From: richard@ex-parrot.com   
      
   On 09/01/2020 17:12, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:   
   > On 2020-01-07 19:19:51 +0000, MB said:   
   >   
   >> A message is being sent out on ROOTSWEB mailing lists to inform users   
   >> that the mailing lists are closing on 2nd March.   
   >   
   > Just the mailing lists, or will the news group close as well?   
      
   Assuming you genuinely do mean newsgroups (e.g. soc.genealogy.britain),   
   rather than online forums or mailing lists, then, no, they will not be   
   closed.  Ancestry have no power to close a newsgroup.  No one company or   
   individual does.   
      
   Richard   
      
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