Hi, I'm posting to both the board admin and the list admin lists, because the answers will be different - but I don't mind if one person answers both! I am the admin for the Manchester surname board and the gatewayed Manchester surname list. Two out of three new posters are researching in Manchester, England. For the list, I put a big prepend that says SURNAME not Town or something like that. I think it's working but would welcome other ideas. What do I do for the board? I can usually keep the messages off the list because new board posters are not subscribed to the list, and I will move the message off the board. But it's such a waste of everyone's time, including the researcher. Diane in Seattle Diane Hettrick dhettrick@earthlink.net