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User Mailing Lists Hosted by Rootsweb
About Mailing Lists
Mailing lists are remarkably simple: you send a piece of e-mail to
the list's address, and the list retransmits that
message to everyone who is subscribed.
All Lists Have Two Addresses
Every mailing list really has two addresses: the list name, where
posts should be sent, and the list name followed
by -request, where commands to the listserver software should be sent.
For example, posts to ROOTS-L should go to
ROOTS-L(a)rootsweb.com while "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests
should
go to
ROOTS-L-request(a)rootsweb.com.
List Modes Affect How You Receive Posts
Mailing lists can operate in any of three modes:
* MAIL mode, where every post is sent to subscribers as a separate
piece of e-mail. MAIL mode requires a great
deal of effort by the listserving computer. MAIL mode lists are often
named listname-M.
* DIGEST mode, where about twenty posts are batched together and
then sent to the subscribers. Digests
produce less clutter in your mailbox, but replying to an individual
message may require a little extra effort. DIGEST
mode lists are often named listname-D.
* INDEX mode, where a list of the Subject: and From: lines for each
post is sent daily to the subscribers.
Subscribers can then request only the messages they want to see. INDEX
mode lists are often named listname-I.
Besides those lists, the default mode for a list is sometimes called
listname-L. For example, the default mode of
ROOTS-L is DIGEST, so ROOTS-L really is three lists: ROOTS-L, ROOTS-M,
and ROOTS-I.
Be aware, though, that many lists (especially small ones) do not
adhere to these conventions.
How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe It's easy -- just click on the
list you want. When the "mail-to" window pops
up, write just the single word "subscribe" in the body of the message.
That's all.
If you want to unsubscribe from a list, click on it and write just
the single word "unsubscribe" in the body of the
message.
General Interest Lists
ROOTS-L
* ROOTS-L: This is the Grand Old List itself, with almost a decade of
continuous operation and over 9300
subscribers. Traffic is high on ROOTS-L: if you subscribe, expect to
receive a hundred or more messages each day
gathered into three to ten 40KB digests.
* ROOTS-I: This is the INDEX mode for ROOTS-L.
* ROOTS-M: is the MAIL mode version of ROOTS-L, and subscribers
receive 100-200 pieces of mail daily from the
list. Because of the high cost of providing this volume of mail, ROOTS-M
is only available to RootsWeb Members and
Sponsors via the RootsWeb Member Services page.
GEN-CHAT-L
* GEN-CHAT-L -- A mailing list for discussions of anything having to
do with genealogy. Please note that this is a
high volume list.
GEN-CHAT-D -- digest version
GEN-EDITOR-L
* GEN-EDITOR-L -- A mailing list for editors/publishers of
genealogical, surname and family newsletters to have a
place to discuss and share ideas and tips.
GEN-EDITOR-D -- digest version
GEN-MARKET
* GEN-MARKET: Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.marketplace newsgroup
for commercial postings of unique
interest to genealogists.
GEN-MARKET-M -- mail mode
GEN-MARKET-I -- index mode
GEN-MAT-L
* GEN-MAT-L -- This is a mailing list for anyone who has an interest
in the buying or selling of new or used
genealogical materials (e.g., books, newsletters, CDs, magazines).
Publishers of newsletters, books, or other materials
relating to genealogy are welcome, as are resellers of any form of used
genealogical materials, be they businesses or
individuals cleaning bookshelves. Purchases are arranged in private
posting between the buyer and the seller rather than
on the list. You must be a subscriber to post to the list and posting
instructions will be provided when you subscribe.
GEN-MAT-D -- digest version
GEN-MAT-15-L
* GEN-MAT-15-L -- This is a mailing list for anyone who desires to
post the availability of new or used genealogical
materials (e.g., books, newsletters, CDs, magazines) or services for sale
at a price of $15 or less. Publisher of
newsletters, books, or other materials relating to genealogy are welcome,
as are resellers of any form of used
genealogical materials, be they businesses or individuals cleaning
bookshelves. Purchases are arranged in private between
the buyer and the seller rather than on the list. You must be a
subscriber to post to the list and posting instructions
will be provided when you subscribe.
