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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> >
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>
>
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>
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