WorldGenWeb Review e-zine Vol 1, No 2, 10 November 2001, (c) 2001 WorldGenWeb Project Circulation 2,713 Copyright 2001 WorldGenWeb Project Editor(s): Nathan Zipfel (nate@gte.net) Contents · About the WorldGenWeb Review e-zine · WorldGenWeb Review e-zine Help Wanted · Latest News from the WorldGenWeb Project · Federation of Genealogical Societies · Chasing our Tales Across England · Query and Surname Listings · WorldGenWeb Archives · Research tools · Letters to the editor · Reprint Policy · Subscription Information * * * * * About the WorldGenWeb Review e-zine The WorldGenWeb Review e-zine was created to keep the visitors and friends of the WorldGenWeb Project informed about what is happening in the WorldGenWeb Project. We will be providing helpful information on how to utilize the WorldGenWeb Project as well as resources to assist you in your research. My apologies - you didn't miss the October issue, it never hit the "presses". Due to events in September, this Editor was unable to prepare the issue. * * * * * WorldGenWeb Review e-zine Help Wanted We are looking for someone experienced in writing/editing a newsletter who would have an interest in working on the WorldGenWeb Review e-zine. If you are interested, please send a message to the editor with some information regarding your qualifications. * * * * * Latest News from the WorldGenWeb Project * * * * * Federal of Genealogical Societies (FGS) The WorldGenWeb was an exhibitor at the 2001 FGS Conference 12-15 September in Davenport, Iowa. Charlotte Meyer (along with her daughter), our AsiaGenWeb and South AmericanGenWeb Regional Coordinator represented the WorldGenWeb Project Advisory Board. Visit the following website to see some pictures taken at the conference. < http://www.geocities.com/cherokeecfg/wgwfgs > * * * * * Chasing our Tales Across England By Sue Seibert EnglandGenWeb, created in 1997 when UKGenWeb (now known as BritishIslesGenWeb) was founded, is a noncommercial, not for profit organization which seeks to help researchers around the world find their English ancestors. The country coordinators are Carol Bennett and Jayne Primmer. There are many and varied informational sites linked to the EnglandGenWeb site, the first and foremost being the county sites, themselves. Each county contains much specific material which is unique to that site only. Each county has a mailing list < http://www.rootsweb.com/~engwgw/engmail.html > and links to various query boards specific to the region. Also, there are other varied mailing lists for England which can be found at Genealogy Resources on the Internet < http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-unk.html > and Rootsweb mailing lists at < http://lists.rootsweb.com >. Another link of enormous assistance to the EnglandGenWeb is GENUKI < http://www.genuki.org.uk > which contains much specific information about the UK and Ireland and includes townland information, parish information, sort records, maps, etc. GENUKI is also divided in county pages. Other links found on the EnglandGenWeb page include UK BMD Exchange (birth, marriage, death) at < http://www.ukbdm.org.uk >; UK Census Online at < http://freecen.rootsweb.com >; English Records Office and Archives at < http://www.oz.net/~markhow/englishros.htm >; Free BMD at < http://freebmd.rootsweb.com >; The Doomesday Book at < http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk > ; and EnglandGeWeb's Digital Archives at < http://www.worldgenweb.org/archives/england.html >. EnglandGenWeb is the most complete genealogical resource for England, and it takes pride in maintaining high quality in site management, page creation, and presentation, as well as personal assistance to the researcher. Please stop by EnglandGenWeb at < http://www.rootsweb.com/~engwgw >. * * * * * Query and Surname Listings The WorldGenWeb Project does not host a centralized tool for the submission of Queries and Surnames. Our Country and sub-country Project Hosts maintain methods and links to various message board systems for you to post your queries and surnames. Please visit the country websites to locate the query resource that are in use. * * * * * WorldGenWeb Project Archives Are you aware the WorldGenWeb Project has an on-line digital archives of research data? The Archives was started in 1998 to be a repository of transcriptions of public domain records. Please stop by and browse through the files we have on-line < http://www.worldgenweb.org/archives >. * * * * * Research Tools Geneanet < http://geneanet.org > Geneanet is a world-wide index of on-line and off-line genealogy resources. It is a free service that the WorldGenWeb Project endorses. e-transcriptum < http://www.e-transcriptum.net > - Are you in need of translation service for your genealogy research? If so, you'll want to visit e-transcriptum, they offer free translation services currently for 54 languages. Their service is one that the WorldGenWeb Project endorses. Geneaseek < http://www2.geneaseek.org/en > - GeneaSeek is a "full text" genealogy research browser. It goes through web to index pages that deal with genealogy. GeneaSeek comprises a few millions of genealogy pages. This browser is develop by GeneaNet. * * * * * Letters to the Editor We'd love to hear from you. Please send your comments to nate@gte.net From Tom: "Wow! First day of the first issue and already I have started filling gaps in my family lines, thanks to your publication! I thought that by hitting Rootsweb, Cyndi's List and Ancestry.com, I would have already had access to most anything that would be of interest to me, genealogically speaking. But, your one mention of "Geneanet" and I've hit paydirt! If I never learn another thing from your publication, this will have been worth it. However, I feel certain that WorldGenWeb Review is going to prove extremely helpful to a lot of folks as the word spreads! Thank you for doing all the organizing and work to make this possible." -- Tom McKnelly * * * * * Reprint Policy Permission to reprint articles from the WorldGenWeb Review is granted unless otherwise indicated for an individual article. Reprints may only be used for non-commercial, educational purposes. The following must be included with any reprints: "Published by the WorldGenWeb Project in the WorldGenWeb Review, Vol 1, No 2, 10 November 2001. WorldGenWeb Project http://www.worldgenweb.org" Back Issues of the WorldGenWeb Review are available from the archive located at http://www.worldgenweb.org/wgwreview. * * * * * Subscription Information To UNSUBSCRIBE from the WorldGenWeb Review send an e-mail to: worldgenweb-review-l-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the body of the message. To SUBSCRIBE to the WorldGenWeb Review send an e-mail to: worldgenweb-review-l-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message.