To all Seaman researchers: I have added the following GenConnect boards to the Seaman Family Association pages: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/SeamanWill http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/SeamanDeed http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/SeamanObit http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/SeamanPen http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/SeamanBios http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/SeamanBibl In addition there is the query page at http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Seaman The question has been asked, and by me, too, what is the difference between the mailing list and the bulletin boards. Aren't the e-mail and the query list redundant? Now that I have finally figured it out, I want to share it with you. The e-mail list, which is the one you are currently reading, is for discussion, give and take, back and forth conversations about Seaman genealogy issues. You are really expecting a reply to your message. Even though the messages are archived for posterity, it will take any reader in the future the time and effort to extract the archived messages. The query bulletin board is for posting those deadends, brick walls, items to which you wish you had the solution but at present don't. In fact, you are really posting a message for someone in the future to read. Your message will remain there on the query board to be archived only when the list gets impossible to navigate. (At this point, the boards are all set never to be archived but to remain immediately available.) The other bulletin boards - wills, deeds, obituaries, pensions, biographies, Bibles - are for posting primary source (or as near to it as you have) information for other researchers to use. These pages are not for queries but for posting information. (Lindsay Ottman and I have already posted Bible information, as examples.) If you have transcribed any wills, deeds, Bible pages, etc. for any Seaman individuals please visit the appropriate URL and add your information. You can copy and paste from a word processor onto the form. Please enter into the "surname" box all last names mentioned in the information. These names will then be picked up by GenConnect and Surname Helpser searches. Be careful, however, about posting any copyrighted data. These sites are for posting primary information that is not readily available. Happy postings. Carolyn Mussina Seaman, listowner Seaman list Kinderhook, NY <gregseaman@berk.com>