Virginia Flesher wrote -- << I am saving all GENTRY posts in a GENTRY file. (Don't ask me how to set up files, my husband did it for me). I just went to edit, and sorted by subject, alphabetically. Now if you and others have posted messages, with subject, say, "Nicholas I", all of them are together in that mailbox file. >> That's wonderful, thanks for letting us know. I just want to point out, however, that Rootsweb lists are already archived. To view them: Use your browser to go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and type in the name of the list. Hit the "Submit" button (or simply hit your "enter" key). Enter the names or other keywords and select the year. Hit the "Search" button. You will get a list of the messages in that year that contained the keywords you specified. Vickie Elam White