What is RootsWeb?
RootsWeb is mainly a genealogy site, but had some non-genealogy mailing lists until July 2002, including several for school alumni and college alumni.

What is MadDoc?
Maddoc.net is run by a couple who were once on staff at RootsWeb with Margaret.  They host mailing lists and web sites and it's a good place to be.

How much does this cost?
Subscribing to the mailing list and participating on this web page costs nothing.  The web page is on Margaret Olson's RootsWeb Freepages page, which, as it says, is free.  The mailing list started as part of the "non-genealogy communities" at RootsWeb where it was free.  When the non-genealogy lists were closed in 2002, the list was moved to another server.  Margaret pays a very small amount to have resources on maddoc.net, but the cost of the UHS list is not going to be passed on to list members.  This stuff is free to the users.

Subscribers to the mailing list (when it was at RootsWeb) got subscribed automatically to RootsWeb's weekly mailing list, the RootsWeb Review.   If you are interested in genealogy you may find those newsletters interesting.  If you are not interested, you can remove yourself  by following the instructions found in those newsletters.  Those subscriptions are no longer automatic now that the list has moved to maddoc.net.

This web page will have banners both at the top and the bottom.   Compared to other sites I have visited, like YahooGroups, the advertising and taglines are quite reasonable.  Let me know if something concerns you.

Why A Mailing List?
I didn't see any similar resources anywhere, so I decided to start the mailing list so members of the class of '52 might talk to each other, but it's bigger than just '52.  Join in!  The mailing list is not usually busy, but does allow announcements by email.  If you have something you want everyone on all classes to know, go ahead and write.  The web page seems to be the busy part of this endeavor.  Keep the information coming!

The Class of '52 has a separate mailing list, too.  If you are from '52 and are interested, contact  [email protected] .

WhyRootsWeb?
I worked for RootsWeb until the end of February, 2001 so I know a bit about it.  I am using my freepages account at RootsWeb for this.  It costs me nothing, and I already know how to use it.

WhyMaddoc?
I worked with Dale and Bridgett and know they understand the mailing lists as I have known them.  They are people I know and trust and can ask questions of.  Their site should be just fine for the list.  If you'd like a mailing list or website and don't know where to get one, look at www.maddoc.net .

What now?
I need contact addresses for different classes, and if you have any history or photographs you want me to include, send them to me.  If you have ideas for things we should include, let me know.  If you have links to existing sites for UHS, let me know that, too, and I'll add them.  If you have genealogy links for your family, put them on RootsWeb's WorldConnect.

Why Register

There are links on the main page where we ask alumni and faculty to register.  When you register, your name and hometown and email address will be added to the web page for your class.  We hope that by being there you may hear from people you knew at UHS.  If you want to be removed, please contact Margaret Olson .  If you have additions or corrections, please contact me.  I want these lists to be useful.

The form asks for your class, address, phone number and email address. I will use that information to update our database of UHS alums and to help your class contact you whenever they are planning a reunion.  The addresses and phone numbers will never be placed on web pages or provided to anyone except the class representatives for your class.

To register, fill out this "Registration Form ", or to change your information, use the "Change Form ".

Address Lists
Don Donham ('52) for several years kept a list on his computer of addresses which were used to send the announcements of past All School reunions through 1998, and the list was in need of updating.  This mailing list/web page is being used to help do that and to help individual classes update their lists.  The addresses collected are being used to inform people about an All School Reunion which will be held in October 2005.  Thanks to everyone who has helped update these addresses.

Reunion committees from each class update their lists from time to time.  They probably have the best information.  If you want to know about your class, try contacting your committee. You can also email me, and  I will contact your class rep.  We need to be concerned about keeping lists in the hands of people who have a legitimate reason to have them.  I will be glad to share what I have with classes, and hope that they will share with me.  This has worked pretty well since the web page was started.  I would like feedback, though.  Let me know what you think.

I can be reached at [email protected].