Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

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Dr. Brian Leverich

Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Dr. Brian Leverich » 08 sep 2007 19:54:03

Hi all!

It's been thirteen months since I've posted about Linkpendium, and
during that time we've been locating and adding an average of
more than 80,000 sources of genealogical information every month.

Linkpendium now has links to 6,017,770 sources of genealogical
information. It is numerically by far the largest directory of
genealogical resources on the Internet. In fact, Linkpendium is
one of the largest human-edited directories of *any* kind on the Web.

We're kinda jazzed about breaking 6,000,000 links, though obviously
there are a lot more resources for us to find and categorize.

The links are categorized either by:
o Surnames WORLD-WIDE (5,318,624 links).
o American localities, generally county-level (699,146 links).
We do not yet provide world-wide locality coverage, though we plan
to phase in world-wide locality coverage as resources allow.

The URL is:
http://www.linkpendium.com/

Webmasters are welcome to link to either our homepage or deeply into
the pages that might be relevant to visitors to your sites. Web-
masters of locality sites, like USGW and ALHN county coordinators,
and Webmasters of one-name-study sites are welcome to "steal our
links" for use on their own sites. All we ask is that you include a
link to us somewhere on your site. See our "Acceptable Use Policy"
for details.

We are actively searching the Internet for genealogy sites which
should be added to the directory. If you are a Webmaster, List
Administrator, or Board Administrator for a genealogical resource,
or if you are a researcher who knows a particularly useful Internet
data source, *PLEASE* check the appropriate Linkpendium category and
use the Add-A-Link tool if we haven't included your resource yet.

We don't want to miss your resource!

And everyone, if you like what we're doing, please tell other folks
about us on the lists and message boards.

Thanks all, and enjoy! -B


--
Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L
P.O. Box 6831, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6831 leverich@linkpendium.com

Puzzle Solver

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Puzzle Solver » 10 sep 2007 19:02:05

It's been thirteen months since I've posted about Linkpendium, and
during that time we've been locating and adding an average of
more than 80,000 sources of genealogical information every month.

Linkpendium now has links to 6,017,770 sources of genealogical
information. It is numerically by far the largest directory of
genealogical resources on the Internet. In fact, Linkpendium is
one of the largest human-edited directories of *any* kind on the Web.

We're kinda jazzed about breaking 6,000,000 links, though obviously
there are a lot more resources for us to find and categorize.

The links are categorized either by:
o Surnames WORLD-WIDE (5,318,624 links).
o American localities, generally county-level (699,146 links).
We do not yet provide world-wide locality coverage, though we plan
to phase in world-wide locality coverage as resources allow.

The URL is:
http://www.linkpendium.com/

Webmasters are welcome to link to either our homepage or deeply into
the pages that might be relevant to visitors to your sites. Web-
masters of locality sites, like USGW and ALHN county coordinators,
and Webmasters of one-name-study sites are welcome to "steal our
links" for use on their own sites. All we ask is that you include a
link to us somewhere on your site. See our "Acceptable Use Policy"
for details.

We are actively searching the Internet for genealogy sites which
should be added to the directory. If you are a Webmaster, List
Administrator, or Board Administrator for a genealogical resource,
or if you are a researcher who knows a particularly useful Internet
data source, *PLEASE* check the appropriate Linkpendium category and
use the Add-A-Link tool if we haven't included your resource yet.

We don't want to miss your resource!

And everyone, if you like what we're doing, please tell other folks
about us on the lists and message boards.

Thanks all, and enjoy! -B


I checked it out last week and loved it. I plan to spend more time
there in the next couple of weeks. It is a fantastic place to
browse.

Thanks for the update.

Laurie

Puzzle Solver <batesl49@yahoo.com>

Wes Groleau

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Wes Groleau » 11 sep 2007 04:09:04

Dr. Brian Leverich wrote:

genealogical resources on the Internet. In fact, Linkpendium is
one of the largest human-edited directories of *any* kind on the Web.


While I appreciate your thoroughness in a way, perhaps a little MORE
human editing would be worthwhile, since some of your automated
links point nowhere.

Automatically putting every surname into a findagrave search string
when findagrave has NO entries for some of those surnames for
example....

And then links to scam sites like houseofnames

Please.


--
Wes Groleau

Nobody believes a theoretical analysis -- except the guy who did it.
Everybody believes an experimental analysis -- except the guy who
did it.
-- Unknown

Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org>

Dr. Brian Leverich

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Dr. Brian Leverich » 11 sep 2007 04:47:03

On 2007-09-11, Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote:

Dr. Brian Leverich wrote:

genealogical resources on the Internet. In fact, Linkpendium is
one of the largest human-edited directories of *any* kind on the Web.


While I appreciate your thoroughness in a way, perhaps a little MORE
human editing would be worthwhile, since some of your automated
links point nowhere.

Automatically putting every surname into a findagrave search string
when findagrave has NO entries for some of those surnames for
example....

Wes, FWIW, I expect we did check the Findagrave links. You
should only find them on about 1/3 or so of the surname pages,
and that just reflects the fact that Findagrave actually has
a fairly large collection.

If you're finding dead Findagrave links, it's probably time we
checked them again.

If I recall correctly, the only links we do for *every* surname
are the Ancestry.com 1920 family distribution maps, and that's
because almost all surnames appear there.

###

And then links to scam sites like houseofnames

Please.

Lighten up, dude. (: Sure it's junk, but it's *fun* gift junk
for the non-genealogists in the family and the HoN folks are
pretty good at order fulfillment. And, so far as I recall, that's
the only junk site to which we link.

Cheers, B. <-- Writing about http://www.linkpendium.com/


--
Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L
Angeles Chapter LTC Admin Chair http://angeles.sierraclub.org/ltc/
P.O. Box 6831, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6831 leverich@mtpinos.com

Denis Beauregard

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Denis Beauregard » 12 sep 2007 02:19:36

(if we want to be published when critisizing Brian, s.g.method
should be removed from the newsgroup list...)

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:46:24 -0700 (PDT), "Dr. Brian Leverich"
<leverich@linkpendium.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:

Lighten up, dude. (: Sure it's junk, but it's *fun* gift junk
for the non-genealogists in the family and the HoN folks are
pretty good at order fulfillment. And, so far as I recall, that's
the only junk site to which we link.

It is not very ethical to keep a link to an Halbert-like company...


Denis

Denis Beauregard

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Denis Beauregard » 12 sep 2007 02:19:36

(if we want to be published when critisizing Brian, s.g.method
should be removed from the newsgroup list...)

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:46:24 -0700 (PDT), "Dr. Brian Leverich"
<leverich@linkpendium.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:

Lighten up, dude. (: Sure it's junk, but it's *fun* gift junk
for the non-genealogists in the family and the HoN folks are
pretty good at order fulfillment. And, so far as I recall, that's
the only junk site to which we link.

It is not very ethical to keep a link to an Halbert-like company...


Denis

Denis Beauregard

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Denis Beauregard » 12 sep 2007 02:19:36

(if we want to be published when critisizing Brian, s.g.method
should be removed from the newsgroup list...)

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:46:24 -0700 (PDT), "Dr. Brian Leverich"
<leverich@linkpendium.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:

Lighten up, dude. (: Sure it's junk, but it's *fun* gift junk
for the non-genealogists in the family and the HoN folks are
pretty good at order fulfillment. And, so far as I recall, that's
the only junk site to which we link.

It is not very ethical to keep a link to an Halbert-like company...


Denis

Denis Beauregard

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Denis Beauregard » 12 sep 2007 02:19:36

(if we want to be published when critisizing Brian, s.g.method
should be removed from the newsgroup list...)

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:46:24 -0700 (PDT), "Dr. Brian Leverich"
<leverich@linkpendium.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:

Lighten up, dude. (: Sure it's junk, but it's *fun* gift junk
for the non-genealogists in the family and the HoN folks are
pretty good at order fulfillment. And, so far as I recall, that's
the only junk site to which we link.

It is not very ethical to keep a link to an Halbert-like company...


Denis

Hugh Watkins

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 13 sep 2007 01:13:18

Denis Beauregard wrote:

(if we want to be published when critisizing Brian, s.g.method
should be removed from the newsgroup list...)

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:46:24 -0700 (PDT), "Dr. Brian Leverich"
leverich@linkpendium.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:


Lighten up, dude. (: Sure it's junk, but it's *fun* gift junk
for the non-genealogists in the family and the HoN folks are
pretty good at order fulfillment. And, so far as I recall, that's
the only junk site to which we link.


It is not very ethical to keep a link to an Halbert-like company...

it is a no brainer uncreative nerd thing mad by someone with not enough
to do

like a twitcher or a train spotter

I think he send fake cancel notices fo posts like this

Hugh W

--
For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and
district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/

http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks

GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Denis Beauregard

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Denis Beauregard » 13 sep 2007 04:19:45

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:13:18 +0100, Hugh Watkins
<hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:

I think he send fake cancel notices fo posts like this

Actually, he is the moderator of soc.genealogy.methods


Denis

--
0 Denis Beauregard -
/\/ Les Français d'Amérique du Nord - http://www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/
|\ French in North America before 1721 - http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/
/ | Maintenant sur cédérom, début à 1765
oo oo Now on CD-ROM, beginnings to 1765

Jim Elbrecht

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Jim Elbrecht » 13 sep 2007 19:15:30

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:19:45 -0400, Denis Beauregard
<denis.b-at-francogene.com@fr.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:13:18 +0100, Hugh Watkins
hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:

I think he send fake cancel notices fo posts like this

Actually, he is the moderator of soc.genealogy.methods

To see what he was been doing for the genealogy community from the
late 80's to the late 90's read this old article-
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~socgen/history.html

It's not exactly his first year on Usenet [or contributing to the
genealogy community.]

Jim

Hugh Watkins

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 13 sep 2007 23:11:22

Denis Beauregard wrote:
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:13:18 +0100, Hugh Watkins
hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:


I think he send fake cancel notices fo posts like this


Actually, he is the moderator of soc.genealogy.methods

yes I see he routes stuff through his own server
polite moderators always say why they block posts

O know he was a pioneer at Rootsweb but since it was sold he appeared to
be at a loose end

Hugh W


--
For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and
district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/

http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks

GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Hugh Watkins

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 13 sep 2007 23:37:43

Jim Elbrecht wrote:

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:19:45 -0400, Denis Beauregard
denis.b-at-francogene.com@fr.invalid> wrote:


On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:13:18 +0100, Hugh Watkins
hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:


I think he send fake cancel notices fo posts like this

Actually, he is the moderator of soc.genealogy.methods


To see what he was been doing for the genealogy community from the
late 80's to the late 90's read this old article-
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~socgen/history.html

thank you
duly blogged

It's not exactly his first year on Usenet [or contributing to the
genealogy community.]

but even great minds grow duller with age
and 3 years is the lifetime of much modern technology

In google about 101,000 hits for linkpendium
and

"linkpendium.com (rank 18,906)

Preview by Thumbshots.com This site that reaches approximately 98,531
U.S. monthly uniques. The site caters to a more educated, largely
female, 55+ following. The site's visitors' interests are auto info (Car
Complaints, Popular Mechanics, Parts America ? Auto parts,
nadaguides.com), magazines (Ladies Home Journal, Bon Appetit / Gourmet,
Smithsonian, AARP Bulletin) and specialty retail (Famous Footwear, Hobby
Lobby, Michael's Stores, IKEA)."

hardly a great success as a webmaster
his adds should be aimed at that audience if he is serious

