Good evening, listmembers, In the early part of this year I organized a roll call for the benefit of the list. Many persons told me that it was a good idea, enhancing and simplifying their surname searching. One of the burdens of a regular "roll call" is the inevitable flood of emails to the list as people submit their surnames to be seen by all. The organized roll call eliminates this struggle. First off, send all emails of your surnames to myself, the listowner, at JKHouser84@aol.com. DO NOT send surname lists to the list. This defeats the entire purpose of this organized roll call. When you send your surnames, format them thus: SURNAME; additional info you think necessary; your email address Put surname in ALL CAPS. Separate surname by a semicolon (;). Separate add'l info from your email address by another semicolon. Keep everything to ONE LINE. List your surnames in Alphabetical Order. You are welcome to post more than one variant spelling of the surname, as a separate listing -- please, keep them in alphabetical order. If lists do not adhere to this format they will be deleted as I do not have the time to re-format them. You may list as many surnames as you wish (preferably those with a Centre County connection for purposes of this list). This has worked well in the past and I hope that many of us can establish new connections through a re-run of the organized roll call. I noticed in the past few months there are many new list subscribers, many of whom are "lurkers" (i.e. persons who do not regularly post). As list activity is a little slow this is an excellent "icebreaking" and info sharing activity. I look forward to receiving your emails. (remember, send to me, NOT the list!!) Justin Justin Kirk Houser Genealogist/Researcher of Central PA and Beyond Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio (and others) President, BAHS Class of 2003 Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com Historian, Schürch Association of North America (specialty Central PA lines) Member, Valley View United Methodist Church "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature"