I want to apologize to the list about my admonishment of an off-topic post to the list recently but also want to remind everyone that the list rules must be adhered to and I do expect folks to follow the list guidelines. I am going to repost them for the benefit of all new and longtime subscribers. The point of this list is to discuss Lancaster County history & family genealogy. I would like to see more participation to the list to make it more interesting and helpful for you all. If there are topics that are questionable that you are considering posting, please first contact me to see if it is an appropriate topic or if it will be allowed. This is the basic welcome message for new subscribers to the list: Please read this entire message before you post a message to NELANCAS-L@rootsweb.com You are currently subscribed in "mail mode", which means that you will receive every posting made to NELANCAS-L as a separate e-mail. 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Don't send messages exceeding 8 kilobytes in length. If someone else violates these rules, please do not send their message back to this list! That just magnifies the problem, and defeats our anti-spam defenses at Rootsweb. Again, my apologies to you all .......now let's get back to Lancaster County genealogy. Please consider posting your surnames and brickwalls to the list now to see if you can get some help in finding that missing clue to your family tree. Happy hunting! Take care ~Kathie Harrison Lancaster Co., NEGenWeb Coordinator http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html Harrison Roots & Branches home page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html ListMom of Rootsweb mail lists: NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/oldtime.html"> Old-Time Medical Terminology</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/oldtime.html