There is a mailing list called GEN-NEWBIE-L-request@rootsweb.com. This is great for finding out the protocol on the lists. We were all newbies once, and made many mistakes. I too have been the victim of "flames". We need to all be tolerant of newbies and try to distinguish between people making off the wall requests, vs. just not knowing. It is hard to determine this. Happy trails...Arlene in CA -----Original Message----- From: Dieter Taube <Dieter.Taube@t-online.de> To: GERMAN-KINGDOMS-L@rootsweb.com <GERMAN-KINGDOMS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [GERMANKING] Informations about Magdeburg >Dotty in Sunny Florida wrote: > >> It has been my experience that many folk are realy just beginners with the >> internet and someone suggests joining some list or other and they do that. >> When I joined the Denmark list several months ago, I got slammed a few times >> for asking what I thought were good questions. Oldtimers on the list >> mistook my questions for requests for others to do my legwork for me. I >> simply did not realize what was out there for me to use on my own. Now that >> I have been subscribed to several lists for a few months, I know that >> newcomers ask the questions that have been answered by the oldtimes over and >> over again. But that is the way of lists. > >Dotty, you are right. My answer to Judy was a little testy. > >* Dieter > > > >==== GERMAN-KINGDOMS Mailing List ==== >Subscribers: >Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >