To go to the states lists you can go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/us/index.html Also, there is a Frequently Asked Questions site for Roots Web that includes a lot of information about the mail lists at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~help/index.htm rhdtrish ROCKALL@aol.com wrote: > Since this is the third request I will post this to the GenTip mail list. Go > to the rootsweb homepage http://www.rootsweb.com. There you will find mail > lists. If I remember correctly it is in the list of links above the Title. > Click on it. You can then choose Surnames or geographic areas. When I have > been there the only country in blue is the United States. Click on it. This > will take you to the US site. The list of states is to the left. It tells > you how to subscribe-- basically click on the blue link and Email form will > appear type --subscribe-- in the body of the message. If you have AOL or need > to put a word on the subject line you can put subscribe also but really only > the body of the message is read. It would help if you knew the county or > counties you are interested in. Some like Michigan have a statewide mail list > with just a few counties. Others have a lot more counties but no general > state list. You can choose either list or digest form. List is separate > messages. Digest puts several messages together to Email at one time. > > This is the chance to contact people in that area and pick their brains. Also > other people who are interested in that area are on the list and can help. > Someone might even be researching your family. Some of the list owners are > involved in genweb. > > Toni Gorman > rockall@aol.com > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > If you need to unsubscribe to GenTips email the command: > unsubscribe > To: > GenTips-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > DON'T send it to GenTips-L that won't work!