No new subscribers this week - as always if you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** A reminder that the theme for February is "Unusual stories from old newspapers about Bute or about my Buteshire Ancestors", and that suggestions for other themes would be welcomed. Pat Jeffs wrote in response to my lead in (re Rothesay con men)... "Bute dwellers are still proud of their safety from crime. I should think that some less honest people could make a quick getaway by the Rhubhadoch ferry at the north end of the island, but there's a lot of incomers who don't know it is there. I know I didn't spell Rhubhadoch correctly, all I know is not to pronounce it "rubber duck". " So how is it pronounced ? ----- ----- ----- Thanks to Madeleine for the "Ploughing Match" item - I wonder if the fact that there were no father / son winners in the Senior and Junior events was significant or not ?? Looking at the list of winners, I think the Crawford family of Cranslagmorie may have enjoyed the event - does anyone claim them as ancestors ? ----- ----- ----- Irene mentioned "The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, Arran and West Coast Advertiser" in response to another post - does that publication have anything that fits the topic ? ****** ****** ****** Further re last week's List Admin & AOL ... "Since AOL subscribers make up a large percentage of mailing list members, RootsWeb has created a new List specifically for them. The mailing list is named "AOLers-RootsWeb". It's purpose is to assist AOL users with questions related to their use of the RootsWeb mailing lists. Hopefully this new resource will help to forestall any future difficulties from arising between AOL and the RootsWeb mailing lists. You will find this new mailing list categorized on the mailing list webpage at http://lists.rootsweb.com under OTHER/RootsWeb Support/ The direct link is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/RootsWeb_Support/AOLers-RootsWeb .html ." NB the last link may need to be joined back together ****** ****** ****** Feel free to join in and present your own items. Peter Cook cookfmly@bigpond.com List maintainer and Co-host with Barbara < babrown12@optonline.net > of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.