What many are still unaware of is the fact that since Ancestry and Rootsweb combined and greatly improved all the message boards is that every post that is placed on a surname message board will show up on the mailing list. The subject line will read "not a subscriber". This is a good thing since the mailing list subscribers will see EVERY post without have to switch back and forth between message boards and mailing lists. The new setup is an excellent one and allows each user to manage their own surnames they are searching. Like everything else many have complained about the change but give it a try. It isn't difficult to negotiate. I good place to begin is at www.rootsweb.com Scroll down to the link to "Message Boards" and there you go! BTW, if any of you don't know it www.rootsweb.com has a gigantic search engine. I have found hundreds of hits on one person's name. It's definately worth a try. Joyce G. Reece, Rootsweb Listminder for South East Tennessee, North East Tennessee, Meigs County Tennessee and the surnames of Raper, Gilbreath, Knuckles and Hembree ----- Original Message ----- From: "Big River" <hoopster@mcn.org> To: <McCANN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [McCANN-L] Fwd: {not a subscriber} Re: McCann > > > >> What is the point of being a subscriber if anyone can put a message on > here! > Dear MMc+many numbers. > The point of being a subscriber is it gives you a wonderful opportunity to > help others. > > I appreciate Jane sorting through the many boards for us and posting the > material here for us to do with what we wish. > > You are right, MMc+, this is not like many other lists. It is a superbly > helpful group of subscribers. > All the best, > Lin > > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > Note: To RETRIEVE the most recent McCann RootsWeb Digests from Archives: > Address: McCann-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > Subject: archive > Text: get volume98/latest/n > n = number of digests you want -- up to a max of 18. >