Hi, Cousins, Hope you each had a blessed and happy Thanksgiving. Now that all the turkey has been consigned to wherever old turkeys go, perhaps we can find a minute or two between now and Christmas for a little research along with a little reminiscing. A funny, cute or nostalgic Christmas story would be fun. Again, please put CHRISTMAS STORY in the subject line for those who do not have the time or just choose not to read each one. Well, the verdict is in. Because of the volumn of Spam, all Rootsweb lists are now closed with the exception of a few who chose to manually open their lists to nonsubscribers. I have decided, after hearing from so many of you in favor of keeping the list closed, that our list will remain closed. Perhaps there will be a time in the future when the Spam can be contained and we can once again open the list. Some of you may have a small problem posting to the list if you are subscribed from one address (example - home) and try to post from another address (example - work). If you do post or receive posts from more than one address, please feel free to subscribe from each address. The posts will be permitted only from the original addres from which you subscribed unless you subscribe from the other addresse(s). Thanks for you participation in our great list. Myra Listowner