Well, shut my mouth! I didn't know that, John D.....sorry. That was such a nice welcome message, hope we get it back sometime. It was nice to feel we're all connected in some way, out there in ancestorland. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Armstrong" <ana@mtaonline.net> To: <armstrong@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] My off of help > Actually Marilyn, (:>)) > the welcome statement doesn't say that anymore... on one of > Rootsweb updates they wiped out the welcome messages and install a > generic thing.. > > I just never got around to updating our welcome message due to the > diminishing activity on the list... > > Perhaps mr Graham will take his officious attitude and go over to > Helen's list.. > > > JD > > Marilyn Otterson wrote: > >> Dear Barry, >> >> Obviously, you are a newcomer to our band. Unlike on some other >> genealogy >> lists, here we consider ourselves all "cousins". In the border clans, >> if >> one was adopted, married, or born into the clan, one was accepted as a >> cousin or relative and that's how members of the proud border clan, the >> Armstrongs, consider themselves on this list. >> >> If you read the welcome statement when you subscribed, you'd have seen >> that >> any form of polite discussion is allowed except for topics dealing with >> religion, sex, or politics. We feel that this policy works well for our >> group although it sometimes startles newcomers. It seems that being >> friendly doesn't detract from our serious genealogy work. >> >> Some of us have been Armstrong researchers on this list for many years so >> feel a real kinship even if we can't trace our families back to an >> ancestor >> in common. Friends and relatives like to know about and talk with each >> other from time to time, and that's what's happening here. >> >> Regards, >> Cousin Marilyn >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Barry Graham" <btgraham@tpg.com.au> >> To: <armstrong@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:37 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] My off of help >> >>> >>>>Hey, hey, cousin Fount, >>> >>><SNIP> >>>How is this message relevant to the list? >>>Shouldn't it be a private Email? >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>ARMSTRONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ARMSTRONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARMSTRONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message