Yes, it is confusing, isn't it, Nancy!
My understanding (and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong) is that:
* this "original" list is called the *CoTyroneIreland* mailing list (abbreviated in subject
headings as [CoTyIre]) and one subscribes/unsubscribes through Rootsweb at
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NIR/CoTyroneIreland.html -- that page says "There is a
Web page for the CoTyroneIreland mailing list at http://cotyroneireland.com";
<http://cotyroneireland.com> but I believe that's incorrect and needs to be changed;
* the "new" list is called (just to add to the confusion) the *CoTyroneList *or the
*CoTyroneIreland.com *mailing list (abbreviated in subject headings as [CoTyroneIreland]) and one
subscribes/unsubscribes through the website at http://cotyroneireland.com/subscribe.html -- it is
this "new" list that is now associated with the website and one receives emails through
this list about website content and updates; and
* if you're interested, there are 2 other Rootsweb mailing lists dealing with
County Tyrone -- they are called IRL-Tyrone and NIR-Tyrone but appear to be
pretty well defunct, as they've had only 2 messages each during 2017.
Hope this helps to unravel the confusion -- and I have posted this to both
lists so that we are all in the picture.
Lindsay Graham
Canberra, Australia
On 1/8/17 11:17, Nancy McLaughlin wrote:
And I must admit that I am totally confused!
Jim McKane's mailing list associated with his webpages on Co Tyrone is the
one I wish to belong to....
Presumably that is this list....but what is it called?
And what is the other list called?
Nancy McLaughlin.
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Lindsay Graham <[email protected]>
wrote:
I have no idea whether anyone is 'harvesting' email addresses, and I don't
really want to get involved in that discussion.
But, whether we like it or not, there are now 2 County Tyrone lists.
Subscribing to both lists is, to me, a no-brainer if you are interested in
County Tyrone research. That does not show any disloyalty to Rootsweb at
all.
Yes, it's a pity that there are now 2 lists. I've seen that happen before
(in a non-genealogy list) and it was made very much worse by open conflict
-- be thankful that we have been spared most of that on the County Tyrone
lists.
If the Jim referred to in an earlier message is Jim McKane, I think you'll
find that his contributions (including announcements and discussion about
the content of the website CoTyroneIreland.com) are *all *on the
[CoTyroneIreland] list. As I've said before, if you are interested in that
website or in County Tyrone generally, it would be foolish not to subscribe
to both mailing lists.
I hasten to add that I do not know any of the people involved and have no
brief for either list -- just interested in County Tyrone.
Lindsay Graham
Canberra, Australia
On 31/7/17 03:19, E. Fosbrooke-Brown wrote:
Harvesting email addresses is dubious.
Subscribing someone to a list without their permission is plain wrong.
The information given about the reasons for the new list is incorrect.
It could be just clumsiness, but it could be something worse. Be wary.
Elisabeth
Family: Johnstons of Coagh Co. Tyrone, and later Belfast
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