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Contact the webmaster (jan 2006 on)You can email me on . Reasons for doing so may include sending stuff to include, correcting any factual errors, and general comments. The old email address still works but is swamped by spam, but if you've mailed me in the past on it you should be on my 'friends' list so it should get past the spam filter. I've not written the new adddress so as to foil spambots - which are a kind of evil twin to search engine index robots/webcrawlers. Untill the spammers are defeated though (if ever!), please use use the new hotmail address.

Jan 2006 updateThose who have used the site over the last 6 years will have noticed a marked change in its appearance. This is because I've redesigned it to conform to modern web standards, namely using style sheets (CSS) more and getting rid of tables for formatting pages (mostly). This should make it faster to view as the code is smaller, and more reliable at displaying in a variety of browsers. Plus I fancied having a go at (slightly) advanced CSS and XHTML, and getting rid of as much javascript and code bloat as I could. I've also added Google Ads in an effort to cover the site's annual hostong costs.

Why J31.co.uk? After prototyping this site in late 1998, the first 'proper' version went live in April 1999 on a free ISP account. For a first attempt it wasn't too bad, but it wasn't good either (poor site structure, indifferent usability, non intuitive navigation, etc.). Learning from such mistakes I published the restructured site on a 'proper' domain www.j31.co.uk in November 1999. J31 by the way is the official designation of the big local junction from the M1 motorway - people trying to find places around here are often given instructions like 'drive up the M1 and get off at junction 31 of the M1...' and as the site wasn't about any specific village in the area then a short and memorable generic name seemed as good as any.

Why did I create this website?
* I looked at what was out there and noticed that while the surrounding large towns of Rotherham and Worksop, and the city of Sheffield seemed well catered for, my own home villages were bereft of much representation on the web (it's a different story in 2007 now that the internet is mainstream).
* Plus, by profession I'm a technical author specializing in electronic publishing such as online help, webhelp, xml, pdf, eBooks, etc. and website design is part of what I do.

Combine all of the above factors and www.j31.co.uk is the result. Its structure and appearance have changed occasionally, but towards better usability and content each time (I hope!).

The site has developed organically, e.g. lots of people from overseas sent me emails asking about their ancestors and ancestral homes, so I added genealogical resources, and links to authoritative websites. I've also chucked in anything that took my fancy!

Advertise and link to your website:
J31.CO.UK gets thousands of new and return visitors every year. If you want to get your company's logo, and a link to its website from the prominent top right of J31's home page, email me on . The cost per annum is £250 (which pays the sites hosting costs). If you want a small website creating to, then add an extra £150. The advantages of advertising here are:
* Get it viewed by thousands per year who have expressed an interest in the area.
* The site, and your ad, will be indexed by Google, etc.

Paul Newbold MA BSc (Hons) MISTC. Copyright 1999 - 2007