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Sirs,
Looking for information on James Coffield who came to the US between 1788
(birth) and 1811. He settled in Indiana. I have history of family after
that date. Please use EL_CID73(a)JUNO.COM for replies.
Sincerely, Joseph Coffield
Happy Thanksgiving!
As your "List Owner", I have two adminstrative issues for us all to consider:
1) As you may know, effective over the next few weeks, RootsWeb has begun
to make past (and future) e-mails from all 2000 genealogy MailLists
available from an on-line, searchable archive. I have indicated to
RootsWeb that archiving of this list is desired. If you have any concerns
about this proposal (for example, the potential for
unauthorized/uncontrolled/uncredited use of shared research has been
mentioned by some participants on other lists), please let me know and
we'll open the debate via the list. Below is some info from RootsWeb on
how the archive service will operate:
What do we intend so that the web-crawlers don't scoop up all
your addresses? A front door, of sorts. Anyone accessing the archives,
either the threaded ones or the search engine or, ultimately, the search
engine to the threaded messages, will have to come in via a particular
page. The page will have a box in it. In the box, you'll type the name
of the mailing list. (We'll make it robust, so that JONES, JONES-L,
JONES-D, jones, Jones, etc., all work.) Then you click on "submit" and are
deposited on a page (build on the fly by a cgi-bin script) that lets you
search the Jones archives, or follow a link to the threaded Jones
messages. Brian says he can set this up so that, once you're in the
"archive area", you can easily go from page to page, but that if you try
to jump into the middle, you'll instead be diverted to the front door
where you have to type a list name. So no robo-crawler will be able to
wander through our message bases collecting addresses, but your
listmembers won't have to remember a "password" any more elaborate than
the name of the list. Recent digests (probably a month's worth) will remain
available for ordering via e-mail in the usual manner.
You may wish to visit the RootsWeb Home Page in several weeks to follow or
check the status of the archive effort.
2) Transfer or Termination of the List will occur on or about January 1st.
My plan was to establish and support (not much effort there) this list
from July through December, and then start one for another surname which I
am researching. Any RootsWeb Sponsor (cost: $24 per year) can operate two
lists. Information on becoming a sponsor is found at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html
Please let me know at <cecrouch(a)cwo.com> if you are interested in assuming
the sponsor/owner role for this list.
Whatever the outcome, I have enjoyed meeting you all and thank you for your
assistance and for your enthusiam for our shared passion.
Craig
Am looking for infor on Martha Josephine Coe born about 1844 --married Ransom
Pillow in Montgomery Co. Texas in 1865. She died in Childbirth with her first
child, William Joseph Pillow in 1866, also in Montgomery Co., Her father was
Isaac Coe.
They were my great great grandparents and I have their original marriage
license and I have all of their descendants, except for a couple who were
adopted. Will gladly share info.
thanks