Dear Dr. Bill: I agree whole heartedly with Cyndi on how to post your ancestors that we are researching. It tells so much more about who you are looking for, the time frame and where they were born and where they ended up. As I noticed also there are several common names and I have two of them also so knowing where yours came from and went to and getting other listers to do the same helps everyone on whether they could contact the person who listed them. Please everyone post not only the last name but first name, time frame and where they came from and where the ended up if you know this info. It makes it so much easier to be able to help each other. Jean Payton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cyndi Howells" <cyndihow@oz.net> To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 12:44 AM Subject: [NEWGEN] About the Roll Call > Hello all - > > Dr. Bill, I hope you don't mind my note. I just couldn't resist after I saw > all the posts this evening. This is a gentle, friendly note to urge > everyone to be a bit more detailed in your surname posts for the Roll Call. > A plain list of surnames doesn't do much to help us identify your research > interests. Particularly if you have any Smiths, Johnsons or Browns. <g> > > At the least, be sure to include names, dates and places. At the most, a > couple of sentences about each family/couple/individual of interest. As an > example, here are a few of my own research interests (from a couple of > years ago, when I actually had time to do my own research): > > FREDERICK, 1816 Virginia > 1950 Exira, Audubon County, Iowa > JOHNSON, 1845 Halland, Sweden > KNOX, 1834 McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio > NASH, 1873 Brainerd, Minnesota > SVENSON, 1847 Balkryde, Sweden > 1921 Iowa > > Everybody ready to give it another try? Practice your surname roll call > query writing here, then use what you learn when you post on other mailing > lists online. > > Successful surfing, > Cyndi > > P.S. Here are a few how-to links for writing queries: > > 6 Steps to Writing a Successful Genealogy Query > http://www.firstct.com/fv/query.html > > Internet Genealogy Lesson 2: Creating Effective Queries > http://www.genealogy.com/201/lesson2/course2_01.html > > Lineages' First Steps - Write Successful Genealogy Queries > http://www.lineages.com/FirstSteps/WriteQueries.asp > > Writing Better Queries > From St. Clair County Michigan USGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mistclai/sample-queries.html > > Genealogical Email Mailing List Hints and Tips > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2544/html/email.htm > > Mailing Lists Are Fun! > From "Along Those Lines..." by George Morgan > http://www.ancestry.com/columns/george/03-13-98.htm > > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU THANKED CYNDI FOR HER MARVELOUS LIST > >