Hi folks, As you probably know Rootsweb and Ancestry.com have combined their message boards, replacing the old GenConnect boards. Accordingly I have renamed the Dallas Co. Queries page to "Queries and Boards" and have removed the GenConnect page. The Queries and Boards page is http://www.rootsweb.com/~modallas/dqindex.htm Use the link there to "Dallas Co. Message Boards" to post new queries and to post your data for Obituaries, Wills, etc. All of these replace the old GenConnect boards. Be sure not to select any of these so-called "data categories" when you post a query; otherwise I'll have to remove it and ask you to post it in the right place. You will find all of your old GenConnect posts in equivalent boards in the new system. The actual link to the Dallas Co. MO Message Boards is: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.dallas&maxrows=25&dir=next Frankly I think the merge has made some steps backward as well as some forward. For example, I think munging the queries together with the "data categories" is just asking for user confusion, and other board administrators are making their gripes loud and clear on the board-admin list. Some Ancestry employee wrote a copyright notice that implied they "owned" the posts, and after copious amounts of fire and brimstone were slung, RootsWeb issued a statement that, no, the users own the copyright to their own posts. The transition hasn't been smooth. The USGenWeb project, of which the Dallas Co. MOGenWeb site is a part, is a completely volunteer project independant from RootsWeb and Ancestry.com, its owner. No part of the USGenWeb project is obligated to use any of the services of RootsWeb, including these new boards. But RootsWeb been generous in sponsoring such things for the project, and these boards plug us into their search engines, etc., so despite its faults I think the new boards are the way to go. As the nits get picked I'll make appropriate changes to the Dallas Co. site. enjoy, -- Gary Swift Dallas Co. MOGenWeb coordinator ~ ~