In response to Bob and Joan's comments.. if it's up to a vote.. I vote that the genealogy information be shared, with the whole list.... One never knows when or where the next clue may come from.... I once made the sorry mistake of concentrating my research to a small narrow, specific geographical area... only to learn much later that I'd deleted a lot of distant family.... Sincerely, John Armstrong Homer, Alaska Sincerely, John D. Armstrong Homer, Alaska Ellis 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