At 1:15 pm -0500 11/12/00, sheepshine wrote: [snip] >Maybe there should be a separate RIVIS/REVIS mailing/discussion list on >Rootsweb to keep others from confusing the two lines. What about this >suggestion John S.? * Bill L. > People are always free to request a surname mailing list from RootsWeb. Generally, if the requesting person can show that there are researchers interested in that particular spelling who are independent of the "main" spelling, they will honor the request. At this time, we are finding that *most* of the "Revis rhymes with crevice" researchers are actually descendants of the "original Edward." However, our British cousin, Andrew Sefton, indicates there are quite a few folks in England who use one of the alternate spellings. We have also seen that a few immigrations to the New England colonies apparently bear little relationship to "our" Edward. On the other hand, Andrew feels there *might* be a relationship farther back, and has promised on this List that he will keep searching the early records in England. Membership on the REAVIS Mailing List has stayed around 75 - 85 for the past several months, and it appears that nearly all of the subscribers are, in fact, looking for better information relating to the wide-spread family descending from Edward-1. As anyone can see, the bulk of the messages contributed on this list are sent by 12-15 people, with another dozen or so making less frequent contributions. that leaves 2/3 to 3/4 of the subscribers as "lurkers" -- folks who wish to receive the messages, but have nothing at the moment to contribute. Further, there is already a REAVES list, which has about 50 subscribers, and very low "traffic." Thus, I do not feel that it is appropriate at this time to establish a separate List, as that would tend to confuse most of the REVIS/RIVIS researchers who are just beginning their work. If it becomes obvious that quite a number of them are actually searching a different line or lines, then *that* would be the time to establish such a List -- and I would welcome someone from that group doing so. Perhaps the answers to Barb's "poll" will indicate the degree of interest, or lack thereof. Regards! JS List Custodian -- ____________________________ James Shuman, art instructor Modesto High School [email protected] ____________________________