Quite so, the obvious reason for rootsweb to have them is to keep commercial posts off the other lists But they were being suggested here as an avenue to sell books for those interested, clearly they are of no use for that or at the very best are limited for that Ebay is a better solution IMHO Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 16/02/2013 16:44, JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: > I suspect the concern is and was not so much about who would subscribe > to these lists but rather RootsWeb providing an outlet for those who > wish to post this type of notice --- and being told NO on the regular > genealogy lists. Being found in a search of all list archives might be > as fruitful for the commercial posters as having subscribers read the > post via email on the list. > Joan