Hi everyone, The roll call has been going on for quite some time now and the discussion here has been ultra-fantastic! I can tell from the way you're all talking with one another that this has been a LONG time coming, and many of you were/are starving for information. However, roll calls normally only last two weeks. I believe this one has been going on for a month now. Since the time for one has obviously expired, let's just shift the focus a little. Roll call for this month is now ended. In an effort to maintain the peace on a heavily trafficked list, I'd like you to please do the following: 1. <SNIP> an originator's message when you're responding to only a portion of one. Leave only that part you're responding to ~ enough for the originator of the message to recognize his/her message and for the rest of us to understand what you're referring to. 2. Please continue to post your queries. All you have to do is leave 'Roll Call' out of your subject line. 4. REGARDING SUBJECT LINES: If you're looking for ancestral names of Green, Black, and Purple :) then please say so in your subject line. I'm one of those who receives humongous loads of email every day (over 1,200 messages/day) and I want to tell you that having to open each one that has a subject heading of just 'roll call' causes me to want to delete them all. Of course, *I* won't do that to your messages simply because I want to make sure you're having an okay day and I'm not missing something. However, that does NOT mean that your co-members aren't doing that. If you care enough and spend your valuable time to build a roll call message, please don't sabotage your own efforts by giving to general a subject heading. The perfect subject line is: Purple, John (1742-1795), MS<GA<VA That subject line tells me immediately who you're looking for, the years he lived, and his life's trail. Not everyone has all that information, but if you can get at least half of that data in your subject line, you'll be doing yourself a HUGE favor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I think you all should know ... in just this month (April), you have posted more messages (355) than in all of the months since April 2000 combined! May will be quieter, I'm sure; but now that the ice is broken, hopefully none of you wil remain as quiet as you were before. If you made connections with an inline cousin, please share your good news with the rest of us. It's encouraging to the rest of us to know that at least *some* progress is being made. I hope this finds you all having a WONDERFUL week! :) Colleen