Howdy, As OUR administrator has not voiced such a rule, then such rules are moot and not germane to THIS particular list. The complaint about listing surnames only does possibly have some merit, but actually a surname which is confined to a specific geographical location is most times sufficient for the purpose of surname recognition. Putting down everything you know about a given surname would produce incredibly long emails which many of us might have little or no interest in. I doubt many of you would like to know anything or everything about the CHILDS family from Granville County. So why would I inundate you with extraneous information? I think family surnames which intermarry or are also from Granville should be sufficient for someone to make a connection. Only when such a connection seems apparent is there any real need to expand or expound upon it. IMO, Bill

Bill writes: >Putting down everything you know about a given surname would produce incredibly >long emails which many of us might have little or no interest in. Perhaps, Bill, but I shouldn't think it would take very long for you to "[put] down everything you know." At any rate, I'm moving on. The issue is moot as far as I'm concerned. Everybody in Rootsweb-dom has my permission to initiate roll calls until every mailbox in America looks like the Manhattan telephone book. Walt ----- Original Message ----- From: "William R. Hippensteel" <hip1@mindspring.com> To: <NCGRANVI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [NCGRANVI] An opinion about roll calls > Howdy, > > As OUR administrator has not voiced such a rule, then such rules > are moot and not germane to THIS particular list. The complaint about > listing surnames only does possibly have some merit, but actually a surname > which is confined to a specific geographical location is most times > sufficient for the purpose of surname recognition. > > I doubt many of you would like to know anything or everything > about the CHILDS family from Granville County. So why would I inundate you > with extraneous information? I think family surnames which intermarry or > are also from Granville should be sufficient for someone to make a > connection. Only when such a connection seems apparent is there any real > need to expand or expound upon it. > > IMO, > > Bill > > > ==== NCGRANVI Mailing List ==== > Granville County List Administrator > Debra McCann - chenae@ap.net > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >