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From: "Don Kelly" <>
Subject: Re: [IGP-CC] New Members
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:51:32 -0700
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Thank you John.

We have several CCs with IGP who do a great job of setting up content and
menus that promote easy navigation. I have less trouble with the content
than I do navigation, the ability for researchers to quickly find that
content.

Thanks all.

Don

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Burke" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:27 AM
Subject: RE: [IGP-CC] New Members


> Don,
>
> This is helpful. I'll browse around some of the other sites to get more
> ideas.
>
> Many thanks,
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Kelly [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:02 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [IGP-CC] New Members
>
>
> Thank you John, and good morning all.
>
> There are two fields of thought here as some websites have databases only
> while on the other end of the spectrum, anything that happened in Limerick
> goes.
>
> I tend to the latter by including social matters, history, geography, etc.
> Keeping in mind that half our ancestors were grandmas, I like to include
> things (old recipes, etc.) to women. The Meath site has one such section.
>
> Duplication is't necessarily bad as some borders changed, townlands, etc.
> spanned two districts, even up to three county lines were crossed.
> Avoiding
> duplication completely is hard but if you find something in another county
> that also impacts your county you can just link to that resource.
>
> I find it helpful to list links to onsite data on the main page, and put
> offsite links on a separate index page.
>
> There must be a dozen good ways to format menu pages, and I haven't
> discovered the best way yet.<G>
>
> Now everyone else please check in with good resources for County Limerick.
>
> Don Kelly
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Burke" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:32 AM
> Subject: RE: [IGP-CC] New Members
>
>
>> Sorry, everyone, this was supposed to go to Don only. But I would
>> appreciate
>> input anyone has.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> John
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Burke [mailto:]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:27 AM
>> To:
>> Subject: RE: [IGP-CC] New Members
>>
>>
>> Don,
>>
>> I'm still working toward renovating the Limerick site. My business got
>> really busy during the late summer and early fall, so I had no time to
>> spend on it.
>>
>> Since I'll be redoing almost everything, I have a question. I've been
>> thinking "what should the site be?" What, in your opinion, are the
>> most useful features for a County site? I don't want to duplicate
>> information, features, or data which exists elsewhere. I want to have
>> something particularly useful to those searching their Limerick roots.
>> So my question is, "what would that be?" Maybe you can point me to
>> sites which you feel accomplish this.
>>
>> Any input would be most appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>
>
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