Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:48:16 PDT
Reply-To:     karen@rand.org
From:         Karen Isaacson <karen@MONTY.RAND.ORG>
Subject:      Next Roots Location List on September 20
Comments: To: roots-L@vm1.nodak.edu

The next update to the Roots Location List will be posted to Roots-L
on September 20 (and migrate to soc.roots soon thereafter.)
Try to get your additions or corrections in to me by September 18.

        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 high the corn would be on the 24th of
September.  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 each month.  As
long as the list doesn't become too large, I'll simply post the whole
thing, with the new and modified entries specially marked.  I reserve
the right to change this policy.  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 September 16 will be included in the next list.
Entries received after that will be included in the October release.

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 surname 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:
POL,Ostroda,Kiersztanowo 1870 1945 karen
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