I am also not associated with anyone new group and I’m posting this on all the news groups and hope that all who are interested in genealogy and on line real time chat will join this channel and participate. It will take time to grow and hopefully you will join in and help out! Again I apologize to those of you who have already stopped in and I wasn’t there.

I do hope that you will come back and help make this channel a favorite to those who are into genealogy. If the hours 6 to 7 is not convenient write me email to and let me know what time is best for you and if I can I will try to be on what is convenient to you. The channel is growing after a couple of weeks and we have 7 AOPS (channel monitors). We have people from the UK, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Norway as well as several from the US now joining the channel. So at times it is getting busy and is becoming more fun! I must also point out that we have helped so far about 15 people get a start in finding their ancestors.

This of course is our goal helping people especially newbies into genealogy! For those of you who are searching in the UK, we have a person from the UK who will be glad to answer your questions and in some cases help you to do basic searches in the UK. Sundays Between 7:00 and 9:00 PM E.S.Te will be on line to: Answer any questions you ask, he is good at UK vital Index Searches. He can tell you how, what to look for, what to avoid and if necessary can do it for for you if he has the time.

I have a subscription to Ancestry.com, and I absolutely love it. Can’t imagine going back to family searching without it. I am considering a subscription to genealogy as well. In particular, I’m interested in subscribing to the 1900 Census index. Are they a good service? If so, are they OK with subscription renewals? I have a subscription to Ancestry.com, and I absolutely love it. Can’t imagine going back to family searching without it.

I am considering a subscription to genealogyas well. In particular, I’m interested in subscribing to the 1900 Census index. Are they a good service? If so, are they OK with subscription renewals? Thanks in advance for your thoughts. From what I have seen, no, they aren’t. In creating a “first name list” for a surname, they will pull in practically ANY word that appeared in a message in some genealogy forum (newsgroup, other genealogy sites’ message boards, etc.), even if that word is not a typical given name.

I’ve seen STATES’ ABBREVIATIONS for example, among such a list. They do provide an index to occurrances of names on their “WFT” CD set. However, note that what they do is effectively publish genealogies that were FREELY uploaded to them, and then CHARGE an amount beyond cost for the CD. If they only charged at cost, this wouldn’t be such an outrage. Also, many uploaders weren’t apparently aware of this practice.Where you start your search determines the scope of the results we will show you.

If you search from the main page at Genealogy, we’ll show you results from our entire search database regardless of whether the search result is in our CD collection, in one of our online data collections, or to any free resource we have (including our GenForum message boards, home pages or other Internet matches). However, we do categorize the matches so you can easily get to the matches in the data collection(s) that you own.

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Each group/list pair has a bi-directional gateway. Posts to either the group or list will be sent by the gateway to the list or group. Please keep the dual nature of each group/list in mind – subject drift and inappropriate cross-posting may be felt less acceptable to people on mailing lists than to people reading via newsgroups. Conversely, posts saying only “please unsubscribe me” can be expected in the newsgroups. With some tolerance and understanding, we should all be able to get along. Q What is going to happen to soc.roots?

A Any posts which would have been welcome in soc.roots will be welcome in one of the new soc.genealogy.* groups. After the soc.genealogy.misc group has been created, and after a transition period of 30-60 days or so, soc.roots will be removed. When the removal messages are eventually sent out, how they are handled depends on how your news administrator has configured your news system.

At that time, your newsreader software may quietly ignore the removed group, or you may see messages from your newsreader describing the removed group as a “bogus newsgroup.” This would be normal behavior, and not cause for alarm. Feel free to find some way to mark the passing of a newsgroup that served the Usenet and on-line genealogy communities for over ten years, and which has left a generation of descendants.

Soc.genealogy.african has recently encountered an opportunistic and hostile energy, taking the form of a particularly offensive message thread that continues beyond any reason. It persists because this message has been crossposted to several unrelated newsgroups in such a manner as to develop a miserable little life of its own, and diverting attention from this newsgroup’s intended purpose. And while the thread persists, exciting the nerves and diverse opinions of many cyber-denizens from around the world, the sum and total of these messages serves up nothing but insult to the legitimate users of this newsgroup.

It is, in addition, a total waste of bandwidth. Moderation of soc.genealogy.african will cure this infection of poor taste and bad judgment, at least within this newsgroup. Moderation will restore the decorum of the newsgroup, and lead again to a productive atmosphere. Actually, having wandered through many of these in my search for The Perfect Genealogy Program, I would say the FTM and PAF are good basic programs — and might well serve all your needs. While their features probably appeal more to “weekend hobbyists,” they are more than adequate for many serious genealogists I know.

Certainly one or the other of these programs is a good choice for somebody who knows little about both genealogy and computers. In terms of features, I would put Brother’s Keeper and Legacy on the next tier up. Legacy is The New Kid On The Block; I saw a demo at the NGS Convention and was impressed with both the ease of use and the flexibility. Their customer support currently also seems to be outstanding. Brother’s Keeper has been around a lot longer. A year ago, I found the interface awkward and uninspiring, but I know lots of satisfied and enthusiastic users.

The two programs with the most flexibility for data entry and retrieval are — currently — UFT and TMG. I used UFT for six months but finally gave up on it because of the long lag times (weeks) to get answers to customer support queries. TMG is my current program — and probably will remain so. Between TMG and UFT, TMG has MUCH more flexibility. The only downside of TMG — for me — was a steep learning curve — caused now, I realize — as much by my inexperience with genealogy as by anything else. TMG will do almost anything — and the customer support is the best in the business.