Hello Melissa, Heavens no, I am not the manager of this list. I would never have the time to devote to the task of being a list manager. I am only a sometimes poster here, and I understand that posting prices is a big no-no on the Rootsweb lists. Apparently Alice did not realize she was sending her message to the entire list instead of to the person who requested a list of her fees. In her postings, Alice is extremely knowledgeable about the Civil War, therefore I believe she would do a good job at researching a soldier. I have hired a professional researcher in my own efforts to find family. The researcher did not turn up anything new, but I was expecting that result so I was not disappointed. Others have not had such a happy result from hiring a researcher. There is a cost to doing any research, a cost that cannot be avoided. Copy machines require money to remain in operation. Electric to maintain a controlled environment for old records is expensive. And all those costs are rising every day. Any hobby has cost, or at least that is what I tell myself. I do expect to pay fees. I expect to pay fees to Archive for someone to look up the folder which contains the letter I would like to read. I expect the cost of traveling to visit the Archive myself. And, as there is a Rootsweb list for everything, I expect there is one for professional researchers. I just like knowing about one I would not hesitate to recommend to a friend who is trying to find a Civil War soldier, and I like being able to suggest the cost. And I am eager to hear your question on your Civil War soldier. Regard, Sherry kaitysmom <[email protected]> wrote: Sherry, I do not know if you are the list manager for the Civil War mailing list, if you are I applaud you and this list for allowing Alice to post her prices. I know that Rootsweb does not allow people to advertise or sell their products and services (although I have seen plenty on rootsweb boards and mailing lists). But in this day and age there are more and more libraries and archives that are raising their copy and service prices to the point that some can not afford to send for information from another state. The local budgets of these libraries and archives are being cut drastically all the time, so they are forced to charge out of state patrons a lot more then people that can just walk in the door and pay a lot less for documents. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.