post to the list therefore some of us ding a lings can pick up on lots of connections.. I have made lots of contacts just by generic listing.. Stevens/ Stephens/ Modesitt/ Evans/ John Wesley Williams. I even got an obituary for Davis Williams from Howard county from a post. that we had looked for --several years trying to find.. On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 01:16:38 -0500 "Larry M. Weatherly" <yankeigh@mn.mediaone.net> writes: >At 11:56 PM 10/25/2000, R. W. Smith wrote: >>I think and therefore I've a problem. Who to fwd off list email to >when >>subjects of interest come up. When its on list, no problem, everyone >>gets it. I think I'll draw up a tree with all my "cousins" at the >>bottom all color coded and then I can look at the wall, (I do a lot >of >>that) and pick out whom ever will be interested. Or I could just say >>dang and send the msg to everyone. Let the chips fall and let >everyone >>else worry about the delete button.;) > > >This is the procedure I strongly recommend Dick. I rather think that a > >majority of the 'missing' relatives are found through reading someone >else's postings who would never have dreamed that it would be valuable >to >someone else on the list. > >I certainly sympathize with the reluctance to post material to a >mailing >list that only pertains to a select number of readers. Perhaps in the >early >days of the internet there was some merit in keeping message volume >down - >in today's environment it is far less a problem than it was in the >past. >Remember that the primary reason that most of us subscribe to a >mailing >list is to read material that addresses out interest - if there are >readers >amongst us who filter for only "their" surname(s) they will inevitably >miss >a small detail that unlocks a mystery. > >While I have this soapbox out - may I plead with each of you, post to >the >list please. Sure it is material that you and Bill in Biloxi have in >common >- neither of you have any idea that Marie in Manitoba has been looking >for >the information you are exchanging as well. Posting it on list will >help >out everyone reading it. Thanks! > > >==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.