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An element of refurbishment

19/7/2012

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Coupar Angus
Yesterday I received a nice compliment about the design of my new Sodbury Genealogy website. I'd been feeling discontented with the old monochrome theme of this website and was also very conscious that the content needed updating. So I decided to do a makeover, using the same Weebly theme I've used for  Sodbury Genealogy but with a different image header. The image I've chosen is a postcard I own, showing Coupar Angus, Perthshire in Edwardian times. I blogged about the postcard last year in Postcard from the Past. My aim was to give the two sites the feeling of "coming from the same stable", whilst being visually distinct from each other.

I've added lots of new content to the site, the main addition being a page devoted to my research into the crews of Cutty Sark. I've also added a page explaining my terms of business, covering topics such as ethics, the research agreement, copyright, payment and being prepared for research to turn up unexpected results! This last item was included following a discussion on the APG mailing list which showed that several of us have had to break bad news to clients about their ancestors. Harold Henderson of Midwest Roots reminded us that we are advised to raise this general issue with clients before starting a research project, so I've added a section to this website.

I hope you like the new layout and content. Please comment on this post to let me know what you think.
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Eileen Souza link
26/7/2012 15:39:45

Caroline, this is a great site. I truely love the postcard you are using as a banner, especially the perspective and coloring. Your terms page is the best I have ever read. Thank you for shring it with us.

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Caroline Gurney link
1/8/2012 01:06:59

Thank you for your very kind comments, Eileen. I'm really glad that you like the site. The postcard is very striking. I picked it up for a song on eBay and it has inspired both a blogpost and a website design. Very good value for money!

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