Hi All The roll call seem to be about over. As listowner I had no problem with it. And option to having a roll call is I could set up a page on my web site for the surname everyone is research and your email address. And put something in the tags that come in each messages to the nyonedia list. If this is what you would like just send a message to me with you surnames and email address and if you have a time frame for your surnames. This may take a couple of days to get on line. Lets use this address instead of my rocketmail address as I have unlimit email access so wouldn't have problems with an over flowing mail box. Another reminder if you are going on vacation you may want to briefly unsubscribe. Every message that bounces come back to me and with about 12 mailing list that I run talk about allot of mail besides the 15 or so other mailing list I'm on. As to an earlier posting about replies to the list I received 8 responses. 4 yes 3 no and 1 said lets try it for a week or so. So haven't decided what I will do here yet. Back to roll calls I checked my subscribtion list and we've added a few subscribers and haven't lost any. We have about 248 on the list. Have a great day Judy Listowner "George H. Woliver III" wrote: > > I must agree. The roll call is more than I need. I have checked the surname > boards and if you want people to find you, post your surnames there. I > subscribe to 4 counties (because research is in area that was in 3 counties in > a 10 year span). I get 100 emails a day for the roll call. Do you know what > it's like to see that many and for items that folks can find if they do some > research. (Isn't that what genealogy is all about!) > > I agree that the roll call has a brief purpose but there must be another way to > achieve the same results (one compiled list somewhere; idea, how about a place > for surnames only) . If it continues much longer, I'm gonna unsubscribe and > then what purpose will that serve. If you've noticed the miss-addressed emails > many have started leaving already. > > List owners, how do these effect list size. Do they drive away more people than > they help? > > Just Curious, > George > > MFAPHOTO@aol.com wrote: > > > > Hi List: > > I'm sorry if I step on toes with this post, but I have the best > > interests of everyone in mind. > > What I'd suggest is that this mini roll call end as soon as possible. > > It is not necessary to do this sort of thing. If anyone wants to find > > information about certain surnames they can do a search of the archives. > > There are instructions for that on the Rootsweb home page. The reason that I > > suggest this is because a roll call can easily take over and become a > > hindrance to finding current posts of relevance. > > Last winter, a roll call got out of hand on the Sussex England list > > and it became so bad that it had to be ended by the list owner. It had a life > > of it's own and didn't seem to ever end. So, please consider posting your > > interests to a surnames list or if you are looking for information, check the > > archives first. > > One other suggestion. Try the Oneida County site on the US Gen Web. > > Click below: > > <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida/">Oneida County, New York > > Genealogical Research SÉ > > </A> > > There is a space there for posting messages and interests. They stay there > > for a long time. > > > > Sincerely, > > Russ Martin > > > > ==== NYONEIDA Mailing List ==== > > Contact the List Manager at judjack@rocketmail.com or judjack@hotmail.com For List Rules visit http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1006 click on Mailing List Visit the Oneida Co NYGenWeb Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida > > ==== NYONEIDA Mailing List ==== > Contact the List Manager at judjack@rocketmail.com or judjack@hotmail.com For List Rules visit http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1006 click on Mailing List Visit the Oneida Co NYGenWeb Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida