Bob; It is not a waste to post any item to a list. Most, if not all lists, are archived. One advantage of a list over a web site is that quite a few list subscribers have access only to e-mail and not to web sites. Additionally, e-mail lists are, in my opinion, faster and easier to work with. JerrySanford @ EttersPA ----- Original Message ----- From: <BobcatBob@aol.com> To: <KYHARDIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 3:42 AM Subject: [KYHARDIN] History of Elizabethtown-Samuel Hay > As much as I have enjoyed the two editions you have transcribed (there was an > Alvey in the second one), I really don't think one of these County lists is > the best place to make maximum use of your hard work. There are a number of > places within Rootsweb where all Hardin Co genealogy could be posted and > accessed by all researchers interested in Hardin Co. Why not send Sandi > Gorin an e-mail and see what she recommends. The problem with posting to a > list, eventually they will get deleted and lost for future interested parties > that come along. Check out the Rootsweb Gen Connect pages and see if you > can't find someplace where you can post as you complete our work and it will > stil be there two years from now. I wouldn't worry about the Hardin Co > Hiostorical Society unless the book is copyrighted material. They have had > years to do something and hardly do anything. I am doing that with 5 > cemeteries that I have in various stages of completion. I have seen people > post cemetery data to a list and it always seems such a waste of hard work. > > URL for Roots Genconnect http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/usaindex.html > > Bob Alvey > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >