Tilman- It looks as if only you and I mentioned the poster by by name that was on the View Posts list in this thread. So you and I can remove those posts from the thread. Here's what you need to do... Start by finding the two posts in the list archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/BOARDS-ADMINS/2009-03 -- copy the URLs where you find the two messages that include the poster's name and then paste them one at a time here and click submit after each one is entered: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/remove This will trigger an email to the posters (you and me) and we each can then click the link in the confirmation email to complete the removal process. Joan In a message dated 3/19/2009 11:52:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, arbit@gmx.at writes: Hi, the problem with the above message thread has been solved. Since I didn't hear back from staff, I deleted most of it myself and left back a single legit message. Now I've got a new problem.: Unfortunately did the author's name sneak into our conversation here (which I wanted to avoid myself). The author out of personal reasons is more than unhappy about this. Is there a way to have that thread removed from the list - or rather the related archives ? If yes, how would I proceed? Thanks Tilman