He may be referring to the old "CC Helper" utility which hasn't been
updated in many many years. I have been deleting queries and references to
that system, and now just refer users to the Message Boards and Mailing
lists.
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On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Timothy Stowell via <
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Mike,
Curious when you say you converted queries from an old system - what the
old system was and what the new one is?
Tim
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Mike Peterson via <
usgenweb-discuss(a)rootsweb.com> wrote:
> Periodically I send a test email to all in my query, surnames, and
> volunteer lookups addees. If it bounces, I remove it all together. In my
> mind, it doesn't serve to frustrate a visiting researcher with bad links
or
> bad email addresses.
> Speaking to the query requirement as a whole: While it may certainly be a
> very active process in some counties, it has crawled to nothing in my
four
> counties.
> 1 - about 80 queries I converted from an old system in 2009. Latest add
or
> comment - September 2014.
> 2 - about 50 queries I converted from an old system in 2009. Latest add
or
> comment - October 2015.
> 3 - took over county in February 2016. Converted about 10 queries from
old
> system. No activity.
> 4 - took over deserted county in 2014. Query system was very old but
> recall there was no activity. Before I could convert to new system,
> previous queries lost by rootsweb. After several tries of recovering,
> established new system in March 2016. No activity.
> I remember in it's day, it was a very good source and I used it a lot in
> my research. Current technology has pretty much made it archaic. If it
> wasn't a bylaw requirement [Section XI.C.], I would have discontinued
mine.
> I've tried to make it look current, look active and a good resource to no
> avail.
> Again, my experience only and it may be a very active and good tool in
> other counties.
> Along the same intent of the bylaw, I've established facebook groups for
> each of my four counties. Except for one county, actual activity is not
> much better than the query systems although the lookie-loo is evident. I
do
> have a lady in one county who does a lot of research in a community in
that
> county and has provided a lot of good information. We have a standing
> agreement that I may take what she offers on facebook and place it in my
> county site which I do and I give her credit on my site for it.
> Mike Peterson
>
> On 7/9/2016 5:42:06 PM, Timothy Stowell via <
usgenweb-discuss(a)rootsweb.com>
> wrote:
> Working on an old site, it shows 215 broken links of which a vast
majority
> are from email addresses where the return says 'no such host'. I realize
> many are from ISPs that went belly up or were absorbed by another entity.
>
> Thus the question - does the Project, states or counties or you have any
> rule on how long one retains queries on-line? Do you just comment out the
> email address, note it as dead but leave the query or dispose of them
after
> so many months or years?
>
> I have queries back to 1996 on some sites.
>
> Tim S.
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