GEN-MEDIEVAL Archives
To search the GEN-MEDIEVAL Archive, go to:http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GEN-MEDIEVAL
[If this link fails to give access to any part of the Archives,
there is an alternative route for access. Go to:and enter the list name, "GEN-MEDIEVAL ".]
Searches can then be made by word, name, or combinations of these. Alternatively, starting with May 1999 posts, the archives exist in a Browsable format. Users are required to log in and provide a password, but this appears to be a mere formality. This Browsable access is available at:
The archives of GEN-MEDIEVAL contain a record of every post which appeared on that mailing list (just under 25,000 in June 1998). Unfortunately, technical difficulties with the gateway between the newsgroup and mailing list resulted in some contributions to soc.genealogy.medieval not appearing in GEN-MEDIEVAL. (This problem reached it's nadir in late 1997.) While the root problem has been solved, there have since been several temporary lapses completely disabling the gateway, and again resulting in soc.genealogy.medieval posts failing to cross to GEN-MEDIEVAL, and hence failing to appear in the archive. Posts made to soc.genealogy.medieval were archived by DejaNews.com, which became Deja.com, and was then bought out by Google. This archive is available at:
As with the GEN-MEDIEVAL archive, in cases of gateway failure, some posts to GEN-MEDIEVAL did not get to soc.genealogy.medieval, and will not appear in the Google archive - searchers must consult both for complete coverage. Unfortunately, the soc.genealogy.medieval archive at Deja.com became corrupted, losing essentially all posts to soc.genealogy.medieval prior to Jan. 1996. Those posts also absent from the GEN-MEDIEVAL archives for this period appear to be gone forever.