In a message dated 8/3/2007 10:54:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, croxton@acadiacom.net writes: > Robert, > > Is there some way the WRG can solve the problem of this erroneous > information continually "popping up" and confusing many, particularly > those who are just beginning. I know that when I first started the > quest of finding my Whitney "roots", I found Melville and was elated. > Another cousin and I looked carefully at the chronological order and > thought something was wrong, but didn't do anything because this had > been so eloquently "proven" Dear Bob: I can't answer for Robert, of course, but as far as I know the only way to avoid the posting of misleading information on the mail list is to have it "monitored." This means that all submissions to the list have to be reviewed by someone (the list administrator??) before actually being sent out to the list. I really cannot see this happening -- it would make the list far more awkward if not unfriendly to so many who are the ones who need it the most. The only answer I can see is continuing the way we are currently working. That means depending for the most part on Tim Doyle and Robert Ward's good will to spot the major faults and misinformation and responding with appropriate identification of the location of the accurate information about the persons being discussed. Happy Hunting! Allan E. Green ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour