Hey Tom - I love that word "proud" God love your ole Indiana heart! The GenConnect boards do make life a lot easier and they have always been recommendd to new users and they are good... There is no problem with these boards. The problem is the Source Cluster Index for each county site which show's the link 'only' to RW county accounts. If your page is on RW (and Elkhart is) your linked is there - but for someone who isn't there is no link and that page 'is up for adoption'... Go look at the other's... There are 36 of them sitting out there - If they don't use these resources they will be given to someone else.. (I was told last night by the GenConnect people that wasn't so) However - I received a very nice letter early this morning from a lady who said she was concerned over her counties that were not on RW... She had received a letter from someone who owned the mail list for her county and she wanted to know if she was going to adopt the RW county source page . If she wasn't she was. These pages will be offered. Tom - I'll fight for your right to express your feelings anyway you want - for the Source pages or against - but I only wanted to explain to you what the problem really is.. Thanx for listening. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Stevens <stevens@skyenet.net> To: INGEN-L@rootsweb.com <INGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, June 12, 1999 7:53 AM Subject: Rootsweb Cluster hubbub >I'm the Elkhart County, IN coordinator. > >Simply said, I just don't know what all the hubbub is about. > >The GenConnect boards make my life easier by automating researcher >submissions. I see nothing sinister there. > >I volunteer to facilitate Elkhart County genealogical research, not to >stroke my own ego. > >I keep copyright notices on my pages to try to prevent for-profit types >from stealing contributors' information, not to grab ownership and >recognition for myself. > >I see my job here as a way to give back to the genealogical community what >so many others have unselfishly given to me for many years. > >Usually I don't get involved with these issues, but since my mailbox is >filling up, I figured it was time to get my $.02 worth in as well. > >Tom Stevens >proud Elkhart County, IN coordinator >proud listowner, INELKHAR-L >stevens@skyenet.net > >Tom Stevens >stevens@skyenet.net >