When Rootsweb combined all the GenConnect messages into 1 big file, it made some pretty confusing assumptions. For example, a query for more information on a specific will ended up classified as a will. That was because the will and the resulting query was posted to the will section of the board. When the board was separated, it made sense, but it doesn't now. Queries and/or requests for someone to find an obit and obits themselves are also in the same boat so to speak. Although we don't use the message system the way other GenWeb sites do, I still want to sort things out. I will be changing the classifications and also some of the headings to match the following guidelines: Requests for addition info from an existing resource posted to the board - query Requests for a lookup of an obit or other data without an existing resource - lookup Answer to a query or lookup request with actual data - filed under that data type Answer to a query or lookup requesting more info - query Actual resource - under that classification Multiple resources listed in 1 message - (death info in pension file for example) - notes directing the user from the sub section to the section holding the data. In the above example, a note under the Death classification directing users to the pension file page. I will also be changing the Subject lines on the notes as time goes by. Subject lines such as "My Grandfather" will be changed to include a full name where possible. I will probably get around to deleting messages without a clear connection to the county, but that won't be until later. These changes might take a while to take effect since the index to the Rootsweb messages is only rebuilt every few days or so. This is an ongoing project and may take a looooooong time. Vicki