Welcome to the Ontario mailing list Frequently Asked Questions file. It is designed to help new subscribers, and remind old :-) ......................................................... ** What's the focus of this list? The Ontario mailing list is a forum for all people with a genealogical or historical interest in the Province of Ontario, Canada *after Confederation* in the year 1867. Please confine your posts to the list topic. See http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/ONTARIO.html ......................................................... ** Can I post a Roll Call? Roll Calls which are lists of surnames with no meaningful data are **DIScouraged** on this list. A Roll Call of surnames confuses the archive search engines and serves no worthwhile purpose. If you wish to post your surname interests please include dates and locations. CAPITALIZE surnames for ease of reading "Good Query, Bad Query" may help you write a good query with a good subject line. See http://olivetreegenealogy.com/beginner/step8.shtml and http://olivetreegenealogy.com/good-query.shtml ......................................................... ** I just joined the list. Are there archives I can search? The rootsweb archives is at http://archiver.rootsweb.com Enter the name of any Rootsweb Mailing list from that URL ......................................................... ** Can I put my surnames in my sigline? Please don't put your surnames in your sigline unless you list them in the following manner: S*M*I*T*H or S M I T H but not SMITH ......................................................... ** List Admin Suggestions ** Please bookmark the mailing list webpage shown below! http://olivetreegenealogy.com/lists/maillists.shtml Also bookmark Password Central where you can enter your email address to find out what lists you are subscribed to. http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ Rootsweb's index of all mailing lists can be found at http://lists.rootsweb.com/ To unsubscribe from any Rootsweb list, send an email to <listname>-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' (without the quotes) in the subject and the body of the message. Replace <listname> with the name of the mailing list Be sure you quote ONLY the important and necessary bits from messages you are replying to. Don't quote the whole thing! Check the subject line of your email before you hit SEND. Does it reflect your message? If not, change it! Enjoy the list and good hunting! Lorine -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ * Images of Ships Lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com