Since I am looking for EVANS family members who were in Connecticut and New York and I don't yet have any connections to MD, PA, KY, or OH, separating out areas would be helpful to those of us not in those states too. I know there is a separate ROOTSWEB list for SMITHs in CT. Erica In a message dated 7/15/07 2:52:00 PM, bennettrh@earthlink.net writes: > 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 > ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour