No, you cannot tag notes so that part of them stays private, but you can make a new fact, call it Private or Confidential or whatever you want, and uncheck all the places for it to be used so that it never prints out anywhere. Put all your Private notes in that fact’s notes and no one but you will ever see them. I don’t know how Moxilla is set up, but with Outlook Express, I have buttons for “new mail”, “reply” and “reply to all”. If I want to send an original message to the list, I use the new mail button, then, I have to enter an address ( <family-origins-users-l@rootsweb.com> ), which I have in my address book, and an appropriate subject line. Another way would be to Reply to all, and erase the personal address and change the subject line. New York? Hummm, I went around the block so long ago that I forgot where it came from, but it’s funny, I have never been as far East as Chicago. Good Luck, Alfred ========== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Wheeler" <racefan@azalea.net> > Is there any characters like ! or ~ that you can tag notes in Family > Origins to keep part of that note from printing in books? > > I can reply to messages by hitting the "Reply to all" button. How do I > start a new message or thread as I have see it called? "New message > to all" button? I guess I am still a rookie at rootsweb "mailing > lists". > > I like your New York accent Alfred. > > Henry