DH, I have to agree. I am not connected to this family yet I was able to help them find more information then they had before. I Do this ALL the time when I am not working on my own lines. Amy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deason Hunt" <deasonh2@netzero.com> To: <TXNACOGD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [TXNAC] Re: Lathan/Latham/Lathen Family, Nacodoches Cou > On the other hand, when people take their sharing of information offline, > it becomes unavailable to those of us who read all the posts on certain > lists in hopes that an allied family name mentioned might be a lead to our > lines. When you join a mailing list to an area rather than to a surname, > you will read messages which appear to have no ties, but that is the > nature of such a broad list. It is my hope that we can keep as much > information out in the open for present or future list subscribers > (message archives) can see them. I receive many emails in a day's time. I > use the delete key often, and it does not seem like much of a burden if > someday I run across a piece of vital information. > dh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Suelwright@aol.com> > To: <TXNACOGD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:52 PM > Subject: Re: [TXNAC] Re: Lathan/Latham/Lathen Family, Nacodoches Cou > > >> Can people correspond directly with each other when they are working on >> the >> same family without cluttering up everybody's mail with ten emails. >> >> > > >