From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jan 29 11:54:34 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0TIsYtK016388; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:54:34 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0TIsWAR006476 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:54:32 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0TGQcFI018435 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:26:38 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k0TGQceY018434 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:26:38 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0TFFGFI018269 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:15:16 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k0THgwJg031495 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:42:58 -0700 X-Envelope-From: mscheffl@twcny.rr.com Sun Jan 29 10:42:58 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0THgwtK031484 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:42:58 -0700 Received: from ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.56]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0THgugI029524 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:42:56 -0700 Received: from 1070n (cpe-24-92-248-107.twcny.res.rr.com [24.92.248.107]) by ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k0THgtNH000628 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:42:57 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <004701c624fb$6ecc93d0$6801a8c0@1070n> From: "MScheffler" To: References: <200601281500.k0SF0SKX009124@lists5.rootsweb.com> <003201c62497$fc980280$20819e04@S0029330476> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:42:53 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Subject: [ROOTS-L] ISPs and queries over time Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com DJ Weber's response to my request that people not block their email if they want responses made me think about how long it sometimes takes to make or get replies. A few years back I found a query in a genealogical magazine from 10 years previous. Because I found an address and eventually was able to track down a phone number, I was able to eventually locate and supply that family with information I had from a family diary that answered a long time question they had not resolved in the previous 10 years. In fact when the same people came through my town a few months later on their way to MA we were able to meet and exchange more information. People are sometimes so afraid of privacy issues that they ensure no one will ever find them with answers to their questions. If one wants to find information, they need to leave a trail of where they can be found perhaps one, five or 10 years later. I sometimes print out family group sheets with my home address and email address and place them in correspondence files of genealogical societies, etc. in areas where my ancestors lived. No one knows when the next person will come along with similar ancestry and family ties. I do not put my phone number and on general email lists. These are best shared with private individuals. It is wise to get a good ISP that you assume will remain in business and stay with the same one if at all possible. I have only had 2 email addresses in 15 years, and only changed from the first to the second because I wanted to update to cable over dialup. I worried I would lose contacts in the change and kept both ISPs for several months. We are all aware of contacting people whose material we find online, only to find they have changed email addresses, even when the database and email in question is only a few months old. So if one wants to be found, it is best to keep one email address over an extended period of time and find ways in magazines and correspondence files to leave one's address. Frequently when we post on our most difficult families, we do not receive any reponses for periods of six months or more. Online census is the exception where lookups can come rather quickly. Have an email address where you can receive messages and attachments of pages from census, books, etc. that cannot be sent to a list. Some of us will email census pages, but don't have time to type out the information in an email. When sending an attachment, it is good to notify the recipient in advance so they will know it is coming and not simply banish it to the rejected file. Also, make sure to have your email program set so that you can receive attachments. It is REALLY ANNOYING to take time to make scans of pages of books to have them rejected or receive no response that the person got them. We all need to be careful of privacy issues but to also leave a trail so that one can receive the help one wants. Margaret Scheffler