Hello Listers During the last few months Rootsweb have been going through a change. The lists remain to be run exactly as they always have but the Message Boards have been merge with the ones from Myfamily.com and Ancestry.Com. They are still free to use and always will be, messages you post there will get a much wider audience and will be picked up by the search engines. At the present moment, messages posted to the board are also posted to the list. This does mean that the amount of mail to the lists might increase and also thank you messages will also be received which out of context might be a bit confusing. Therefore I am asking for your views on 1. Do you wish to keep the Message Board link open? as described above. 2. Would you prefer to receive just the new URL new queries? therefore giving you the chose to go to the board and view or not, and also cutting out all the thank you's etc.. 3. Have the gateway turned off completely? The new URL for the message board is http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.nicholls&o=1 Sharon Lust Admin