As your ListOwner/Administrator, I received the following announcment from RootsWeb. As to whether any messages will be lost, the announcement does not say. When I hear more, I will send it to the list. Leslie (Bridges) Kohler ````````````````````````````` > > > Starting at 8 a.m. PST Friday, February 23, RootsWeb will begin a planned > temporary downtime for maintenance of its servers and hosting process. It > will limit this downtime as much as possible, and will return with increased > performance and reliability for future growth. > > In the meantime, please take time to visit RootsWeb.com's sister sites -- > Ancestry.com and FamilyHistory.com -- where you will find additional tools > such as message boards, communities, and databases to help you in the search > for your ancestors. > > Thank you for your patience. > --The RootsWeb Staff