Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:31:28 PST
Reply-To:     Karen Isaacson <karen@MONTY.RAND.ORG>
From:         Karen Isaacson <karen@MONTY.RAND.ORG>
Subject:      Almost final Roots Location List on January 17
Comments: To: Roots-L@vm1.nodak.edu

The next and almost final update to the Roots Location List will be posted
to Roots-L on January 17 (and migrate to soc.roots soon thereafter.) Try
to get your additions or corrections in to me by January 15.

I say "almost final" because I'm just too busy to do both a locations list
and a surname list, and the surname list seems by far the most popular.
However, now then I do have a relatively quiet month, so I will be
doing periodic but unscheduled updates.

Send additions or corrections to whichever of these addresses works
best for you:

        Internet:       karen@rand.org
        UUCP:       ...!uunet!rand.org!karen
        Bitnet:         karen%rand.org@cunyvm
        GEnie:          KAREN.I
        Prodigy:        XRBV26B
        Postal:         Karen Isaacson
                        27991 Caraway Lane
                        Saugus, CA  91350

                                * * * * *

The Roots Location List helps genealogists researching the the same
geographical areas to compare notes and perhaps to share data. (If
surnames are of more interest to you, wait a week or so for the Roots
Surname List...)  Maybe you have kinfolk in common, or can give each other
tips on unique sources dealing with the area, or perhaps you could just
speculate about the weather or how deep the snow would be on the 17th of
January.  Readers of roots newsgroups are welcome to submit location names
for the Roots Location List if they are willing to share their data with
others who may be doing parallel research.  These location entries should
be sufficiently specific that other researchers can decide whether a link
with their own research is possible or probable.  If a location seems
promising, you should contact the person who submitted the information.
Unless that happened to me, I won't be of much help :-)

Updates to the list are posted the third weekend of some months.
As long as the list isn't too long, I'll post the whole thing,
including ALL new or modified entries, specially marked.
I also store the entire list on the listserver for ROOTS-L.  To obtain
a copy directly from the listserver, send e-mail to
LISTSERV@vm1.nodak.edu or LISTSERV@NDSUVM1, with a
^^^^^^^^                  ^^^^^^^^
one-line message that says
GET FAMILY LOCLIST
Include no other text, and leave the subject line blank.  The listserver
will return by e-mail the current location list.  Or you can use
anonymous FTP to vm1.nodak.edu (134.129.111.1) and do CD ROOTS-L
then GET FAMILY.LOCLIST to retrieve the file.  To actually find
the submitters, send e-mail to the same address to GET FAMILY ADDR
or follow the FTP instructions and GET FAMILY.ADDR.

Submitting new entries:
Send new entries to me at one of the addresses listed at the start of this
note.  Entries received by January 15 will be included in the next list.
Entries received after that will be included in someday.

For each submitter, I also have one or two lines of address information,
which tell readers how they can reach of the person who submitted the
entry.  The lines for karen (me) are:

karen    Karen Isaacson, karen@rand.org or uunet!randvax!karen  Prodigy: XRBV26B
         27991 Caraway Lane, Saugus, CA  91350                    GEnie: KAREN.I

What should the location entries look like?  Don't worry too much about
format -- I end up reformatting them anyhow for my sort routine.
Each entry should be on one line, and consist of three parts:
1. The name of the location, with largest geographical identifier
   first, smallest last.  (Example: USA,WA,KingCo,Seattle.)
2. The dates for which you have an interest in the location.  (Such
   as "before 1700", 1880s, 1803-1927, or 1522-now.)
3. Your nametag, so people can match up your locations with your contact
   info.  My nametag is karen.  If you pick one that's already in use,
   we can negotiate.

The Roots Location Index isn't really computerized, it's just a file I
text edit. (Of course, I have the computer do the alphabetizing!)  So there
aren't any firm restrictions on the presentation of the data.

Here's a (genuine!) sample entry:
 DEU,EPRU,Osterode,Wittigwalde 1842-1870 karen
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU