Hello Subscribers, Please read this carefully and if there are any comments to be made; make them to me privately. NO more discussion on the mailing list. The votes are in and considering I maintain 9 mailing list, to say almost 8 thousand messages is to tell you the overwhelming reply was for a closed list. However, I received many messages from people who do not understand the difference between open and closed. This is in response to them primarily. An OPEN list means anyone with any agenda can post with no regard for topic or audience. A CLOSED list means to post a message to the list; you must first subscribe. Now saying you must first subscribe still does not insure we will always have people with genealogy as a motive but probably 99.9999 % of the subscribers are only interested in an exchange of information. Therefore, as of now, all list are closed and all of you who receive this are subscribed. Any questions still? Write me msb@myfamily.org DO NOT REPLY TO THE LIST TO DISCUSS THIS ANY FURTHER! Enjoy and good luck. Barbara Bonham, Listowner -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville, SC The Family Snitch's Web http://www.tfsweb.net League of the South - SC Chapter http://www.palmetto.org