Yesterday I received a message from a new list member, asking if any of the old messages were saved somewhere. I had set the list up originally so that the old messages would be automatically archived by Rootsweb, the organization that provides the mail list services for us. I knew they were having problems originally with many of the new services, so I never went back to check on the archiving. So after getting this question, I decided to check and see if I could retrieve any old messages. Well, it works, but it seems to only include messages sent for the past few months. The URL's for getting directly to the mail list archives are: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ and http://archiver.rootsweb.com/HOFFPAUIR-L/ The first address gets you to the general archive area, and the second one to the archive specifically for Hoffpauir-L. If you click on one or both of these addresses, you will probably meet up with a screen asking you to log in. If you've already set yourself up with a Rootsweb user name and password, just use that to log in. If you haven't done that yet, they will allow you to register, and then log in. You may have to repeat the clicking on the address to get back to the right screen. The archives are more than just a collection of old messages. It seems that you can search on any subject, and retrieve a list of the comments made on those subjects. I tried searching on "Felton" and came up with a long list.... the messages he posted recently on the "unconnected" list. I think that if you are interested in one particular person, you could do a search for that person's name, and retrieve any messages that mentioned that name. An additional thing I discovered.... it is possible to expand your search to cover not only the Hoffpauir mail list archive, but ALL Rootsweb mail list archives. So if you are interested in Alvin Morgan (for example), you could do a search and retrieve every message that mentioned his name. I hope this information is useful..... -- Charlie Hoffpauir Yes, there is a HOFFPAUIR mail list, hosted by ROOTSWEB http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/ http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/o/f/Charles-R-Hoffpauir/ http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/choffpauo/thomas.htm