Early on, a wonderful member of his forum, Alamo-Girl, was knocking herself out, collecting and filing in some organized way, a whole lot of that information; she was making it easier to keep track of things and deserves special mention, here.
She also ran a welcome page for new members, where FRPR's pitched in to help newbies become acquainted with how the forum worked and how to post.
http://web.archive.org/web/19961221165158/http://freerepublic.com/
You were saying? :-)