Annually, about this time of year, I update Mayflower mailing list members with some list statistics. One year ago this list had 647 members. Today we are at 610. That's a loss of about 5.5%. I know we've lost a few over the past month due to the large number of off-topic messages. Several people expressed to me their inability to keep up with so much e-mail -- even if they are subscribed to the digest version, which bundles up an entire day's massages into one packet. Don't forget about the Mayflower-L mailing list archives at: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MAYFLOWER You may search for any keyword in messages archived back to 1996. Also please remember to peruse the Mayflower List FAQ, or "Frequently Asked Questions" page at www.macatawa.org/~crich/mayfaq.htm . It probably needs another update, but I think everything there is fairly accurate. About 955 messages were posted in the past 12 months compared to 700 in the prior 12 months. 22% of them were posted this month! Keep the queries coming and best wishes to all Mayflower genealogy researchers in your family quests! As always, please do not respond to THIS message on the list as it is technically "off topic". Feel free to contact me directly at any time at: [email protected] Blessings to you all during this special holiday season. Craig Rich Holland, Michigan/USA Mayflower list administrator Rich list administrator -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.14/547 - Release Date: 11/22/2006