folks, A dear member of our list made me realize (again) that not everyone thinks like I do -- thank you to this lady for reminding me, and I apologize for any confusion I may have caused. That said ... There are basically three types of posts to this list: 1 - "direct" posts -- by list members -- (the list is protected and only members may post). 2 - posts "re-directed" from the Cloud bulletin board at rootsweb. This is an automatic function and even inappropriate material might be posted there as the bulletin boards are open to anyone and anything can be posted there. As administrator of that bulletin board, I have to watch to see if anything inappropriate is posted there and to remove it if necessary. Of course it will have already been redirected to this email forum and I can't remove it from your IN boxes. 3 - Recently I have been reviewing all posts across the entire rootsweb spectrum of email and bulletin boards for any post with the name/word "cloud" in it. Those that are for the surname CLOUD I _echo_ to our list. (Those that just reference a cloudy day I delete.) The last two categories require that you notice where the post came from if you wish to reply. Replying to our list will _NOT_ accomplish a reply to the originator of the post! Once again, I apologize for any confusion. sincerely, Tom Cloud list administrator