Hi Donna, I understand what you mean. I never thought about people having to pay for their time on the computer! :-( I know we all have to pay, but never considered that some paid by the minute! Thanks for your helpful information. Sincerely, Kay Donna Newman wrote: >As a list mom myself, I see the point of not posting all of this info to >a mailing list. Some people are on many, many lists (I am on about >20 related to genealogy and another 15 or so related to other >topics). Also, some people have to pay their internet cost based on >the quantity and size of downloads (i.e., mail). Subbing to lists >where there are a lot of such posts of lots of "general" info that may >or may not ever be relevant to them could start to pose enough of a >problem that they have to decide whether they can even afford to >belong to that list. > >I'm sure it could have been said more nicely. But it's also the case >that probably the best place for this kind of info is at a site that you >reference in a link in your email (much more permanent). Some >ideas might be to create a tagline for your email posts (see the >Help section of your mail program) that tells people you have the >resource and are posting the info therein at site "xyz"; or putting >something in there about your willingness to do lookups. In these >two ways, you also are making the information available for the >long-term, not just to those people who happen to be subbed to the >list at the moment you post it. > >Here's another idea. Go to this site: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/ and get added as a volunteer to do >lookups. A lot of people check and use this site (I'm a volunteer >there, as well), and you actually have the ability to reach a lot more >people. Plus, doing a single lookup for a single name might >actually be more manageable than transcribing the book in its >entirety. > >There may also be issues related to copyright--I'm less familiar with >this aspect but have come across discussion about the pros and >cons of copying info from books and other sources. > >Anyway, HTH. > >Donna > >On 23 Jan 2003 at 21:40, Kay Music wrote: > > > >> Someone PLEASE tell me WHAT the rootsweb list are >>for...PLEASE???????????????????? >>Am I only supposed to ask questions for help and such? Where can I go >>to to learn the RULES, before it is too late for me to help anyone. >>Kay >> >> > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >