Mailing lists can still be a great way to ask research questions and get help and suggestions. Not everyone is on Facebook or blogging their heart away.
Roots-L is one of the oldest genealogical mailing lists around at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-1/ and Gen-Newbie (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~newbie/)is a great list for those "new" to research or computers.
Messages on the Rootsweb mailing lists are archived and can be searched for surnames or locations. It seems that traffic on many of the mailing lists has declined in recent years.
ReplyDeleteI prefer the RootsWeb message boards -- also searchable.