From roots-in@rootsweb.com  Sat Jul 27 23:39:22 1996
Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id XAA27902 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 27 Jul 1996 23:39:19 -0700
Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id VAA02372 for roots-in@rootsweb.com; Sat, 27 Jul 1996 21:31:23 -0700
X-Envelope-From: randis@madison.tdsnet.com  Sat Jul 27 21:31:12 1996
Received: from madison.tdsnet.com (root@mail.tds.net [204.246.1.2]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA02311 for <roots-l@rootsweb.com>; Sat, 27 Jul 1996 21:31:11 -0700
Received: from roin1-a08.indy.tds.net (roin1-a08.indy.tds.net [204.246.4.105]) by madison.tdsnet.com (8.6.12/CICNet) with SMTP id XAA28186; Sat, 27 Jul 1996 23:26:21 -0500
Message-ID: <31FB085C.144E@madison.tdsnet.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 23:27:40 -0700
From: Dick Andis <randis@madison.tdsnet.com>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: LoisCasson@aol.com
CC: roots-l@rootsweb.com
Subject: Realistic Expectations from Roots-L
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: roots-in@rootsweb.com

I joined Roots-L simply to do three things:
    1. Hopefully, find some other people who might be researching, the 
old fashioned way,the same Surnames I am.

    2. Get some leads which might help me find more places to look for my 
own surname history.

    3. Help others find data and places to look for their surnames if I 
have information that will help them.

I've scored 100%!  I correspond daily--sometimes 2/3 times per day--with 
at least six people researching my lines.  One person sent me a thick 
descendancy file on a common surname and six floppy disks!

I've been able to send GEDCOM disks to others.  
In another case, two of us are feverishly trying to put together our 
respective surname line to attempt to arrive at a Mayflower descendant 
for my wife's line.

The enriching "conversation" I have with many people directly has more 
than fulfilled my expectations.  After all.....genealogical research 
still requires documenting sources, trudging thru cemeteries, pouring 
thru dusty books in county courthouses, finding a will you can't read, 
and all the other things we go through for the love of the hunt.  Roots-L 
just adds an extra dimension of a lot more people going thru the same 
thing I am, with no guarantees, and just enjoying the trip.

Of course, there's always the sourpuss that hates the "threads", but 
that's why God made delete keys.

Dick Andis
THE SMOKIN GUNN

*************************************************************************
Don't wrestle with pigs in the mud. The pigs love it, and you just get 
dirty.

*************************************************************************