Mr. Squires, No doubt your contributions and debates will be missed by many on this list. The debates alone have been great food for thought on many evenings HOWEVER I don't see the reason why the posted suggestion of one person should be cause for you to quit the list NOR to publicly chastise the poster so vehemently. Being that I have just begun wearing bi-focals myself I can state that it is much easier to read text and better comprehend it if the text is of the same size font. What useful purpose does the most educated and spirited debate serve if any small portion of the meaning is lost? Are we amateur genealogists? Yes, most certainly and there's no shame in that. If anyone on the list, including yourself, holds BCG Certification http://www.bcgcertification.org/ I would love to know. It wasn't that long ago that I was still spelling the word GENEOLOGY and this contemptible, flaw filled internet medium helped provide me with, at least, the basic training needed to accurately trace and document my family history as well as learn and observe the rules of genealogical ethics. In this regard I owe a HUGE "Thank You" to Michael S. Disbrow, the late Cassius Disbrow, and yes, even yourself. You wrote, "What is WRONG with some of you on this medium, and with internet genealogy too, that it can breed such hostile, selfish and very arrogant people who are simply out for "all they can get" from others at NO cost to themselves???" I will point out to all, and give credit, that you did use the phrase "some of you", instead of making a blanket generalized statement. My electronic signature on my e-mails makes no secret of the fact that I am The USGenWeb Census Project State Assignment Coordinator for Michigan, Ohio and Vermont and have recently added Alaska. As such I can tell you that there are people out there for whom this flawed medium is their only viable means of conducting research. I have several volunteer transcribers who are physically incapable of the traveling that the rest of us take for granted. This is an excerpt from one e-mail from a volunteer: "With my disability I could just sit in front of the tube all day. I thank God for the internet.", and later in the same e-mail, "I am so happy to do this because it makes me feel worth while...". Now, I had a choice of how to send this e-mail to you. In a previous post you had made comments about people e-mailing you off list, and in this "Adios" post you took offence to a posted suggestion/comment so I took the not very scientific approach and flipped a quarter. Despite what you may think I do hope that you will continue with your debates and adding your insights and comments. Everyone benefits from it including new researchers who can, at the very least, learn different methods of conducting research. Linda Talbott pandora@ncats.net Michigan State Coordinator Ohio State Coordinator Vermont State Coordinator The USGenWeb Census Project http://www.us-census.org/ Transcribers' Information: http://www.us-census.org/info/ Transcribers' Help: http://www.us-census.org/help/