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Mathieu Birkenweg 2 D-38173 Sickte Tel +49 5305 666 ***** Take care, a still pretty busy and thus lurking Juergen (Georges) ***************************** Jürgen Fritsche (Germany) ----------------------------- genealogy@ib-fritsche.de ***************************** > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: J. Burrell [mailto:binkywa@worldnet.att.net] > Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 11. Oktober 2000 07:11 > An: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com > Betreff: Fw: [HWE] List silence: questions/comments > > Andrea, > > Now a few words from a list lurker...I have little to contribute > to the list > at this point and no time for research so I could have something to > contribute. > > I traced my alleged Huguenot BESSEY family back to the 1650s in > Schoenaich, > Wuerttemberg, not to England or France. I need to contact the German > Huguenot Society for more information. Once I have more > information I will > be happy to share. > > I read your posts with amazement that so much information has survived in > England and Ireland. Please don't stop. It is so enjoyable to see others > making progress. > > Joneen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrea Vogel" <andreav@island.net> > To: <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 9:17 PM > Subject: [HWE] List silence: questions/comments > > > Dear fellow listers -- > Have you noticed that this list is all but dead? It's become > a cause of > discouragement and concern for me. List messages have dwindled to almost > nothing during October. I have no idea why. > About a week ago, as an experiment, I decided to stop posting anything > myself, just to see what would happen. I was hoping that others > would notice > and begin to fill in the gaps. So what happened? Not much. We've > had 4 posts > to the list during that time, one of which was from someone who is not a > subscriber. > > Those of you who have been here for a while know that I am the type of > list admin who posts a lot (because I enjoy sharing with fellow > researchers). However, it's not my responsibility to post most or > all of the > messages on the list. It's not my personal soapbox. At any given > time, there > are about 270 other subscribers here -- and this is your list as well as > mine. But I have been wondering where you all are. It's true that > we do have > a core group of 12-20 "faithfuls" who post frequently (and I really do > appreciate each one of you for this) but we also have many many > subscribers > who are seldom or never heard from. > > This list belongs to *all of us*. We are all responsible for > it and need > to nurture it. Being a list member means that each of us have the > opportunity to share with others right now, today. But we can > also lay down > a "paper trail" by posting messages, so that others going through the list > archives in the future will be able to find us. Without this > "trail", there > is no trace at all of you being here. > > A mailing list only stays alive and thriving when subscribers > contribute > to it. Without this, it dies. This one may be dying. But what's the cause? > Of course, I realize that "real life" gets in the way of finding time to > contribute but please ask yourself if setting aside a few moments > about once > a month seems too much to ask. I have made the decision to begin posting > regularly again, as I have in the past. I just don't feel comfortable > keeping silent. What will your decision be on this issue? > > Does anyone have comments or, hopefully, some solutions? Is there > anything that can -- or should -- be done about this situation? > What can I > do, as list admin? I welcome suggestions. What can each of you do? Is this > list a worthwhile resource? Perhaps not? My best to you all, Andrea (in my > role as list concierge) > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe (if you are in list mode), > type and send only the word unsubscribe to: > Huguenots-Walloons-Europe-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > To access list archives: go to URL's below for 1)threaded or 2)keyword > 1) http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/huguenots-walloons-europe > 2) http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >