Please note that with the publication of the 4th Edition of The Genealogist's Internet in February 2009, the links for the 3rd Edition are no longer being updated.

15. Discussion Forums

Mailing Lists

Finding lists

• [228] RootsWeb: Mailing Lists
• [229] RootsWeb: Mailing Lists: UK
• [229] Yahoo Groups
• [229] Genealogy Resources on the Internet: Genealogy Mailing Lists
• [229] Genuki: Mailing Lists

What lists are there?

• [230] International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions: Internet Mailing Lists Guides and Resources
• [230] RootsWeb: NEW-GENLIST mailing list

List Archives

• [230] RootsWeb: Mailing List Archives

Text formatting

• [235] RootsWeb: Sending Messages in Plain Text

Newsgroups

Newsreading software

• [238] TUCOWS: Windows Newsreaders
• [238] TUCOWS: Macintosh Newsreaders

Newsgroup charters

• [241] Genealogy Newsgroups

Mailing list gateways

• [243] RootsWeb
• [243] RootsWeb: Mailing List Archives

Newsgroup archives

• [243] Google Groups

Web forums

• [245] SmartGroups
• [245] British-Genealogy: Forums
• [246] British-Genealogy: Forums - Overview
• [246] GenForum
• [246] GenForum: Isle of Man Forum
• [246] Ancestry: Genealogy Message Boards
• [247] RootsChat
• [247] TalkingScot

Netiquette

• [248] Netiquette
• [248] Malcolm's Notes On... List Etiquette

Good manners

• [250] Vmyths

Starting your own discussion group

• [252] Yahoo Groups
• [252] SmartGroups
• [252] Requesting a Mailing List
• [252] RootsWeb: Information for List Administrators

Which discussion group?

• [253] Genuki: Mailing Lists