GEN-MAT-15-D -- digest version
GEN-NEWBIE-L
* GEN-NEWBIE-L: This list is the perfect list for beginners --
noquestion is too elementary and the atmosphere is
relaxed and friendly. A number of the oldies hang out here, too, and
help when they can. Traffic is typically about 20
messages a day.
GEN-NEWBIE-D: This list is the DIGEST mode for GEN-NEWBIE-L.
Subscribers receive about one digest per
day.
GEN-IRC-L
* GEN-IRC-L -- A mailing list for anyone who has an interest in
genealogy and is using or would like to use Internet
Relay Chat (IRC) to communicate with other genealogists. There are a
number of IRC channels relating to genealogy.
This mailing list covers mainly those on NewNet but other Networks are
welcome to use it as a general Genealogy-IRC
list. The main purposes of this list are to enable a genealogist to
communicate and set times for live discussions on IRC
with other genealogists, post problems or ask questions relating to
genealogy and IRC, and anounce new channels or
topics of channels in genealogy and IRC.
GEN-IRC-D -- digest version
GENTEEN-L
* GENTEEN-L: A mailing list for teenagers and young adults who are
interested in genealogical research or others
who have suggestions or ideas for young genealogists. Areas that will be
addressed by the list include general
genealogical concerns, keeping records, finding information and clues,
or any other concerns dealing with genealogy
and young adults.
GENTEEN-D -- digest version
GENTIPS-L
* GENTIPS-L -- A mailing list for anyone who has an interest in
genealogy. This list hopes to provide tips about
obtaining genealogy records and is useful for both beginning genealogists
and experts. No geographical boundaries
apply. In addition, this list is for any topic of genealogical value and
postings from general history to a listing of state
vital records office addresses are welcome.
HOMESPUN-L
* HOMESPUN-L -- A mailing list for those who want to have a bit of fun
reminiscing. Subscribers are welcome to
share memories, traditions, poems, humor, stories, recipes, folklore and
home remedies.
HOMESPUN-D -- digest version
IMMI-GRAND-L
* IMMI-GRAND-L -- A mailing list for those attempting to do
genealogical research whose grandparents (or parents)
arrived in the USA after 1875. Volunteers who have addressed this issue
in the United States or other countries are
especially welcome in order to assist others in their research efforts.
You must be a subscriber to post to the list and
posting instructions will be provided when you subscribe.
IMMI-GRAND-D -- digest version
NEW-GEN-URL-L
* NEW-GEN-URL-L -- A mailing list for the posting of information on
genealogy-related web sites in order to save
researchers time in locating new web sites and determining the location
of significant web resources. Information on web
sites may be posted to the list even if the sites are not new. Postings
should contain your title, full name and email
address; the URL (address) of the site; and a brief description of the
contents of the site. You may also include a
surname list if the site is a personal web site.
NEW-GEN-URL-D -- digest version
RESEARCH-HOWTO-L
* RESEARCH-HOWTO-L -- A mailing list for those who are just getting
started in genealogy research and those who
are not novices but need information on where to go when "dead ends" are
encountered. This list will deal with such
things as courts' records, other official documents, ships' logs,
genealogy societies, on-line databases, web Pages,
mailing lists, historical societies, libraries dedicated to genealogy,
locations of LDS Genealogy Centers, and any other
subjects that arise in the discussion of Genealogy Tips, Tricks, Methods,
Techniques, etc. Surname searches or any other
specific ancestor searches are not an appropriate topic for this list.
RESEARCH-HOWTO-D -- digest version
ROLL-CALL-L
* ROLL-CALL-L -- A mailing list for the posting of "roll calls"
(lists) of the surnames you are researching so that
others can determine if there is a common interest.
ROLL-CALL-D -- digest version
RSL-UPDATES
* Roots Surname List Updates: This list distributes updates to the
RSL, and carries no other messages. Subscribers
typically receive one or two large pieces of mail each day.
