Let me share with all of you part of the Welcome message that was sent to you when you subscribed to the RootsMagic-Users list (and that was previously posted to the list more than once a few years back for people who had already been subscribed when I took over the list): INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT: Please do not send the following kinds of messages to the list: Discussions about whether the content of someone else’s message is inappropriate or off-topic, or whether a topic has gone on for too long. If you have a concern about any of these issues, email the list administrator directly. *** So, when you joined the list, you were told the rules. This list is not run according to any other list's rules or degree of "leniency". It is run according to the rules that were sent to you. And when I say that something is off-topic, then it's off-topic, and there is no discussion about that *on the list*. You can dislike the rules. You can disagree with me. You can say so...privately. But you cannot continue to participate on the list if you're going to ignore the rules that you were already given. It's really up to you. Drew Smith RootsMagic-Users List Administrator