Dear List members, I hope that you all had a Merry Christmas! I am posting this to remind you that there will be many Newbies joining the lists after they get new computers for Christmas. Please keep this in mind when you see a post that appears on the list that indicates a very new person to the internet & genealogy. 1. Please NEVER send the following to any Rootsweb list: Virus warnings "Me, too" messages Lost child messages Broadcast off-topic messages that the sender has requested be forwarded to all lists. 2. Praise in public; criticize in private. If you do not like how someone formats their message to the list, don't write to them on or off list to tell them ---that is up to me as the List manager and you must take it up with me and not the other list member. 3. If you have a problem with any list, do *not* post a message about it to any list. Address it to LISTNAME-admin@rootsweb replacing "LISTNAME" with the actual list name. Or better yet, use the link provided on the specific List home page for the administrator and it will be sent to me, already indicating what list that you are writing to me about. List members can do nothing to help solve your problems with the list (no mail, can't unsub, strange error messages, can't post, etc.) and any posting to the list on such is unwelcome email to all other list members. Opinions about how any list is managed or comments that are made about the List Administrator's rules, or messages to the list in this vein will not be tolerated and means you will be removed from the list without warning. 4. If you believe that the behavior of another list member is inappropriate, do *not* take the person to task *on* the list. Address such concerns to the list manager, and it will be my thankless task to resolve it. 5. The topic of each list is listed on each individual list home page. Everything else is "off-topic" If you have a matter you'd like to discuss but are not sure if it is "on topic", please check with the list manager, before posting it. 6. If you post ANYTHING off topic, especially regarding VIRUSES, you will be removed without warning. The best place to check all lists that you are subscribed to is PASSWORD CENTRAL -- Please do this before contacting me. In most cases this will answer your question about whether or not you are still on the list. http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ Taglines are short one-liners that list managers can cause to appear in a somewhat random manner following individual messages on the mail (-L) version. Digest (-D) members never see these. Actually, they represent, in 10 short blurbs, my collective advice to list-members. They are also subject of periodic revision. I will include URL's that may be helpful to you from time to time in these taglines. WE ARE NOT ALONE! Search archives of related mailing lists/boards/forums. You do not have to be subscribed. Listed in order of traffic in 12-98, highly subject to change. In/on each, you find people that you do not see on the others. The small lists have good stuff, too. Expect some graffiti on the unmoderated message forum boards. Search any Rootsweb mailing list archives: ENTER NAME OF ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST ARCHIVES TO BE SEARCHED http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl You will need to "already know" the name of the list to be entered: Rootsweb mailing lists http://lists.rootsweb.com/ If you would like to apply these same search procedures on all of the USGenWeb archives (like the pension statements, wills and deeds we have uploaded to county/state archives), you can do so here: SEARCH THE USGENWEB ARCHIVES BY STATE http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm Many blessings for a Happy New Year and may it bring you many new cousin connections! Always digging for my roots, Kathie Thunder is good. Thunder is impressive. But it's the lightning does the work. ~Mark Twain