Just as I planned to do precisely what you suggest, because it makes a lot of sense to me, a number of the lists have advised us *not* to place our names in signature lines because it will give erroneous hits on the new searches planned for the rootsweb lists. I hope the listowner here will further explain. Best, Elaine Pamela Wagoner (by way of Genealogy Records Service ) wrote: > For all those who do not list names they're researching at the end of your > messages, I highly recommend that you do.  In one of those circuitious > events I > got an email from a lost relative who had her 2nd birthday party at my > grandparents' house. > > Now how do I determine her relationship to me.  Someone once gave me a cousin > chart, but I can't find it.  Any web pages with such a thing? > > Pam > Oregon > > Boyle, Sheridan, McLaughlin, Curtin, McDonald, Goble, Wagoner > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > To contact the GenTips list owner, use converse@alltel.net