o ROOTSWEB ANNOUNCES BETA TEST OF MAJOR NEW CONTRIBUTOR BENEFIT. We have been thinking very hard about how we can reward the numerous RootsWeb contributors without whom RootsWeb would not exist. We asked ourselves what tool we, as avid genealogists, would find most useful. Our answer to this question is the RootsWeb Personalized Mailing List (PML). This feature allows a RootsWeb contributor to enter multiple complex search terms and receive by e-mail notification each day of ANY new post that matches these search terms on ANY of RootsWeb's almost 15,000 archived mailing lists. Never again miss a vital piece of information on a mailing list to which you have not subscribed. RootsWeb contributors at the $24/year level and above are invited to beta test this new feature at <http://pml.rootsweb.com/>. The RootsWeb Personalized Mailing List is another achievement of Randy Winch, who is also the author of the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project. "This may be the best single tool I have ever used for online genealogy. Magnificent. Simply magnificent," Dr. Brian Leverich said. "That's not to say there aren't rough spots to be worked out before it leaves beta, but the functionality is a killer," he commented. A note of caution: Be careful about the search terms you enter. Simply entering "Smith," for example, will result in a huge number of e-mails. Also, please be patient with the inevitable glitches you may encounter. You may provide us with feedback on the Personal Mailing List message board at <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/PML>. If you wish to become a RootsWeb contributor or wish to upgrade your membership to the $24/year level, please visit <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html>. Susan D. Chambless listowner for the CHAMBLESS, GAUSS, GLENDAY, BORDEN, DURFEE, SANDERSON & JOHNS surname lists, now at RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com - please join us! Check it out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss I'm posting a lot of old family letters & papers centered around the Charles Henry Gauss family of St. Charles, MO. Surnames are: Gauss, Johns, Fawcett, Glenday, Durfee, Lindsay, plus, of course, the people they knew.