SURNAME-QUERY-L
* SURNAME-QUERY-L -- A mailing list for users to send queries on
specific surname searches. If a mailing list
already exists for a particular surname, subscribers will let the user
know the name of the list, how to subscribe, etc. If a
list doesn't exist, subscribers will be encouraged to help out with
pertinent information. If there are sufficient posts for a
particular surname and a new list is justified, users will be asked to
volunteer to start and maintain a new list. If there are
no user volunteers, one of the "old timers" will request that RootsWeb
allow the new list with the requestor as the list
owner. You must be a subscriber to post to the list and posting
instructions will be provided when you subscribe.
SURNAME-QUERY-D -- digest version
REGIONAL MAILING LISTS:
There are many REGIONAL MAILING LISTS I have just included a few of
them. Please log on to
ROOTSWEB to review the entire list available for you research.
Australia and New Zealand
North America
Canada
* SURNAMES-CANADA-M -- Gatewayed with the
soc.genealogy.surnames.canada newsgroup for surname queries
related to Canada.
SURNAMES-CANADA-L -- digest version
SURNAMES-CANADA-I -- index version
United States
South America
* SOUTH-AM-EMI-L -- A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of
information regarding emigrants from the
United Kingdom to South America during the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries.
SOUTH-AM-EMI-D -- digest version
Austria
* AUSTRIA-L -- A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or
historical interest in Austria including the German
speaking lands annexed to Italy at the end of World War I. You must be a
subscriber to post to the list and posting
instructions will be provided when you subscribe.
AUSTRIA-D -- digest version
England
* GENBRIT-L -- Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.britain newsgroup for
the discussion of genealogy in Great
Britain and the islands.
GENBRIT-D -- digest version
GENBRIT-I -- index version
* SURNAMES-BRITAIN-M -- Gatewayed with the
soc.genealogy.surnames.britain newsgroup for surname queries
related to Great Britain.
SURNAMES-BRITAIN-L -- digest version
SURNAMES-BRITAIN-I -- index version
France
* GEN-FF-L -- Gatewayed with the fr.rec.genealogie newsgroup for the
discussion of Francophone genealogy -- the
genealogy of French-speaking people (traffic probably mainly in French).
GEN-FF-D -- digest version
GEN-FF-I -- index version
Germany
* SURNAMES-GERMAN-M -- Gatewayed with the
soc.genealogy.surnames.german a subscriber to post to the list
and posting instructions will be provided when you subscribe.
PRUSSIA-ROOTS-D -- digest version
* WorldGenWeb-Preussen-L -- A mailing list for anyone with a
genealogical interest in the Prussia. Interested
individuals may want to check out the PrussiaGenWeb web page at
http://www.worldgenweb.org/Prussia/index.htm.
WorldGenWeb-Preussen-D -- digest version
* SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L -- A mailing list for anyone with a
genealogical interest in the German
province/state of Schleswig-Holstein.
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-D -- digest version
* TRIER-ROOTS-L -- A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical
interest in Luxembourg, the Saarland, the
Rheinland, Westfalen (Westphalia), and the Pfalz (used to be between
Rheinland and Baden, belonged to Bavaria but is
now part of Rheinpfalz).
TRIER-ROOTS-D -- digest version
Ireland
* SURNAMES-IRELAND-M -- Gatewayed with the
soc.genealogy.surnames.ireland newsgroup for surname queries
related to Ireland and Northern Ireland.
SURNAMES-IRELAND-L -- digest version
SURNAMES-IRELAND-I -- index version
Norway
* GEN-NORDIC-L -- Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.nordic newsgroup
for the discussion of genealogy of
Scandinavian countries, Finland, Faeroe Islands and Iceland.
GEN-NORDIC-D -- digest version
GEN-NORDIC-I -- index version
Switzerland
* SWITZERLAND-L -- A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or
historical interest in Switzerland. You must
be a subscriber to post to the list and posting instructions will be
provided when you subscribe.
