Dear List members, It is a period of intense political times when emotions and opinions will run high in many directions. The simple issue is that RootsWeb is for genealogical research and not for political discussions. Equivalent political situations have been known to cause significant disturbances and needed intervention by admins and occasionally by staff. RootsWeb asks all admins to reinforce where necessary to their subscribers the basis of the mailing lists and their provision by RootsWeb to users, and, where necessary, take reasonable actions to maintain the focus of mailing lists. RootsWeb cannot and will not be supportive of list administrators who encourage political discussions on mailing lists. I appreciate the fact that no one has posted any political or off-topic messages and that this will remain as such. Please continue with your messages as normal regarding the genealogy research as to the topic of this list! --- Thank you, Kathie Harrison - List Admin. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lists.html Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com