Dear Listmembers I would like to welcome all the new subbers who have joined the list recently. The summer has now gone when a lot of the lists have been quiet, and now with the dark nights coming I thought we should have a roll call. For the new members, a roll call is simply a request for everyone to get their queries on the list for the best possible results. Let's start this roll call from Friday October 12 and run it until Sunday October 21, and let's see just how many of us can actually send our queries to the list! To make your query work harder for you... keep in mind the old rules and guidelines, and include as many of the following as possible: SEND: Please do not just hit the reply button and send the posting to me - send it to the list. SUBJECT LINE: Please try to make your subject lines as relevant as possible. HOW: How your query appears will often get subscriber's attention. Check spelling, grammar and format. WHO: State the names of people as completely as you can with surnames in capitals. WHEN: Dates are important, if you don't know the date try to put in a period (1790s, late 1800s etc.) WHERE: Mention the location of events (birth, marriage, death, etc.) in the body of the query. Include their migration path if you can. WHY: Why are you searching for this(these) individual(s)? Describe your connection to him/her. WHAT: Try to limit your query to one or two specific questions. Post another query with additional questions rather than putting them all into one. This way, each of your questions will stand out and get attention. REMEMBER: Your goal is to get information. Make your query work! CAUTION... You may wish to withhold personal data on living descendants. Once your message has been archived on RootsWeb, neither the data within nor the message can be removed from the archives. ALWAYS: Remember to thank anyone who answered your query, whether or not it was useful. They might not have any info now, but just might in the future, and be reluctant to send to an ungrateful person. TRY: To answer as many queries as you may be able to. i.e. any that you have info for. NOT just to say "I don't know anything". Also make certain that if your answer doesn't apply to more then a couple persons, please send it privately and not to the group. There are a lot of subscribers on the list who are new to me, yet we all share the same interest, so find those queries, make a posting, and maybe we will make a connection. Good luck in your searching. Lesley Bayston Staffs [email protected] searching Cutts in Derbyshire