At 01:49 AM 05-31-1999 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 5/31/99 1:11:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >wroll@redrivernet.com writes: ><< > I applied for ownership of GASTON-L about a week ago, but never received a > response. I had assumed that the new list that appeared was mine. Wrong. > Someone else was already in line. Alas, the list belongs to another. >> > >So did I and did something wrong I guess. I put SUBCRIBE in the body. Was >that not right? > >Sue Dear Sue, Oops! Sorry if I caused any confusion. Yes, you did the right thing if you wanted to subscribe. GASTON-L is a mail list open to anyone interested in joining. If one wants to subscribe to the list to receive each message sent individually, just address an email message to GASTON-L-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe in the body of the message. For the digest, several messages in one, address an email message to GASTON-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe in the body of the message. I subscribed to the list myself. There is no charge, and everyone is welcome. I'm just not the owner, that's all. I will continue to advertise the list. It is worth joining if you are descended from the GASTONs. The GASTON list probably will be a bit slow for a few weeks until enough people get subscribed. I hope you find some good clues for your GASTON research on the list. Good luck. Sincerely, William Henry Roll Blythe, California, USA Telephone: 760.922.7181 Primary email: <wroll@redrivernet.com> Secondary email: <whroll@aol.com> __________ Dutch Genealogy from New York, New Jersey, and the Netherlands: The Roll Family Genealogy Windmill <http://members.aol.com/whroll>