In answer to the question about location of the Jefferson County MOJEFFER-L archives, this web page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MO/jefferson.html has a link to both browsing and searching the mailing list archives. And it's true of the MOJEFFER-L archive that search results include instances of the word in both the subject and body of the messages. Cheers, Joy Joy Schwarz http://del.icio.us/freude researching the Wells and Marsh surnames in Clark & Jefferson County, MO and Lee County, IA On 1/5/07, Ken Stulce <kstulce@gmail.com> wrote: > This senseless debate could go on forever! Obviously, I think the roll call > was a good idea and you don't and think it's about as close to spam as you > can get. That's fine. I'm just saying that for those who don't tend to > participate in the conversations when it doesn't pertain to them might have > saw a surname that sparked their interest, like it did me, and gave them an > opportunity to chime in, which I did! > > Since I wasn't aware of a Roll Call list, which I'm sure others were in the > same category, and since that list is totally separate from this one, as > this pertains to Jefferson County and the other is all of Missouri, how > would a roll call on this list be a waste? > > Oh, as far as the archives, where are they located? I did some searching > for them and didn't find any links from the JCHS or JC rootsweb websites. > Also, typically when you do a search on an archive, more than just the > subject line is searched, so any surnames in the body would be picked up as > well. > > --Ken > > On 1/5/07, AlterIdem1@aol.com <AlterIdem1@aol.com> wrote: > > > > Thank you for listing the searchable roll call site, Joy. > > > > This is usually what most list administrators refer to when requesting > > that > > roll calls not be done on county mailing lists. > > > > As far as the earlier comment regarding generating excitement on the > > list...hmmm? > > Does that mean the list isn't exciting enough without roll > > calls? Wouldn't > > at least an equal amount of interest be generated with specific or general > > requests for specific names? > > > > > > In a message dated 1/4/2007 8:26:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > joy.schwarz@gmail.com writes: > > > > > > Hi - > > > > > > There's a separate RootsWeb mailing list called MO-ROLLCALL-L that's > > > just for Missouri roll calls; details on subscribing &a searchable > > > archive is available at > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MO/misc.html#MO-ROLLCALL > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Joy