Dear Cousins: I am considering two changes for this list....... a) Reply to list instead of the individual who posted -- if you have something to say that you don't want publicly archived you will have to change the address to the person's. The current setting is reply to the author, not the list. b) Opening the Gateway from the message board to the list. You will have to pay attention and remember to go to the board to reply if you want the original poster to see your response. Both changes will increase traffic on the list. You can always opt to have the digest mode instead of single message mode. Yours Aye, Lauren Boyd List Admin Rootsweb Volunteer since 1996