Hi to all on the FIVECIVILTRIB-L, I don't want to undermine the site owner but there seems to be very little activity on this list, and it operates the way that I like one to operate, i.e. a reply to a querey goes back to the individual that sent the original message. That way, people aren't bothered by things that are of no interest. However, I formerly subscribed to the CherokeeGene-L and it worked differently. It took me awhile to get used to it and I really didn't care for the way that it operated. But, after I made a few comments, I found that most of the people liked it so I shut up. On that list, all replies go back to the list. That was, if some one made an inquirey about some Walkingstick relatives and someone else responded with a reply, everyone of the list saw the answer and maybe there were others who were looking for Walkingsticks. There was a lot of activity and a lot of people who had lots of roll information and books, like "Those that Cried", the 16,000 on the Trail of Tears. As a result, there were people getting help, but then they would turn around and send a message like" Jeanie, thank you so much for your help", The list owner tried to get that type of message sent privately back to the individual,, and tried to thank the contributors publicly so the list wouldn't be filled with a lot of non-genealogy stuff. It did get tiresome to read, especially when people didn't put any subject i.e. Reply to Milicent Zylch. Again, I don't mean to undermine this list, but there seems to be so little activity that maybe the owner might consider having all replies go back to the list and build up some more subscribers. Otherwise, I would recommend checking this URL out to see if their is a Choctaw list or another one that may also be of interest to you. <http;//www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ Keith Lowrey, going back to minding my own business and trying to find another ISP. Good Luck to All