Because of this and problems with spammers using them for a dumping ground, their potential use as resources for and to the genealogy community has gone unnoticed. Click on the link to Liszt's list of these groups for a near-complete listing of the separate surname groups. What can I post in the alt.family-names. You can post any genealogy information for and about research on family names you are working on in the alt.family-names newsgroup. If your surname is not listed yet you can post to alt.family-names and you can also post extraneous surnames not included in the surname group posting as long as there is the query or info post contains some surname info pertinent to that surname group.
Family reunion notices Documents such as group records, newsletter articles, etc.
Answers to any of the above. Announcements of personal web sites that contain genealogy-related info. Please post surname websites to specific surname groups that apply. Crossposts from the soc.genealogy.surnames are welcome in both the catch-all group and where appropriate in any applicable surname group that exists. What cannot be posted in the alt.family-names.