I thought I would forward this suggestion on to all of you -- I know
we're all interested in ways to improve our sites, and in knowing what
would help our visitors and what they're looking for.
Angie
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I received this suggestion and am forwarding it here for your
consideration.
-Isaiah
>
>Richard, I'm a fairly frequent visitor to a large number of the
>various GenWeb sites (almost always at the county level). I'd like to
>plant the seed of a suggestion that I hope you will find useful enough
>to encourage a GenWeb-wide reform movement.
>
>I primarily use the GenWeb sites to try to obtain information
>regarding contacts or what might be available within a particular area
>so that I can do follow-up, detailed research. Since all such
>researchers are, like me, living in one place while some or all of
>their ancestors lived elsewhere, what the really serious researcher
>needs to know is what records are available in the local county
>courthouse, which ones have been sent to state archives, etc., and I
>think most importantly when it comes to the so-called burned counties,
>what years the extant records (deeds, wills, court orders/minutes)
>cover.
>
>That kind of information would enable me to know what I can find,
>where it is, and equally important, what information (and what years)
>I can expect that I will never be able to know anything about.
>
>So... I'd like to suggest, if not strongly recommend, that the GenWeb
>Board adopt a policy of encouraging the state and county coordinators
>to post such information as sort of a standard background of record
>availability for each of the localities.
>
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