Hi all, Some have commented on the list being slow recently. Personally, I've been busy with genie work, conferences, and society stuff. And now, of course, we have holiday slowdown. (For Americans, Turkey Day, for everyone else, the end-of-year madness -- business, and holiday planning). Whenever things are slow, I just figure everyone else is in the same boat and is too busy to post. But that's not a good attitude for a list admin... So, if ever you think the list is slow, try posting some questions and see if you can get some dialogue going. I'm fairly liberal with what I allow on the list... Here's my effort at stimulating discussion -- something I've been meaning to track down myself, but maybe it should be a community thing. Maybe even for posting on the CTI website?? (Say in your post if it's OK for Tammy to include it on the site -- and Tammy, it's OK to post this info.). I think it would be useful (and instructive) to have a list of alternate spellings of placenames from original documents. As an adjunct of that, how about parishes, etc. that have changed names over time? For instance, in Tithe Applotment, it's Teebane-Keenan and Teebane- McFarland. Who can remind me which became Teebane East and which Teebane West? Also: Townlands: Formil: Formal (TA), Formal (First Valuation), Formil (1861 Townland Index), Formil (GV) Maboy: Mobuoy (1766 Religious Census), Mabuey (TA), Moboy (T'land Index), Moboy (GV) Killucan: Killuckan (1766 Religious Census), Killuckan (TA), Killucan (First Valuation), Killucan (GV) Parishes: Errigle: Arigle (Flax) Bodoney: Burdoney (Flax), Badony (Lewis Topo. Dict.), Badony (Parl. Gazeteer) I know this is not complete (there are many more sources out there, and many better examples of spelling variations, but maybe it is enough to give an idea of what I'm picturing. Anyone want to add their favorite townland's / parish's alternate spellings in official documents? (For those who don't recognize them, the abbreviations are TA = Tithe Applotment, GV = Griffith's Valuation, and Flax = the Flaxgrowers List aka Spinning Wheel Entitlement list aka Flaxseed list). Some have questioned the Reply / Reply All. We have many subscribers with many different email clients (I've gone through quite a few myself, so I speak from experiece). For many, posts now come through with only the list address showing in the header -- so if someone wants to send a private response, they don't know the sender's email address (unless the sender includes it in the body of the post). For this reason, Reply (to sender only) and Reply All (to sender and to list) make a lot of sense to me. This is the way most mailing lists used to be, so I don't think it's too hard to remember to check before sending to be sure the post is going the way you intend -- public or private. Invariably there will be "oops" moments, but there's nothing more frustrating than wanting to respond privately and not being able to find the relevant addy, I think. Janet asked if it was necessary to cc or bcc yourself in order to get a copy of your own post. The short answer is no. BUT, if you do, you'll have confirmation that your server sent it (when you get your cc or bcc copy) and when the RW servers sent it out (when you get it through the list). Sometimes there's quite a delay -- even between the time RW sends it out and when your ISP sends it on to you, so sometimes you will get responses before you see the original post -- and I find it interesting to note. Also, sometimes it might bounce, so it's good to have date/time sent if you need to trace it. In addition, if you're subscribed in digest mode, you'll get the posts once a day, but you'll get responses if people "Reply All" to include your address (they'd have to manually remove your email addy to make sure you only get one copy, the one through the list). So there are a variety of reasons why you might cc or bcc yourself -- the reason not to, of course, is to eliminate duplicate mailings. It all depends on your comfort level. If anyone has any administrative questions about the list, please be sure to direct them to CoTyroneIreland-admin@rootsweb.com and either Claire K. (admin.) or Clare L. (asst. admin.) will get back to you. Hope that helps. Claire K