So what good does this Roll Call do, limited to only a list of surnames? Why doesn't everyone post their family line information to where it might mean something to someone checking the Roots List archive? Dixie A. Laire Red Oak, Iowa

-----Original Message----- >From: Dixie A. Laire [mailto:[email protected]] >Subject: [INLAWREN] Question >So what good does this Roll Call do, limited to only a list of surnames? >Why doesn't everyone post their family line information to where >it might mean something to someone checking the Roots List >archive? While this sounds like a great idea on the surface, let me (as Lawrence County ListMistress) jump in here before this gets out of hand... Everytime someone starts a Roll Call, I receive almost as many notes complaining about it as I do Roll Call responses. AND...we lose members...people sign off the list with more frequency after a Roll Call starts. For people with slow connections, email limitations, etc., Roll Calls are a nightmare....and they complain about them and leave lists because of them. That is the reason some lists ban Roll Calls all together. I don't have a problem with them as long as they don't happen excessively! *grin* BUT...before people start sending GEDCOMS, extremely long messages with their entire trees, and items of that nature...I have to step in. This list is to help people with specific questions...not to post all my entire family history and all my research and hope that a "hit" takes place. There are several places on the Web where you can post GEDCOMs. Please feel free to do this, and use this list to direct your Lawrence County Cousins to that site. That way...your information gets out...and and we don't flood mailboxes of our members with info they may not need or want. If anyone wants to discuss this further, please feel free to contact me directly...and off list. Thanks so much for helping me keep this list as accessible as possible for as many people as possible. THANK YOU!! Rebecca Lawrence County List Mistress -----Original Message----- From: Dixie A. Laire [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [INLAWREN] Question So what good does this Roll Call do, limited to only a list of surnames? Why doesn't everyone post their family line information to where it might mean something to someone checking the Roots List archive? Dixie A. Laire Red Oak, Iowa