In a message dated 11/10/2009 10:33:59 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Somehow I have missed why decisions were made to link some of the lists I am on with Gateway and why we have to reply to two sources. What was wrong with the system we had? In order to read what we wrote to a list one had to look up the archives whereas many of these other sources seem to be freely available to anyone. It no longer feels as secure as it once did. Information goes to places one might not have chosen to write it to. Have the genealogical lists somehow lost their appeal. I no longer bother to unsubscribe when I am away from home because the volume is so small I can handle it. HI Jean, I think there are many answers to you letter. Unfortunately we have to use the gateways lists as well because not all the questions are shown on the lists, so you get answers out of the blue which don't make sense. You have to go into the list to read the full enquiry and some of the replies. As a list owner I have been obliged to have gateway lists to help with other people's research. Some people do not use lists at all. Secondly the volume of letters on the lists is much smaller now because there are so many research sites on the net people do not need to ask and sometimes it is only "brick walls" that people ask about. The number of sites available is astronomical to those available when I had my first computer just over ten years ago. JUDY ELKINGTON [N. Derbyshire, England] www.elkingtonfamily.com [email protected] www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html
Thank you for your explanation. Just when you think you understand something, it changes. I read with amusement Comments Prince Phillip is reputed to have said about the difficulty of operating a TV remote which seems simple to a 10 year old grandchild. I understand exactly what he means. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Gateway messages > > In a message dated 11/10/2009 10:33:59 GMT Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Somehow I have missed why decisions were made to link some of the lists > I > am on with Gateway and why we have to reply to two sources. What was > wrong > with the system we had? > > In order to read what we wrote to a list one had to look up the archives > whereas many of these other sources seem to be freely available to > anyone. > It no longer feels as secure as it once did. Information goes to places > one > might not have chosen to write it to. Have the genealogical lists > somehow > lost their appeal. I no longer bother to unsubscribe when I am away from > home because the volume is so small I can handle it. > > > HI Jean, > > I think there are many answers to you letter. > > Unfortunately we have to use the gateways lists as well because not all > the > questions are shown on the lists, so you get answers out of the blue which > don't make sense. You have to go into the list to read the full enquiry > and some of the replies. As a list owner I have been obliged to have > gateway lists to help with other people's research. Some people do not > use > lists at all. > > Secondly the volume of letters on the lists is much smaller now because > there are so many research sites on the net people do not need to ask and > sometimes it is only "brick walls" that people ask about. > > The number of sites available is astronomical to those available when I > had > my first computer just over ten years ago. > > JUDY ELKINGTON > [N. Derbyshire, England] > > www.elkingtonfamily.com > [email protected] > www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message