Dear Listers, When I joined your list some years ago, I was sent a very pleasant introductory letter explaining how things worked and some basic, but well founded, conditions of membership. I am personally delighted to have joined and benefited from such a friendly and knowledgeable group of people. If only out of respect of those people who offer so much help with little or no reward, I feel it is everyone's duty to respect the etiquette of this, their chosen community. One of those basic conditions refered to "flaming" which, in this context, is defined by the 'Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary' as meaning "Full of anger", and by the Internet based 'Urban Dictionary' as "To engage in an online argument usually involving unfounded personal attacks by one or more parties". The exact wording of that particular condition as taken from the principal 'Rootsweb' website is thus: "Flaming is grounds for immediate removal and being banned permanently from the list." Naturally the ultimate policing of such conditions falls under the jurisdiction of our very competent list administrator, but I would hope that we are all quite capable of maintaining such simple standards and keeping our own house in order. My respect and appreciation to all of you, Mark Urry, France. Researching URRY & BASTIANI