1996-2009: Your genealogy starting point online for more than a decade!
1996-2009: Your genealogy starting point online for more than a decade! |
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Cyndi's List - FAQ
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| 1996 | March 4 | The web site goes live, online at http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm. |
| 1996 | Mar 5 | The original announcement was posted on Roots-L, Subject: A New Web Site is Spun! "The many resources include:...a categorized list with over 1,000 links to genealogy Internet sites..." Roots-L archived message |
| 1996 | April 2 | 1,520 links Roots-L archived message |
| 1996 | May 1 | Two months after the launch I was surprised that the site had already doubled in links Roots-L archived message |
| 1996 | Jun 23 | More than 3,400 links in more than 45 categories Roots-L archived message |
| 1996 | Jul 28 | More than 5,150 links in more than 45 categories Roots-L archived message |
| 1996 | Aug 28 | More than 6,100 categorized links Roots-L archived message |
| 1996 | Sep 23 | More than 7,800 links in more than 50 categories Roots-L archived message |
| 1996 | Nov 6 | More than 9,600 links in more than 50 categories Roots-L archived message |
| 1997 | Feb 18 | More than 14,750 links in more than 60 categories |
| 1997 | Feb 24 | Featured in Newsweek Magazine |
| 1997 | Apr 08 | 17,300 links in more than 60 categories on over 195 separate web pages Roots-L archived message |
| 1997 | June 27 | More than 21,450 links in more than 70 categories |
| 1997 | September | The 1,000,000th Visitor Trivia Quiz marked the first big milestone for the site. |
| 1997 | Oct 19 | Launched the CyndisList Mailing List to keep users up to date regarding the web site. Search archives or browse archives |
| 1997 | Dec 3 | More than 25,700 links. Two newly added categories: Prisons, Prisoners, & Outlaws, Wills & Probate Roots-L archived message |
| 1998 | February | The web site gets its own domain name: CyndisList.com. The site is now hosted courtesy of RootsWeb.com. |
| 1998 | February | Sierra Online becomes the sponsor of Cyndi's List. |
| 1998 | February | The web site gets a new set of custom-made graphics, courtesy of Sierra Online. |
| 1998 | Feb 24 | Created the "No Frills" Index, scaled-down version of the main category index page found on Cyndi's List. |
| 1998 | Feb 27 | Created the Internet Stuff You Need to Know. |
| 1998 | May 14 | Featured in The Wall Street Journal Newspaper |
| 1998 | July 13 | Featured in Time Magazine |
| 1998 | Aug 12 | Featured in USA Today Newspaper |
| 1998 | Nov 17 | Published the first automated audit of the link numbers. |
| 1998 | Nov 18 | Added a new automated feature to the site: Submit a New Link to Cyndi's List. All new links submitted to the site are added automatically to: What's New on Cyndi's List? |
| 1998 | Nov 18 | Added a new automated feature to the site to identify which links are New and which are Updated: How can I tell when Cyndi's List is updated?. |
| 1998 | Nov 29 | Featured in Parade Magazine Newspaper Supplement |
| 1999 | April 19 | Featured in Time Magazine (genealogy cover story) |
| 1999 | May | Featured on NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw |
| 1999 | June 5 | Published Cyndi's List -- The BOOK. |
| 1999 | June 14 | Featured on ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings |
| 1999 | June 16 | Added two new indexes to expand navigation options: Topical and Alphabetical |
| 1999 | July | Featured in Wired Magazine |
| 1999 | Aug 8 | The front page of the site received visitor number 10,000,000 (ten million). |
| 1999 | Nov 1 | Michele starts to work on the site. |
| 2000 | April 25 | Mark officially starts to work on the site. |
| 2000 | Jan-May | Created ten new categories: Beginners, Canals, Rivers and Waterways, Catholic, Education, House & Building Histories, How To ~ Tutorials & Guides, Lookups & Free Searches by Volunteers, Organizing Your Research, U.S. - Vital Records, Weights & Measures. |
| 2000 | June 6 | Created three new categories: Clothing & Costumes, Genealogy in the Media: Television, Radio, Print and the Internet and Timelines. |
| 2000 | June 7 | Featured in The New York Times Newspaper |
| 2000 | Sept 4 | Featured in People Magazine |
| 2000 | Oct 15 | Created individual localities pages (counties, areas & regions) for each U.S. state. |
| 2000 | Nov 2 | Created two new categories: Baptist and Lutheran. |
| 2000 | Nov 7 | Featured in USA Today Newspaper |
| 2000 | Dec 7 | Extensively upgraded and updated Cyndi's Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit, with a new outline. |
| 2001 | Jan 3 | Published The Year 2000 in Review. |
| 2001 | Jan 21 | Created three new categories: Internet Genealogy, Orphans and Preservation & Conservation. |
| 2001 | Jan 21 | Featured in The Sunday Times (London) Newspaper |
