Hello, My name is Gene Phillips and I have just been officially notified that I am now the listowner of the FINK list. I'm easy to get along with. I have made only one change. That is to prepend the subject line with [FINK]. I subscribe to lots of lists and this makes it easier to keep track of what is what, especially if you are using an online mail systems such as hotmail or yahoo. There are 21 of us on the list at the present time. That should generate a bit of message traffic. But do try to keep the subject to genealogy or history. I think I speak for most of us when I say I get enough jokes sent my way during the day. There are hundreds of joke lists to subscribe to. I myself used to subscribe to 45, but I have got over that addiction. Have a nice day and let's get a genealogy discussion started. Gene