In a message dated 97-05-27 09:11:58 EDT, you write: << This type of mail seems to be the norm rather than the exception on this list. I consider it in very poor taste to represent yourself as geneaologists and then send this kind of junk. >> This type of mail is not sent by anybody on the list. It is sent by spammers and has to be blocked for it not to get on the list. To accuse participants of sending it is not right. Spammers sending this type of stuff are the ones causing havic on the net, and people belonging to lists know better than to mess up a good thing for themselves. Annie