Rita,
It is my understanding that this in *no way* effects the message
board resources nor the mailing lists hosted by Rootsweb.
This only affects the counties that utilize the Surname Helper
tool.
http://surhelp.rootsweb.com/
Tina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rita" <ocontogal2000(a)yahoo.com>
To: <WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 9:21 PM
Subject: [WIGEN-L] SURNAME HELPER & QUERY EXPRESS
Still wondering. Does this mean they will have everything (message
boards,
wills, obits, etc) but not surname lists and query boards? Are surname
lists and
query boards considered message boards? Or are surname lists and
query
boards
going to be provided using other programs? Will they just not be
"hosted"
by
outside volunteers? Rita - still in the dark.
Tina S Vickery wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I asked Joy Fisher to help address your concerns and questions regarding
> Surname Helper.
> Below is her reply.
>
> Tina
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "FISHER,JOY R" <jfisher(a)ucla.edu>
> To: "Tina S Vickery" <tsvickery(a)adelphia.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 6:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: [WIGEN-L] Fw: [STATE-COORD-L] SURNAME HELPER
>
> > Hi Guys:
> >
> > Tina forwarded your messages for me to answer.
> >
> > First off, Surname Helper is the only product that Rootsweb will no
longer
> > support.
> >
> > Rootsweb will continue to provide message boards and mailing lists
(as
> > far as I know).
> >
> >
> > Query Express and Surname Helper are twin products that are like
Siamese
> > twins, joined at the hip. Rootsweb will no support Surname
Helper any
> > longer and like Siamese Twins, what happens to one often affects the
> > other.
> >
> > I have no idea what impact this is going to cause to Query Express. I
do
> > know that you will no longer be able to change your e-mail
address.
And
> > Surname Helper will no longer index your queries.
> >
> >
> > CC Helper:
> >
> >
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cchelper/
> >
> > can be used for this purpose.
>
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