One man's junk is another man's treasure. I know that some genealogists are looking for names,dates, just the facts mam please kind of thing. We all need those. I also look for anecdotal information. It seems like it gives my ancestors a personality and makes them more three dimensional. If I found my grandmother's name in that old cookbook; I would be just thrilled. It would tell me that she was #1 a baptist,#2 a cook,#3 one of her favorite foods. #4 that she had lived in or around the area where the book was produced. I can not imagine why anyone would find this objectionable material. The subject of the posts are clearly marked so that they can be easily deleted if someone does not want to read them. All my ancestors and I are from east Texas. I am not related to everyone there; just a goodly portion of them. I sort of like hearing about one of them making the big time music scene. I am a grandma too and if one of mine were to do something like that I'd want to let everybody know so that they could celebrate with me. I would object too if we had a bunch of people advertising stuff on the list. They don't do that. Just on occasion when one of us or one of ours has a book,record,or maybe is selected as an astronaut etc. I am one that will say, hey that girl is from east Texas. She makes us all proud. I think that people who have not grown any roots in the area themselves must not be able to understand that. Karen Kerr