Dear List Members:
The Holiday Season is over and I am back home again. I want to
thank each of you for helping to keep our list running smoothly while I
was spending Christmas with three of my children and their
families in Delaware and Maryland. I had a wonderful time but came down
the flu the day after Christmas which turned in to pneumonia so my week
away from you turned into over two weeks. I am doing better, still weak
and coughing but on the road to better heath.
One other problem while I was away, I had downloaded a huge amount
messages on my laptop while in Delaware and my laptop crashed. If you
tried to send me a personal message from the 23rd to the 30th of
December, I lost it and you will need to re-send.
It is time again for your last Quarterly Report for 2001 as to the
membership of the NV-GHOSTTOWNS Mailing List and additional items of
interest.
The NV-GHOSTTOWNS Mailing List has 10 members, 9 of these are subscribed
to the Regular List and 1 to the Digest List.
If you would like to visit the archived messages you may go to
http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and type in
NV-GHOSTTOWNS. From there you can search by keyword.
There is a great Rootsweb site you can go to if you want to find out
what Rootsweb lists you are a member of or need to unsubscribe
from a list, just follow the instructions.
http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/
I want to thank each of you for continuing to help make this list the
success it is. I also want to thank you for your support of me and
your willingness to follow the list rules. I have been a List Mom now
since 1997 and truly feel I have the best List Members out there who
have subscribed to the Mailing Lists I take care of for Rootsweb.
Just a reminder so 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 Says "Happy Birthday Joan"
and then Joan says "Thank you" and then about 60 of our members
also send "Happy Birthday Joan". 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. Please keep your Virus Scan updated as often as possible. If by
chance one of our members unknowingly sends out a virus, please let me
take care of it behind the scenes. Know that if you received it, I most
likely did also. If you are concerned that I am not aware of the
effected system, contact me personally
KathleenBurnett(a)earthlink.net Please do not post to the entire list
the name and e-mail address of the person you feel has the virus.
If you are interested in knowing about other mailing list out there,
one of the very best inventories of genealogical mailing lists is John
Fuller's Genealogy Resources on the Internet located at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html
I wish for each of you a success in the year 2002 with your most
difficult genealogical mystery.
Kathleen Burnett
List Mom
KathleenBurnett(a)earthlink.net