Hello, Cousins, We now have the new retrieval method for our SANDIDGE mail list's archive messages. Thanks to Karen and Brian, who are the owners of Rootsweb and has provided this genealogy mail list for us. They have not charged us for this mail list service but it does cost money. Those wishing to contribute will find more information at the following two locations: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/donors.html and http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html To retrieve our past Sandidge archive messages go to: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl And put Sandidge in the Name of List window and then click submit. When the Search the Archive of Messages for Sandidge Mailing List page appears, you may put in several different queries like names and dates. John Robertson has a web page to explain the different queries that can be used to do the archive message search: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm I have tried the search and it seems to work fine. If you have any questions, please e-mail me. Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a fruitful New Year for your genealogy research. Rita :-)