Hi all, This is your merry listowner asking for a Roll Call... A Roll Call, for those who may be new to the list, is a time I call for a couple of times per year where all listmembers offer your family lines to the list. If you have made progress, tell us what you have learned and what you are working on... if you stuck are in the same place you were at the last roll call, just list your basic line (EXAMPLE: John Doe, b. 1845, NY > James Doe, b. 6 Feb 1865, US County, US State > Suzie Q., b. 2 June 1890, m. J.Q. Handsome, 15 June 1908, NY, NY, d. 4 July 1989 - Suzie Q was my beloved Grandma), maybe one of the new listmembers is looking for the same line?? This is how we all we sort ourselves into our basic lines and get good exchange happening.... We have had quite a few new subscribers in the last month, yet list activity has been slow... knowing that the "newbies" may be hanging back waiting to see WHO we are talking about on this list and knowing that the "oldsters" may not be posting because they figure everyone already KNOWS who they are looking for (and, after all, we are nice people and we do not want to bore everyone to absolute tears with our "brick walls") - the result is no one is communicating! So, 1-2-3! "Bring us your tired and your weary......" and let's begin an online celebration of who we are! Happy 4th of July to those in the USA..... Happy Hot Weather to the rest of you - those of you down under, (uhhm) stay warm?!? Jana ;]