19th March 2008, 04:09 pm
I’ve been out of the loop for a while and just heard today about many of the sites associated with USGenWeb moving off of the RootsWeb servers. You can read more about it here and here.
I think it’s great that they are disassociating (is that a word?) themselves with The Generations Network. I’ve always believed in the free exchange of information and TGN’s policies are counter to this philosophy. Don’t get me wrong - I’m not against commercialism or the selling of information. That’s just not the point of the USGenWeb project. It should be interesting, anyway, to see how RootsWeb develops from here on out.
17th March 2008, 08:08 pm
If John McCain becomes president then I will forever have to hear the question, “Are you related to the president?” See, the surname McKean is pronounced the same as the Senator’s surname, despite what that guy from Spinal Tap says. Somewhere along the way it got mutilated into all sorts of spellings, from McCain to McKane to McKeen. This happens to a lot of surnames and can make research a real pain in the butt!
As to whether I’m related to John McCain or not: I don’t know. I haven’t bothered to check for any relationship, although I’m sure our lines meet up somewhere. By the time you get that far back, however, does it really matter? We’re all related in some way!
