From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Sep 10 09:27:34 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8AFRYjb012934; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:27:34 -0600 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 k8AFRT3F016877 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:27:29 -0600 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 k8ACkIFI010500 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:46:18 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8ACkITd010499 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:46:18 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k8A8a1FI009992 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:36:01 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8ABGxXu015580 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:16:59 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Patscga@aol.com Sun Sep 10 05:16:59 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8ABGxjb015569 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:16:59 -0600 Received: from imo-m22.mail.aol.com (imo-m22.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.3]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8ABGtPL001721 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:16:56 -0600 Received: from Patscga@aol.com by imo-m22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id 8.321.a1e0b91 (40521); Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:16:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Patscga@aol.com Message-ID: <321.a1e0b91.32354e20@aol.com> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:16:48 EDT Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Why won't my cousins talk to me? :) To: patriciasears@rogers.com, ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5331 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com In a message dated 9/9/2006 4:46:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, patriciasears@rogers.com writes: Due to some unusual surnames in my family, I have been able to trace probable living relatives on the web on sites like www.411.ca. However, when I send letters of inquiry, introducing myself and my genealogy interests, and inviting them to trade family history information, I either get no response, or a few tidbits (i.e. "I have a son Tommy and two grandsons Tommy Jr. and Jimmy.") with no other important details. This is starting to become very frustrating. Any suggestions? I've sent genealogy reports to at least 20 relatives and only two responded with a thank you. I called them and got a little bit more information but not much. The vast majority of people aren't interested, I'm afraid. One cousin even told me to stop "annoying" him.