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IV. HOW TO SUBMIT DATA FOR INCLUSION IN THE RSL
There are two ways to do this. One is simply to use the new form on the web
at
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/rslform.html
It will guide you through the process and get the niggling details right,
and you can skip the remainder of this document. Or you can do it the
old-fashioned way, via e-mail. In which case, read on...
Please read this section carefully before submitting data. I receive over a
thousand messages each month having to do with the RSL, and I and the other
folk who prepare the data for inclusion in the RSL sometimes get cranky
about the time wasted by obviously improperly formatted or otherwise
inappropriate submissions. (You'll do fine as long as your submission looks
a lot like the examples below, or like this genuine recent submission...)
And if the presentation below is too confusing, the one in the family.faq
may suit better.
BASIC GUIDELINES
Send new entries and contact information to me at one of the addresses
listed at the end of this note. New data received in time will be included
in the next release of the RSL, typically on the first Sunday of the month.
If it's late, it will be included in the release the following month. See
below for format information. Please follow these guidelines:
* Send ordinary text files. Please do not compress, zip, uuencode, or
MIME encode your file.
* Be sure to submit "how to reach you" information as well as surnames.
At the very least, that means your name and your e-mail address.
* Do not submit more than 100 surnames. (You can submit another 100 next
month, if you want to.)
* Do not put your surnames in CAPS.
* And no Tiny Tafels. They don't conform to the RSL format, and they
don't really contain the right information for the RSL. If you have a
Tiny Tafel and want to put it to good use, Brian Mavrogeorge,
mavrogeorge@genealogysf.com, will enter it in the Fidonet TMS (Tafel
Matching System) database if you mail it directly to him. There is
also a Tiny Tafel server at genealogy.org -- send e-mail to
tt-info@genealogy.org for more information. (If you don't know what a
Tiny Tafel is, you're in little danger of sending me one
accidentally.)
FORMATTING YOUR "HOW TO REACH YOU" INFORMATION
If you are submitting data for the first time, I need one or two lines of
address information indicating how you can be contacted. The format is
fairly flexible, but should include a short nametag (less than eight
characters, all lower case) and at the very least your name and e-mail
address. Most submitters also include their postal addresses, but that's
not required. If the selected nametag has already been taken, I'll conjure
up a new one. Feel free to suggest alternate nametags when you send in your
data.
The lines for karen (me) are:
karen Karen Isaacson, karen@rand.org, karen@rootsweb.com
P.O. Box 6831, Pine Mountain Club, CA 93222
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