Hi Folks: The following message is posted for the benefit of "new" members of this CORMIER Mailing List and will be re-posted on an ongoing basis. --------------------------------------------------------------- (If you haven't already done so), may I encourage EVERY subscriber to tell us a little bit about themselves by posting a BRIEF message to the Mailing List to tell everyone about their interest in genealogy, something along these lines... --------------------------------------------------------------- SAMPLE MESSAGE: "My name is Yvon Cyr and I am the Listowner of over two dozen Rootsweb Mailing Lists, including this one. I'm originally from Grand Falls, New Brunswick... right smack in what has become known as the Madawaska Territory where so much wonderful Acadian history has been written. I now live in Ontario, Canada. My late father was Robert CYR (born February 2, 1910); my deceased mother Annie OUELLETTE (born May 14, 1914) and I am married to Judy THERIAULT, the daughter of Eugene (born March 11, 1892) and Alice MICHAUD (born May 5, 1896) [the main four surnames I am researching]. I have over 110,000 (directly related) names in my personal data and have produced two Acadian-Cajun Genealogy CD's with over one million names combined (with complete pedigree). It don't get much more Acadian than that! <grin> I am the Webmaster of the Acadian Genealogy Homepage which may be viewed at URL address: http://www.acadian.org where details of my CD's are posted. I encourage Acadian-Cajun webmasters to add links to their own web site, by visiting http://www.acadian.org/hotlinks/ Working in conjunction with KH&A Printing Inc., I can now assist in providing beautiful family tree wall charts... as you've never seen before! For complete details, connect to http://www.acadian.org/charts.html -------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE 1: Try to keep your message as genealogy-related as possible. For example, you might want to include your direct (Acadian-Cajun) lineage, as far back as you have been able to trace same. HOWEVER, keep in mind that the _size_ of your message cannot exceed 20 K bytes... otherwise it will be rejected by the Rootsweb software. NOTE 2: Please use your own SURNAME in the "Subject Heading" of your message. For example, an appropriate "Subject" for my message might have been... "CYR, Yvon; Introduction". This will ensure that the message is properly archived. Thanks. NOTE 3: Please do NOT include a _long_ list of surnames in your message (unless it is in your direct lineage). Include only the FOUR main surnames you are researching. NOTE 4: Don't send your message to ME. Post it directly to the Mailing List for all your cousins to see, by sending it to: CORMIER-L@rootsweb.com [For those who are posting to the List for the first time, please note that the word "request" is NOT included in the address and is only used to subscribe or unsubscribe to/from the Mailing List]. YVON L. CYR, cajun@acadian.org Facilitator of Rootsweb's CORMIER Mailing List. For details visit URL : http://www.acadian.org/rootsweb.html