I'm afraid Idisagree. I have gotten way more family info from the obituaries that have been posted to this list and the Clarion list than any other kinds of posts. I appreciate the time that those folks take to make sure that the obituaries make it to the list. You can always employ your "delete" key, or block the e-mail of the person who sends the obituaries to the list. I've done this before when folks were doing alot of lookups that didn't pertain to me, and then unblocked that person when the lookups were done. In any case, this is a matter for the list administrator to decide whether or not obituaries are permitted on the list. I for one hope they continue. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred H. Held" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 9:29 AM Subject: [PAARMSTR-L] RE: [PAWESTMO-L] Armstrong and Westmoreland Co Mail Lists > Doug and others, > > Yes, obituaries are a important part of genealogical research. But, there > is a place to make record of those obits on a RootsWeb website. Go to > http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/. You are more than welcome to post them > at the free RootsWeb website designed specifically for obituaries. Please > do not post them on the county mail lists. > > I have no objection to a one-liner with the name, place, and date. > > BTW, the responses to me personally have been 100% agreeing with me that > obituaries do NOT belong on the list. Some have indicated that they will > unsubscribe because of the trouble of weeding through the obits. > >