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From: "Virginia" <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] SCOTCH-IRISH Digest, Vol 3, Issue 30
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:04:41 -0700
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I agree with this. I have found a lot more information from it that from any
other genealogy site. I always go there first when I am stuck, and have
found tidbits of information that help me continue the hunt.
Virginia.
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From: "David Creelman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [S-I] SCOTCH-IRISH Digest, Vol 3, Issue 30


>I think World Connect is a good choice. I use it because it is free and
> freely available. Lots of people will find the data because it is one of
> the
> good accessible sources.
> I don't add notes and sources, but there is a lot of flexibility in what
> you
> can do. It's very simple to use.
> I'd say try it. If it doesn't do what you want, just pull your gedcom
> down.
> If you like it, you can point to it from any other site you have.
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:01 AM, <>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Today's Topics:
>>
>> 1. Where to put a Family Tree? ()
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>> Hi folks, can I get some advice on where you would find it most
>> convenient
>> to put some information?
>>
>> What I got is information from 122 obituaries from Chattanooga, TN
>> associated with a particular surname. There's about 6 or more 'lines'
>> that
>> came out of Greene County, TN and descend from three brothers who
>> migrated
>> from Tyrone about 1770 and first settled in old Bedford, Virginia, before
>> leaving for eastern TN after the Revolution. To the obits, which are 20th
>> century, I added additional research in the censuses, burials, etc, to
>> trace
>> them back to Greeneville and establish that they all descend from these
>> three brothers. Some lines lived to the north in McMinn Co, and a few had
>> moved into northern Georgia by the time of their deaths.
>>
>> Now the info is loaded into a Legacy file (exports gedcom), and we want
>> to
>> put it somewhere. The site requires lineage linked software. I could
>> upload
>> it to Ancestry but then only Ancestry subscribers could see it (I think).
>> I
>> should check to make sure of that! I thought of World Connect at
>> rootsweb.com.
>>
>> Also considering www.ulsterheritage.com. But that takes us 'off' the
>> superhighway.
>>
>> I will also make this info available to the Hamilton Co, TN historical
>> society or whatever it's name is.
>>
>> My question is what's easy to use and find? Again, can ONLY go into a
>> place with lineage linking. Also ability to apply individual notes so
>> people
>> can build on.
>>
>> I've just frankly not used World Connect enough to know if anyone has
>> figured out how to use it! The Ancestry stuff works great but isn't
>> public.
>> Thee's some other software that I will 'spring' for and can use at
>> Ulsterheritage. This would also allow us to assign a user name to people
>> who
>> could upload their own additional information.
>>
>> I will also be doing the same with a few hundred records of individuals
>> in
>> Northern Ireland. A few are related. But first gotta decide what to do
>> with
>> this. Cannot put it on 'our' website at rootsweb but can link to it from
>> there.
>>
>> For experts: all individuals do NOT connect in this gedcom. A few are
>> 'stray's. I can't connect them in. So whatever it is has to support
>> multiple family lines in the gedcom.
>>
>> Also I have hard copy of the obits or they can be ordered from the
>> Chattanooga library for $10 or so. I'm not providing free copies. May
>> scan
>> them. Donno. Haven't thought quite that far ahead.
>>
>> Near as I can tell, no one has studied these families before. I'd like to
>> attract descendents and let them prove the census work and expand it.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your advice.
>>
>> Linda Merle
>>
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