Dear Joan and the Ellis List: As Joan did, how about if we make it a regular practice to cc our replies to the list when we reply to the individual who made the request or reply? Yes, the sender and receiver will receive duplicates but the rest of us will be able to share the pearls of wisdom (and hard earned information) without too much trouble. It will be a little bit like one of the usenets but we won't have all of the flamers. Bob At 07:34 PM 4/5/99 -0500, you wrote: >Thank you for bringing this up. I have been on the list for a year and I love >seeing everything go through the list. You never know when it might help >someone out here in cyberland find that missing link. Well, I have several >missing links, so please post to the list. >Joan Ellis > >Bob Ellis wrote: > >> Dear pleasant folk interested in Ellis descendents; >> >> I posted a query just last night and have already received a number of >> informative replies. However, they were each sent to me by direct mail and >> not to the list. I replied directly. Thinking about it though, how does >> one share info among the list if all the communication is one on one. Is >> there a protocol or certain types of messages that are shared with the list >> and other types that are shared with just the individual sending a comment? >> >> I'm new to this geneology list business and plead ignorance to the protocol >> but am open to education. >> >> thanks in advance for your indulgence of my ignorance :-) >> >> Bob > >