As I see the problem with your suggestion, it would be impossible to make the list after the earliest Evans ancestor?because who's earliest immigrant ancestor would be selected. I tend to agree with Rootsweb that state specific Evans lists would be the best solution. Then one could sign up for any and all states of that individual's interest. My Evans line went from Maryland to Virginia and some of that family?moved to Kentucky but the sibling in my specific line, Augustus Haislip Evans (1792-1863, my gggrandfather), left Virginia and was in St. Louis (Missouri) as early as 1822. So I would subscribe to the Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, and possibly the Kentucky lists. OPO Bob Robert Evans Page -----Original Message----- From: Mitchellworks <jmitchjr@horizonview.net> To: R H Bennett [No Chain Emails Please!] <bennettrh@earthlink.net>; evans@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 5:24 pm Subject: Re: [EVANS] advice needed about creating another more specialized Evanslist Hi Renee, I don't think that selecting a state (OH for example since that is the one you mentioned) would necessarily "leave out" the MD, PA, KY, IL, LA, or any other states influences where this EVANS group started out from, passed through, or ended up. I think you could do one of two things. Either name the list for the earliest Evans ancestor who arrived in the U.S. and then add "and all descendent branches", or just make it state specific as RootsWeb suggested and state very clearly in the list description that your real objective is to include in it, all of the other states from which these Evans' families either came from, ended up, or just passed through. Just an idea. Hope you can work something out. I, too, like the idea of having the list on RootsWeb. Good luck, Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "R H Bennett [No Chain Emails Please!]" <bennettrh@earthlink.net> To: <evans@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 2:50 PM Subject: [EVANS] advice needed about creating another more specialized Evanslist [snipped]I > 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 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.