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