I happen to agree with Bill and I subscribe to many lists. I can't fathom the value of anyone sending an original message or a copy to a list when the message is something like the following examples that I picked out of this mornings download from various lists: > I about fell off my chair laughing when I read your e-mail!!! :-) Yea, >I guess they made them tough back then! > Obviously, the death date for Christian is incorrect. The information >had been handed down through the family and I've not been able to verify >it. Hence, trying to locate someone who might know about them. > Thank you for the information on the marriage date and the names of >the daughters. I really appreciate it or >Thanks for the further clarification, Cadia. or >Great to see a Nairnshire page. I come from there and can help with local >knowledge. Do you come from Nairn Joseph? Min Walker nee Davidson. or >Do you have any idea what years you are looking for your James in? or >Are you looking for Almwick, possibly in Anglesey, north Wales? None of them are the least bit informative or enlightening for anyone but the sender and intended recipient. They only clutter the list and the archives to the detriment of all. Each should have been sent privately. Yet messages like this persistently comprise a third or more of the messages I receive each day taking up space and time that I can use to better purpose elsewhere. And I'm completely mystified why anyone would want the world to read such messages, since publicly posting them serves no useful purpose whatsoever. Regards, Kelvin Kean Elverson, Pennsylvania P.S. I should add that the subject fields for each of the above added no useful information either.