A valued subscriber wrote: > > Dear ______, > > Your efforts are to be praised, but I have a question - in view of the fact > that we already have the USGenWeb Project, with state and county sites for > the U.S., why is another similar project necessary? And now for a word from your sponsor. We ALL share a general interest in genealogy - NOT merely genealogy related to this or any other county. However, once again, I want to remind everyone that the purpose of THIS mail list is much more narrow. In other words, those general topics should bear SOME relevance to the SPECIFIC purposes for which the list was created, i.e., the genealogical and historical events which occurred here. It's fine if a message also incorporates other matters which, by themselves, would not qualify as on-topic, as long as SOME part of the message relates to someone or some place which IS on-topic. If you have a question about it, please ask me, and I promise a quick and appreciative response. We have to know and accept the fact that many, if not most, of our ancestors moved from place to place. What I ask is that, when you want information about someone, that 1) you have some basis for believing that your ancestor or cousin, etc., was either born, raised, married, lived or deceased here, and 2) that your query actually mentioin the specific connection without making us assume it. There are, most of us know, other lists where general genealogy topics are appropriate and encouraged. Not only are some county coordinators less picky than I am, but NORTHEAST-ROOTS-L and ROOTS-L are 2 excellent lists that welcome such exchanges and discussions. Those of you who feel the need or the urge, should take advantage of them. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation. As I say in the welcome message, if you want to debate the advisability of the rule, I welcome your PRIVATE messages. Peace! -- Dick Marston, Marston Manor, [ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1638/ ]; Rockingham County, NH, GenWeb County Coordinator, [ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1706/ ]; Webmaster: Southern California Genealogical Society, [ http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/ ]; Administrator: NHMERRIM, NHROCKIN and MARSTON mail lists