If you have called for a roll call These are the surnames I am reseaching in Lee County. Williams, Nichols, Robinett, Dickenson, Cheek, Smith My families were in Lee and Wise counties at least in the last half of the 19th century and beyond. I am interested in the Anderson family also, as one member was a very special person in our family(Jenny Anderson - born around 1900). These families lived around Big Stone Gap, Norton, East Stone Gap. There is a log cabin in the county that I saw 20 years ago that was built about 1860, I think , and was where my grandmother's family ( Nichols) lived . She spent her summers there . Would like to correspond with anyone who is connected. Carol Shaw

Hi, Welcome Colleen ! My Lee Co. surnames are Hughes and Tritt. Donnene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Frisby" <candb@oz-online.net> To: <VALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 9:53 AM Subject: [VALEE] Lee County surnames > Hello, > > My surnames from Lee County are COLE, QUESENBERRY/CRUSENBERRY and WILDER. > > Barbara From Abilene, Kansas > > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the Lee County, VA discussion list, send them to VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > 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 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 5/7/02

Colleen, Greetings from Southern Ohio and welcome! My Surnames are Blanton, Shepherd, Tackett, Davis, Nickell, Fairchild & Salyers. Sheila www.geocities.com/shelene1999

Hi all, I live in south Florida- way south- near Fort Lauderdale. My surnames that connect to Lee Co.,VA and other sw Virginia counties & surnames: Lee Co.- WALLEN & MAHAN Cheryl Wallen Duncan 4511 NE 14th Ave. Pompano Beach, FL. 33064 (954) 785-9915 cherwdun5977@cs.com

Hello, My surnames from Lee County are COLE, QUESENBERRY/CRUSENBERRY and WILDER. Barbara From Abilene, Kansas

