I agree with Helen.   I think the purpose of the list is to generate discussion and interest and educate people on what resources are out there.   What Marvin has offered to do is generous...it is time consuming and a labor of love.   I hope the list admins reconsider this ill advised decision.  If someone wants to opt out of the emails just ask them to set their preference to batch instead of individual emails.  Rootsweb allows for that.    Why penalize the entire list?  There seems to be a lot of people who were enjoying this thread.  And it is relevant to the topic of the list.    Laura >________________________________ > From: Helen <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 9:50 AM >Subject: Re: [BW] RAAB Index > >Well this is an unfortunate turn of events. I was enjoying reading all the >requests. I thought this was the reason that it was always emphasized to >kept the subject line on target - so people who weren't interested could go >down the list of incoming mail and delete, delete, delete. So now the rest >of us get cheated out of the show that's playing behind closed doors? > >I'd like to thank Marvin for the service he so selflessly provides - for >free, I might add, and respectfully ask the administrators to re-evaluate >the policy. If all the requests and responses bother people, they can always >unsubscribe for a week or so, and use the archives to see if they missed >anything of import. But this policy means that none of us have any recourse >to see what we are missing. > >Helen > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Marvin Hoerig" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 10:18 AM >Subject: [BW] RAAB Index > > >> >> >> Hello List, >> >> I have been requested to take the prisoner look-ups off list.  Apparently, >> we have offended some people by cluttering the list with this ongoing >> thread.  In the past I received requests for look-ups on both the list and >> my private email.  This time, I neglected to include my private email in >> offering to do look-ups.  My bad - - I apologize. >> >> I think the BW list is one of the finest lists I have seen and would not >> want >> to offend anyone;  least of all our administrators who do such a fine job. >> Unfortunately, I thought that getting surnames out in the open would >> afford >> more opportunities to connect with long lost relatives.  Perhaps, even >> knock >> down a brick wall or two and find that elusive, "Place of Birth" for an >> ancestor. >> We will loose those opportunities with all our surnames hidden away in >> private email boxes.  That's sad ! >> >> So, in the future, I will continue to do look-ups for anyone that sends me >> a >> surname, BUT, only if they are sent to my private email.  I will not >> respond >> to any requests for look-ups sent to the BW list, either past , present, >> or >> future.  If >> I haven't answered your request as yet, please re-send it again to: >> >>                        [email protected] >> >> As before, the best requests have a single surname with several spelling >> variations, a given name, and any other information that may make the >> search >> easier. >> >> To the list administrators;  if you find that the BW list is falling >> asleep, >> let me know and I'll be glad to liven it up again. >> >> To the complainers;  I apologize to you but suggest you invest in a delete >> key. >> >> Marvin Hoerig >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >