Happy New Year to all. If you haven't been on internet discussion groups for long, I thought I'd let you know about an interesting phenomena that occurs this time of year. From a post on another list, here's the explanation: ------- begin forward message ------- Beginning this Thursday Night, and continuing through the month of January, things are going to be kind of crazy on all the RootsWeb Lists. Why? Because Santa Claus will have been and gone, and we are about to be joined by a whole bunch of Brand New Cousins with Brand New Computers and Brand New On-Line Accounts who will have almost No Idea what they are doing. <G> I would like to ask for both your patience and your help during this time period. Errors will be made (like leaving entire digests in their replies) and Questions will be asked (such as "What's a <snip>?"). Let us all remember that these were once Our Errors and Our Questions and that although our New Cousins may know nothing about Computers and On-Line, many of them will be extremely experienced researchers with overflowing filing cabinets whose contents may hold Your Ancestors! ------ end forward message ------- Now, that said - for all the newbies - don't hesitate to post. Ask your question, make your suggestions. We're here to help. If you have web access, go to Cyndi's list. Check out "Internet Stuff You Need to Know" at: http://www.cyndislist.com/internet.htm Then go back up to her main index and look around - you'll learn a lot. List Hostess of: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]