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MESSAGE FROM THE ADMIN

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MESSAGE FROM THE ADMIN

Posted: 20 Jul 2001 5:37PM GMT
Edited: 5 Jun 2003 4:12PM GMT
Hello fellow researchers and welcome to the board. By complying with these rules, you should get great results. Some basic rules are posted on my Links and Announcements page.

SUBJECT line:
This should be as specific as possible. Don't use generalizations such as listing only the surname or locality. Example #2 would gain you the greatest results on your post:

EXAMPLE #1
WASHINGTON

EXAMPLE #2
looking for family of General George Washington

MESSAGE section:
Here you may post your questions, ask for assistance, request lookups, or post a reply.

SURNAMES:
Use ONLY those listed within the message itself. Adding other surnames only returns false hits, and is highly frustrating for all researchers. This section can and will be edited, if you add more than is listed in your post, or I may include some you forgot as a courtesy to you.

CLASSIFICATION:
QUERY is for your questions, replies to other posts, and requests for information.
LOOKUP is where you may offer to do free lookups for others. (Posts requesting money will be promptly deleted.)
BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, and WILL are all data boards. This is where you post these types of records. Do not use these to request lookups. Lookup requests should be posted as a Query. If your data is taken directly from the original document, please state this. Vital records cannot be copyrighted by anyone. For further information on the copyright issue, please go here
<http://www.myfamilyinc.com/about_us/copyright.htm>;.

ATTACHMENTS:
You may add a photograph or upload a gedcom using this feature. However, they are not sent to the mailing lists from boards that are using the gateway. All attachments are stripped from messages going to the mailing lists. (This board is not using a gateway.)

FINAL NOTE FROM ADMIN:
Please try to refrain from posting "Thank you's", and general chit-chat. This can be done on a private level. All e-mail addresses can be found by clicking on the "Print Message" link on the right-hand side of each post. This gives you a version of the post that is printer-friendly, AND the e-mail address of the poster is located here. It is in the form of an image file in order to protect our posters from programs that harvest e-mail addresses for spamming purposes.

Be sure that your post indicates a connection to the board topic (surname, locality, etc.) Please do not post any vital statistics on living individuals so that we may protect their privacy. Please use the data boards to post information on deceased individuals only. Subject lines, Surname line, and classifications may be changed by me in order to make the best of your original post. It is a courtesy to you, so that your post gains you the information you are seeking.

Lastly, have fun and good luck!

~Tina Hall, Admin.

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