Nivard - THAT is the clearest explanation I have EVER seen for this confusing set-up! Now I have a much clearer picture in my mind of boards and lists. Where were you when these all started??? Thank you ever so - and thank you for sharing it with the list.. Nancy in cool, sunny Michigan, U S of A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] parish records lookups > Not a problem Carol > > I hope you are in luck with your request > > Now we all learned about the lists and boards at some time or other so > don't > worry in the slightest if you haven't come across this before > > Rootsweb do Lists and Boards , often for similar places / names etc but > they > work in different ways > > Essentially a Board (as its name implies) you go to and place a message on > it and hope others see it when they go there too, they then respond to the > board for you to check on (and so on) > > Lists are more like a magazine to which you take a subscription, each time > a > new post is made you will get a copy of that post > > Some Boards are Gatewayed to a List that covers the same location / name > or > whatever , its a means to get the Board posters questions seen by people > with similar interests but may not use the Boards (which obviously works > as > you can see :-) > > Board posters will not see list posts so the list subscriber has to go to > the board to reply, as we have discussed earlier > > I hope that makes sense :-) > > As I said, don't worry about asking a question, you may be surprised how > many are out there just wishing someone would ask the question so they can > learn too > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

You are most welcome Nancy As I said before we all had to learn at some point The set up for gatewayed posts is confusing but the boards can be another avenue to explore I have found that those that like the boards tend to stick to them, so it makes sense to go have a look every now and then The Boards can be searched just like the Lists can be from :- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Select Message Boards from the top bar menu It may surprise you to know there are over 161,000 Boards So you never know there may be your long lost relative lurking on one of them :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > Nivard - > > THAT is the clearest explanation I have EVER seen for this confusing > set-up! > Now I have a much clearer picture in my mind of boards and lists. > > Where were you when these all started??? > > Thank you ever so - and thank you for sharing it with the list.. > > Nancy > in cool, sunny Michigan, U S of A