Fiona, since this hasn't been mentioned: Be careful with moving a message out from the middle of a full thread. You might cut off half the thread IF the rest of it was in answer to the OT message. Switching into thread view might help you decide on which messages are directly (structurally) related, and which are not. If in doubt, I would not touch it. Tilman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fiona Hall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:05 PM Subject: [BAd] Cleaning Boards > Hi > > I am still feeling my way as a new admin so I need some advice on a point > of principle > > If there is a thread along the lines of 'looking for the parents of my GGG > Grandfather Angus McDOUGAL b Glenduckie, Scotland in 1776' - lots of help > and advice offered - all good stuff and pertinent to the discussion of > birth records in 17th and 18th Century Scotland.... > > Then wham - right in the middle of it all -subject line is changed - and > the thread veers off at a tangent, and we end up discussing the McDougal > family of Vermont USA in the 1960's and then it goes back to the original > > I don't want to dampen the enthusiasm of anyone, but it doesn't have much > to do with the original topic being discussed. Though of course there is a > remote chance that there may be a relationship Can I move the post > sideways on the board and start a new thread with it so it stands as it's > own thread? Thus keeping them both on topic - or is that just not done? > > Advice needed (by the way these are just extreme made up examples) > > Thanks > > Fiona