I mentioned reading more about a topic in the list archives yesterday, and someone asked how to get to the archives. The answer is a little complicated, and it would be nice to just say "read more about it in the archives", but I guess that would be circular, wouldn't it... The official access to the archives is via the Web at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Go there, enter blanchard-l (or whatever), and then use the search engine. If you don't have web access, you can still get to some of the archives by e-mail, but it's now limited to the most recent month or so. You send messages to blanchard-L-request@rootsweb.com (or -D- if you prefer), with a subject of "archive". For starters, send the word "help" (without the quotes). Then send "dir latest" for -L- or "dir volume98" for -D-. If you want a list of the subjects of the archived messages, send "grep subject: latest". There is a limit of 512 lines on the output, so you may need to use wildcard notation to focus on the range of messages you particularly want, as in "grep subject: latest/7*". John