At 04:06 PM 6/3/98 -0500, Pamela Wagoner 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 Listing your surnames would be a good idea except that nearly all lists have requested that the practice be stopped due to the lists being archived and searchable. Most list owners have sent out a message explaining why, or how to if you decide to bend the rules. I'm on several and got the info thru most of them, particularly those thru Rootsweb and even a couple that are not. The other thing they are trying to cut back on is long signatures. They are trying to get everyone to use a maximum of 4 lines total. This includes all lines after your message, including your web page, your ICQ number, or what ever you put in them. This is do to storage space which grows with every list. Just throwing in my 2 pennies, for all that they are probably worth less than that :) Sherry Lynn (Bouse) Nisly