Peggy, Do you have any Noe marriages in your Bailey family? Bonnie VALEE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > VALEE-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 74 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [VALEE] New Adminastrator [Mtblubrd@aol.com] > #2 Re: [VALEE] Re: [VALEE-L] PLEASE R [Gary Williams <gwilli26@bellsouth.] > #3 Re: PLEASE READ: ADMINISTRATOR'S G [Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.] > #4 Re: [VALEE] New Adminastrator [Pegboehm@aol.com] > #5 [VALEE] looking for Whitaker, Rhod [Mtblubrd@aol.com] > #6 Re: [VALEE] looking for Whitaker, [MPiros1120@aol.com] > #7 [VALEE] New Administrator ["Heather Francis" <ameliadenise@ho] > > Administrivia: > Administrivia: > Please help us support RootsWeb, become a member! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > To unsubscribe from VALEE-D, send a message to > VALEE-D-request@rootsweb.com > that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VALEE] New Adminastrator > Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 18:16:07 EDT > From: Mtblubrd@aol.com > To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > > I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to this list, and I'm > looking forward to working with you. > My Surnames are: > Lambert, England, Sutton, Dobbs, Whitaker all at one time in the Lee County > area of VA. > > Shirley Sutton Bragg > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [VALEE] Re: [VALEE-L] PLEASE READ: NEW LIST ADMINISTRATOR > Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 18:19:26 -0400 > From: Gary Williams <gwilli26@bellsouth.net> > To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > > You are going to be very pleased with the new administrator. I'm on another list she handles and there is activity, interest and information that flows regularly. One way to help her is to participate. I have just recently joined this > list as I just recently found that this was an area our families lived or moved through. But even in the short time I have been on it I noticed very little activity. Now is our chance to make this a great list. After all this county is > so full of history and many people have connections with Lee Co. > Thanks Colleen for taking this list. > > Joan Williams (Bowers-L) Still searching for my Bowers! > > > Hi Colleen: > > > > I think we're all glad to know we have an Administrator at last. > > Welcome! Could you please post to the List and introduce yourself > > so that we can learn a little about you and about your Lee Co. > > families/interests. > > > > One thing that seems very important to many of us is that you set up > > the List so that when someone clicks "reply" to a post that the > > reply goes back to the List. (Should anyone chose to send a > > private message, they can always do that; but the response to the > > List should be the default.) > > > > Something I think would be nice down the road would be to have a > > "roll call" so that all the subscribers to the List can introduce > > themselves during a given period of time. That has been done very > > successfully on several other lists to which I subscribe. > > > > Margaret > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> > > To: <VALEE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 1:56 PM > > Subject: [VALEE-L] PLEASE READ: NEW LIST ADMINISTRATOR > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > This is just a quick message to let you know that effective today, > > I am > > > the new list administrator. I'll let you all know my guidelines > > in the > > > next day or two. > > > > > > In the meantime, if you have any questions, you're welcome to > > contact me > > > at <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. > > > > > > Colleen Pustola > > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the list send your message to <VALEE-L-request@rootsweb.com> for individual list messages; <VALEE-D-request@rootsweb.com> for digest messages. Then put the word unsubscribe in the subject line and send your message. > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: PLEASE READ: ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDELINES > Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 18:42:03 -0400 > From: Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> > To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com, VALEE-D@rootsweb.com > > Colleen, welcome and thank you! Great to meet another cousin. > (Hey, everyone's a cousin even if we haven't proved how yet.) > > One suggestion: > > >**ROLL CALLS -- If we need one because of a too-quiet list, I'll > >announce it. Why me?... Well, with a list this large a roll call > >requires some preparation and instructions. I have guidelines for our > >newbies that help them be able to participate, as well. I also try to > >help our > >lurkers be willing to join in. It does nobody any good to have a roll > >call if half the people can't/won't contribute. > > If you do a roll call, I hope you'll suggest that people put their > surnames in the subject line (as for regular messages) rather than using > the subject line "Re: Roll Call." As you mention earlier, surnames in > the subject lines are much easier to find. Thanks! > > While I'm here, though, my Lee Co. surnames are BOWLIN(G), HALL, > RUTHERFORD, and SMITH (yeah, gonna find Elizabeth Smith real soon). > > Carol Botteron (that's French Swiss) <botteron@alum.mit.edu> > Maintainer, Civil War Units File > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [VALEE] New Adminastrator > Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 22:37:02 EDT > From: Pegboehm@aol.com > To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > > Glad to have a real administrator. My Surnames are Stewart, Farmer and > Bailey. Hope this list will produce more congeniality than before and > perhaps more sharing of information in the future. Peggy > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VALEE] looking for Whitaker, Rhoda or Roda > Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 22:38:59 EDT > From: Mtblubrd@aol.com > To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > > Since the states are so close TN>VA> I thought I might try this. My > ggrandmother was Rhoda Whitaker b abt 1866. She married LaFayette England > son of William England and Lydia Lambert. I have found her only one time in > the census in Claiborne CO TN at the age of 14 living with a Sarah Whitaker > 55. Please if you have her listed are know where I might find the info needed > please let me know. > > Shirley Sutton Bragg > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [VALEE] looking for Whitaker, Rhoda or Roda > Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 23:57:23 EDT > From: MPiros1120@aol.com > To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > > Shirley , > > I found LAFAYETTE ENGLAND on ancestry.com in 1920 Claiborne Tn Dist 5..but no > RHODA WHITAKER or ENGLAND > > ENGLAND LAFAYETTE head M W 60 M > Emily wife F W 36 M > Niel son M W 5 > Willard son M W 3 4/12 > > Milly WARD Piros > My Mind is like Lightning.........One Brilliant Flash and > Pooofffffffffffff..It's gone...LOL > > GOD BLESS AMERICA ! > My Tribute to 9/11/01 > <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/millyella/america.html">God Bless America</A> > http://www.geocities.com/millyella/america.html > > <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/millyella/listofpages.html">A List of All My Pages</A> http://www.geocities.com/millyella/listofpages.html > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VALEE] New Administrator > Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 01:24:40 -0400 > From: "Heather Francis" <ameliadenise@hotmail.com> > To: VALEE-L@rootsweb.com > > Colleen, > Greetings from East Tennessee! Looking forward to have you here to lead us. > > Heather Francis > www.heatheramelia.accessgenealogy.com > > My surnames are: Crabtree, Ely, McElroy, Matlock, Orr, Rutherford, > Vermillion, Wolfe, and Wynn > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Hello. My Lee co. surname is ANDERSON . GinnyW GinnyW IBSSN reviewer mysteriousreaders.com MurderExpress.net Cozies, Capers & Crimes

Are your Andersons in Mont and Wythe Cos. in the 1780's and 1790's? Eleanor Virginia Welding wrote: > > Hello. My Lee co. surname is ANDERSON . GinnyW > > GinnyW > IBSSN > reviewer > mysteriousreaders.com > MurderExpress.net > Cozies, Capers & Crimes > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send your message to <VALEE-L-request@rootsweb.com> > for individual list messages; <VALEE-D-request@rootsweb.com> for digest messages. > Then put the word unsubscribe in the subject line and send your message. > > ============================== > 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 >

