I have just launched a new mailing list with Rootsweb for the surname WHITTARD. I myself am descended from the WHITTARDs of Leonard Stanley (granddad was even named after the village). To subscribe : send a message to WHITTARD-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains the word subscribe and nothing else. If you prefer digest mode, they should send the command instead to WHITTARD-D-request@rootsweb.com. To unsubscribe, you should send the command "unsubscribe" to WHITTARD-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or WHITTARD-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) To switch from one mode to the other, you should unsubscribe from one and then subscribe to the other. Geoffro The Pond Dipper Http://www.HawkesburyFamilyHistory.co.uk Http://www.HillesleyFamilyHistory.co.uk