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It should be the best ...

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"εν οιδα οτι ουδεν οιδα" (Σωκρατησ)  - "The only thing that I know is that I don't know anything" (Socrates)

I am not sure what you are talking about.  I guess it is not about the "country list" (which is off topic from the Master List).

Simplicity is always my goal.  I want people to be able to upload all their names to GenoPro.com with a single mouse click.  On the other hand, quality is also my goal.  I want people to be able to add (attach) additional information to a specific name, and have a mechanism to be contacted.

I didn't realise you intended creating individual name forums.

Though there are already Surname forums on Geneology.com and else where, having new ones on GenoPro could perhaps breathe new life into the research effort if the names were perhaps devided into national or continental categories.

My family is mostly from Scotland, but then went to such places as Australia and New Zealand, though there are branches and ancestors in several other countries.

Most of my more important research must be in Scotland between the 1600's and 1800's particularly in Fifeshire and Lanarkshire.

A lot of the information on later gererations depends on the generous contributions of various distant cousins around the world, some of whom have been most helpful, others, perhaps, are too busy to help (or just not interested in the family tree!)

The "Surname forums" from Genealogy.com limited to a single topic per surname. Messages are posted one after the other and cannot be easily organized.  For instance, take a look at http://genforum.genealogy.com/morin/all.html, you will see it is difficult to maintain a conversation about a specific ancestor.

My idea is to have something better where users capable submit names directly to GenoPro.com from their family tree.  Similairly, users could fetch surname information from the names already found in their family tree.  I don't know all the details about the inner workings, but I have a pretty clear idea of what I want.  I think people will use this feature.  There is no such thing on the web at the moment.

I have also found Geneology. com difficult to follow especially for the Tait forum which mixes Taits with Tates which are mostly American!

For the Beaths it is simpler as there are unfortunately very few postings!

Edited: Monday, August 22, 2005 by iaintait

So, basically these forums would be for GenoPro members only?

If so, I think it would be a mistake, since from what I see there are not much members who share the same surnames. If we want to locate others who research the surname it has to be open to everyone.