Dear List Members,
Here it is the end June and time for the Second Quarterly Report for
2001. Can you believe how fast the time has passed? This one almost
passed me by.
The CANTWELL Mailing List has 40 members, 29 on the Regular list and 11
members on the Digest List.
As most of you know by now, the GenConnect Boards have changed.
Rootsweb.com and
Ancestry.com are continuing their merger and now have
merged the GenConnect Boards. I am not sure of my feeling regarding this
yet, but will watch it and let you know. I am not one to jump to
conclusions quickly. I also take care of many GenConnect Boards and did
loose all of them in which I did not take care of the Query board due
all the boards, bios, wills, pensions, etc. being combined within the
Query board. If you used one of these boards, now you know why I
suddenly disappeared.
I know many of you have concerns regarding copyright laws and the
information you post to the boards and the mailing lists. The following
was posted by Rootsweb Management. "When you post messages to mailing
lists, message boards, and other facilities at RootsWeb, those posts
remain your property under copyright law." The same is true for those
using the message boards at
Ancestry.com. In short, if you posted it,
you own it."
If you are interested in knowing about other mailing list out there, one
of the very best inventories of genealogical mailing lists is John
Fullers Genealogy Resources on the Internet located at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html
If you ever need to unsubscribe from this list or any rootsweb list all
you need to do is visit Password Central located at
http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ Follow the instructions and you
will received an e-mail of all lists you belong to and from it you can
unsubscribe from the ones you want to. Always know that I will be more
than happy to help you if you are having problems unsubscribing, you
only need to ask.
If you would like to visit the Archived messages of this list, go to
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ and type in the name of the list you would
like to search.
Please remember, so that this list is better for each of us, the posting
of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political
announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages,
flames, etc., in other words Spam is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for
removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact me at
KathleenBurnett(a)earthlink.net
There are a few items I would like to suggest for the benefit of each of
us.
1. If someone posts a message to the list that should not have been
posted, please just delete it. Know that I am taking care of the
problem. If you post your unhappiness, then you just continue on the
problem. I know it is hard when your heart has been offended, but for
my sake, and the sake of the list, please just delete it. Rootsweb has
a wonderful Spam Detective and it stops most of it. You should see what
comes across my screen. I have to look at each of them to make sure
that what was stopped was truly Spam. Once in a while, one slips by
though and if this happens, just delete it and go on with what we all
love, genealogical research.
2. If you would put the subject of your posting in the subject line it
might give you a better chance to attract the attention of someone who
has the information you are looking for or the attention of someone who
is searching for the information you are posting.
3. Please remember to delete the tags and un-needed words when you
re-send a message to the list with your answer. If you don't check
this, your responses can become quite large and may cause problems with
some of our member's servers. This member who might not be able to
receive your message because of its size, just might be your long lost
second cousin with all the answers you are looking for.
4. The wonderful relationship that develops between list members is
also one of a Mailing Lists Problems. I encourage you to respond to
the entire list with genealogical responses, you never know who your
response will help. In the same thought I would like to ask you to not
respond to the entire list with personal responses. Such as, the first
message from a member says "Happy Birthday Mary" and then Mary says
"Thank you and then about 60 of our members also send "Happy Birthday
Mary". This is what I mean by personal messages. Just keep in mind
anything is ok to be posted as long as it has to do with the subject of
the list. If you have a doubt ask me. KathleenBurnett(a)earthlink.net
5. Remember to keep your Virus protection up to date and never open any
attached file unless you are 100% sure what it is and even then you are
taking a chance.
I want to thank each of you for your continued support of me and your
willingness to help make this list the success it is.
Kathleen Burnett
List Mom
KathleenBurnett(a)earthlink.net