Hi, everybody -- First I was on a trip to see my niece's first baby,
then I was helping my father move from his house of 55 years, and
during that time, I changed email systems. Throw in the holdidays.
Result: chaos, of course.
I'm beginning to see the end of the beginning of cleaning it all up,
however! But I've come to the conclusion that the Message Board
gatewayed to this list is just too busy for me to monitor every post,
any more. I'll be feeding through the ones I already have, some from
over a month ago, but will not be monitoring new board posts. This
means that you will get some meaningless list posts, since people
often answer a question on a board without repeating the question.
You'll have to click the message link to access the Board post, and
see the original question, or entire thread. At the bottom of each
Board post screen is this line:
<<Thread Previous Next Thread>>
You will find this right under the post, or replies, if there are
any. Clicking the left-hand link "Thread" will take you to the
beginning of the thread. "Previous" takes you to the previous post,
"Next" takes you to the next post, and the right-hand "Thread" takes
you to the next thread on the Board.
Please remember that there are TWO types of posts on this list. The
first type we are all used to -- a post sent by a subscriber to the
Calhoun-L(a)rootsweb.com address. These you reply to by clicking Reply
or Reply to All in your email program. The other type is a Message
Board post, which may be posted by a NON-subscriber. If you simply
reply on the list, as if it was posted directly to the list, your
contact may not see your reply. For ALL Message Board posts, please
CLICK THE LINK to Respond on the Board.
Since I will no longer be actively monitoring Message Board posts,
the "click the link" message will no longer be attached. Be aware
that some Board posters don't know how to use the Surname indexing
line -- sometimes they mistakenly list all the surnames they are
researching. Be assured that I will be fixing ALL of these errors,
capitalizing the surnames in the Subject lines, etc. Don't get into
bad habits just because new users of the Boards don't know how to
make best use of them, LOL!
If we have any drastic problems with Message Board posts, I'll go
back to monitoring them. For now, however, I need the extra time that
has been taking me to clean up my various other
messes/holdups/crises. Thanks for understanding.
Valorie Zimmerman
Calhoun, Calhoon, Cahoon, Cowen, Cowin list/board owner