I used to belong to this list many years ago and rejoined some months ago. I belong to quite a few other Rootsweb lists - UK counties - and find that this list isn't like any of those :) :) So I am a bit confused as what is going on here too :) Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "margaret murray" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Sharing detailsofbirth/marriage/deathcertificates > Hi, > > I have used this site for many years, but could someone please tell me, > and > any new users what 'the current state of affairs' is. > > When I started using this site Ian tended to be on it a lot and also Ida > /Merle, who I thought were the list administrators. I also just thought > Ian > was somehow tied up with this site too, and that the 'Mullgenealogy' site > which he was 'webmaster' of was somehow all tied in together.There was > also > all the talk then regarding the 'Mull Get-together', preparations and > aftermath. It seemed like a 'family unit' so to speak, and although I > didn't > attend I was looking forward to the next one and hoping to go. I also just > assumed that all BMD's and census info that went throught this site from > all > listers ended up also on Ian's 'Mullgenealogy' site. Perhaps it didn't, > was > there some reason for this? Was there some protocol we didn't go through? > Maybe we need to be reminded of it and new listers too. > I know I have been guilty of sending off copies of BMD's /census returns > to > members and had no replies back, then to realise that you can't do that > through 'rootsweb', so now I ask folk if they would like me to send a copy > to them personally. > Like Jan I'm sure there are many of us who have amassed enough entries > over > many years, from our own purchases of BMD's and census returns of folk > who were on the same pages as our rellies, that we could probably all > start > up our own websites if we wanted to! > I don't like to see people falling out, if it aint broke........ ( or is > that the problem???) > > Margaret (Melrose, Scotland) >