Hi, I agree with Cami's viewpoint. I would like to see both surname queries, responses, useful hints/web sites, and history etc come through this list. (I like your hoping to have a lot of history information included.) I enjoy seeing what other names were around at the same time period and sometimes get very useful information from them (such as other families that came from Arkansas or Tennessee). I wouldn't necessarily stumble across some of that same information in the boards. There are a lot of places in which I would like to look besides Bell County, and never enough time to do them. If I just hopped around from one area I'm looking into to another to another.....it would take quite a while before I cycled back to Bell Co. By subscribing to this, I am trying to concentrate more on this area. I would like to see surnames included and I like having info come to the mail box. Thanks for trying to clarify the issue, Bill. When you figure it out what the general consensus seems to be, let us know how this mail list will work . Laurel Burns -----Original Message----- From: Cami McCraw <ladkins@startext.net> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 06, 1999 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] List Purpose and Scope >Bill & Others ~ I do think it should include surname queries & any >responses, too. I have noticed you are revamping the Query Board for Bell >County which is great, but that should sometimes be a duplicate of what we >do here at the list; on the other hand you will have some people who use the >query boards that do not want to ever subscribe to a mail list that comes >directly to their mailbox. So, no need to worry about a complete >duplication there. > One of the positive points of Rootsweb is that it does come to your >mailbox. And, often times we join the regional Rootsweb Lists in >conjunction with surname lists, or when we have struck out there! > I think the other suggestions that came in today are great, too, but I do >think it needs to include surname querys & responses. I know personally if >the responses are always sent to a board that I will have to go to, then I >won't be here long -- too much trouble to always have to go through two >steps. >~ Cami ~ > >Bill Bost wrote: > >> For All Subscribers: >> >> It's occurred to me, as the TXBELL Listowner, that one of the things >> I've NOT yet done (since there are 17 of you already!) is ask YOU folks >> what sort of "tone" you think the list ought to take.. > >