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Thanks, GLoria!
We did re-level parts of the house and also used tape on some of the bigger
cracks.

>I've found that it helps to clean out the crack and then use tape in
>addition to mud. If the house continues to settle, though, I don't know of
>any fix that is permanent. Gravity seems to be the trump card, then! The
>cracks in my old house stopped once we repaired some joists that had gone
>bad (sistered them), as that stopped the settling.
>
>Gloria