Dear All: Generally speaking a roll call does not do much for the genealogy of our list. However, once a year seems to be an appropriate timing to dust off those brick walls and see where things stand. I know from the various emails that I receive that many of you have made great strides this year due to new databases on line and new web sites etc. So what I propose is as follows: A: Post the brick wall ancestor and other ancestors that seem to have been created to give you a a hard time. Some ancestors of mine have covered their tracks so well, it must have been deliberate :-) Please use the standard format in the subject line for everyone's benefit. This standard has been used and was created in order to allow many people to skim the subject lines and then determine if there is any interest or should the delete key be used. So one ancestor per message. The format is : SURNAME > location > time Note the surname is in Caps. The new search engines here in Rootsweb are coming on line and are working well. Then give the pertinent details in the message body. B: No signatures lines over 4 lines. The VLF will automatically put anybody on moderate that can't seem to get their sig line down. Large sig lines clog up the search engine and the archives. VLF is a patented system from Piglet (the Listowners admin) and she rents it out for a royalty fee per use. VLF = Very Large Flyswatter to keep posters in line :-) C: Also post any great web sites that you've found that really helped. I may put some of these in the taglines for future reference. Lets Go! Best Regards John A Hansen jahansen@qwest.net List Admin

These are the earliest COWPER in my tree. I am descended from John COWPER and Margery NEWSON of Benhall. The other lines are all "dead ends". Is there anyone out there that may fit in. Phil Cooper (the name changed along the way) in Jakarta, Indonesia Descendants of John Cowper 1 John COWPER, b: Abt. 1546, d: 12 Sep 1612 in Ufford, Suffolk . +Margaret, b: Abt. 1546, d: 21 Apr 1616 in Ufford, Suffolk .... 2 Edward COWPER, b: Abt. 1568 .... 2 Margaret COWPER, b: 17 Dec 1569 in Ufford, Suffolk .... 2 Mary COWPER, b: 15 Jul 1571 in Ufford, Suffolk .... 2 Elizabeth COWPER, b: 20 Jul 1573 in Ufford, Suffolk ........ +Thomas UFFORD, b: , m: 02 Apr 1593 in Ufford, Suffolk .... 2 Agnes COWPER, b: 12 Oct 1575 in Ufford, Suffolk, d: 20 Oct 1575 in Ufford, Suffolk .... 2 Simon COWPER, b: 22 Sep 1576 in Ufford, Suffolk .... 2 Maria COWPER, b: 26 Nov 1578 in Ufford, Suffolk .... 2 Thomas COWPER, b: 01 Nov 1580 in Ufford, Suffolk ........ +Margaret, b: .... 2 John COWPER, b: 24 Mar 1581/82 in Ufford, Suffolk ........ +Margery NEWSON, b: 10 Jul 1582 in Benhall, Suffolk, m: 22 Dec 1604 in Benhall, Suffolk, d: 12 Nov 1638 in Benhall, Suffolk .... *2nd Wife of John COWPER: ........ +Mary CHAPLIN, b: , m: 05 Aug 1641 in Benhall, Suffolk .... 2 William COWPER, b: 03 Oct 1585 in Ufford, Suffolk ........ +Maria SMITH, b: , m: 01 Oct 1617 in Ufford, Suffolk .... 2 Ann COWPER, b: 14 Jul 1588 in Ufford, Suffolk ........ +William BIRKE, b: