Calling for a Roll Call is one of the quickest ways to get you banned from most Lists - maybe not this one, because Ken is a good guy... Roll Calls serve no benefit except get everyone to send messages to everyone else...not to mention hundreds, no thousands, of Deletes... In addition, they take up VALUABLE space on Rootsweb's archive servers...Do you know that every messages which is sent to the List is archived under the Subject? So, a message with the Subject "Mississippi Roll Call" will be filed with all the other Mississippi messages for people to access at some later date...Now imagine 500,000 messages with the Subject "Roll Call" and tell me how many folks will ever look at your message, seeing they have to wade thru 499,999 to find yours? A much better way to get your message out is to send a question to the list, asking for specific individuals, or Surnames, and put a meaningful Subject line with the Surname of that individual. Genealogy is a slow science...It may take years, indeed eons, before you find that elusive answer...with the advent of the Internet, things have speeded up, but it is still slow...We live in a day of fast cars, fast living, everything Fast, and we are impatient when it is SLOW. We want instant gratification, but it does not always come...so as good genealogists, we must press on, and on, until the answer arrives...but don't expect a Roll Call to provide your saving grace... I support Rootsweb, and don't want their assets wasted... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
This applies to Message Boards as well . Who is going to take time to read a message with the subject "Searching for family", "Looking for Roots ", "Jones Family" etc.? It isn't that most of us are indifferent , we would like to help if we can, but meaningful subject headings with approximate dates and migrations ( if known ) would really be a big help . For instance , I had relatives in MS from 1840-1890 . I might be able to help anyone looking for connections during that period, but would be no help at all in 1900- 2000. Gerald Gieger wrote: > Calling for a Roll Call is one of the quickest ways to get you banned from > most Lists - maybe not this one, because Ken is a good guy... > > Roll Calls serve no benefit except get everyone to send messages to everyone > else...not to mention hundreds, no thousands, of Deletes... > > In addition, they take up VALUABLE space on Rootsweb's archive servers...Do > you know that every messages which is sent to the List is archived under the > Subject? So, a message with the Subject "Mississippi Roll Call" will be > filed with all the other Mississippi messages for people to access at some > later date...Now imagine 500,000 messages with the Subject "Roll Call" and > tell me how many folks will ever look at your message, seeing they have to > wade thru 499,999 to find yours? > > A much better way to get your message out is to send a question to the list, > asking for specific individuals, or Surnames, and put a meaningful Subject > line with the Surname of that individual. > > Genealogy is a slow science...It may take years, indeed eons, before you > find that elusive answer...with the advent of the Internet, things have > speeded up, but it is still slow...We live in a day of fast cars, fast > living, everything Fast, and we are impatient when it is SLOW. We want > instant gratification, but it does not always come...so as good > genealogists, we must press on, and on, until the answer arrives...but don't > expect a Roll Call to provide your saving grace... > > I support Rootsweb, and don't want their assets wasted... > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB