Dear THEAKSTON Message Board Readers,
As hot weather is upon most areas of the USA now, I' would like to encourage everyone to post 1 item (obituary, article. information from a book) on the families you have researched. Or, write-up a short biography on a person you have researched. We could call our collective efforts a "Summer Share."
Make sure your post includes full name, location with county/State, dates and other identifiers. Since the "Surname box" is the most misunderstood part of a post, I want to remind everyone that ONLY surnames IN the post or subject line go in the "surname box" (not a list of all surnames you are searching). Also, if transcribing (quoting) from a source, please include the source name, author, date of publication, and page numbers.
I'd like to start a "tradition" where all posters put one post up around this time of year, like I've described. [Maybe we can do the same group effort in the fall also.]
And, of course, everyone is encouraged and welcomed to post at ANY time on subjects related to this surname board. This idea for a "Summer Share" is something I hope we will all do in an effort to help each other with searching for those ellusive ancestors!
Remember, there are always new people just starting their research. Something that is old news to you might be totally new for another searcher.
So, get your files out and do a "Summer Share!"
Judy Florian
Message Board Administrator