Well, one big difference is that if you get 30 e-mails with "Roll Call" in the subject line, then you have to read each and every one of them to find out if they're relevant to what you're looking for, whereas if the subject line gives names, dates, and/or places (or at least an idea of them), then you can more quickly and easily determine whether the e-mail will be of interest to you. It's simply a matter of courtesy--the e-mail should allow the reader to deal with it as efficiently as possible. This may not matter to everybody, but it does matter to some people. I belong to a number of genealogy lists, and the Roll Call rule Julia mentioned is a common one. At 05:51 PM 1/14/02 -0500, you wrote: >I may get kicked off this list but if we can't post info such as Julia did, >then how are we going to share our information as well as find out more about >our family? I thought this was the idea behind "the lists". > >As a long-time researcher and one who shares, please explain to all of us >what the difference is in a "roll call" and labelling it that...OR...just >posting several generations of our family in order to obtain more where we >have blank places. > >Jean in Arizona

If I could add one thing. I have a list and it is a rule on my list the only person who can call for a roll call is me. The person to make the rules has to be the list administrator, so just try to respect the rules she makes . Thank you Michelle