Seeking descendants of these Rogers who lived in Lee Co. even after the formation of Scott Co. Doing a profile on the Rogers to establish families. Some of these people might have lived in Hawkins Co. sometime in their lives. I am interested in the suit between the descendants of Joseph Rogers and the family of William Roberts which took place over a 40 year period. Active participants at the beginning were Susan (Shue???) Rogers, widow of Joseph Rogers, and her second husband, James Walling against William Roberts. The suit was begun again with the children of Joseph Rogers filing against the children of William Roberts ca 1842. Believe the final reference was ca 1856. I am interested in the family of Adenston Rogers that moved to Pulaski Co. KY ca mid-1850's. They were supposed to have gone to Lincoln, but I have found the two sons in Pulaski in 1860 & 1870. Where is Adenston? I am interested in the family of Adenston Rogers b. ca 1760's who married Margaret (Robinett??) and moved to Clay Co. KY. Probably before 1820. Later moving on to IN. Is he the son of old Doswell Rogers b. 1736? Is he the Adenston who witnessed the Doswell deed in 1792? I am interested in the family of Elisha Rogers. I believe that this Elisha was a bro of the Joseph mentioned above. Need more details about this man and his family. Thanks. Eleanor

Colleen, Greetings from East Tennessee! Looking forward to have you here to lead us. Heather Francis www.heatheramelia.accessgenealogy.com My surnames are: Crabtree, Ely, McElroy, Matlock, Orr, Rutherford, Vermillion, Wolfe, and Wynn _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Shirley , I found LAFAYETTE ENGLAND on ancestry.com in 1920 Claiborne Tn Dist 5..but no RHODA WHITAKER or ENGLAND ENGLAND LAFAYETTE head M W 60 M Emily wife F W 36 M Niel son M W 5 Willard son M W 3 4/12 Milly WARD Piros My Mind is like Lightning.........One Brilliant Flash and Pooofffffffffffff..It's gone...LOL GOD BLESS AMERICA ! My Tribute to 9/11/01 <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/millyella/america.html">God Bless America</A> http://www.geocities.com/millyella/america.html <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/millyella/listofpages.html">A List of All My Pages</A> http://www.geocities.com/millyella/listofpages.html

Since the states are so close TN>VA> I thought I might try this. My ggrandmother was Rhoda Whitaker b abt 1866. She married LaFayette England son of William England and Lydia Lambert. I have found her only one time in the census in Claiborne CO TN at the age of 14 living with a Sarah Whitaker 55. Please if you have her listed are know where I might find the info needed please let me know. Shirley Sutton Bragg

Glad to have a real administrator. My Surnames are Stewart, Farmer and Bailey. Hope this list will produce more congeniality than before and perhaps more sharing of information in the future. Peggy

Colleen, welcome and thank you! Great to meet another cousin. (Hey, everyone's a cousin even if we haven't proved how yet.) One suggestion: >**ROLL CALLS -- If we need one because of a too-quiet list, I'll >announce it. Why me?... Well, with a list this large a roll call >requires some preparation and instructions. I have guidelines for our >newbies that help them be able to participate, as well. I also try to >help our >lurkers be willing to join in. It does nobody any good to have a roll >call if half the people can't/won't contribute. If you do a roll call, I hope you'll suggest that people put their surnames in the subject line (as for regular messages) rather than using the subject line "Re: Roll Call." As you mention earlier, surnames in the subject lines are much easier to find. Thanks! While I'm here, though, my Lee Co. surnames are BOWLIN(G), HALL, RUTHERFORD, and SMITH (yeah, gonna find Elizabeth Smith real soon). Carol Botteron (that's French Swiss) <botteron@alum.mit.edu> Maintainer, Civil War Units File

