Here's an article on searching Rootsweb for your surnames. I thought it
might be of interest.
RootsWeb is much more than a giant search engine that is used to
brag about how many "names" it has. It is a community of avid
genealogists and volunteers who interact with and help others
daily on RootsWeb's 17,000+ mailing lists, 140,000+ message
boards, and hundreds of other volunteer genealogical projects
hosted on our servers. These people are the heart and soul of
RootsWeb, contributing their unique talents and time in many
ways to aid you in your genealogical quest
The following list is a template for doing a search on all of
RootsWeb's search engines. To follow the process, simply
click on the URLs listed below. New material is added to RootsWeb every day,
so be sure to
repeat your searches regularly. The information you have been
looking for these past 45 years might be uploaded somewhere on
RootsWeb five seconds after you've completed a search that came
up empty.
Free Birth, Marriage and Death Index Search (England and Wales)
<
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl>
GenConnect Message Board Search
<
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi?search>
GenSeeker (Web sites on RootsWeb)
<
http://seeker.rootsweb.com/search.html>
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Search (ship passenger lists)
<
http://istg.rootsweb.com/>
Mailing List Finder Search
<
http://lists.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/findlist.pl>
Mailing List Interactive Search (mailing list archives)
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl> This tool
allows one to search individually named mailing lists.
Mailing List Threaded Archives Search (most RootsWeb lists)
<
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/search.html>
Miscellaneous Database Searches (various state and newsgroup-
related databases) <
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/>
UseNet Newsgroup Archives
o fr.rec.genealogie
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/gen-ff.html>
o soc.genealogy.computing
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/gencmp.html>
o soc.genealogy.french
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/gen-fr.html>
o soc.genealogy.german
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/gen-de.html>
o soc.genealogy.medieval
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/gen-medieval.html>
o soc.genealogy.methods
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/sgmethods.html>
o soc.genealogy.misc
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/genmsc.html>
o soc.genealogy.slavic
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/gen-slavic.html>
o soc.genealogy.surnames
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/sgsurnames.html>
o soc.genealogy.uk+ireland
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/genuki.html>
Obituary Daily Times Search (obituaries)
<
http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi>
Roots-L Mailing List Archive Search
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/roots-l.html>
RootsLink Search (genealogy links)
<
http://resources.rootsweb.com/~rootslink/search.html>
Roots Location List Name Finder Search (researchers by location)
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/Genea/rll>
RootsWeb Surname Helper (surname registries and Web sites)
<
http://surhelp.rootsweb.com/srchall.html>
RootsWeb Surname List (surname researchers)
<
http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi#search>
Social Security Death Index Search (government-created database)
<
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi>
USGenWeb Archives National Search (large variety of material,
including census records)
<
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/htsearch>
(One can also search the USGenWeb Archives on a state-by-state
basis. This capability is very useful for more common search
terms.) <
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm>
U.S. Town and County Database Search (location research)
<
http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi>
WorldConnect GEDCOM Search
<
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi>
Written by Robert R. Tillman. Previously published by
RootsWeb.com,
Inc., RootsWeb
Review: RootsWeb's Genealogy News, Vol. 2, No. 52, 29 December
1999. RootsWeb: <
http://www.rootsweb.com/>
Tim Singleton, tsingleton(a)iclub.org
105 Nancy Drive
Richmond, KY 40475-8613
Volunteer INGenWeb Coordinator
Adams Co. -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams
Randolph Co. -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/