message text.
Categories (drop down menu): Use this menu to select from a list of data
types. Data categories (non-query) should only be selected when you are
posting actual data and not queries about data. For example, a query about a
will is still a query. The menu item for wills should not be selected for
queries.
Also see: Message Board FAQ for tips on posting an effective message.
Preview, Edit, and Post Message Help
After you have composed your message and completed all required items, you
can select either the 'Post Message' button (if you are absolutely certain
that the message is exactly as you wish to post it), or the 'Preview
Message' button if you would like to view the message as it will appear on
the board BEFORE it is actually posted. The preview screen allows you to
select from 'Edit Message' or 'Post Message' buttons. Use the 'Edit Message'
button (and not your browser's "back" button) to edit the message if
necessary prior to finally selecting the 'Post Message' button which will
post the message on the board.
Printing a Message Help
While viewing a message, click on 'Print Message' to view a printer friendly
text version of that message. Click on your browser's print icon, or follow
your usual print procedure, to print the message. Use the 'Return to
Message' link to return to the message in the normal display.
For additional information, see Message Board FAQ.
I hope this further information helps. If you have problems or further
questions please let me know. :-)) Thanks again, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks to Jeffery G. Scism <ScismGenie(a)aol.com>
There is a Web-based genealogist, her name is Sarah N. Dippity.
She has a knack in solving mysteries, and she does it without
even knowing YOU are looking. You look for years without finding
ANYTHING, and she just drops a note into your mail with the RIGHT
piece of information. She doesn't answer e-mail though.
Scism is the flockmaster of International Black Sheep Society of
Genealogists
http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones."
--- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
The creative genius and sharing spirit of so many who create Web sites
hosted by RootsWeb are exemplified in the Merrick County, Nebraska
pages. Under its "Online Resources" section one finds "The Funs of the
Pioneers," as remembered by Frank McConnell. Here are tales about things
other than the hardships and sad events the pioneers endured. They had
fun, too. Don't miss "Bill and the Widow." It begins . . .
"Wife," said Ed Wilbur one morning as he sat stirring his coffee with
one hand and holding a plum cake on his knee with the other and
looking across the table into the bright eyes of his neat little wife,
"Wouldn't it be a good joke to get bachelor Bill Smiley to take
Widow Watson to Barnum's show next week?"
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nemerric/olres/funs/FOP.htm
I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions
please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones."
--- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
For the first time, all available images of the entire United
States federal census for the census years from 1790 to 1920
are on the Web, exclusively at Ancestry.com. The collection includes
more than 425 million names on 10 million images.
This completes the posting of images with the exception of some
illegible scans, which represent only a fraction of a percent of
the individual enumerations. These pages are currently being re-
scanned for quality and will be posted as they become available.
The 1790-1830 censuses have searchable indexes and are
browsable. The 1840-1880 and 1900-1920 censuses are currently
browsable with head of household indexes for them currently in
production.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/ais/main.htm
Also available is the one-of-a-kind 1890 federal census
substitute. Fragments of this census that survived the 1921 fire
are online with additional state and city directories to provide
you with the best coverage available for this time period.
More information about the 1890 federal census substitute is at:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm
The Census Images Online collection is invaluable for family
historians who are researching their American roots. It
enables Ancestry.com subscribers to view original census images
from the comfort of home -- easily and effectively.
Subscribe to Ancestry.com's Images Online:
http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribeplanstx.asp?sourcecode=481
For more information:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/main.htm
I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions
please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones."
--- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
GOBBLE UP! For a special Thanksgiving story to share with your family
discover "Mom and the Turkey."
http://www.petuniapress.com/turkey3.htm
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones."
--- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
The Message Board is set up so that any messages posted will be forwarded to
this Maillist. You will know that it is a Message Board posting because it
will start with this line:
"This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list."
Later in the message it will give you a URL to click on for seeing the
original post and where you can post a reply.
Posting a reply to the Maillist will *not* benefit the original author of
the Message Board post as chances are, they may not be subscribed to this
Maillist. Also by posting your response to the Message Board, a copy of
your answer will be sent to the Maillist (so you don't have to do it
yourself). In addition, your reply is posted to the Message Board so that
other people may contact you in regard to your reply. This provides maximum
exposure to make connections and simply enhances the Maillist.
The Message Boards are designed to work in conjunction with this Mailing
List. As a Maillist subscriber I can share my personal circumstances with
you. My time is limited as are other peoples. I have obtained a great deal
of information on my family history and like to share it with others. If I
have to choose between one medium or the other the Message Boards are
going to win because your post gets greater exposure for a longer period of
time. My goal is to make one post that goes to the Message Boards that is
gatewayed to the Maillist that gets archived. You've heard the old
expression of killing two birds with one stone. This provides maximum
exposure to make connections and simply enhances the Maillist. My goal is
to assist researchers by making their online research as easy as possible.
I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions
please let me know by contacting me at mmcmanness(a)mindspring.com. Since I
Admin several Message Boards and Maillists, please identify which Message
Board or Maillist that you are referring to so that I can give you a
specific answer (with URLs if necessary). Thank you.
:-) Thanks again, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones."
--- Phillip Brooks
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Hi Everyone,
This is such a neat Timeline web site. You can custom design printable
timelines for your ancestors.
http://www.ourtimelines.com/index.shtml
I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions
please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike
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Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and
bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist
and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments,
but it is made in
the small ones."
--- Phillip Brooks
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