From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Sep 28 11:47:50 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 k8SHloYn028524; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:47:50 -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 k8SHllkY031238 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:47:47 -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 k8SF09FI010535 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:00:09 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8SF09rK010534 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:00:09 -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 k8SEPjFI010419 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:25:45 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8SH7mZ8027567 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:07:48 -0600 X-Envelope-From: akeegan@wowway.com Thu Sep 28 11:07:48 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 k8SH7mYn027558 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:07:48 -0600 Received: from pop-5.dnv.wideopenwest.com (pop-5.dnv.wideopenwest.com [64.233.207.23]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8SH7aXg003334 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:07:46 -0600 Received: from YOUR780C524461 (d14-69-14-225.try.wideopenwest.com [69.14.225.14]) by pop-5.dnv.wideopenwest.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id k8SH7UB08763 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:07:30 -0500 Message-ID: <007301c6e320$9597a5c0$0ee10e45@YOUR780C524461> From: "akeegan" To: References: <00ce01c6e311$65e12180$6401a8c0@PAMSBEAST> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Whats to become of us? Make SURE you allow the person you queried to send their mail to you! Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:07:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 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 Rules to ask for help Give all information you have if you can 1.Name with middle inital if there is one 2. Birth date or close to it 3. Place where they lived from time to time if you can 4. Name of spouse and if you have a maiden if it is a she 5. date of death or close to it( between birth and death a in place time can be set) 6.Also it is a help if you tell them that you have a membership to any Genealogy sites like Ancestry so the researcher does not repeat what you already have. and a Thankyou is always nice to hear Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Rietsch" To: Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:18 AM Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] Whats to become of us? Make SURE you allow the person you queried to send their mail to you! > Amen Guys, > > I get hundreds of queries a week sometimes and when I run into that type > of > situation, I just throw out the original query. I do not have the time to > not only look up the info for the person but then try to get it to them > through some convoluted system of type these letters etc, when I am > visually > impaired, nope, if you write to someone, then make SURE that you add their > address to your accepted mail. > > If they think me rude for not replying, then there is nothing I can do > because normally it is their fault for not letting my mail come to them. > > Pam > Keep in mind that in all things God, Family and Friends are more important > and life does not hinge on ANYONE getting ANYWHERE 5 minutes faster. I > know, > having been hit by a red light runner and gone through 27 surgeries in 54 > months and will never be good again. Stop & THINK before hurrying!!!! > As always, the cost for this information is for you to go out and give > someone a hug right now, whether they feel they need it or not because > time > is so fleeting, they may not be there next time you have the urge. Believe > me this IS important, it happened to me. > Proud Donor for www.USGenNet.org and the work they are trying to do to > keep > data free and accessible on the net. Have questions? > http://www.usgennet.org/#join > > Coordinator of: Livingston County MI Historical & Genealogical Site. > www.LivGenMI.com > 1895 Atlas Project - A fantastic tool for finding lost towns! > www.LivGenMI.com/1895 > MARDOS Memorial Library - Tons of "Old" atlases, plats & Historical books > for the entire U.S.! www.MemorialLibrary.com > 1891 Grain Dealers & Shippers Gaz RR Maps.. Over 370 pages of data and > thousands of names at: www.memoriallibrary.com/Trans/RRGaz > CHASE COUNTY Nebraska www.ChaseGenNE.com > Howell MI 48843-7451 pam@livgenmi.com > > > > > I answered a request yesterday morning, from a young lady seeking > information on her DOTY kin from 1700. I wish I could have stayed on line > for the rest of the day - waiting for the shocking news - that she does > not > except e-mails from anyone she does not recognize. There was also a caveat > to her message that if I was willing to resend it, using the line > furnished > from her e-mail, she might have except it. > > > > >