To List, My name is Joyce Amberson Rogers and I am your new List Mom. I want to take a moment and let you know who I am and a little about myself . I am a mother of three and a grandmother of six. I am retired and work on genealogy everyday. My goal for this list is to make it a safe place for you to research. This means a place where you are not subjected to postings other than posting related to the subject of the list. I have several list that I am the list Mom of and keep up with what is posted to these mailing lists. There are very few rules on my lists, the main one is to treat your fellow members as you would like to be treated and the posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Joyce Amberson Rogers at Flying60@aol.com There are two sites that I believe you should bookmark: 1. http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl archived messages are stored here. Just type in the name of the list. From there you can search by keyword. 2. http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ Here you can find find out what Rootsweb lists you are a member of or need to unsubscribe from a list, just follow the instructions. List Mom Joyce Amberson Rogers Florence, Alabama Flying60@aol.com Researching the following Surnames: Amberson, Ayers, Ganey, Gober, Gilley, Gassaway (any spelling), Hardwick/ Hartwick, Hill, King, Marsh, Mullins, Pendergrass, Randolph, Roberson, Rogers, Stewart, Thomason, Tomlin, Turner, Vandergrift, Ward, Westbrook