Dear Baden-Wuerttemberg List Friends, We'd like to suggest that any of our BW List members who may be new to genealogy research and/or need basic or step-by-step guidance on topics like immigration to the US, US naturalization (citizenship) of immigrants, passenger arrival and departure record research, US census research and similar topics can more readily and quickly find assistance with these important subjects by subscribing to mailing lists which feature these as their primary focus of discussion. Many separate RootsWeb mailing lists feature these and other topics of interest. As of this writing, there are presently 31,412 such lists. They focus on a myriad of topics, including research in particular countries, foreign areas, American states, on specific individual surnames or ethnic groups, immigration, religion, genealogy software and computing, translations and word meanings, military, heraldry, medical genealogy, royalty and nobility, obituaries, occupations, prisons---you name it, and there is probably a ROOTSWEB list that features it! Also available are lists which focus on various research techniques and advice from many knowledgeable contributors. Remember that anyone may subscribe to and participate on *as many individual mailing lists at one time* as she or he may wish. There is no limit, and all such lists are FREE to users. You can subscribe and unsubscribe (and re-subscribe) to or from any list whenever you like, as often as you like. To access the index of current RootsWeb lists which are available, visit the Web page at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/index.html You will also likely find quite a bit of helpful and detailed information by visiting our Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List ARCHIVES (past messages from many years of this list's operation.) Don't despair if your topic of interest or the answer to a question does not appear on the list currently---be sure to check the archives! :-) *ALL* messages posted on the Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List, *no matter what the topic,* are automatically retained indefinitely on the RootsWeb computer system, where they ultimately can be accessed by *both* list subscribers and members of the public who visit via Rootsweb's Web site. Many of you are new to this list, and/or have indicated your interest in various topics which have been discussed in detail on the mailing list previously. The answers to common research questions such as, "What is a Declaration of Intention?," or "What's the difference between Baden and Baden-Baden?," and "Why are all the males among my German ancestors given the first name of Johann?" (to mention only a few) can be found in the archives. If you missed a recent (or 'vintage') message, or would like to search the archives for a particular name, locality or past subject topic, the message archives of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List will be your new best friend. :-) To access the Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List Archives, go to the Web page at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L/ (PLEASE ENTER THE ABOVE ADDRESS *EXACTLY* AS SHOWN HERE, BEING CAREFUL OF THE SPELLING. :-) ) SEARCHING BY MESSAGE PERIOD At the above site, messages are currently grouped *by month* starting in the year 1997 (with a limited number of earlier messages) and are inclusive of those received to date in the month of August 2008. RootsWeb updates the archives with new messages regularly. Just click with your mouse on the month and year of messages in which you might have interest. - ---------------------------------------------- SEARCHING BY TOPIC You can ALSO do an *interactive search* of the archives for a particular name, surname, locality, contributor or past subject topic at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl To access the right data, type BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L (making sure to enter it *exactly* as spelled here) in the "Name of List" box, and press the Submit Query button. On the next screen that appears, type your query in the box (such as the name, locality, or topic you want to find---e.g., Swabia, emigration, umlauts, German handwriting [or a list member's name whose posts you are looking for, such as Joos, Snediker, Mitschelen, Kittner, Held, et al.], and at the bottom of the page, indicate which year you would like to search (for when the message appeared) by clicking on it. The interactive archive will search messages depending on the year you select. Hope this is useful! With best regards, Carla HELLER, Los Angeles, California USA mscarlah@earthlink.net List Co-Administrator, RootsWeb's Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List