Hi Michael and PAGen-L:
Not to through more fuel on the confusing fire but I just got email from
Pam and the web board system will provide for surname indexing also. It
is a plug-in that she has developed and as soon as everything settles
down -- she will add it to this system without any downtime to current
users. Pam is also talking with Patty Lindsay about her Surname Helper
to see if the queries that are now being posted online can automatically
be included in Patty's surname searches ( a nice feature!).
Carol E. Hepburn
pasomers(a)juno.com
SOMGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com List Owner
PAGenWeb Somerset County
On Sun, 25 Jan 1998 04:15:53 -0600 "Michael L. Hebert"
<wylykyotee(a)geocities.com> writes:
Hi everyone -
I'm on the "official" (whatever that means) USGenWeb query committee,
mostly in an advisory capacity. The way things have progressed, I'm
afraid
the situation is going to be confusing for a while. The query system
that
Carol is using for Somerset Co., PA was developed independently by
Nancy
Trice for the KYGenWeb Project and is now being made available to the
USGenWeb Project as a whole. Quite frankly, I like this web
board/mailing
list type of setup and was one that I had pushed for on the committee.
However, the majority of the committee opted for another, more complex
design that is still being developed by a couple of the committee
members.
The main feature of this system is that it will allow indexing of the
surnames in the queries.
So, everyone will soon (I think) have another choice as far as query
systems go. This will give you three choices:
1) As Gary said, if you have a setup that you are already
comfortable
with, stay with it and don't bother changing.
2) If you want a hands-off system, the web board setup that Carol is
using will probably be the way to go.
3) If you want to have the surnames in your queries indexed, wait
for
the system that will be coming out in the near future.
Just wanted to clear up any confusions before they started.
Thanks,
Mike
______________________________________________________________
Michael L. Hebert, P.O. Box 16176, St.Paul, MN 55116
mailto:mhebert@geocities.com or mailto:mhebert@gyral.com
Homepage -
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USGenWeb Project County Coordinator for:
Cumberland Co, IL -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcumber/
Hamilton Co, IL -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhamilt/
Wayne Co, IL -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/
Mercer Co, PA -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/
Venango Co, PA -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pavenang/