----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Hollingsworth <goula.boy@verizon.net> To: <MSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 10:55 AM Subject: [MSGEN] New list - MS-CW-L > Fellow CCs, > You are invited to forward the below announcement to your > county lists. > Ken > > *ANNOUNCING* a new list, MS-CW-L@Rootsweb.com - > for discussion of Mississippi in the Civil War. I appologize to those > who will receive multiple copies of this message from any of my > MS county lists. > > Realizing a need for such a list, along with a personal interest in > Mississippi > in the Civil War, I have requested and received a new list on Rootsweb, > MS-CW-L (or D). Past experience of discussion of the Civil War on this > list (or others) tells me that subject is not "generally" accepted by those > who desire a forum for Genealogy-related discussion only. If your interest > is in Genealogy "ONLY", do not subscribe to the MS-CW-L list. > > The purpose of this list is to provide a forum for discussing Mississippi in > the Civil War, specifically Genealogy, History, Politics, and for sharing > lists of those who served in the Civil War. > As long as your message concerns these areas, it will be considered > "within scope" as long as it is not offensive to a person's race, religion, > or > ethnicity. > > If these areas of study seem too offensive to you on a general nature, I > suggest you NOT subscribe to the CW list. Subscribe to the Mississippi-L > instead. That list is for genealogy-related issues only. > > I would suggest that anyone subscribing soon, to wait a day or so to post. > I would hope that someone with more knowledge than myself would subscribe > and be able to answer some of the questions. An alternative to subscribing > in the usual way is to send me an email requesting to subscribe thusly - > > To: goula.boy@verizon.net > Subject: MS-CW-L (or D) Subscribe > > with any comments you wish to make in the body of the email. > > As soon as there are several participants, and I subscribe all the requests, > you will receive the welcome message. At that time - you can assume there > will be enough participants to discuss an issue. > > *WARNING* - > anyone posting messages that are offensive (see above) or inflamatory in > nature - WILL BE REMOVED AND BLOCKED FROM THE LIST. > List etiquette is not only expected, it's demanded. > > Ken Hollingsworth > > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >