Not trying to be consistently at the forefront of family news, I would sometimes like to share my findings with a few months late. It’s also good to take your time?
You may be using the alerts on new entries in the database patronymic Geneanet ? Since late July, you’ve probably noticed that the email you were now sent in html format [ 1 ] rather than the simple text format.
This makes these e-mails alerting much clearer and enjoyable to read , especially as most email clients and email online display without any problem e-mails in html format.
Another innovation side well thought marketing , e-mail alert also contains a section offering books and old postcards sold on the site. Not too revolutionary you may say, since the alerts already offers a “select shop” with a highlighted book.
Except as before, the books seemed to be selected on the basis of the city of residence listed in my profile Geneanet. Focused, but perhaps less relevant for genealogists expatriates or too uninterested in the history of their city.
Now, the selection of books and postcards is just on the villages of origin of your ancestors . Logic in the implementation, since this information can be found in your family tree online .
So I was automatically offered books on Thiers, old postcards or Champeix Billom (Puy de Dome) in Saint-Denis- de-Pile (Gironde), Lesbois (Mayenne), Mauleon-Licharre (Basque Country), Saint-Denis d’Oléron …