I'm Colleen, your list manager.  My apologies for the long absence as I've been dealing with multiple medical issues, one leading to another.  Hopefully, the light at the end of the tunnel is near and we can get things back to normal. We have some new people to our family, so first off I'll post list rules that are also reminders for those cousins who have been with us for years. *PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE* of your fellow list members. Some folks are beginners at computers and some to genealogy. The world is a better place when we are all patient with each other. Personal attacks, criticism, or flaming are never permitted and will result in being banned from the list. *HOW DO YOU POST?* Send an email to bowers@rootsweb.com *WHAT SHOULD YOU POST?* 1. Questions about your ancestors. Give as much detail as you can. 2. Interesting history that is relevant to the list. 3. Genealogy and family history conferences, even if they charge for admission. 4. Genealogy societies should feel free to post about their society and their websites. 5. Book reviews of genealogy books are reasonable to post. A list of books is not, but sharing a good genealogy book you've found is a good idea. 6. Links to personal blogs that are about genealogy. They can be your blog or another. Even if the blog has ads, that is not a problem. 7. New collections on various genealogy sites that are relevant. We don't want advertisements, but if you find an interesting collection on Ancestry, FamilySearch, Library of Congress, or some other site that has relevance to the list, let people know. *WHAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR POST?* 1. An informative but concise subject line. 2. When replying to a previous message, be sure to check that the intended recipient's address is showing in the Send To box of your email BEFORE clicking on SEND. 3. Proofread and be sure you want your post public. All posts go in the archives! *OUR ONLINE HOME* is at _https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bowercommunity.com_homestead-5F&d=DwIDaQ&c=kKqjBR9KKWaWpMhASkPbOg&r=Y87bGozWymqs_K5WfXedme5g6IkZdwSipFZHQzK7E7M&m=WURpCouGx1AVeer1KR86PA9sc-ikYXV1q1e7FY1-PtI&s=bZcbMep3D51fwPbVxorhSurY8s762cdKf0Pau9w6HaI&e=. You'll find a wealth of information waiting for you there.  If you'd like to post material there, please let me know by sending a message to <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. Once you have visited the site, you will understand when I say we (Bowers, Bauer, Bauers, Baur, Bower-non-USA and Bowers-non-USA) are all family.  (cough, cough) It's rather dusty so you'll have to excuse the look till I clean it up.  :-) *LIST TRAFFIC MAY BE RATHER HEAVY AT TIMES*.  Aside from Bower messages, you may receive messages from the Bowers, Bauer, Bauers, Baur, Bower-non-USA and Bowers-non-USA lists as I cross-post messages that MAY have important information for you.  Also, you should expect roll calls to bring on a huge amount of messages. *LIST ARCHIVES.*  We have been online since 1997. However, it looks like our list archives have been wiped out and now only start from this past weekend.  :-(    I post a link to them here: _https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/bowers@rootsweb.com/2018/9/_ *DIGEST SUBSCRIPTION.*  Once you have signed in to your Rootsweb account, click on this link  -- _https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/accounts/list-options/bowers.rootsweb.com/_ and go to Delivery Mode.  Click on the drop-down button and select Plain Text Digests. *WANT TO UNSUBSCRIBE?* Send an email to https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/bowers@rootsweb.com and put unsubscribe in the subject and body and nothing else. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.avg.com&d=DwIDaQ&c=kKqjBR9KKWaWpMhASkPbOg&r=Y87bGozWymqs_K5WfXedme5g6IkZdwSipFZHQzK7E7M&m=WURpCouGx1AVeer1KR86PA9sc-ikYXV1q1e7FY1-PtI&s=mlPds2rnc5IkDAjeIt4SHtN8olz_6l2JEXAcZppBg6E&e=

Colleen, glad to see you back! On 9/4/2018 11:35 AM, Colleen Pustola wrote: > I'm Colleen, your list manager.  My apologies for the long absence as > I've been dealing with multiple medical issues, one leading to > another.  Hopefully, the light at the end of the tunnel is near and we > can get things back to normal. >