WELCOME to the LancsGen mailing list! The purpose of this list is to discuss genealogy and/or local history in the historical English county of Lancashire. Discussion of family history, migration patterns, immigration, historical sketches, census data, wills, vital records (births, marriages, deaths), and web sites relating to Lancashire is encouraged. Please only send details about ancestors you know came from or lived in this county or who had other connections with the county. There are lists for most counties, and also area lists and national lists for those who aren't sure exactly where their family originated. PLEASE SAVE THIS INFORMATION so you have it for future reference. If you are new to Lancashire family history research, a good place to start is http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE of your fellow list members. Some folks are beginners at computers and some to genealogy. Personal attacks, criticism, or flaming are never permitted. Upon subscribing, please send a short introductory Plain Text email to the list to let us know your research interests in Lancashire. HOW DO YOU POST? Send a Plain Text email to lancsgen@rootsweb.com WHAT SHOULD YOU POST? 1. Questions about your ancestors. Give as much detail as you can. 2. Interesting history that is relevant to the list. 3. Genealogy and family history conferences, even if they charge for admission. 4. Genealogy societies should feel free to post about their society, events, and their websites. 5. Book reviews of genealogy books are reasonable to post. A list of books is not, but sharing a good genealogy book you've found is a good idea. 6. Links to personal blogs that are about genealogy. They can be your blog or someone else's. 7. New collections on various genealogy sites that are relevant. No advertisements, please, but if you find an interesting collection on Ancestry, FamilySearch, GENUKI, or some other site that has relevance to the list, let people know. WHAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR POST? 1. An informative but concise subject line. 2. If asking for assistance, include enough information to enable someone to help you. 3. When replying to a previous message, be sure to check that the lancsgen@rootsweb.com address is showing in the Send To box of your email before clicking on send. Replies should be sent to the list, but if your reply is strictly personal, send it privately. 4. Proofread and be sure you want your post public. All posts go in the archives! LIST ARCHIVE To see past posts to this list visit <https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/lancsgen@rootsweb.com/> WANT TO UNSUBSCRIBE? Send an email to lancsgen-leave@rootsweb.com and put the single word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject and body and nothing else. NEED TO CONTACT THE LIST ADMINISTRATOR? Don't post administrative messages to the list. Send your email to lancsgen-owner@rootsweb.com If you have not signed up for an account to manage your subscriptions, visit our Sign Up page: https://lists.rootsweb.com/accounts/signup/ You can view all of your lists on your Subscription Page: https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ If you need to recover your password, visit our Login Page: https://lists.rootsweb.com/accounts/login/