Cyndi's List

I get letters and emails about tree planting.

Caroline - bite your tongue!
Carolyn - that's funny, because wouldn't that be the opposite of what we do? The tree has already been planted, we're just digging up the roots!

Our first computer was really advanced - it had two floppy drives - one for the program, and one for the data - who needed a hard drive????? It was a Sanyo MBC 550 and was "90% compatible with IBM programs - who knew that the 10% was the graphics - i.e., anything appearing on the screen <ROFL> So we either used Sanyon special programs or wrote our own. Talk about learning fast!

All this talk of gopher neglects its 3 companions: Archie, Veronica and Jughead. And, of course, there was our early means of cybertransport: telnet. If you wanted to download a file, you needed to use FTP.
Who says the old days weren't fun?

I knew you worked alone! And I've always been amazed by all you do! :-)

Not me! You are Awesome! Thank you.

I'd be tempted to delete all entries, not just the duplicates, just for wasting my time.

Sandy, I HAVE been tempted! Through the years I've learned to step away from it, think it through after I let the irritation pass. Then I follow the policy that I set for my site - all things related to genealogy and family history (including commercial ventures) as long as they don't indicate anything illegal or fraudulent.

Well I can't speak for others, but I am so familiar with your site now that I just hit my browser, then the link for the new sites and/or go to your directory to find what I may want to search for. Once in awhile I see things on the sides, but they
are usually not relevent to me, at least not at the time.

Heck; makes me feel old! I think I remember Cyndi's List from Bulletin Board days. Was sent this link by a friend of at least 14+ years?? I am involved in Australia with the Cornish in Victoria & Bendigo which I am sure is in your list.

I'm glad it is helpful for you.

We'll see how FB does. So far it is a nice place to post (vent, ramble) and interact with you all.

It could certainly serve as a good place to brainstorm and generate ideas to guide our searches. I had worked on genealogy just a little in the nineties, but only this year return to the search with a passion. Your lists have provided so much valuable information for me that I have been suggesting them to friends who are beginning genealogy.

Annette, I'm really lacking in my knowledge of adoption research. I do know that every state is different - whether records are open or closed; how they kept records, where they kept records, etc. You know his birth year and you know his mother's name (is that his birthmother?), and a residence. I would find a guide on doing research in Alabama (... Read Moreonline or book) and determine if there were adoption records back then. There may not have been in that time period. I have a great-aunt who was "adopted," which in my family's history meant she came to live with my family when her father farmed out the kids after mom died. There was never a formal adoption as we would have today.