Think comments are a little unfair. Ancestry has owned Rootsweb for nigh on 20 years, so not a quick buck. As any of you who have been on the list for a while know, its usage is declining, and suspect the same for the others Rootsweb groups - actually Suffolk is only one of half a zozen Rootwseb lists I subscribe to that I have seen any activity at all for last couple of months. Other means have or are taking over - Facebook forums much more active for example. Although I have opted to go with the new format, this method of communication is nearing the end I suspect