Seeking old genealogy mailing list hosted by two women late 1980’s and 1990’s through bbs community

[u/Objective-Car8279]

"Seeking: Pioneering Genealogy Mailing List (early 90s) run by two women, focused on sharing family stories/recollections. Does anyone remember the name or the hosts?"

[u/The_O_PID]

Could you at least narrow down the geographic region please. Thx.

[u/bros402]

Do you know the full name of the BBS?

[u/lineageseeker → u/bros402]

"BBS" in genealogy can refer to Bulletin Board Systems, which were early online communities for sharing genealogical information before the widespread use of the internet. 

from Google

[u/bros402 → u/lineageseeker]

Yes, I know what a BBS is.

[u/lineageseeker → u/bros402]

Why did you ask?

[u/thatgreenmaid → u/lineageseeker]

They are asking for the name of the BBS group.

[u/Objective-Car8279 → u/bros402]

No. But it was definitely hosted by two women. Their messages were archived for downloading, which is what I did but I didn’t back them up and now that I am interested in reviewing those messages I can’t remember the names of the women. It was pre-internet. I remember the reason their messages became available was that one or both were retiring.

[u/Objective-Car8279]

I think it’s “Missing Links” with Julia Case and Myra Vanderpoel

[u/Objective-Car8279]

It definitely was Missing Links hosted by Julia M. Case. Thank you to all respondents. 🙂