Hi Diane, > As it is, I have to have 4 lists to stay on top of the boards (I am a > list person). maybe your McCartan etc. situation is indeed special. It however reminds me of the spot I'm in with my Brandl, Brendel, Brandal, Brindel, Brendi etc. boards (and some related lists). The advantage I have is that these boards AND lists all are very quiet. So I've (1) set up to be notified whenever there's a new posting on any of the boards and (2) subscribed to the few lists. It's quite easy to handle the 0 to 5 messages I'm getting during a month ;-) I guess other's interested in surnames with several variant spellings & different un-gatewayed boards can do the same. Our inbox then can gather all the postings together - it's my "virtual variants community" place. Just my thoughts Tilman -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: "Diane Hettrick" <dhettrick@earthlink.net> An: <BOARDS-ADMINS-L@rootsweb.com> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. Juli 2006 18:53 Betreff: Re: [BAd] Gatewaying Board to List >I wish that it could be set up for several surname boards to gateway to >one mailing list. I have half a dozen surname situations where there >are informal agreements to funnel all activity to one list, but it is >not as efficient as having the actual gateway. > > The last time I brought this up, I got several lectures about how > names may look the same but be very different, blah blah blah. Those > of us who are researching know that Hetrick and Hettrick are the same > name. I wouldn't agree to gateway Hedrick and Hedderish to the same > list but it is just silly to have two mailing lists with 5 subscribers > each when there are so few of us in the US researching the name. > > I own boards and lists for McCartan, McCarten, McCartin, McCarton. I > assure you that they are the same name. Board people and list people > have different working styles, so I'm fine with 4 boards - and for an > obscure surname, they have a respectable amount of activity. I > concentrate all the list activity on McCartan, and all the list people > are fine with that. I'd love to gateway all 4 boards to the one list. > As it is, I have to have 4 lists to stay on top of the boards (I am a > list person). > > Diane Het(t)rick > dhettrick@earthlink.net