Yahoo also has a number of good Mailing Lists for Genealogy. Perhaps you may want to take a look at their site to see what it entails, and you could make the list about whatever it is you want. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: "R H Bennett [No Chain Emails Please!]" <bennettrh@earthlink.net> To: <evans@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 1:50 PM Subject: [EVANS] advice needed about creating another more specialized Evanslist > Back on July 4th I made a request of Rootsweb for a new mailing list > which would be more specific to our family's particular line than the > general mailing list. I figured it would allow us to do more deep and > penetrating research without subjecting all non related members to our > efforts. > > I was going to call this list: > EVANS-MDPAKYOHINLA@rootsweb.com > > because that gave an indication of just what we are researching. I was > going to invite all members that I know who are doing this research and > I was going to make an announcement on this list for those I do not know > about. I was also going to make announcements on other Rootsweb lists > which concentrated on the surnames of all those allied families who > married into our Evanses. > > Were any significant discoveries to be made from the new list, I would, > as list administrator, forward these to the general Evans list; so the > two lists would not be disconnected. > > But, what happened is that I got a message from Rootsweb saying that the > proposed list was too specific and they weren't being that specific > anymore. [There are so many affiliated surnames that I can't imagine > this list being too narrow.] > > Now what to do? I thought that perhaps changing it to > Evans-MDPAKYOH might broaden it a bit and not narrow it to the folks who > went on to IN and LA. I have not heard back from them about that, but I > am not hopeful. > > Some have suggested that I go to Google groups and I am considering > that, but since Rootsweb totally centers on genealogy and since I have > my Degruy list on Rootsweb, I would rather be consistent. > > Rootsweb said that maybe I'd like to choose a state: > Evans-OH... but that leaves out all the MD and PA and KY influences. > > So, does anyone have any ideas about this? > > I am befuddled. > > Renee > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > EVANS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/893 - Release Date: 7/9/2007 > 5:22 PM > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/893 - Release Date: 7/9/2007 5:22 PM