GOOD NEWS!!!! You asked for it -- here it is! In fact, it took me by surprise. At least I can report on an added benefit of the system your NCGenWeb now has. I have already added a search engine to the page, hoping that folks could search the entire site for added, accessable archives and photos of donated material that is subject to the non-infringement understanding that genealogists share. GenConnect boards can now be "gatewayed" to mailing lists. When a board is gatewayed to a mailing list, every message posted to the GenConnect board will be forwarded to the corresponding mailing list. The message sent to the list will contain the URL of the specific post to allow the list subscribers to respond directly to the message. In this manner, gatewaying will enable more effective communication between the mailing lists and the GenConnect boards. This will be automatic for you. My job will be to forward these to the list as I am the only person they will initially be coming to. Added work, yes, but worth the time ten-fold in the number of people that are allowed access to fresh leads---and scholarly information---good to file away for future need. So sit there and watch.....new messages from the GenConnect board will be forwarded with the prefix: [GenConnect] so you can distinguish them better. If you want to delete, fine, but with the very slight increase in messages received, I feel this will be a great way to find something you might have otherwise missed. Catawba Co. now has 1,100 queries and responses, Burke has 1,510, the HARTSHORN page, a mere 27 (take advantage, guys!) If you like it, great. If you have any problems, let me know. I am just pleased that so many unpaid volunteers have made a project of this magnitude possible through the grunt work done by the State and Project folks being assisted in a time of need by RootsWeb, who has been the anchor on which our ship relies on for a great deal of sharing goals: FREE INFORMATION !!! Many thanks, Derick S. Hartshorn PageOwner, Burke-L & Catawba-West-L HARTSHORN-L Family List PageOwner, Burke & Catawba NCGenWebHARTSHORN Home Page