You are going to be very pleased with the new administrator. I'm on another list she handles and there is activity, interest and information that flows regularly. One way to help her is to participate. I have just recently joined this list as I just recently found that this was an area our families lived or moved through. But even in the short time I have been on it I noticed very little activity. Now is our chance to make this a great list. After all this county is so full of history and many people have connections with Lee Co. Thanks Colleen for taking this list. Joan Williams (Bowers-L) Still searching for my Bowers! > Hi Colleen: > > I think we're all glad to know we have an Administrator at last. > Welcome! Could you please post to the List and introduce yourself > so that we can learn a little about you and about your Lee Co. > families/interests. > > One thing that seems very important to many of us is that you set up > the List so that when someone clicks "reply" to a post that the > reply goes back to the List. (Should anyone chose to send a > private message, they can always do that; but the response to the > List should be the default.) > > Something I think would be nice down the road would be to have a > "roll call" so that all the subscribers to the List can introduce > themselves during a given period of time. That has been done very > successfully on several other lists to which I subscribe. > > Margaret > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> > To: <VALEE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 1:56 PM > Subject: [VALEE-L] PLEASE READ: NEW LIST ADMINISTRATOR > > > Hi everyone, > > > > This is just a quick message to let you know that effective today, > I am > > the new list administrator. I'll let you all know my guidelines > in the > > next day or two. > > > > In the meantime, if you have any questions, you're welcome to > contact me > > at <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. > > > > Colleen Pustola > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send your message to <VALEE-L-request@rootsweb.com> for individual list messages; <VALEE-D-request@rootsweb.com> for digest messages. Then put the word unsubscribe in the subject line and send your message. > > ============================== > 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

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to this list, and I'm looking forward to working with you. My Surnames are: Lambert, England, Sutton, Dobbs, Whitaker all at one time in the Lee County area of VA. Shirley Sutton Bragg

Hi everyone, This will be a rather long read and for that I apologize in advance. However, I ask that you read all this. There is very important data inside both that you need to be made aware of. I won't do this to you again, I promise! :) You might want to print this message out and keep it by your computer. Topics include: 1. Who I am 2. How I operate the lists 3. List guidelines 4. The usual administrator nit-picky stuff * Virus messages * Chain letters * Me too! messages 5. Chat forum 6. Subscribe/unsubscribe procedures 7. To post messages to the list 8. If you go on vacation 9. Contacting me WHO I AM I didn't introduce myself properly to you earlier, so I'd like to do so here. My name is Colleen Pustola [2-l's and 2-e's in Colleen, please]. I'm an Army wife and the mother of five terrific kids with two still at home. My pseudonym, Lady Audris, comes from one of my former obsessions :) as a living historian/teacher of the medieval period. I've been researching my lines for 25 years, teaching this science for 18, and guest-speaking at genealogical seminars and in schools for 13. Though I'm not Mormon, I did receive the bulk of my formal training from them so reciprocate by volunteering in their Family History Centers whenever we live near one. I've published my first book, the "Bower/Winchcomb Connection" and am currently working on six others including an update of the first. I am also the discussion coordinator for 55 other Rootsweb lists, 30 Rootsweb message boards, and have been a coordinator since August 1998. I guess I should also tell you that I do not have any Virginia lines. However, my future son-in-law does and it's because of him that I took this list. I'm doing research on the Prickett surname if anyone is interested. :) You now know my whole life in a nutshell! :) HOW I OPERATE A LIST Frankly, I don't like dictatorial listowners! They make me nervous and afraid to post! So, I guess you could say I'm rather laid-back. The only time I get "freaky" is if you break one of the first two guidelines. Basically, I run the list with respect and consideration for everyone. I hope you'll participate in the same way. LIST GUIDELINES I do NOT mandate a "format-this-way" or "post-only-these-items" policy. Keep in mind we all have three goals to achieve: 1. Enjoy ourselves! 2. Find our ancestral lines and inline cousins. 3. Get as much data online as possible to accomplish the first two! We do, however, have some guidelines that we follow in order to maintain a happy medium for everyone: 1. NEVER flame [verbally attack] anyone on the list. The penalty for this is IMMEDIATE removal. If you have a problem with one of the list members, do not post what you think about them. That's what I'm here for. There is never a justification to say hateful words and hurt someone. Hurt feelings get nobody anywhere and can make the entire group feel uneasy and unhappy. 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You can do this by sending me an email privately. If I don't receive an attachment or any other wierd thing resulting from a message from you, then I'll know your machine is 'recovered' and I'll manually resubscribe you. THE USUAL ADMINISTRATOR NIT-PICKY STUFF **VIRUS MESSAGES: We've had some pretty wicked viruses plague us the last 1-1/2 years. I was [thankfully] forewarned of two of them from a genealogy list I was on. Like everyone else however, I've also seen so many old virus warnings that I also get disgruntled when they're put out again and again. If you are alerted to a virus warning - BEFORE you send a message to this list please check it out first to make sure it isn't a hoax. You can do so by going to <http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html> and doing a search for the particular virus you are concerned about. 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Those people know to simply delete messages with CHAT: in the subject line. CHAT: format messages are not an everyday occurrence. They happen here and there. The only, and longest, time the CHAT: forum is actively open is the period starting Thanksgiving day through to January 2nd so everyone can post holiday messages, recipes, traditions, etc. After that, the CHAT: forum closes and resumes its normal inactivity. «:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:» *****IMPORTANT!!! *****IMPORTANT!!!***** Below is a list of commands we use at Rootsweb. These commands are very simple to understand: TO SUBSCRIBE: Mail mode - means that you will receive every posting made to the VALEE list as a separate e-mail. Send the command to subscribe to: VALEE-L-request@rootsweb.com Put nothing except the word ‘subscribe' [no quotes, just the word] on the top line of the message part of your e-mail. =~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~=~~= Digest mode - means you'll receive all the postings in one large message. Send the command to subscribe to: VALEE-D-request@rootsweb.com Put nothing except the word ‘subscribe' [no quotes, just the word] on the top line of the message part of your e-mail. NOTE: Digests for the VALEE-L list are set to be released every 12 hours OR once they have reached a total 20,000 bytes. Your receiving the digest may be on a daily or weekly basis, depending on the amount of traffic on the list. 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However, my best intentions are usually thrown askew. I'm discussion coordinator for 55 other email lists, webmistress for two domains with 3 websites, 30 Rootsweb message boards, and I'm currently working on my second book. Please, be sure to IDENTIFY THE LIST YOU'RE ON WHEN YOU EMAIL ME because with so many people, I have trouble keeping track of who is in which research group. I also have an adoring husband and 5 kids (2 teenagers still at home) meaning, a home life. Hence, I have a very full plate here. Please be patient if you email me and I'll do my best to respond within a reasonable amount of time. (at the present, "current" = about a week; sometimes sooner) Since this is a longy and I don't know that everyone will read to the end of this message, I'll be sending another, much shorter message out behind this one. I wish you all good luck in your research! Colleen Pustola Discussion Coordinator ladyaudris@earthlink.net

