Hello List There have been several gatewayed messages on the India List recently. These messages say: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list... The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. Gatewayed means copied, so the India List is receiving copies of queries relating to India which were originally placed on a Message Board. As the person who wrote the message probably doesn't belong to the India List, if you send a reply to the India List they probably won't see it. So if you want them to read your reply, you need to place your reply directly on the Message Board. With gatewayed messages there is a Message Board URL in the middle of the India List posting that starts off boards.rootsweb.....Click on this link, it will take you through to the Message Board. However, before you can reply to the message you must be registered. If you have current, or past registration with Ancestry.com your details will be the details you used then. If, as applied to me, I had past details with Ancestry.com, but couldn't remember them, you need to do extra steps. I found the instructions not very clear and it took a while before I registered and could actually reply to the message. However, once you have registered, you do not need to enter any details when you reply to any future queries which are gatewayed to the India List. You just simply click on the Message Board URL in the middle of the India List post and write your reply. So, if you have taken the trouble to write a reply, take the extra step and write your reply directly on the Message Board, otherwise it is likely the person who wrote the original query may never see your reply. Cheers Maureen (Sydney)