Dear Researchers For the time being I am going to allow all replies to go to the list as a test. This is on a trial period to see how it goes. I did try this one before and then people started taking advantage of it by advertising companies and others started slamming people for posting things. Anyone caught overstepping the guidelines step up on the list will be removed without warning. Any displeaser's with a post to privately mail me. please read the following guidelines so I don't have to remove anyone. IMPORTANT GUIDELINES FOR POSTING TO PA-LUZERN are as Following: 1. Purpose. The PALUZERN-L list is for discussion of the history of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and the genealogy of Luzerne County families. Discussion of history and genealogy of the part of Luzerne County that became Bradford, Susquehanna, Lackawanna & Wyoming county is also welcome. 2. The custodian of the PALUZERN-L list is Tammy Lamb tamlamb@icontech.com. If you have problems getting unsubscribed from the list or have any other difficulties with the list, write to me (not to the list) and I'll try to resolve the problem. 3. Message format and attachments. Please submit messages only in plain text, and don't submit attachments. Many of our subscribers are using software that cannot read attachments. Please, always use a helpful subject line like "John DOE d. 1800 in Wilkes Barre Pa", rather than a generic one like "inquiry about my family line". 4.Advertising. Technically, RootsWeb has a "no commercial use" policy. Like all RootsWeb policies, though, the last thing that we want is for policy to get in the way of our doing genealogy. Therefore, the PALUZERN list will accept brief announcements of books and other resource material for sale that is specifically related to this county. Don't include prices and ordering info; just include a pointer to a URL, a commercial mailing list, or an E-mail address where the complete ordering information can be found. In case of doubt, send the message to the list custodian, tamlamb@icontech.com, and I'll review it and forward it to the list if appropriate. 5. Archives. At present, the archival copies are stored at Rootsweb.com and can be retrieved by anyone. To get a list of the messages that have been archived, send a message to PALUZERN-L-request@rootsweb.com with the subject archive SEARCH Subject: latest/* and nothing in the body of the message. You'll get back a message that looks like this: ARCHIVE search subject: latest/* BEGIN---------------cut here------------------ latest/23:10:Subject: Re: John DOE query (fwd) latest/24:12:Subject: Looking for Samuel FORWOOD latest/25:15:Subject: inquiry latest/26:15:Subject: Hitchcock Md.>Ar.>Ok.>Ar. & other western states latest/27:17:Subject: Jon Harlan END-----------------cut here------------------ If you decide you want to read the message about John Harlan, the "latest/27:" part of the line identifies the file containing the message. Send another message to PALUZERN-L-request@rootsweb.com with the subject archive SEND latest/27 and nothing in the body. You can request several messages at once, but please don't request more than ten at a time. 6. No-nos. Please do not submit virus alerts, chain letters, or other off-topic material to the list. Don't send copies of copyrighted material. Vulgarity and personal attacks on other list members are also unwelcome. Don't send messages exceeding 8 kilobytes in length. If someone else violates these rules, please do not send their message back to this list! That just magnifies the problem, and defeats our anti-spam defenses at Rootsweb. 7. Instructions on how to order a copy of the list's welcome message: (this message) Open a NEW e-mail message. Send it to: PALUZERN-L-request@rootsweb.com In the subject line type one word: archive In the body type only this text: get welcome.txt Turn OFF your signature file. Send the message. Tammy Lamb List Owner