Electronic mail and the Internet have sped this process. One of the tools available to researchers of single name searches are electronic mail lists. When you subscribe to the list, you join a group of people that share a similar interest. When you mail a message to the list, all members receive it. It is generally not a place to discuss anything but the list topic and not a place to get personal.
Standard email is better for that.
A couple of new lists are available for you to subscribe to. RootsWeb is the service that is providing the resources and I am presently acting as the listowner. The Dutton list is reserved for Dutton name research. Do the same thing for the Dunton list. Jessica Rene Dunton will be 1 year old on August 13, 1997.