Hi, I got all of your messages, including the listing. I haven't seen many postings to the list. I'm just on it to watch. My Bates is a collaterial line, and I'm not really researching it. The list is quite and I just read the messages to see if they tie in. There are some of us out here so don't abandon your search yet. For anyone, interested you can find the list archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Just type in Bates on both pages, but on the second page, you need to select the year to search. This list has been here since 1996. Also, check out the GenConnect Boards at: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/a/BATES/ Arline ----- Original Message ----- From: <Iluvmyroots@aol.com> To: <BATES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 1:41 PM Subject: [BATES-L] Returned mail > Am I to assume that this is no longer an active list. I just tried to send > in a listing and it bounced on me. This is a test to see if this one will go > through before posting my list again for nothing. > Diane > >