I agree we need one I have been trying to find one on the Cree Indians but have been unable to trace my relative. Thanks Judy Arnold [email protected] wrote: > Hi Colleen and others, > Just had to respond to this query. A mailing list that has too strict of > requirements may not be very productive. That is my opinion. I belong to > many mailing lists and see all kinds of things come through them, some apply, > some don't but sometimes the info is of interest to some of the people and > genealogy includes many things and that lost ancestor can be found is some of > the strangest ways. > I don't know of a mailing list but do know of a wonderful web page dedicated > the New England Indians. > <A HREF="http://users.javanet.com/~smartin/">Click here: New England Indians > Home Page</A> > http://users.javanet.com/~smartin/ > You can find all mailing lists hosted by Rootsweb on this page. > <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/">Click here: User Mailing Lists > Hosted by RootsWeb</A> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > Happy Hunting, > Sue Gardner > Leominster, MA > Team Captain of the <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Project.html">Pie > rce Project - New England/New York</A> > http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Project.html > > In a message dated 10/20/1999 1:24:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > > In case you're wondering how this pertains, my Pearce > > line married into a Cherokee line. :-) > > > > I recently subscribed to the ITROOTS-L list at rootsweb. > > I posted my Cherokee rolls/list query to the ITROOTS list at > > the same time that I posted here. It is a list which is allegedly > > for NatAm genealogy research). I posted it to 3 lists, because > > it pertains to ALL 3 LISTS. > > > > I got back a very strange, rather snotty message from > > the ITROOTS-L list owner. She told me that my query, > > about web sites for certain Native American census, > > was inappropriate for her mailing list. She says, > > unless a message pertains to NOTHING other than the > > ITROOTS list, it can't be posted there. > > > > She would have been REALLY ticked off if she'd known I > > posted the query to a couple of newsgroups, as well. ;-) > > > > Among other things, she says: > > > > >>I am VERY concerned about another thing-- your message below. One of the > > >>rules on Indian Territory Roots is that if the message is not important > > >>enough to send it to our list ALONE, then we don't want it! > > > > She went into greater detail (read tirade), but none of the > > spheel was more logical than the above. > > > > I can't think of a single topic that pertains to that > > list ONLY. What a strange rule. > > > > Does anyone know of an American Indian mailing list, which is > > genuinely there to help the Native American genealogy researcher?? > > ITROOTS is obviously not designed for that purpose. > > > > :-) > > acp > > ******* "Too many stupid people. Too few comets." ******** > > *********************************************************************** > > * A. Collene Pearce * Austin, TX, USA * > > * email: [email protected] * http://www.jumpnet.com/~collene * > > *********************************************************************** > > > > ==== PIERCE Mailing List ==== > Digest Mode: [email protected]