Yes I get the list. I see the questions. I don't know how to jump in and ask a new question about a new subject. Thanks, Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: Hdanw@aol.com<mailto:Hdanw@aol.com> To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com<mailto:rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Using the Palatine Project Michelle - Now I understand - You have subscribed to a rootsweb list for Rowan Co., NC. Right? You want to find out about the German surname Coons. Right? What I am telling you is that one of the earliest references to that surname - Coons, whish is spelled many different ways, is to subscribe to the Germanna list or, better,go to the website compiled over the years by John Blankenbaker. Now--I forgot to tell you about a trick which rootsweb uses to prevent spam, hacking, etc. When a URL is given, rootsweb puts either dashes or parentheses around the URL [the name for the website] So, in the message which you received, you have to remove the parens or the dashes, copy that URL, and paste it in your search blank. So--here is the URL with some *extras* at the beginning and at the end: Remove those--they are like the paper on a band-aid. Remove those, copy the http and copy the ending html (Remove the extra stuff) _http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/index.html_ (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/index.html<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/index.html>) I hope you can get to that website. There is a LOT I don't yet know about computers, and I have been using some version of a computer for decades, but a lot of stuff I don't understand. (Like an auto--who knows all that stuff under the hood?. That doesn't keep me from driving.) If still questions, address me personally. E.W.Wallace (hdanw@aol.com<mailto:hdanw@aol.com>) **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025<http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025> 48) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message