Hi all, If you wish to find out if a given topic (SURNAME, Given name, Town, Book ... ) has been discussed on the list before. Search the list archives at http://www.rootsweb.com/ use the "Interactive Search of Mailing Lists" selection in the "Genealogy Community", "Search Engines" section and search for key words that describe your topic. OR You want to find someone's email address. Search the list archives at http://www.rootsweb.com/ use the "Interactive Search of Mailing Lists" selection in the "Genealogy Community", "Search Engines" section and search for the persons name. OR You want to know how many messages there were in a given year. Search the list archives at http://www.rootsweb.com/ use the "Interactive Search of Mailing Lists" selection in the "Genealogy Community", "Search Engines" section and search for any word in that year. OR You want to know if you got all the messages for a given day. Search the list archives at http://www.rootsweb.com/ use the "Interactive Search of Mailing Lists" selection in the "Genealogy Community", "Search Engines" section and search for that date. OR ... Use the list archives at http://www.rootsweb.com/ use the "Interactive Search of Mailing Lists" selection in the "Genealogy Community", "Search Engines" section. If some of the Y2K'ers are right, time will end soon. I don't believe it, but in any case remember all messages you send to the list are archived and can be seen not just at that time, but for the rest of time. Until next time, Chris list Moderator