| 2001 | February | Created two new categories: Passports and Scrapbooks. |
| 2001 | March 5 | The front page of the site received visitor number 20,000,000 (twenty million). |
| 2001 | March 20 | Created four new categories: CD-ROMs, Databases - Lineage-Linked, GEDCOM - GEnealogical Data COMmunications, Genetics, DNA & Family Health. |
| 2001 | April | Created two new categories: Migration Routes, Roads & Trails and Video & Audio Tapes. |
| 2001 | April 26 | Created three new categories: Ellis Island, Ports of Entry and Ports of Departure. |
| 2001 | May 31 | Created two new categories: Societies & Groups - Lineage and Scanners. |
| 2001 | June | Published Cyndi's List -- The BOOK - 2nd Edition. |
| 2001 | June 13 | Featured in The New York Times Newspaper |
| 2001 | June 15 | Featured in The Wall Street Journal Newspaper |
| 2001 | June 21 | Featured in Genealogical Computing |
| 2001 | Aug 30 | Featured in The Wall Street Journal Newspaper |
| 2001 | Sept 23 | Created individual pages for each county in England. |
| 2001 | November | Created two new categories: Luxembourg and Mining & Miners. |
| 2001 | Nov 2 | More than 100,000 links! |
| 2002 | Jan 3 | Published The Year 2001 in Review |
| 2002 | June 20 | The site had 138,550 links (130,150 categorized, 8,350 uncategorized 150 categories) |
| 2002 | Jan/Feb | Featured in AARP My Generation Magazine |
| 2002 | February | Created a new category: Postcards. Extensively updated the U.S. - Census category. |
| 2002 | March | Featured in Smithsonian Magazine |
| 2002 | June 20 | Created individual pages for each county in Wales. |
| 2002 | July 28 | Featured in The Sunday Times (London) Newspaper |
| 2002 | Oct 23 | Created a new category: Voters, Poll Books, Electoral Records. Extensively updated the Software & Computers category. |
| 2002 | Oct 23 | Featured in USA Today Newspaper |
| 2002 | Nov 1 | The site had 171,550 links (163,100 categorized, 8,450 uncategorized 150 categories) |
| 2002 | Nov 24 | Created two new categories: Disasters: Natural & Man-Made and Military - World War II. |
| 2003 | March 7 | Created two new categories: Etiquette & Ethics and U.S. - Courthouses. |
| 2003 | March 7 | Separated New Zealand and Portugal from old categories into pages of their own: New Zealand and Portugal. |
| 2003 | May 19 | Created a new category: U.S. History - The Great Depression. |
| 2003 | June 9 | Created a new category: U.S. History - Lewis & Clark. |
| 2003 | Sept 14 | Created individual pages for each county in Scotland. |
| 2005 | Aug. 12 | New category: Googling for Grandma. |
| 2006 | March 4 | A Decade of Cyndi's List |
| 2006 | March 4 | The site has an all-new layout with streamlined navigation. |
| 2006 | March 4 | 10 years after its creation Cyndi's List had:
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| 2006 | March 23 | New category: Ancestry.com: The Basics |
| 2006 | March 24 | New category: Numbering Systems |
| 2006 | March 26 | New category: Doukhobors |
| 2006 | March 26 | New category: Melungeons |
| 2006 | April 21 | New category: Blogs for Genealogy |
| 2006 | April 22 | New category: PDAs & Handhelds |
| 2006 | April 23 | New category: Military - World War I: The Great War |
| 2006 | July 14 | New category: U.K. & Ireland - Census |
| 2007 | Jan 10 | New category: Canada - Census |
| 2007 | March 18 | Created a blog: Cyndi's List Blog |
| 2007 | Aug 2 | New category: Podcasts for Genealogy |
| 2007 | Aug 3 | One of Family Tree Magazine's 101 Best Web Sites |
| 2007 | Aug 4 | Created a store on Amazon.com: Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore |
| 2007 | Aug 17 | Added to Wikipedia: Cyndi's List - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| 2007 | Aug 18 | Added a page: How You Can Support Cyndi's List |
| 2007 | Aug 27 | New category: U.S. - The American Revolution |
| 2007 | October | Cyndi is once again a solo act with no other helpers on the site. |
| 2008 | Jan 22 | New category: The Mayflower, Pilgrims & The Plymouth Colony |
| 2008 | March 4 | New category: Free Stuff |
| 2008 | March 5 | New category: U.S. - Puerto Rico |
| 2008 | March 15 | New category: U.S. - Presidents |
| 2008 | April 7 | New category: Occupations - Entertainment |
| 2008 | Nov 27 | Split the Hispanic category into three new categories:
The Caribbean / The West Indies Central & South America Mexico |
| 2008 | Dec 5 | Added a new page on Facebook for Cyndi's List |
| 2009 | March | Started using the Wayback Machine to replace some, select broken links. |
| 2009 | April 6 | New category: Serendipity in Genealogy |
| 2009 | April 6 | Awarded: 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2009 |
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Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - FAQ - Historical Timeline Webmaster & Owner: Cyndi Howells, Cyndi@CyndisList.com Updated Friday, 13 November 2009, 08:45:30 PM PST
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