I would like to offer some guidelines for posting to this or any other mailing list. These are not "rules". It appears that some do not realize that this is a public list. Anyone can subscribe and read anything that is posted. Be aware of that if you give your mailing address and phone number etc. Also, along these lines when you are replying to a message that should be private - make it a private email. I know we have all accidentally posted to the list when we intended the mail to go private. Sometimes it can get embarrassing. Be considerate of other list subscribers. Some subscribers have a limited amount of storage space on their server for email. Do not unnecessarily push these limits. Some suggestions: 1. When replying to a query send private email. The entire list may not want to read your family tree. 2. Try to edit your quotes. It is not always necessary to quote the entire message. It is never necessary to quote the "tagline" of the previous message. 3. Do not post the same query day after day. Soon people will delete a message as soon as they see your address. Be careful of copyrighted material. What you are doing on a list is "publishing" not sending a private message. If you do quote copyrighted material be sure to give the author credit. Do not post about any living person without their permission. Again, you are "publishing" rather than sending a private mail. Pay attention to the subject line. When writing make it as brief and descriptive as possible. When replying to a message and changing the subject matter also change the subject line. There are people on numerous list that delete most messages before reading them. They look at the subject line. If that does not interest them, they delete. I hope this helps. Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list See my Ancestors at - http://www.trailerpark.com/tango/lrnoah Gedcoms & other data are at - http://members.tripod.com/~lrnoah Florence Co,SC GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~scfloren Orange Co, NC GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1400 databases on line