This issue is short but very important (to us at least). Two
major events are the reason for the importance and the
shortness.
The most important event is that all 6000+ names in the E162 Database are now online as part of the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project in their incredible collection of GEDCOMS at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com . Bookmark this site, you will be using it a lot.
The second is that our Eversole-Ebersole Research Web Site is now available at a new URL http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~eversole.
With the publication of all the EV/EB names, plus their spouses, from the E162 Database on the RootsWeb WorldConnect web site, we thought this would be a good time to pass on to other newbies some of the tips we have received on using the Internet for research into EVersole / EBersole family history. Several web sites have data about EV/EB families. Some also have information about relatives of the EV/EB family members listed.
First of all let me repeat the often stated, but too often ignored, caveat about genealogical data found on the Internet. Web sites can be good places to find CLUES to where you may find out information about your family history. They are almost NEVER, proof of anything ( except, maybe, the dedication of the people putting together the website.) That said, let's look at what we can use to learn more about our EV/EB families
The E162 Project's contribution is a comprehensive but highly specialized one. The E162 Project Database and the data extracted from it, that is shown in the RootsWeb WorldConnect database, contain information ONLY on people with EV/EB surnames and their spouses. Thus the 6000+ entries at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=edeversole, represent one of the best places for EV/EB family historians to start searching for information on their families. Further information about the E162 Project can be found on its web site, "Eversole-Ebersole Research" at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~eversole..
The RootsWeb World Connect Project, at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ , on which we list the names from our E162 Database is clearly the recommended starting point for ANY family historian, not just for those interested in EV/EB families. As a proud RootsWeb Sponsor, we are obviously biased but we recommend that everyone should thoroughly check out the RootsWeb facilities before spending too much time anywhere else. We are sure you will thank us for this advice.
The second Internet resource to check out is "Cyndis List" (also hosted by RootsWeb) at http://cyndislist.com. This is not because of its EV/EB coverage, but for its almost unbelievably broad coverage of "EVERYTHING" connected with Genealogy. It does have some links to EV/EB websites but it is apparent that the scope and popularity of her site is seriously slowing down the addition of "surname" sites to her list. The list of "Sites submitted but not yet posted" is now well over a year old.
I believe the oldest (earliest) of the individal web sites with major EV/EB coverage is Don Chesnut's "Chesnut's Genealogical Home Page"at http://www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/gendef.htm . His "Our Ancestors" data base contains the names of over a 1000 EV/EB individuals plus the names of about 30,000 other people related to these EV/EB families, making it the largest known database of EV/EB related people. These names are also currently part of the WorldConnect Project at http:// worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=chesnut "
Obviously the LDS web site at http://www.familysearch.org is now the largest collection of family history data ever to be put on the Net. With the entire IGI and the enormous number of family histories submitted over the years this site will continue to be of use to most family historians.
Many of the commercial genealogy oriented companies have discovered the publicity value of hosting a collection of GEDCOM's submitted to them. If the caveat above is observed you may find some clues in any of them.
I find Eastman's Newsletter to be extremely useful in keeping current on the happenings in both the commercial and non-commercial genealogical worlds. His Jan 2000 issue has a terrific copyrighted article by R. Cole Goodwin on "The Top Ten Genealogical Web Sites." (Subscribe at http://rootscomputing.listbot.com)
In addition to this issue (Vol. 3 No. 1 ), the earlier issues are available on the Newsletters Page. Printed copies of the current issue are available FREE by submitting some data for the E162 Archives along with your current U. S. Postal Service mailing address. Data submitted should be about:
If the information submitted is about someone still living, only the name, date of birth and relationship will be made available to anyone else without appropriate written permission.
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