Listers -- I thought I would pass on the following message which I (and all other list owners) have received from Rootsweb. Notice that while they do say when this "temporary downtime" will start, they do not say (even approximately) when they expect it to end. Obviously, this means that lists will not be functioning as usual during this time. Hopefully, it won't last too long and won't even be noticed. However, since it might be hours (surely not days!?), I thought I should give a warning on the list. Note that the time/date mentioned by Rootsweb is Pacific Standard Time (North America). Eastern North Americans have to add up to three hours, depending on how far east they are. If you're in the UK, add eight hours. Continental Europe such as Holland, add nine hours. For our friends in AUS/NZ, add about a day and a half. For those who are in South Africa, I'm not sure how much farther ahead you are. The announcement from Rootsweb is as follows -- >Starting at 8 a.m. PST Friday, February 23, RootsWeb will begin a planned >temporary downtime for maintenance of its servers and hosting process. It >will limit this downtime as much as possible, and will return with increased >performance and reliability for future growth. > >In the meantime, please take time to visit RootsWeb.com's sister sites -- >Ancestry.com and FamilyHistory.com -- where you will find additional tools >such as message boards, communities, and databases to help you in the search >for your ancestors. > >Thank you for your patience. > >--The RootsWeb Staff Hopefully, this will be a "non-event" <g>. Andrea