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Mailing Lists - Message Broads and Regional Queries
Participation and use of mailing lists, message boards, and regional and surname queries are essential to getting the results you are seeking. Developing an effective network of researches to assist you in your search can be achieved through joining the recommended services provided by RootsWeb.
Query Board Network
Online Query Boards are provided free of charge by Rootsweb, to establish a place where genealogy researchers initiate communication with other researches with a common research interest. Contacts established through the query boards often result in development of long term relationships and may provide ground breaking results. To ensure that you get the results you are looking for please make sure you are using the correct query board for the area that you are researching.
GenWeb Network
RootsWeb system of GenWeb sites are provided without charge for geographic Regions which include country, province or state, each of which are broken down further into regional sectors. An example of the this breakdown is the site your are currently on. The Peace River Genweb site is on of 9 regional sites connected to the British Columbia provincial GenWeb site which in turn is a part of the Canadian GenWeb Network. Each site in the GenWeb Network contains links to other related regional sites to assist you in your search for resources.
Once you have estabished a geographic location as your research focus, resources relating to area can be found on the appropriate GenWeb site. If you are unsure about which BC GenWeb site contains the resources you are looking for you may want to check the Communites or Regions links to ensure that you are in the right place.
Regional Query Boards
In addition to research resources, each GenWeb Site links to a query board where researchers communicate with other area researchers who assist each other in finding information to further their research. geographic based queries, RootsWeb network includes resources for family Surname Queries. There are no limits on the number of query boards you can join and all services at RootsWeb are free.Regional Queries
If you are in the right place please visit the Peace River Query Board link to post a query. Reseachers who share a focused interest in Peace River Genealogy provide information and resources to assist your search.
Surname Queries
RootsWeb offers free surname query boards where researches of a common surname post queries and information relating to a specific surname. Subscribing to the all of the surname lists for the family names you are researching is worth the time investment. Communicating with others searching the same surname, broadens your network as you never know who is checking out the board today. Do not hesitate to post an inquiry making sure you include the surnames that your are looking for in the "subject" line of your inquiry.
Mailing Lists
Roots Web mailing list subscriptions are offered for both Regional queries and Surname queries. When you join a Query board you will be asked if you would like to have the postings to the board mailed to your email address. Researchers can subscribe without charge to the Digest mode of delivery and receive weekly updates of all queries posted to subscribed lists, delivered to your email inbox on a regular basis.
Surname Lists
RootsWeb offers free surname mailing lists/query boards where researches of a common surname post queries and information relating to a specific surname. Subscribing to the all of the surname lists which you are researching is worth the time investment. Communicating with others searching the same surname, broadens your network as you never know who is checking out the board today. Do not hesitate to post an inquiry making sure you include the surnames that your are looking for in the "subject" line of your inquiry.
Regional Lists
If you are researching in a particular area you may also want to join a Regional mailing list. To join the BC Peace River area follow the instructions for #63
The Value of List Archives
Serious researchers never overlook the value of searching the RootsWeb mailing list archives. It year may have past since a fellow researcher posted a query which contains valuable information related to the family you are researching. Or perhaps you have information that will benifit a fellow researcher.
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Search the Peace River Mailing list Archive.
