On 2011-08-07, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > > Meanwhile a few years back my ISP quit offering usenet; I > haven't had the energy to dig up another source. About that > time, Yahoogroups started up, and FamilySearch's family > discussions got traction, and yes, mid-Jun to early > September is historically slow on usenet as colleges empty, > and other folks take vacations. > > ... In case it might be of help getting connected back up with Usenet, there are a bunch of free and non-free news services to choose from. I have had very good luck with (new.)individual.net, and I have heard others speak highly of several others. A scan of the archives of alt.online-service.verizon should yield a bunch of info. -- Robert Riches [email protected] (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)