OK The original posting was good and the historical response was also appropriate, but all other responses should go ONLY to the original sender and not to the list - PLEASE - If they are not of historical interest to a general audience please send only to the sender. We don't need to generate a load of mail that has no value to any of us. Thanks a lot for complying. The list is set to automatically respond to the sender. I have noted of late that many responses that would appropriately have gone to the sender have been overridden, I suspect by the guest's ISP rather than deliberately, and have come back to the list. If your ISP is one of those that overrides that setting to go to the sender only, please override it manually to go back to the sender. If we are discussing a historical topic or if your response to a historical question also has historical content then that should be sent back to the list where we can all benefit from it. It is also appropriate to send a friendly note to the list as we all have many friends of long standing we have made over the years, BUT responses to that should go to the sender only and not to the list. To be specific "Hi, I'm Back" is fine. Responses to that should go only to the sender. Thanks a lot, Joyce M. Tice <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm">Tri-County Genealogy Site of Joyce M. Tice</A>