Betty The message boards are nice - one can start different threads, and see all the posts in that thread.. but they too get a lot of messages like 'thanks' etc. There are some boards that I have made 'favorites' or have set up to have messages sent to me when they are posted.. I also get a list each morning of the posts on those favorite boards. I suppose if someone were to create teh can-usa migration board we'd have that added touch of seeing a string that startes with a post, to which replies are posted year after year - I've seen some started in 2000, and getting reponses even now.. I think that might be the one advantage to a board in addition to the list.. at the same time, I don't know if i would want those messages added to those we already get from the list There are pros and cons to having a board in addition to the list - I am more on the side of no, one is not needed.. but then I think that there may be more input if there is one.. I sure this is really helpful! yes and no! Have a great weekend everyone - those of you on the east coast - batten down the hatches! faye ---- Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I just checked the archives to remind myself of when I started up this List, > and it was 2 1/2 years ago. (It is also when I became an Administrator > for the first time.) It was around that time, or 2 years ago, when > another Administrator volunteered to start-up a Message Board to go along > with the List. I'm pretty sure that Administrator told me that her > request was denied. I didn't want to pursue the idea at the time. > > The other Administrator ended up with health problems at least a year ago, > and was no longer able to participate on the Lists. I finally inquired > about her at the Help Desk as she had been quite active on the Lists in the > past. I found out just last month that the Lists and Boards had to be > given up for adoption (included the Maine List). Since she is no longer > on-line, I can't ask her opinion. > > In regard to Message Boards which are "gatewayed" to the appropriate Lists, > I find the Message Boards important. But, there are varying opinions > about whether a Message Board should be "gatewayed" to a List. I don't > mind it. The main reason is that a List is more active and has more > information in the archives when the postings to the Message Board are also > posted to the List. > > Over the past 8 years, I have found important information for my research - > by going to the Message Boards. Either I post a query and get > informative responses, or I do a search of the archives and "find" > important information. And, I've found that there are many researchers > who do not like to participate on the Lists, and many don't ! So, you > won't find those researchers mentioned in the archives of the Lists. > > (The Message Boards at www.genforum.com have lots of information in > them.) It was probably those Boards where I "met" my step-cousins, > and a few of my "distant cousins.") > > I have never tried being an Administrator of a Message Board, and I'm told > that that job is a little more complicated. So, I'd like to ask if > anyone on this List would be interested in volunteering to do it. But, a > reminder is that -- whoever "requests" that a new Message Board be started > up -- must become its Administrator. > > So, do you think we would have more people participating on this List -- if > we had a Message Board for CAN-USA-MIGRATION -- where the queries posted > there would be gatewayed to this List? > > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > List Administrator > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message