In a message dated 12/4/2006 5:58:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, arbit@gmx.at writes: 1. Below is the thread collapsed view. I guess all messages like Ancesters and below are related only to the starting message, right? So if I move the (unrelated) Ancesters message to that same board, would the rest stay where it is now? Of course I could simply try and see what happens but cannot move back a posting into a thread later if I am wrong. Can anybody with more experience with this give me a hint? Tilman- To move part of a thread to a new position on the same board where it is currently posted (i.e. to break up a thread and create a new one) -- click on MOVE MESSAGE and enter the location of the same board in the move to box and click to submit the change. If this is a locality board everything starting with the word "localities." would be copied into the move to box. For surnames, if you moving from the MILLER board to a new thread on the MILLER board you would type in: surnames.miller . Joan