>Good for you!! While you apparently are fortunate in having the extra time >to look through a lot of messages, others do not. I've been the route of >looking through a long string of things in the hopes of "maybe finding >something". Every once in a while you may get lucky, I understand that. I >look through the most of them now, it's just that I feel that folks time >could be better spent. I'm not faulting the fellow for doing what he's >doing here!! I just think it could've been handled in a better way. Maybe >a webpage to post the results would be better. You can get web pages real easy >and free now-a-days!! Post the results to the webpage and then folks could check them there and use the search feature in most browsers to check for their names at their convenience. > >Barney > >>Barney, you probably have a good thought. But, I for one, do not mind >>taking the extra time going through the 100+ messages daily (more, of >>course, if I have been gone for a while). One of my surnames just might >>be in the middle. And, no, I do not have all that extra time; but, if I >>continue to pursue my family roots, reading other messages go along with >>it. Others read mine - besides, there is always that delete key. >>Do hope those who can and are willing to continue with this service will >>do so. Perhaps the Digest version would be of more benefit rather than >>the separate listings. >> >>Billie Beth M. >> >