Hi there. I have not done any family research for a few years now  your post with CRERAR caught my eye when I was checking an old email address this morning. I am descended from James Henry Crerar baptised in Caputh, Perthshire 1800. A few years ago I was in touch with Christopher Hewson. I would be very interested in following your new list. I am not on Ancestry but my husband is. It may be time for me to restart my researches.Thank you for posting. Pauline MunnsSent from my Samsung device -------- Original message -------- From: "Meg Greenwood {scotquester@bartnet.net}" <scotquester@bartnet.net> Date: 01/03/2020 23:04 (GMT+00:00) To: List - CRERAR <CRERAR@rootsweb.com> Subject: [CRERAR] End of CRERAR Mailing List at Ancestry Ancestry is closing ALL of its Mailing Lists on March 2.  ONLY the past messages [called the List Archives] will remain viewable in the future.  ALL Message Boards, however, will remain open as usual. There are no 'new' Mailing Lists being made by Ancestry to replace the current ones expiring now.  Each Listowner [Manager] can begin a new List somewhere else on the internet if they are able to, however that is a task that is difficult to complete for many current Listowners including myself.There is a website called Groups.io that some of the Listowners have selected as a place they are going to start up a Mailing List like Rootsweb had for their surnames of interest or locations.  I will be starting a Groups List for some of the surnames I have an interest in however not all have been active for several years, there are no subscribers for many of the surname Lists I formerly managed.  This CRERAR List had only 2 subscribers and that was over 2 years ago.  I will get a few of these surname Lists started this week at Groups.io however it won't be all.  Anyone reading this will need to go to the homepage [Groups.io] and look above the elephant herd picture on the left side of blue bar for the clickable phrase Find Or Creat A Group.  A new page will then appear with a box on the left side showing topics, one is a search By Name.  Enter CRERAR [or any other surname you might be researching] and see if any Group has been created yet. Joining is FREE and it seems to be a bit more user friendly than before. Please read Dick Eastman's blurb on the Ancestry shutdown of these Lists and how Groups.io works...https://blog.eogn.com/2020/01/10/groups-io-the-do-it-yourself-replacement-for-disappearing-message-boards-and-mailing-lists/Tiny URL is this...      https://tinyurl.com/wravfcfIts a rather long discussion though it quikly covers a lot of needed topics for internet users and explains options other than signing up at Groups.io.  To subscribe, basically you find the Crerar Group [after I set it up, it will show upon searching for Crerar surname] The surname page has a tab or button to click saying you want to JOIN it.  Of course a Password and eMail address are going to be needed by then to complete the sign up. You receive a welcoming eMail and learn how to send comments, questions, pictures and data to the List and how to UNsubscribe later.  Consider personally starting a surname group for any of your own family names.I do hope this small group of ours gets active again and that Groups.io will be a safe, sincere and simple solution to losing the Mailing Lists.  I will post to the new CRERAR List once it gets started.  Hope we get some new subscribers !  Meg Greenwood / Former Admin for Ancestry's Crerar Mailing List=========================================================_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebprefUnsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/crerar@rootsweb.comPrivacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY  Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blogRootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community