Don, I think I understood your comments. I was wondering only what the loss would be to subscribers to the list. I didn't express my thoughts well. Henry ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lawcoloreman@aol.com> To: <ohlawren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Holiday greetings from your list admin > > In a message dated 12/23/2007 1:25:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, > lindatrent@zoomnet.net writes: > > I'd like to see the list continue as well. I've met a lot of relatives > via > this site and it's been great! I hope that the list stays up for years > to > come as it's a great resource for future genealogists. > > > > LISTEN CAREFULLY PLEASE! > > There never was a question of closing down the list. That won't happen. > What I was asking about was the possibility of closing the gateway by > which > queries sent to the message board also are posted to this list. There are > some good queries, but there are also a lot of items that are just one > person > thanking another for some info. The message boards don't make it easy to > send > those thanks directly to the person being thanked. I do not understand > how > anyone can expect to do effective genealogy research, and get cooperation > from others, while keeping themselves anonymous. > > If you have been reading the responses to my posting, you have seen most > responders wanting to keep the gateway open. > > Don Clark, List Admin > > > > **************************************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 >