this way of communicating our BW's looks manageable, and a good way to organize ourselves. I'm up for it. Thanks, Jerry Fithian On Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at 06:04 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Hello All. It has been exciting to see the response to the suggestion > of a > brick wall theme. It has certainly flooded the site with flying > bricks. I > believe it would be helpful to try and "stack" a few of the bricks > into a few > useful piles, and improve communication of names, dates, locations, > etc. Having > read through over 150 emails the last several days, please allow me to > make > some suggestions which may help those on the list sort through their > postings. > First let me suggest that those who continue to have an interest in > the brick > wall theme and wish to continue their participation start each subject > line > with an abbreviation "BW". This would shorten the subject line and > immediately > identify those with an interest and allow those without an interest to > delete > the email. Secondly, I would suggest we form cluster groups around the > following themes: > > Cluster Group 1 = Colonial settlement 1607 - 1650 > > Cluster Group 2 = English Civil War/Expansion 1650 - 1740 > > Cluster Group 3 = Shenandoah Valley 1740 - 1770 > > Cluster Group 4 = Rev. War Period 1776 - 1793 > > Cluster Group 5 = Western Expansion/LA Territory 1800 - > 1845 > > Cluster Group 6 = Civil War Period (US) 1860 - 1880 > > I would suggest the subject line could then be structured to look > like > this: > > BW-C4- JOHN JONES, 1783 SC, TN, MS > > This would read BW = brick wall interest group > > C4 = cluster group (I am interested > in this > time period) > > Then identify the name of the primary JONES that is > your brick > wall. > > This would be followed by a date, then by a "sequence of > settlement", starting with birth state to migration, to settlement or > death state. > > This would then help each reader to screen the subject > line > and decide if this would be of interest. > > There may certainly be better ways to organize the > discussion. Please post your ideas using the same subject line. > Thanks, Jerry. The > Jones Genealogist. > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > Direct your questions, comments or problems to the listowner at > [email protected] > For detailed instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing visit this > site: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jones.html > browse the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/jones > search the archives: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=JONES > Unusual JONES given names, > http://members.aol.com/stjones/jones/oddnames.html >

Again, in case anyone missed my message of this morning. The suggestions made re: forming cluster groups, special naming of messages, etc. are in violtion of Rootsweb policies regarding Lists. They will not be put in place. This should be the end of this .... however, please continue to post your brickwalls ... just remember to give a subject line pertinent to your query. Like: James Jones, b: 1800 VA ... something to let other readers know what the query is about. Kathi Jones-Hudson JONES List Administrator --- Fithian Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > this way of communicating our BW's looks manageable, > and a good way to > organize ourselves. I'm up for it. > Thanks, Jerry > > Fithian > > On Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at 06:04 AM, > [email protected] > wrote: > > > Hello All. It has been exciting to see the > response to the suggestion > > of a > > brick wall theme. It has certainly flooded the > site with flying > > bricks. I > > believe it would be helpful to try and "stack" a > few of the bricks > > into a few > > useful piles, and improve communication of names, > dates, locations, > > etc. Having > > read through over 150 emails the last several > days, please allow me to > > make > > some suggestions which may help those on the list > sort through their > > postings. > > First let me suggest that those who continue to > have an interest in > > the brick > > wall theme and wish to continue their > participation start each subject > > line > > with an abbreviation "BW". This would shorten the > subject line and > > immediately > > identify those with an interest and allow those > without an interest to > > delete > > the email. Secondly, I would suggest we form > cluster groups around the > > following themes: > > > > Cluster Group 1 = Colonial settlement > 1607 - 1650 > > > > Cluster Group 2 = English Civil > War/Expansion 1650 - 1740 > > > > Cluster Group 3 = Shenandoah Valley > 1740 - 1770 > > > > Cluster Group 4 = Rev. War Period > 1776 - 1793 > > > > Cluster Group 5 = Western Expansion/LA > Territory 1800 - > > 1845 > > > > Cluster Group 6 = Civil War Period > (US) 1860 - 1880 > > > > I would suggest the subject line could then > be structured to look > > like > > this: > > > > BW-C4- JOHN JONES, 1783 SC, TN, MS > > > > This would read BW = brick wall interest > group > > > > C4 = cluster > group (I am interested > > in this > > time period) > > > > Then identify the name of the > primary JONES that is > > your brick > > wall. > > > > This would be followed by a date, > then by a "sequence of > > settlement", starting with birth state to > migration, to settlement or > > death state. > > > > This would then help each reader > to screen the subject > > line > > and decide if this would be of interest. > > > > There may certainly be better ways > to organize the > > discussion. Please post your ideas using the same > subject line. > > Thanks, Jerry. The > > Jones Genealogist. > > > > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > > Direct your questions, comments or problems to the > listowner at > > [email protected] > > For detailed instructions on subscribing and > unsubscribing visit this > > site: > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jones.html > > browse the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/jones > > search the archives: > > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=JONES > > Unusual JONES given names, > > http://members.aol.com/stjones/jones/oddnames.html > > > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > Direct your questions, comments or problems to the > listowner at [email protected] > For detailed instructions on subscribing and > unsubscribing visit this site: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jones.html > browse the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/jones > search the archives: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=JONES > No Commercial Messages, Spam, Virus Alerts Permitted > on this List > > Kathi Jones-Hudson MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/maryland/maryland.html