I am sharing information, NEWS AND NOTES FROM ROOTSWEB to keep you better informed and give you some background information on our FERGUS newsgroup. If this is not of interest to you, please use your delete button. I find it fascinating to see the statistics and know how many thousands of persons are looking for information on their families and the possibilities that the Internet provides. ROOTSWEB IN OCTOBER -- 61 million hits and 117 million e-mails! o 3,264 independently-authored Web sites hosted by RootsWeb. o 61,205,731 total Web hits o 4,686 independently-operated mailing lists hosted by RootsWeb. o 117,570,146 pieces of e-mail shipped to our mailing lists. ROOTSWEB DOES NOT SELL ITS MAILING LISTS. ROOTSWEB HELPDESK. For answers to your questions about RootsWeb, visit the HelpDesk. The most frequent questions posted on the HelpDesk's message board concern how to subscribe or unsubscribe from various RootsWeb mailing lists. You will find detailed explanations, and related answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs), at <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~help/index.htm>. For an index to most user mailing lists hosted by RootsWeb, visit <http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/>. Cynthia crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl