I would like to add, keep your email address up to date in your ancestry.com account. However, I suspect that many people cease paying their annual subscription and fail to register as a “Registered Guest”. Consequently when someone replies years later, they never know that a response to their query has been posted.
From Jerry,
http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/h/e/Jerry-Sherard/ “Mining Accidents U.S., Canada and Australia”