I agree 100% with the opinion given by John. One only needs to look at an 1820 Census index to become aware that this country already was populated by gazillions of people with the same surnames which means that just putting out your favourite surname is the needle in a haystack. Roll calls are a waste of resources and time. Thats my opinion. Thanks! Louie On Friday, September 10, 1999 9:36 AM, John Rush [SMTP:w4mlk@bellsouth.net] wrote: > Good advice from Karen. Roll Call is not a legitimate subject for any > genealogical content. > > However, better advice might be to discontinue roll calls completely. If > you think about it, roll calls do nothing that can't be done 365 days out > of the year. The only real thing a roll call does is tie up RootsWeb > facilities by concentrating huge numbers of messages in a short time, > messages that would normally be spread throughout the year. At least one > list absolutely forbids roll calls as being an inefficient use of time and > facilities. Maybe this list should consider such a restriction. This > would in no way restrict the ability of the individual to participate in > the list. It would only prevent a call that concentrates possibly hundreds > of messages within a short timeframe. Please think about it. > > Sincerely, John > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <KADICA@aol.com> > To: <VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 8:06 AM > Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Roll Call > > > > Please, can we include the surname in the subject line of our roll call > > messages. Personally, I do not have time to open each and everyone to > check > > for surnames since I am on a number of mailing lists. I would hate to > miss > > helping someone with information I have because of this. > > > > Karen > > > >