Ally said: <<And before anyone confesses too much, remember we are on a web site, and everything that is said on the web ~ STAYS ON THE WEB ~ FOREVER.>>
Ally, please don't scare people. This is not a Web site. Azores GenWeb is a Web site. Ancestry and FamilySearch are Web sites (albeit dynamic Web sites). This is a list serv. It has an email list which most people use. It also has a forum or web board or archive where messages are stored and can be read by anybody. Google searches can crawl the board/forum. I can remove messages and I do. These are usually sent out in error (someone wanted to email Aunt Ann and the Azores email addy pops up and it goes out to the whole list). I also have the ability to delete the entire thing if I want to. So even the forum/board/archive may not stay "forever." Even when using the Internet Archive or Wayback Machine, I can't always get pages to display. It doesn't work on dynamic webpages. I'm talking about the static ones. And you have to have the URL from way back when as well. I can't imagine that anyone on this list wouldn't want info about their ancestors out there. I've had messages where people have had to hunt me down (I used to have AOL) and I find a new cousin! The purpose of this list is to help people research their genealogy and make connections. As the list grows, I really have to adhere more and more to our purpose. So don't be surprised when I ask for certain non-genealogy topics to stop being posted. I used to say we average 10-15 messages a day. I just ran the stats and we are averaging 14.73 messages a day. Only twice this year did we have less than 400 messages that month. Guess I need to change the group description to 15-20 messages a day. This is a lot of messages, especially for those who are still in the work force. So the focus needs to remain on genealogy. And with that many messages, you can see why a good subject/topic in the email is needed entice as many people to read your email as you can. Hope this clears up what a list-serv is and some of the things we do here. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
