Hi Elaine, When I subscribed to the list I had to give my own password. I got an email back which required me to confirm my subscription by clicking on a link, which I did, so I think I've got that bit right. It's just so hard to be sure when the instructions are in German. Robyn ETM wrote: > Were you given a password when you signed on for > the mailing list? The archives require a password. > > Elaine > > There is only one quality worse than > hardness of heart and that is softness of head. > --Theodore Roosevelt > > Hello Robyn > > On Saturday, July 4, 2009, you wrote > > >> I've checked everything I can think of to get cookies enabled, but I >> still can't get access to the Archives of the OW-Preussen-L. >> > > >> Maybe this message is telling me something I >> need to know - the bit in >> German especially. >> > > >> *------------------------------------ >> English language:* >> Mission: Genealogy & History are intertwined. This forum seeks to >> connect the two as one. >> > > >> This is a bi-lingual and open mail list for research in East- and >> Westprussia (former provinces of Prussia and the German Empire) >> > > >> Note: all mails to this list have been archived and indexed since 1998 >> and may be found via external search engines (like google). >> Genealogy.net has no legal and no technical >> capability to delete single >> messages from the external archive at mailarchive.com >> > > >> Um frühere Nachrichten an diese Liste zu sehen, besuchen Sie bitte das >> Archiv der Liste OW-Preussen-L >> <http://list.genealogy.net/mm/private/ow-preussen-l/>. (/Das aktuelle >> Archiv ist nur für die Abonnenten der Liste zugänglich./) >> ---------------------------------- >> Regards, Robyn >> > > > >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.4/2218 - Release Date: 07/04/09 17:55:00 > >