Hello fellow listers, No doubt many of you have read this in your "Rootsweb Reviews" of this week, but in case it was overlooked or you don't get the above mentioned newsletter, as list administrator (and coordinator of the companion county website also), I thought you'd like to know about the planned downtime of the Rootsweb servers. Here is the official notice: Starting at 8 a.m. PST Friday, February 23, RootsWeb will begin a planned temporary downtime for maintenance of its servers and hosting process. It will limit this downtime as much as possible, and will return with increased performance and reliability for future growth. In the meantime, please take time to visit RootsWeb.com's sister sites -- Ancestry.com and FamilyHistory.com -- where you will find additional tools such as message boards, communities, and databases to help you in the search for your ancestors. Thank you for your patience. --The RootsWeb Staff +++++++++++++++ As I read this, I believe it means that anything that is on the Rootsweb servers (webpages, mail lists, GenConnect boards, etc.) will be unaccessible while this downtime is in effect. I have read also on an official Rootsweb mail list that this downtime could last for up to 24 hours. I sincerely hope this will not cause you any grief. I know from past experiences with Rootsweb that they only do this when it is absolutely necessary and it only helps to improve the services that they render to us. Echoing the Rootsweb Staff, I too, thank you for your patience and look forward to working with you all after this maintenance has been completed. -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net