no joke -- I couldn't send the message until I had put a space in the URL so it wouldn't go as a hyperlink (possible reason: some Trojan horse got the password for the sign-in for someone else using the same ISP, and a spammer sent out hundreds of globs of spam, by using a legitimate mail address and the filched password to sign in ) this last go-round of v-*r*ses included a loophole to have the computer connect back to the writer of the detested infection, reporting either all keystrokes OR anything with the "at" symbol in it ... now let's get back to discussing methods of research; I've been using the 1880 census database on the LDS site quite a bit lately, since I got a faster hookup, and by putting JUST the surname in, and scanning through the entries for the location I'm looking for, have found a good bit of collateral lines, plus a couple of direct-line mistakes that I hadn't caught earlier C ----- Original Message ----- From: "ETM (State of Virginia)" <etm1935@yahoo.com> To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: June 20, 2003 07:31 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [RC-ROOTS] HOW DO WE OBTAIN FREE GENE. PROGRAMS????? > That is a joke, isn't it? It can't possibly be true?????? I'd > be screaming bloody murder to my ISP. > > Elaine > > > my ISP won't let me send hyperlinks ... they just put anti-spam > > controls in place ... > >> > Candy >