Hi Folks Dreary and raining here in St. Louis.......at least it's not snow. I'm still looking for where Henry died. He was alive in Owen County in 1860. His wife Maria d 1866 and his son Richard d 1878 are both buried in New Union Cemetery Owen County but where is Henry? Larry moses@stlnet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbie Jennings <debbiej@iquest.net> To: <INOWEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 1:20 PM Subject: [INOWEN] Lets Dig up some Roots!! > Hi Listmembers: > It sure is a dreary day in Indiana. > Seems like the type of day for running some roll calls to get some data on > this mailing list! > For the new members, a roll call is simply a request for everyone to get > their queries > on the list for the best possible results. > In doing this please remember a few items and guidelines. > PLEASE DO NOT JUST HIT REPLY AND SEND THE POSTING TO ME...SEND IT TO THE > LIST. > Let's begin this roll call right now on Monday January 29th 2001 and run it > until next Monday night at midnight February 5th 2001. > > To make your query work harder for you... keep in mind the old rules of > news reporting and include as many of the following as possible: > > SUBJECT FIELD: To get the most from your query and make your query > command attention, place the SURNAME, LOCATION, YEAR in the subject > field. Remember ! ! ! ! Many subscribers belong to multiple mailing > lists; > therefore, many go through their mail looking at subject fields... only > reading > those that have descriptive subject names. Unfortunately, messages entitled > "Question", "Help", "IMPORTANT!", "My Family", "My Line", > "My Grandfather", etc., are deleted without ever being opened. > > WHO: State the names of people as completely as you can. > > WHAT: Try to limit your query to one or two specific questions or bits of > information. Post other queries with additional questions rather than > load all your questions into one query. In this way, each of your questions > will stand out and get attention. > > WHEN: Dates are important, if you don't know the day, month and year > try to put in a period (1790s, late 1800s etc.) > > WHERE: Mention the location of events (birth, marriage, death, etc.) in > the body of the query. Include their migration path if you can. > > WHY: Why are you searching for this(these) individual(s)? Describe your > connection to him/her. > > HOW: How your query appears will often get subscriber's attention. Check > spelling, grammar and format. > > REPETITION: Once you have an acceptable looking query, save it and > update it as necessary. Use it again bi-weekly to touch base > with new members. Also, you may use it on web sites that accepts queries. > > REMEMBER: Your goal is to get information. A list server (discussion > group), > such as this, is an excellent forum for helping you get that information. > Make > your query work! > > By following these recommendations, your query stands a better chance of > being read and you may make that great contact that you need. > > GOOD QUERIES CONNECT... > > > CAUTION... You may wish to consider withholding personal data on living > descendants. Because, at the moment, once your message has been archived on > RootsWeb, neither the data within nor the message can be removed from the > archives. > > ALWAYS: Be sure to thank the person(s) who answer your queries, whether or > not their answers have any usable info or not. Remember, they might not have > any info now, but just might obtain some, and be reluctant to send to an > ungrateful person. > > TRY: To answer as many queries as you may be able to. In this I mean ones > that you have info for. NOT just to say "I don't know anything". Also make > certain that if your answer doesn't apply to more then a couple persons, > please send it privately and not to the group. Many of our lists are set to > reply to the group, so check the address before sending. > > Debbie Jennings > debbiej@iquest.net > "Following the footprints through time" > Researching in IN,KY,TN,NC,PA,NJ,VT,NY,MA,MD, > VA,CAN,GER,ENG > > > ==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > To get the most out of your posting please use your subject lines > effectively and don't recycle others. >
deary day in Indiana and it is Debbie's birthday I think today or yesterday.. On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:25:03 -0600 "Larry Copley" <moses@stlnet.com> writes: >Hi Folks >Dreary and raining here in St. Louis.......at least it's not snow. >I'm still looking for where Henry died. He was alive in Owen County >in 1860. His wife Maria d 1866 and his son Richard d 1878 are both >buried in New Union Cemetery Owen County but where is Henry? >Larry >moses@stlnet.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: Debbie Jennings <debbiej@iquest.net> >To: <INOWEN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 1:20 PM >Subject: [INOWEN] Lets Dig up some Roots!! > > >> Hi Listmembers: >> It sure is a dreary day in Indiana. >> Seems like the type of day for running some roll calls to get some >data on >> this mailing list! >> For the new members, a roll call is simply a request for everyone to >get >> their queries >> on the list for the best possible results. >> In doing this please remember a few items and guidelines. >> PLEASE DO NOT JUST HIT REPLY AND SEND THE POSTING TO ME...SEND IT TO >THE >> LIST. >> Let's begin this roll call right now on Monday January 29th 2001 and >run it >> until next Monday night at midnight February 5th 2001. >> >> To make your query work harder for you... keep in mind the old rules >of >> news reporting and include as many of the following as possible: >> >> SUBJECT FIELD: To get the most from your query and make your query >> command attention, place the SURNAME, LOCATION, YEAR in the subject >> field. Remember ! ! ! ! Many subscribers belong to multiple >mailing >> lists; >> therefore, many go through their mail looking at subject fields... >only >> reading >> those that have descriptive subject names. Unfortunately, messages >entitled >> "Question", "Help", "IMPORTANT!", "My Family", "My >Line", >> "My Grandfather", etc., are deleted without ever being opened. >> >> WHO: State the names of people as completely as you can. >> >> WHAT: Try to limit your query to one or two specific questions or >bits of >> information. Post other queries with additional questions rather >than >> load all your questions into one query. In this way, each of your >questions >> will stand out and get attention. >> >> WHEN: Dates are important, if you don't know the day, month and >year >> try to put in a period (1790s, late 1800s etc.) >> >> WHERE: Mention the location of events (birth, marriage, death, >etc.) in >> the body of the query. Include their migration path if you can. >> >> WHY: Why are you searching for this(these) individual(s)? Describe >your >> connection to him/her. >> >> HOW: How your query appears will often get subscriber's attention. >Check >> spelling, grammar and format. >> >> REPETITION: Once you have an acceptable looking query, save it and >> update it as necessary. Use it again bi-weekly to touch base >> with new members. Also, you may use it on web sites that accepts >queries. >> >> REMEMBER: Your goal is to get information. A list server >(discussion >> group), >> such as this, is an excellent forum for helping you get that >information. >> Make >> your query work! >> >> By following these recommendations, your query stands a better >chance of >> being read and you may make that great contact that you need. >> >> GOOD QUERIES CONNECT... >> >> >> CAUTION... You may wish to consider withholding personal data on >living >> descendants. Because, at the moment, once your message has been >archived on >> RootsWeb, neither the data within nor the message can be removed >from the >> archives. >> >> ALWAYS: Be sure to thank the person(s) who answer your queries, >whether or >> not their answers have any usable info or not. Remember, they might >not have >> any info now, but just might obtain some, and be reluctant to send >to an >> ungrateful person. >> >> TRY: To answer as many queries as you may be able to. In this I mean >ones >> that you have info for. NOT just to say "I don't know anything". >Also make >> certain that if your answer doesn't apply to more then a couple >persons, >> please send it privately and not to the group. Many of our lists are >set to >> reply to the group, so check the address before sending. >> >> Debbie Jennings >> debbiej@iquest.net >> "Following the footprints through time" >> Researching in IN,KY,TN,NC,PA,NJ,VT,NY,MA,MD, >> VA,CAN,GER,ENG >> >> >> ==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== >> To get the most out of your posting please use your subject lines >> effectively and don't recycle others. >> > > > >==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== >Been out of town? Check with the INOwen county Archives to see what >you missed. >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.