Kathryn, I have a new email address. Please make sure I'm still hooked up to rootsweb.... Thanx, al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathryn Hopkins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 7:04 AM Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Reminder: Messages from RootsWeb Boards --- (was: Will Do Tennessee Death Certificate Look Ups) > Dear List Members, > > There have been several posts to our list recently that came from the > Bedford County, TN message boards. It is great that replies are > being posted, but since they have just come to the list (and not a > reply on the board), there is the chance that the original poster did > not see your reply because they may not be subscribed to the TNBEDFOR > mailing list. > > So, I just wanted to send out a reminder about posts to our list that > come from the RootsWeb Message Boards. > > Here's how it works: > > Someone goes the RootsWeb Message Board for Bedford County, TN. They > post a query relating to Bedford County (lookups, queries, wills, > obits, bible record, etc.). That post will AUTOMATICALLY be > forwarded to the TNBEDFOR Mailing List. > > Now, if your reply to this query is back to the TNBEDFOR Mailing > List, it will only show up on the list, and not on the Bedford > County, TN RootsWeb Board. Keep in mind that the original poster of > the message on RootsWeb may not be subscribed to the TNBEDFOR list so > they may not see your response. > > Here's a suggestion: Look at the first few lines of the body text of > each email on the Mailing List. If one says, for example... > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing > list. > Classification: <whatever the poster entered> > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IhB.2ACI/562 > > Message Board Post: > <Note that is posted.> > > > > ...it was forwarded from the Bedford County, TN RootsWeb Message > Board, and did not originate from the TNBEDFOR mailing list. > > What this means to those of us that are subscribed to this mailing > list, is that when replying, we should select the clickable URL link > (it should be in a different color in your email browser, and should > be underlined), which will take us to the appropriate Bedford County > message. > > Then, we should post our reply there! That way, the reply will show > up on the Board, AND be forwarded back to the TNBEDFOR mailing list > AUTOMATICALLY. > > > RootsWeb Message Boards homepage: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=main&r=rw > > Bedford County, TN Message Board: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.tennessee.counties.bedford > > The types of messages (classifications) are: > > Query > Bible > Biography > Birth > Cemetery > Census > Death > Deed > Immigration > Lookup > Marriage > Military > Obituary > Pension > Will > > > If you have any questions, let me know. > > Thanks, > Kathryn > TNBEDFOR List Admin > > > Note: > > Please see the current example of a message where the poster is NOT > subscribed to the TNBEDFOR list. > > This means that she has not been receiving all the requests for > lookups that have been posted to the TNBEDFOR list by just replying > to the message. > > She does include her email in the posting, so you can either post a > reply to her on the message board as described above or email her > directly. > > > <Snip - original message> > > Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Will Do Tennessee Death Certificate Look Ups > From: [email protected] > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IhB.2ACI/562 > > Message Board Post: > > Hello, I have access to the Tennessee Death Certificates for the > years 1908-1952 for all counties. > > If anyone needs one looked up and copied, please contact me at: > > [email protected] > > In Christ, > Melissa Barker > > <Snip > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Make Yahoo! your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > ==== TNBEDFOR Mailing List ==== > Visit the Bedford County pages at TNGenWeb: > > http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/index.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >