Hi Barry I suspect you have a problem with your isp, email client or spam filters You say you have received one message every other month? These are the number of posts over the last 12 months (and remember that rootsweb has been down for three weeks or so) April 2015 23 messages May 2015 35 messages June 2015 35 messages July 2015 171 messages August 2015 66 messages September 2015 21 messages October 2015 46 messages November 2015 89 messages December 2015 23 messages January 2016 195 messages February 2016 64 messages March 2016 6 messages So if you have not received all those posts, it suggests something is stopping them from reaching you Do you check your spam folders ? or is your isp blacklisting rootsweb? or do you use a so called anti spam software ? Any one of which may be withholding the very posts you wish to see ======= However, the lists have certainly declined over the last few years, some more than others I suggest some of the reasons are :- The plethora of means to communicate now, compared to a few short years ago The masses of data now available, so look ups are not so much requested as they once were People are a lot more computer savvy than they were ten years back, they also know that a great many questions can be easily answered with a simple google or other search engine, many by finding hits in rootsweb archives, for questions already posted and answered over the years The great number of family tree sites such as Ancestry, Findmypast, familysearch trees etc etc As facebook is rather hopeless for serious research I think there is still life in the lists, its just a matter of bringing them to the attention of some on the likes of facebook, they haven't been blessed with knowing how good and helpful the lists can be How long will facebook last I wonder? until the next method of communication comes along The younger generation have already fell out with texting, and a lot no longer use facebook, I gather more oldies use facebook than the young Facebook has its place, for swapping stories, keeping in contact, posting pictures and photos etc but for long term or to a great degree serious research, facebook is rather hopeless Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 17/03/2016 17:03, Barry Wilson via wrote: > Hi there Lou, and all listers, I have to say that I am amazed at the demise > of the Lincsgen messages, I might see one perhaps every other month,( if I > am lucky). So what has happened over this last year, I have tried to ask > the same question quite a few times, but with no real reply. > It is just as well that other people from the list still talk, even from > Australia, so is the reason because everyone has solved all of their family > history problems, or is everyone on holiday, or has there been some sort of > epidermic happened, and killed all listers off. > I know that I have been a great supporter of the free family history > sites, that have now it seems been swamped by the big sites, but even that > cannot explain this sudden fall in messages from list members. > Where are you all listers ?. Bazza --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus