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This is a surname website
devoted to presenting extensive information
about one surname - in my case my Mannigel
family. A surname project is always difficult
because of the numerous people encountered
with the target surname. Many of them are
not part of the surname-clan but its hard
to tell when you are in the thick of collecting
information. Therefore, I adopted the strategy
of separating the collection of surname information
from its synthesis. I recorded all Mannigel
findings (in all spellings) documenting the
citations of each. This produced many entries
for various people with the correct name but
not necessarily a proven ancestor of mine.
I did find reason to believe that a many of
the lines were related if I could get enough
documentation. It was a productive way to
proceed and once I had nailed down a Mannigel
ancestor completely, I wrote a biography of
that person. Eventually I hope to have biographies
written for them all. It is my purpose
to put this information on the web in hopes
of drawing interest from fellow Mannigel researchers
worldwide. I have received numerous queries
and can whole heartedly recommend this approach
- a surname website.
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This
site has been completely built with
Microsoft Word in HTML. Microsoft Word
can work in HTML as easily as it can
in its native ".DOC" format.
This means I can do all of the work
of creating my website in my word processor
thus creating my website in my familiar,
every day work environment.
- Notice that as a Microsoft
Word website, it can be turned into a
genealogy book! While the project
to turn a Microsoft Word website into
a book is definitely a time-consuming
project, it is not difficult since it
is a straight forward project. The
hard part has already been done - the
research. Also, Microsoft Word is
great at organizing and creating complex
documents such as a genealogy web site..
- When I'm communicating
with fellow researchers I can use this
website to present my information, giving
them a simple link to my website instead
of a pile of paper. Notice that they always
have my latest information!
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As the
Mannigel research matures and I make
contact with more and more people, I
will use this site so they can communicate
with each other. For example, I'll maintain
an accurate e-mail list as well as sponsor
a message board (e.g., via Rootsweb.com)
with a link from this site.
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This
site also has robust e-mail account
capability with the ability to add 500
e-mail accounts on the "Economy"
hosting plan.  This means a surname
e-mail system could be built and made
available so that Mannigel descendants
would have an e-mail account reflecting
their family heritage (e.g., johnsmith@mannigel.org).
Sponsoring a surname-clan e-mail
system is a good way to get people all
over the world organized as a family
and focused on their mutual genealogy
research!.
- Notice ... with
this setup, I have my own permanent e-mail
address for my Mannigel genealogy correspondence
(e.g., martygale@mannigel.org).
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Article:
Surname Website (click here)
Here
is a detailed article describing the www.mannigel.org
surname website. Also, see
other articles |
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Here's
What you Need for a Surname Website
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This
type of website (a surname website) will grow and
be perfected through the years so one needs an open
ended disk space capability. I purchased the
Economy
Hosting Plan  which gives me more disk space
than I'll ever need. I have a separate Microsoft
Word HTML page for each citation page and another
for each biography page. I also put some buttons
along the top for links to common information or
tools of interest to Mannigel researchers. Here
is what you would need to build your own surname
website. |
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