Occasionally on this Mailing List, you will see messages that seem to come from nowhere-- like you've walked in on the end of a conversation. This is due to the changes Rootsweb/Ancestry made when they combined the GenConnect Message Boards. For a year or so, any message posted to one of the Kaufman County GenConnect message boards has been automatically sent also to this mailing list. This was done using a program called a "gateway". Before the boards were changed in June 2001, any gatewayed message was clearly labelled as such-- so people knew that the message to which someone was replying was originally on the message boards. Now, however, the gatewayed messages are not labelled, and the result often looks strange-- a person says something that seems to come from nowhere-- you can't tell who the person is responding to or even (in some cases) what the topic of conversation is. I'm told that gatewayed messages will begin to be labelled again sometime in the near future, and that will be a big help. Until then, List members should keep in mind that *some* messages on this List are actually gatewayed messages. If you respond to them on the List, the original person may never see your response. You'll need to respond on the message board. If you post to the message board, I would suggest that you include some context with your message, so when it is forwarded to the Mailing List, the readers will be able to determine (1) that you originally posted to the Board, (2) to whom you are responding, and (3) what topic you are discussing. Even when labelling resumes, I would suggest that you do these things, since it will still assist the Mailing List readers. Justin M. Sanders "I shot an arrow into the air. It fell Dept. of Physics to earth I know not where." --Henry Univ. of South Alabama Wadsworth Longfellow confessing [email protected] to a sad ignorance of ballistics.