Hi Brisbin Researchers! It has come to my attention that some of you need new Welcome Messages! Here it is. Give me a shout if you have a question. Welcome to the BRISBIN mailing list! You are currently subscribed in "mail mode", which means that you will receive every posting made to BRISBIN as a separate e-mail. The directions on how to change to digest mode are given below. 1. How to unsubscribe. Send a message to BRISBIN-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe and no additional text. 2. How to subscribe. Whatever you just did worked, or you'd not be getting this message. But for future reference (for instance, if your subscription is cancelled for whatever reason and you want to resubscribe), just send the command "subscribe" to BRISBIN-L-request@rootsweb.com. 3. How to change to digest mode (several postings are combined and sent to you together as a single large message). There are two steps. First, send the command "unsubscribe" to BRISBIN-L-request@rootsweb.com to discontinue mail mode. Second, send the command "subscribe" to BRISBIN-D-request@rootsweb.com to start receiving digests. 4. How to change to NOMAIL mode. There is no formal NOMAIL mode. All you have to do is follow the directions above and unsubscribe when you want the messages to stop, and then when you want them to start again, simply subscribe again. 5. If you'd like to post a message so everyone on the mailing list receives it, just send it to BRISBIN-L@rootsweb.com. It will then be sent on to everyone in both mail and digest mode. You don't need to send it explicitly to both. Good luck in your quest, Yvonne, Listowner (aka List mom) ; ) ****** Yvonne James-Henderson, Burke, VA NC USGenWeb Archive Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/ncfiles.htm ****** My Family Discussion Lists: BALLEAU BRISBIN COOKSEY HITT HORN KENTON LAWSON LUCKY MORROW SWEET ZIMMERMAN Also researching JAMES/WRIGHT/WALLACE/WOODS/GALBRAITH and more! God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.