I too, hope the new Additions to the variation of Farris/Phariss doesn't take away from our great members. But personally I am going to stay where I am. I've had great success on this list & i get confused as it is, I don't need anything else to speed that up. LOL The good side is, there is a query board for my ABRAM Surname that up until this point there hasn't been a surname mailing list (this too might have changed) or anything, but I hope our list stays strong Alli :) Wanda Rabb wrote: > Hi Jim and the rest of the group, > > Recently, Rootsweb started a whole new group of "cluster surnames" in order > to expand the surname mailing lists. When they did this, they created a > whole new group of mailing lists for various surnames, several of which are > variations of the surname we deal with on the Farris-L. As you know, we > have tried to address all variations of spelling on the Farris-L. Some > of the new lists that were created are FARIS-L, FAIRES-L, and PHARES-L. > The current listowners were given an opportunity to "adopt" these new lists > that are variations of spellings of our current lists (i.e. FARRIS-L). > I did volunteer to take on the FARIS-L and FAIRES-L, but to be honest, the > PHARES-L slipped by me when I applied. I am not sure anyone has adopted > this list yet. I have applied for this one, but would be more than > happy to relinquish the list (if I end up with it) to anyone interested in > hosting it! > > I have mixed feelings about the creation of all of these lists. While on > the surface, it appears to be a positive move, there are a lot of problems > inherent with having too many lists that deal with the same surname. We > could end up with splintering of the group, excessive cross-postings to all > of the lists, etc. Personally, I have enjoyed having this one list > where we can all share regardless of how we spell the name. This way no > one misses something that could be important to their research. On the > other hand, a new researcher may log onto the Rootsweb Mailing List site > and think there is not a list for their surname if they don't find the > exact spelling they use. > > In addition, new GenConnect Boards were also created for each spelling > derivation as well, so this just adds yet another place people can post > their queries, information, etc. Again, this could be good but means we > may have to check multiple boards to stay on top of things. > > We have over 200 researchers on the Farris-L and I think there has been a > great deal of cohesiveness in this group. For that, I am grateful! > I hope the creation of these new surname lists will not weaken this list > but will enhance everyone's research. > > Wanda Rabb > (researching Rabb (NC/SC), Penix (NC), Bradshaw (VA>NC), (Gantt (NC), > Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner, Harris (Rutherford Co.,NC), Laws(Yancey, > Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards,Kelly (Yancey Co.,NC), Causby, > Patton(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton(Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), > Purviance (NC), Farris & Morris (York Co., SC) > Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co., NC), > Ledford, Black(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), > Towery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) > Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, FARRIS-L, LAWS-L, NIX-L, PAXTON-L, PURVIANCE-L, > RABB-L > Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/ > > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html