A "TO DO" LIST FOR PARTICIPATING * Please DO participate in the discussions. * Please DO post your questions about genealogical resources in the area that the list covers. * Please DO post your queries about your ancestors that you are trying to find. * Please DO help as many other people on the list as you can. * Please DO send your messages to the list in plain text format. * Please DO check out a web page titled Basic newsgroup and mailing list "Netiquette" at http://www.herald.co.uk/local_info/genuki/netiquette.html -- especially if you are new to using online mailing lists. * Please DO proofread your message, the subject line AND the email address to which you are about to send it. Is everything correct? Are you sending it to an individual or to the list? Make sure before hitting SEND. * Please DO check out the vast amount of information that has been compiled on the Mobile Genealogical Society's web site. MGS sponsors this mailing list. You just might find an answer to something without having to ask the question! You can find the MGS web site at http://www.siteone.com/clubs/mgs * Please DO consider becoming a member of the society that is sponsoring the list. You are interested in there being more and better genealogical resources and information in this area and a strong society can make things happen. A "TO NOT DO" LIST FOR PARTICIPATING * Please DO NOT post virus warnings to the list. 99% of them are urban legends and hoaxes. * Please DO NOT "flame" anyone on the list. Be nice and people will be nice to you. * Please DO NOT post strictly personal messages to the list. If you make a new friend and start chatting, don't do it in public. * Please DO NOT send attachments of any kind to the list. * Please DO NOT send your messages using any sort of formatting (other than plain text). This means no images, no colored text, no boldfacing or underlining, etc. The mail server will simply kick it back to you without it reaching the list. * Please DO NOT include a list of the surnames you are researching in your signature file. The messages on our list(s) are archived and can be searched by visiting http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl. When somebody is searching for your surname, they need to find it only once. If they are searching, and get too many hits because your surnames are included with every email that you have ever sent to the list, they may not request all the messages and therefore may miss seeing your message that has your actual family data. ...more to come... -- Regards, Kevin Sellew in Mobile, Alabama Listowner of MOBILE BAY AREA ROOTS [AL-MOBILEBAY]