Vince, I sure would have liked to join in the roll call...I was out of town, until today..........let us know when you have another roll call! Debi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Leibowitz" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 10:42 AM Subject: [TXDALLAS] Annual End-Year Roll Call > Greetings, List Members: > > > > As you know, for the past several years, roll calls have been initiated > the list during June and December. Our December roll call is usually > the largest because so many people with new computers or new Internet > software make their way on to the lists. > > > > As part of the roll-call each member is invited (not required) to post a > message with a brief synopsis of the ancestors they are researching, > including relevant dates, places, etc. to the list. An example would be > as follows: > > > > > > Seeking information on the John Jay DOE family. > > > > John Jay DOE, born 12/12/1810, Richmond, VA, died 01/01/1901, Austin, > Texas > > Married ( on 04/04/1844 in Long Island, NY) Elizabeth Sue SMITH, born > 01/09/1817, Richmond, VA, death date & place unknown > > > > (or something along those lines.) > > > > Please remember to CHANGE THE SUBJECT of the message when you reply. > The subject should read something like: John & Myra Winston DOE Family. > (Accurate subjects also help when the messages are archived by > rootsweb.com) > > > > The roll call will end at midnight on January 1, 2003. All list members > are asked to respond to the roll call (should they desire) prior to that > time. > > > > Roll Calls are conducted twice a year and only on the instruction of the > list administrator. This is so the list won't get flooded for roll call > requests every time someone new joins the list. > > > > Best Wishes & Happy Holidays, > > > > Vince Leibowitz > > List Moderator > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >