Thanks to all who answered my question. My surname in Kentucky is WARREN. Siras or Cyrus WARREN, b. 1817 and his sisters and brother: Cicely, Martha or "Patsy", Eliza and Isaac. Does anyone know anything about these people. Thanks, Mary Ruth maryruth@trilobyte.net ---------- From: maryruth@trilobyte.net] Sent: Saturday, July 25, 1998 10:39 AM To: 'KENTUCKIANA-L@rootsweb.com' Subject: What is roll call? I hate to sound so totally uninformed, but what, exactly, is roll call? Does everyone or anyone just list the surnames they are researching, in hopes of meeting up with someone else researching the same? Or are the surnames placed on some type of database and preserved for future reference, or what. Thanks -- and again, sorry for being so uninformed. Mary Ruth