Hugh W

--
For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and
district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/

http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks

GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Denis Beauregard

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Denis Beauregard » 14 sep 2007 07:09:27

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:15:30 -0400, Jim Elbrecht <elbrecht@email.com>
wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:19:45 -0400, Denis Beauregard
denis.b-at-francogene.com@fr.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:13:18 +0100, Hugh Watkins
hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:

I think he send fake cancel notices fo posts like this

Actually, he is the moderator of soc.genealogy.methods

To see what he was been doing for the genealogy community from the
late 80's to the late 90's read this old article-
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~socgen/history.html

It's not exactly his first year on Usenet [or contributing to the
genealogy community.]

And this is a part of the problem.

If he was known as author of junk, as someone who don't care about
supplying usefull tools for genealogy, it would not be important
that he adverstises junk genealogy. But because of his past
involvment, people will believe that his links are to reliable
sites.

But when I see that he has links to pages like this one

http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/q ... =54323-224

"The story of the name Beauregard begins in the French province of
Limousin in medieval times."
"First found in Limousin, where the family has been seated from very
early times."

This is a joke. The name is not related to any area in France. It
likely appeared as a family name in a lot of places.

"In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance
to England and were deported. "

Historical non-sense.

" They found refuge in Louisiana. "

Historical non-sense. Less than 1/3 of Acadians made it to Louisiana.
1/3 to Quebec, 1/3 back to what was Acadia, and the rest remained in
US colonies, France, etc.

"In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British
rule. "

What are they talking about ? Nothing happened in the former French
colonies in 1793...

"We have researched the Beauregard family crest in the most recognized
sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it
must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and
recorded by the heralds from time immemorial."

Bogus statement. No commoners had heraldic and they are selling
fictive heraldic to them.

"Beauregard Family Crest Products"

Bogus products.

Because Brian has some credibility, he just can't promote this kind of
junk site.

He was not the only one to contribute to the genealogy on the
Internet. This is why we call this a community. One who thinks
seriously about genealogy just can't accept a known genealogy with
an important contribution to promote junk genealogy.


Denis

--
0 Denis Beauregard -
/\/ Les Français d'Amérique du Nord - http://www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/
|\ French in North America before 1721 - http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/
/ | Maintenant sur cédérom, début à 1765
oo oo Now on CD-ROM, beginnings to 1765

Denis Beauregard

Re: Directory to 6,017,770 Genealogical Resources

Legg inn av Denis Beauregard » 14 sep 2007 07:37:15

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:11:22 +0100, Hugh Watkins
<hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:

Denis Beauregard wrote:
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:13:18 +0100, Hugh Watkins
hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:


I think he send fake cancel notices fo posts like this


Actually, he is the moderator of soc.genealogy.methods

yes I see he routes stuff through his own server
polite moderators always say why they block posts

O know he was a pioneer at Rootsweb but since it was sold he appeared to
be at a loose end

I met his wife Karen and some of the stuff about 2 or 3 days before
Rootsweb was sold. I think it was in Providence (first time I was
in an NGS meeting). Quite interesting event. I remember I was
walking and then I saw Sylvie Tremblay (a well-known genealogist
of Quebec city, now with the Canadian genealogy center) who told me
Cyndi wanted to see me. I was very surprised, but anyway, in the
early years, everybody knew everybody else !

And if you check the early soc.roots postings for example, or the
people involved in the group that created the new soc.genealogy.*
hierarchy, you will find a lot of people that were also involved
in the Rootsweb community. I was myself the first list owner of a
mailing list (gen-ff) linked to a newsgroup (fr.rec.genealogie) for
the new generation of mailing lists (at that time, the link between
roots-l and soc.roots was stopped because there were too many
debates about splitting soc.roots).


Denis

--
0 Denis Beauregard -
/\/ Les Français d'Amérique du Nord - http://www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/
|\ French in North America before 1721 - http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/
/ | Maintenant sur cédérom, début à 1765
oo oo Now on CD-ROM, beginnings to 1765

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