Newsgroups: soc.roots
Date:         Tue, 15 Sep 1992 08:50:23 EDT
Reply-To:     "Andrew Callahan (DO)" <callahan@SUNBURN.EC.USF.EDU>
From:         "Andrew Callahan (DO)" <callahan@SUNBURN.EC.USF.EDU>
Subject:      Tiny Tafel
Comments: To: roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu

	Ellen Keyne Seebacher writes:
	>In article <716083996snx@apusapus.demon.co.uk>
	> tfj@apusapus.demon.co.uk (Trevor Jenkins) writes:
	>>With the recent suggestion that Tiny Tafels be psoted to soc.roots for
	>>cross posting to Fidonet the traffic in this group is becoming excessive.
	>>Whilst I don't want to discourage the exchange of information perhaps the
	>>TTs ought to be split off in to a separate groups (soc.roots.tiny-tafel or
	>>some such)?

	>It's a fine idea, except that it would cause a problem for those
	>people who read soc.roots as the BITnet mailing list "ROOTS-L".  There
	>really isn't a good way to gate ROOTS-L postings into two different
	>newsgroups, though it's possible that the volume from the BITnet side
	>wouldn't be enough to matter.

	>Alf?

Alf Responds:
	Yes? I think this should be a matter of soc.roots. We simply can't import it
	to Roots-L. If done, then in next turn it will be sent to soc.roots since it
	didn't come from soc.roots :-) and then we have it all going! (Maybe there
	could be a fix to this, but I don't have the time to bother about analyzing
	what should be done, and I don't believe Marty Hoag has the time either,
	neither the writer of the Listserv. So, if people want to have this service
	available, let it be on soc.roots. The other possibility could be an other
	distribution list, but if so, some voluntary has to step forward to do the
	nitty-gritty. I for my part has more than enough with Roots-L and I for my
	part would also say that people interesting in this, either should log on a
	Tiny-tafel BBS directly to upload it or send it to the person who has
	volunteered to relay them as a private mail.

	Stuff suggesting use of private e-mail to volunteers to post to
	Fidonet BBS's deleted

	Alf continues:
	(If I see many of the TT's
	pouring down the soc.roots/roots-L group, I will look into banning them on
	the Roots-L part. They are of primary use only to the sender and the receiver
	who shall submit them to the TT-match system. The only use in future is for
	those very few people who has started to use the database facillty of the
	listserv system. If you do searches for a surname, you may get the E-mail
	address of someone adding a TT using Roots-L. This is the only public use I
	see at the moment :-)

I support Alf's view if there is indeed a FLOOD, but the few that are being
posted now seem to be useful.  I have found two or three possible connections.
Posting Tiny Tafels to Roots-L I see as similar to having a signature file
that lists the names a person is researching.  I like seeing Tiny Tafels posted
on Roots-L.

I would encourage people to occasionally post their Tiny Tafels and
to regularly include the names they are researching in their signature.

Or, so it seems to me, Andrew Callahan.

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HELP!  I'm trying to reach my ancestors!
DYER, CASKEY, BAYS, BOOHER, FUGETT (all KY)
CALLAHAN, REVANE, STANTON (all MA and Ireland)
If you know them, please contact me.

	Andrew Callahan
	callahan@sunburn.ec.usf.edu  (Internet)
	as087@cleveland.freenet.edu  (Internet)

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