[Genealib] design of web site

Sat Mar 3 10:53:58 EST 2007

At Kenton County Public Library we have several in-house databases online.  One is geNKY (Genealogy Northern Kentucky).  This includes indexes, abstracts and quite a few digital images (250,000 names).  The other is Faces and Places (online digital images of our photograph collection).  This database has 25,000 images so far.  We compile the indexes in Excel and our Systems Department does their magic and puts them on the web page.  You can find the site at  www.kentonlibrary.org/genealogy/

Dave Schroeder

On Friday, March 02, 2007  4:38 PM, Megan Lewis wrote:
>
>Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 16:38:35 -0500
>From: Megan Lewis
>To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Genealib] design of web site
>
>The Registry of Holocaust Survivors has a database search called
>Namesearch at www.ushmm.org/namesearch. Its a homegrown product that
>includes 3 search fields, names from a variety of different sources,
>and includes photographs/document scans.
>The system allows for a truncated search of names, but there's no
>soundex (although they keep promising me one!)  'Bruml' is a good test
>search.
>
>The interface pulls from Access databases, many of which were
>converted from Excel or other programs.  I think SQL Server is
>involved as well, but I'm not sure.  Feel free to contact me if you
>have any questions.  If I can't answer them, I'll forward them to
>someone who can.  The interface has over 1 million names.
>
>You might want to also check out www.Jewishgen.org's databases, which
>have soundex and multiple variable search capabilities.  There's one
>collection (Survivors listed in 'Aufbau')in the Holocaust database
>that includes links to scanned images of the pages on a non-non-jewishgen
>website.  I don't know if any of the other dbs have additional media
>attached.  Yad Vashem's's Central  Database of Shoah Victims Names has 4
>different ways of searching for names, exact spelling, soundex, fuzzy
>search and synonyms. (www.yadvashem.org)
>
>If you get a list, it would be great to see what else is out there,
>
>Megan Lewis
>Registry of Holocaust Survivors, USHMM
>mlewis at ushmm.org
>
>
>On 3/1/07, Karen Miller <kakmiller at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> We've been using the Halinet program (Halton Hills
>> consortiuim) for over a year and think it's WONDERFUL.
>>  It will indeed index scrapbooks, obits, newspapers
>> and periodicals, display scanned images too.
>> Our index using the Halinet software is at
>> http://news.wilmette.lib.il.us/ if you want to test
>> drive it a little.
>>
>> Karen Miller
>> Wilmette Public Library
>> Wilmette Illinois
>> --- Heather Mcleland-Wieser
>> <Heather.McLeland-Wieser at spl.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Wow; I would love to here what your results are.  I
>> > dream of mounting some of our internal databases on
>> > the web.  But never have been able to convince the
>> > PTB.
>> >
>> >
>> > Heather Mcleland-Wieser
>> > Manager
>> > Art Recreation & Literature
>> > History Travel & Maps
>> > 206-386-4092
>> >
>> >
>> > >>> "Larry Naukam"
>> > <lnaukam at mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us> 3/1/2007 12:20 PM
>> > >>>
>> > I am looking for good examples of library web sites
>> > which allow cross
>> > searching of various databases internally.
>> >
>> > The PTB (powers that be) have asked me to
>> > investigate, and to start with I
>> > saw Halton Hills in Canada which has a multi
>> > database search. We would want
>> > something that could handle over a million names,
>> > and be adaptable for
>> > various entries, such as some reference to obits,
>> > some references to
>> > biographies, buildings, industries, and even
>> > scrapbooks which we have
>> > indexed.
>> >
>> > The underlying indexes at this [point are in Excel.
>> > They can be massaged and
>> > moved to whatever program or site could handle this.
>> >
>> > Any ideas? We know of evanced solutions and their
>> > genealogy products.
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > genealib mailing list
>> > genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
>> >
>> http://mailman.acomp.usf.edu/mailman/listinfo/genealib
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > genealib mailing list
>> > genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
>> >
>> http://mailman.acomp.usf.edu/mailman/listinfo/genealib
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________________________________
>> Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection.
>> Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta.
>> http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html
>> _______________________________________________
>> genealib mailing list
>> genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
>> http://mailman.acomp.usf.edu/mailman/listinfo/genealib
>>
>_______________________________________________
>genealib mailing list
>genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
>http://mailman.acomp.usf.edu/mailman/listinfo/genealib

Dave Schroeder
Interim Director
Kentucky History Librarian
Kenton County Public Library
502 Scott Blvd.
Covington, KY 41011
http://www.kentonlibrary.org/genealogy