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Hi again everyone, I don't know how long you've been without an administrator, nor do I know what his/her policies were. From what the settings were when I took over today, I've made some in-house administrative changes you'll probably notice: * Taglines are now at the bottom of each message. These are just simple list helps ~ nothing more. * In the subject line of each message you'll now see [VALEE] as opposed to [VALEE-L]. * Digests are now set to be sent every 12 hours. This will help you receive messages much faster. * Message limits are set to 20,000 bytes. This helps prevent older computers from locking up and digest messages from being truncated. * All messages will now reply back to the list. If you wish a message to be private, please be sure you change the "To:" line in the email message form. Small changes, I know; but these changes are enough to effect a change in the list. My guidelines will follow shortly. Every Sunday all of my surname lists receive the Sunday Morning Coffee, a newsletter of sorts that I put out. It's my way of having coffee with everyone on my lists. However, my city, state and county lists don't receive it unless the individuals wish to. Here's your opportunity... The Sunday Morning Coffee encompasses social history, how-to's or just general topics geared toward genealogy, history, and/or geography. There may even be a short story, again geared toward our love of family history. No specific surname or region is discussed. It's not a "reply to" list, and normally only one message per week will come to you, that being the newsletter on Sunday morning. If you're interested you need to send an email to <SundayCoffee-subscribe@topica.com>, and plan to join me for coffee next Sunday! :) My husband is a soldier who just came home after being gone for a while. So, there won't be a Coffee until next weekend (26 May). I wish you all a SUPER Saturday, full of fun! :) Colleen

Hi Colleen: I think we're all glad to know we have an Administrator at last. Welcome! Could you please post to the List and introduce yourself so that we can learn a little about you and about your Lee Co. families/interests. One thing that seems very important to many of us is that you set up the List so that when someone clicks "reply" to a post that the reply goes back to the List. (Should anyone chose to send a private message, they can always do that; but the response to the List should be the default.) Something I think would be nice down the road would be to have a "roll call" so that all the subscribers to the List can introduce themselves during a given period of time. That has been done very successfully on several other lists to which I subscribe. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> To: <VALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 1:56 PM Subject: [VALEE-L] PLEASE READ: NEW LIST ADMINISTRATOR > Hi everyone, > > This is just a quick message to let you know that effective today, I am > the new list administrator. I'll let you all know my guidelines in the > next day or two. > > In the meantime, if you have any questions, you're welcome to contact me > at <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. > > Colleen Pustola