I for one disagree. I believe obituaries do belong on a county board. Linda > > From: "Fred H. Held" <[email protected]> > Date: 2001/07/09 Mon AM 08:29:40 EDT > To: [email protected] > 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. > > >Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 23:32:06 -0400 > >From: "Doug Hull" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: RE: [PAWESTMO-L] Armstrong and Westmoreland Co Mail Lists > > > >Nate, > > > >Please let me know what I should do -- I will suspend my obit postings for > >the next day or two until I hear something but in the absence of a message > >from the list admin, I will continue to post the obits after a couple of > >days. The positive notes of appreciation far exceed the number of > >complaints about the service provided. I personally feel that the archives > >should have these obits as someone searching on a surname could greatly > >benefit from an obit of a relative. > > > >Doug > > -- > mailto:[email protected] > > > ==== PAARMSTR Mailing List ==== > > >