Just a few housekeeping points from your friendly list administrator (Rootsweb's new name for listowner) - 1. Try to keep your messages pertinent to Harrison County TX genealogy or history. No one should mind an occasional off-topic message, but be sure it's really important before you send. If you're not sure whether your message is off-topic, write the list admin to check. 2. If you get a private e-mail from a list member that you think is rude, please do not post either the message or the person's name or e-mail to the list. Bear in mind the nature of e-mail - it's possible that what you consider rude, was intended as a joke. 3. If you're certain the rude e-mail was not a joke, i.e. a flame, you can ignore it, write the person back (privately) to be sure you understood the message correctly, OR write the list administrator. Most of the time, just ignoring the rude message will do the trick. 4. If you don't know who the list admin is, you can write to - (substitute the name of the list for LISTNAME) LISTNAME-admin@rootsweb.com , or LISTNAME-L-request@rootsweb.com, or post a message to the list, requesting that the list admin get in touch with you. 5. It is one of the list admin's responsibilities to maintain peace on a list and to keep little flickers from becoming flame wars. 6. If the list admin does not respond, go to http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/mail.cgi and post your complaints or problems. Rootsweb wants to maintain a friendly, helpful atmostphere on its lists, and someone will respond to you. 7. A couple of URLs to remember: Rootsweb Mailing Lists - http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ Rootsweb Help Desk FAQ http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ 8. As a follow-up to this message, please do not start a discussion of "list-admins/list-members I have known". I hope this helps - if you have any questions about mailing lists at Rootsweb, and the above information is not enough, let me know. If you have a problem with the way I administer this list, let me know that, too (personaly, please). Best of luck to all of you in your research in Harrison County - Gail www.rootsweb.com/~txharris/