Family... Please let's don't tear our list up. Le'ts read below and follow thru on this. No where do we have a Courtesy Rule to fit the description of the e-mails flying around right now. Please don't send anymore comments to the list. Let's get back to genealogy :) I thank you and love you all... Ellie This is our simple and easy rules or styles of posts that will assist us all in getting what we want out of the COOK list: I can't stress enough the importance of the team work it's going to take to make this system work. Rule or Post #1: COOK: Give Short Description.....Definition: COOK genealogy ONLY. Queries and Charts. For the source documentation, post it if you have it, or you may say that they can contact you. Rule or Post #2: HISTORY: Give Short Description.....Definition: Background history of the COOK surname or COOK general history. For the source documentation, post it if you have it, or you may say that they can contact you. Rule or Post #3:CHAT: Give Short Description.....Acknowledgments, greetings, well-wishes, holiday greetings, etc. for members of the list. Rule or Post #4: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Give Short Description.... Home Pages, Web Sites, and any records you want to post. A typical Subject Line might look like: Subject: COOK: My William COOK Subject: HISTORY: Francis COOK crossing on the Mayflower Subject: CHAT: Merry Christmas Subject: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cyndi Howell site. Subject: CHAT-My Web Homepage With these four simple rules or posts each of you can now select which ones that you wish to read and which ones you wish to delete. As always, if you have any complaints you can send them to me at: Stephens61@aol.com or you can post them as a CHAT:. This system is only as good as those who participate in it so please do the courtesy of keeping your posts designed.