There have been some major changes to what used to be called the GenConnect Boards at Rootsweb. All "Boards" at Rootsweb.Com and Ancestry.Com have been combined into what are now called "Message Boards". Withe the old Boards, you had to surf from one "category" to another. There were 7 Categories: Queries, Obituaries, Biographies, Bible Records, Wills, Deeds, and Pensions. All emails, regardless of Category, are now combined on one Board for each Surname, County, State, etc. Plus, there are these additional Categories (Called "Classifications" on the web site): Birth, Cemetery, Census, Death, Immigration, Lookup, Marriage, and Military. When you look at the page, you will see all messages posted to the respective Board, but, as an example, you can choose to see only the messages in the WILLS category, or in the OBITUARIES category. When you post, or reply, you have a choice of posting to one of 15 categories. You can choose to view the messages by Date or by Threads. Also, at the bottom of each Board page, you can do a search for other Boards. There are still some bugs to work out, but what we now have there is 1000% better than it was 2 weeks ago! All in all, it is a much improved Message Board format, and one which should be used in addition to these Mailing Lists. Here are the URLs for all the Message Boards I administer: GermannaColonies: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.germannacolonies&o=1&maxrows=25&dir=next Briles: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.briles Broyles: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.broyles Cullop: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.cullop Dearman: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.dearman Durman: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.durman Garoutte: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.garoutte Lovett: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.lovett Lovette: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.lovette McQuilkin: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.mcquilkin Wilhite: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.wilhite Wilhoit: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.wilhoit Please note that the first one above is a very long URL. It belongs all on one line. In my email browser (Eudora) I can click on any part of it and have it work. If you can't do so, just highlight and copy the entire thing, then paste it into the "Address" box of your web browser. Hope this helps, SgtGeorge George W. Durman List Admin