Hi all,
I am out of my element with all of this so I forwarded this question to Joy
as well ... <thanks Joy!> Here is her reply.
Tina
----- Original Message -----
From: "FISHER,JOY R" <jfisher(a)ucla.edu>
To: "Tina S Vickery" <tsvickery(a)adelphia.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: [WIGEN-L] SURNAME HELPER & QUERY EXPRESS
You can leave those links until SH dies. At that point the links will
be
dead. You can remove them.
Or you can remove them now while you are thinking about them. There will
be no Surname Helper after May 1.
On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Tina S Vickery wrote:
> Joy,
>
> Help again? <g>. I have no clue about this, and don't want to give out
> incorrect information.
> If you can't do you know someone who can?
>
> thanks,
> Tina
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carolyn Caflisch" <ccaflisch(a)cvtv.net>
> To: <WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] SURNAME HELPER & QUERY EXPRESS
>
>
> > Tina;
> >
> > I connect to Surname Helper on my site, but I went to the site below
and
> > found this:
> >
> > The site that surname-indexes particpating genealogy Web sites,
including
> > those managed by CCHelper. (This would include someone like
me)
> >
> > Then I went:
> >
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cchelper/
> >
> > My site is registered correctly and tests out, sooooooo where I have
> > surname lookups linking to SURNAME HELPER, what do I change them
to????
> > What is the URL???
> >
> >
> > Carolyn
> >
> >
> >
> > > 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.
> > >> >
> > >> > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ====
> > >> > Celebrate Wisconsin!
> > >> > Visit the Taylor County WIGenWeb Project Pages
> > >> >
http://www.rootsweb.com/~witaylor/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ==== WIGEN Mailing List ====
> > >> Celebrate Wisconsin!
> > >> Visit the Waukesha County WIGenWeb Project Pages
> > >>
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaukes/indice.html
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ====
> > > Celebrate Wisconsin!
> > > Visit the Vernon County WIGenWeb Project Pages
> > >
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wivernon/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ====
> > Celebrate Wisconsin!
> > Visit the Waushara County WIGenWeb Project Pages
> >
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html
> >
>
>