Hello, Perhaps those who are unhappy about the obits could do as I do - subscribe to the digest mode - then there are many less messages & you can scroll over the ones that don't interest you. I'm thrilled to see the obits. Ellie In a message dated 2/4/2004 2:54:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, PAFAYETT-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Today my mailbox held 30 messages from this list, of which 29 were obits. > This is getting a bit excessive. Does anyone agree?