[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Update about our mail service

[Jerry Frank]

We are approaching one year in service and I am pleased to report that we 
now have 290 subscribers to our mail list.  It continues to grow even 
though many subscribers drop off because it does not meet there 
needs.  Thank you for your cooperation in holding to subject content and 
making my work as administrator much easier by doing so.

I know that many of you have found help in extending your family research 
AND in finding long lost cousins.  NETWORKING is the key issue here and it 
does work.  I would like to encourage you to continue helping each other in 
this way.  Just 2 weeks ago one of our members was put in contact with 
cousins in Germany that she didn't know existed.  They are now pooling 
their research efforts from both sides of the pond to come up with more 
complete family data.

Of course there are others who have posted and have not been helped.  Many 
of you probably didn't even get a reply of any kind.  Don't be 
discouraged.  There are times your research will try up.  In addition, your 
posting has gone into our archive which is open to search engines such as 
GOOGLE.  Someone may find it 2 years from now and offer a response.

Please continue to post on our list.  Your message does not have to have a 
question.  You are welcome to report your successes and struggles in your 
genealogical research so long as it relates to the general topics outlined 
on our webpage.


A REMINDER ABOUT VIRUSES:
The distribution system now in place has proven effective at blocking the 
spread of viruses through our mail list.  However, the administrative 
addresses at the SGGEE site cannot be protected in the same way so viruses 
still get through to me and the other SGGEE volunteers.  In many cases, 
this is because the administrative address is in the address book of an 
infected SGGEE member or subscriber to this list.  Please ensure that you 
operate and MAINTAIN an effective virus protection system on your computer.

Thank you also for sticking to our rule regarding posting of messages about 
viruses.  We have not had any problems in that regard either.

Thanks are due to SGGEE for supporting and hosting this mail list.  Without 
them, it would not be nearly as effective.

Happy ancestor hunting!


Jerry Frank - List Administrator for [Ger-Poland-Volhynia]
GPVListAdmin at sggee.org
http://www.sggee.org/listserv.html