SWITZERLAND-D -- digest version
Software Lists
* BK5FORUM -- A mailing list for the discussion of the Brother's
Keeper genealogy program. The list is for the
Scandinavian countries so please note that the language for this list is
Norwegian, Danish and Swedish.
* CFT-WIN-L -- A mailing list for anyone interested in discussion and
support for Cumberland Family Software
products; primarily the Cumberland Family Tree for Windows genealogy
software program.
CFT-WIN-D -- digest version
* FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L -- A mailing list for users of the Family
Origins genealogy software program to
interact with other users, seekhelp in using the program, and exchange
ideas and solutions regarding problem areas.
FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D -- digest version
* FAMILYROOTS-L A mailing list for DOS and Macintosh users of
Quinsept's Family Roots genealogy software
who were "orphaned" when Steve Vorenberg closed the Quinsept company in
August 1997. Additional information can
be found on the Family Roots web page at
http://www.ogram.org/familyroots/familyroots-list.shtml.
FAMILYROOTS-D -- digest version
* FR2TMG-L -- A mailing list for those who have questions and comments
relating to importing (DOS) Family Roots
(FR) data into The Master Genealogist (TMG) (Windows). Questions related
to the actual use of TMG should be posted
to the TMG-L mailing list; however, questions such as I was able to do
*this* in FR, how do I get the equivalent in
TMG? are appropriate for this list. Note that Family Roots is the program
by Quinsept, *not* the Roots group of
programs by Commsoft.
FR2TMG-D -- digest version
Miscellaneous Lists
* ALT-GENEALOGY-L -- Gatewayed with the alt.genealogy newsgroup for
general genealogical discussions.
ALT-GENEALOGY-D -- digest version
ALT-GENEALOGY-I -- index version
* AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L -- A mailing list for the discussion of events
during the American Revolution and
genealogical matters related to the American Revolution. The
French-Indian Wars and the War of 1812 are also suitable
topics for discussion. Additional information can be found on The
American Revolution List Web Page at
www.angelfire.com/ny/ruehesterly/amrev.html.
AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-D -- digest mode
* BlackSheep-L -- A mailing list for the Black Sheep Society of
Genealogists (BSSG) which includes all those who
have a dastardly, infamous individual of public knowledge and ill-repute
somewhere in their family ... preferably in their
direct lines. This individual must have been publically pilloried in
disgrace for acts of a significantly anti-social nature.
The purpose of the list is to discuss these individuals in order to learn
more about them and share information about your
"Black Sheep" with others.
* BlackSheep-D -- digest mode
* CEMETERY-L -- An "Old Bones" mailing list for people interested in
the many aspects of family graves from caring
for the grave of one ancestor to the restoration and preservation of the
family cemetery. Areas of discussion will center
around the restoration, preservation, and recording of small cemeteries
and will include cleaning and repairing broken
headstones and recording headstone inscriptions, how to better read old
headstones, and determining where ancestors
are buried. This is not a list for cemetery look ups.
CEMETERY-D -- digest version
* CIVIL-WAR-L -- A mailing list for the discussion of events during
the Civil War and genealogical matters related to
the Civil War.
CIVIL-WAR-D -- digest version
* COALMINERS-L -- A mailing list for anyone whose ancestors were
coalminers in the United Kingdom or the
United States.).
COALMINERS-D -- digest version
* CyndisList -- A read-only list (only the list owner can post) to
provide users of the Cyndi's List web site at
http://www.CyndisList.com with daily site updates, number of new/updated
links, names of updated categories, answers
to frequently asked questions, and descriptions of new features or
improvements. Additional information can be found
on the CyndisList web page at
http://www.CyndisList.com/maillist.htm.
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details, please read Guidelines for Managing a RootsWeb Mailing List.
Because creating and maintaining lists do impose
costs on RootsWeb, listownership is limited to those of you who have
chosen to become RootsWeb Sponsors. If you are
a sponsor, you can request up to two mailing lists.
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