In a message dated 10/26/02 6:12:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time, i-n-ordemann@easy-call.net writes: > Where can I find FAQs - if any - of this list? Hi, Nikolaus- Actually your best source of information as to what has already been discussed on this list would be to either search or browse the list archives: To search, start here: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Type in MD-FRED-GEN as the list you wish to search and then select the year and keyword or surname or other search criteria you wish to search for. To search to see whether your surname was ever discussed on this list, I'd suggest the search criteria: Ordeman OR Ordemann --and I'd suggest you search each year. You cannot search ALL lists at once from within RootsWeb (instead of just this one list)--you would need to do a google search on your surname to pick up posts in all RootsWeb list archives that include this surname. You can also browse through old messages that have been posted to this list (rather than searching) here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Again, type in: MD-FRED-GEN as the list you wish to view and then select the month/year you wish to browse. If you are looking for information on how to use RootsWeb Mailing Lists in general you might wish to check the archives of the RootsWeb e-zine RootsWeb Review because there has been a series of articles within the past few weeks detailing the usage of RootsWeb Mailing Lists. Start here: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ Select the link for all issues and then check out the past several issues for information on using and searching the lists. Good luck! Joan