Since the Holiday Season is upon us, I thought I'd take this time to send a few reminders. 1) if you are going to be out of town for a length of time, please "unsubscribe" from the list. You can then "subscribe" when you return and can check the archives (http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index) for any messages that you might have missed. 2) Many people will have gotten their first computer during this time. These people are perhaps our "cousins" and they will be joining this list. They will be what some consider "newbies." They will make mistakes. I urge all of you to let me handle those mistakes. We have all made them and we want to encourage others to join our group, not discourage them by publically pointing out their errors. Your patience with these new listmembers will not only be appreciated by me, the ListAdministrator, but may benefit you. You never know when that "newbie" may have the missing information you've been searching for. New on the computer may have years of genealogical research experience that they are willing to share. I do have a "no nonesense" approach again this year to on-list criticizing. The first time is a private warning, the second time will result in you being removed from the list and placed on the reject list. Any comments to this message should be made off-list to me at [email protected] . May you and yours have a Christ-filled Christmas and a Blessed New Year! Shirley Scott <>< E-mail: [email protected] Yahoo Messenger ID: shirleyascott The Scott Family: http://www.geocities.com/shirleyascott