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From: A Newsgroup Friend <>
Subject: Re: Other Newsgroups
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 17:12:52 GMT
References: <104bjvohd2ssf0f@corp.supernews.com> <c27lei$1q1giu$1@ID-211945.news.uni-berlin.de>


On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:28:08 -0500, "Genjunkie"
<> wrote:
>
>"Cristy" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Is there other good genealogy newsgroups that I can subscribe to
>that's a
>> good one for referencing and research techniques?
<snip>
>There is an unmoderated group-- alt.genealogy.methods --that has
>little traffic but is just waiting for someone to get the ball rolling
>by posting some good questions. Perhaps you will try your luck there.
>
Directing some clueless newbie to a moribund newsgroup carried by only
a handful of news providers is really funny. OTOH, it might be just
the place for someone who can't even find their way to s.g.m. without
assistance. But it's going to take a lot more than "some good
questions" to get a newsgroup with virtually no propagation rolling
anywhere.

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