I didn't see this post so trying again... A while back I asked the question if Genealogy was Dead? It caused a flurry of responses most saying that it wasn't. I am reviving this question and asking if it isn't dead, where has everyone gone? I have been working online since pre Internet days and ran a BBS Hub in Richmond, VA that included genealogy areas. I was a coordinator for several Rootsweb county sites also in the past so have seen activity come and go. Rootsweb is the oldest Internet based genealogy mail list and the core is ROOTS-L. All one has to do is visit the Monthly Indexes Archives and see how interest and/or activity has dramatically dropped in the past few years. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ROOTS [1] For example... starting in 1996 there were an average of between 3,000-4,000 posts per month. In 1997 it dropped slightly but was still between 2,000-3,000 per month. By year 2000 things dropped below 1,000 and was on a steady decline until by 2009 there are only between 200-300 per month - nearly 1,500% drop in 10 years! So, if people aren't utilizing Rootsweb any longer and doubt with the economy that people are flocking to pay premium prices for places like Ancestry, where are people sharing information online? Is there a new clearinghouse? Eric 1: http://www.mail2web.com/redir.asp?lid=0&newsite=http://www.mail2web.com/ redir.asp?lid=0&newsite=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/R OOTS