I agree with what Henry and others have said. I would like to see this list continue. Even though it has had mainly posts gatewayed from the Messge Board, there are many people (myself included) who rarely go to the Message Board. If it weren't for the list, we wouldn't see those messages. Amy Crow Henry Dillon wrote: >Don, > >I feel somewhat the same as you, but tend to lean toward keeping the list >going. Occasionally, though rarely, a post comes across which leads to some >relevant information or a connection with someone I wouldn't likely >otherwise locate. At its very best, we can't really expect posted >information to be a continuous flow of beneficial information for anyone. >But you, after all, are the one who has to take care of the necessary gritty >maintenance work. At least, I do get the email addresses of the senders. > >Henry S. Dillon > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Lawcoloreman@aol.com> >To: <OHLAWREN@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 7:41 PM >Subject: [OHLAWREN] Holiday greetings from your list admin > > > > >>Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to each of you. If for any reason you >>do >>not choose to celebrate Christmas, Happy Holidays. >> >>I hope 2007 has been a successful year, with some progress on your >>genealogy >>research, and possibly a brick wall or two knocked down. >> >>This list has been very quiet most of the year, with most of the traffic >>being the gatewayed messages for the Message board. Since so many of >>those are >>short answers to questions that weren't repeated, or thank yous to >>someone, I >>have been tempted to shut down the gateway. Another problem with the >>gateway is that (at least on AOL) the address of the person who posted >>the message >>isn't available, so the only way to respond is by going to the Message >>Board >>web page and posting a response there. >>I do know that once in a great while an interesting and possible useful >>item >>comes thru the gateway, so I am asking for a responce from you list >>members. >> >> >>Do you want to continue to get the gatewayed messages, or should I shut >>it >>down? >> >>If you want the list to be more helpful, try posting info or a query about >>a >>family line occasionally. If everyone on the list posted every month or >>two, we all would learn more about the families who have lived in Lawrence >>Co. >> >>As part of the Lawrence County Genealogical Societies preparations for the >>2008 Ironton Memorial Day Parade, I am asking for info on any Lawrence >>County >>ancestors who served in WWI, and especially on any who died while in >>service. >>In past years we have honored Revolumtionary War Vets, War of 1812 vets, >>Civil War Vets, and Spanish American War Vets. We also celebrated some >>of the >>earliest churches. >> >>If you have never come to Ironton to for the annual parade, 2008 would be >>a >>good. I think this will be the 140th year. The parade goes on, rain or >>shine, taking between 1.5 and 2 hours to pass. >> >>Don Clark >>List Admin for Roots Web >>OGS Trustee for Athens District >>Corresponding Secretary and Newsletter Editor for >>Lawrence County Genealogical Society, Inc. >>PO Box 1035 >>Proctorville, OH 45669-1035 >>Ph. 740-886-7230 >> >> >> >> >> >>**************************************See AOL's top rated recipes >>(http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >