You are misunderstanding my annoyance. The point that I am making is that this list has NOTHING to do with the French Family Association. And when messages are sent to this list asking about the FFA and those messages aren't answered, people get snippy, as if I or someone on this list, somehow, have a duty to answer questions about the FFA. I am not saying that you haven't done any research. I don't even know you. I am saying that on no other list, do I see these problems. An Internet list is just that, an Internet list. We try to make connections, and find others who have posted our families. Mara doesn't want help because she charges for her lists, and to make them available for no charge would defeat her purpose. This list is for the free sharing of genealogy information. Julia French Wood Listowner: FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com In a message dated 12/28/2000 10:48:05 AM Central Standard Time, carolhar@coserv.net writes: > I understand illness in the family as well as the next person, and I do have > patience but when I see mention of the charts and FFA I too would like to be > part of it. If my family is not there, fine. I would be more than happy to > contribute my line to the FFA if I knew how to. I will be glad to look at >