<Just a quick question I hope an experienced hand can answer...How and where do I access the mailing lists archives? I went to the webpage and couldn't find them. Is it at Rootsweb instead? Thanks> Go here: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Then type in FERGUS-L. This will bring up the page where you can enter your query to search the list for a specific topic. Or Go to main page at Rootsweb. Click on "searches" in the index on the left of the page. This will bring up the search page where you can click on the hyper-text which says: a million messages from over four thousand geneaolgy mailing lists. There is also a hyper link to an index of the mailing lists which are available if you wish to search for another surname, country, county or subject. Read on about the many uses of a mailing list. Sometimes I subscribe to another list for a day or two to find out or inquire about specific information. On a recent trip to California I subscribed to the Northern California Genealogy List (NORCAL-L) by sending a message to Norcal-L-request@rootsweb.com I sent an inquiry to find out what/where the BEST genealogy resources/libraries were in Northern California. Since that is a particularly "active" list I received 3 different replies. Two were OK and one was spectacular! The gentleman sent me a list of the 2 best + directions to each + the list of genealogy holdings! Now, that is not the end of the story - he and a lady, both familiar with the particular library I was searching in, met me during their lunch hour to help me "use" the Irish section. Oh, yes, genealogists are an incredible group of people who help other people to help themselves. I had mentioned that I also wished to go to the other library he had recommended but would need to go by public transit. This gentleman came with written/drawn public transportation directions to the next library I wished to search. I had not asked him for these. There are many uses for a list. Try them out. Use the same method to either subscribe or unsubscribe from a list. To subscribe to ANY Rootsweb list type in (the name of the)list-L-request@rootsweb.com and send ONLY the one word SUBSCRIBE in the message and you will receive that list's mailings. Happy searching! ^.^.^. N E W FERGUS Research Worldwide website http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~fergus00/ ^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.