We use different online venues and/or functions to meet the various needs of the Study. All are, and will remain, completely free, but they differ in purpose and how you use them. The table below is a quick look at the various features and functions, and how your access to them is managed.
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| Public Threlkeld ONS Website Access
You can view most everything except file downloads and uploads; some research papers are made public periodically |
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| Private Threlkeld ONS Website Access
Some areas of the site are private, notably our library, Assets & Archives, file uploads, and administrative areas |
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| Free Email Forwarding Address
An optional @ThrelkeldFamily.org forwarding email address; mail sent to your custom address routes automatically to your regular email address |
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| Your Personal Member's Profile
Help researchers of your family find you with a snapshot of your pedigree, a link to your WikiTree profile, links to your DNA testing information |
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| The Threlkeld DNA Project at Family Tree DNA
Critical to the goals of the Study, we administer the Threlkeld Surname Project at FTDNA |
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| WikiTree Threlkeld Name Study
We use WikiTree as our collective family tree of-record repository; begin at the start page for the Study at WikiTree |
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| Blog: Counting Chromosomes
Our blog about genealogy, genetics, and history; viewable separately at CountingChromosomes.com; also available by subscription via the RSS Feed |
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| The Threlkeld Tribune
Published each morning, TheTribune.news includes Study information as well as articles from around the world; subscribe for daily email delivery |
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| Webtrees GEDCOM Archives
Study Members can upload a GEDCOM for backup and preservation, and the Member may opt to have private access to it in a full-function family tree application |
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| RootsWeb Mailing List
The RootsWeb THRELKELD discussion mailing list; we administer it, but its use is completely separate from the Study |
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| Threlkeld Study Mailing List
An announcements list used no more than once per month, this is our general state-of-the-study mailing; opt-in or opt-out at this link |
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| Threlkeld ONS at the Guild of One-Name Studies
For now, we have a profile at the Guild website; in 2018 we will begin to mirror some of our data there |
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| Twitter Feed
We are @ThrelkeldStudy on Twitter; find and follow us at twitter.com/ThrelkeldStudy |
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