I agree please, please don't leave us Liz. Don't make the rest of us suffer because of someone that could not hold their temper and clear it all up in a nice quiet way. We are all counting on you to stay, please. Jinny Billy Sinor <[email protected]> wrote:I would not quit because some people are not satisfied with the wonderful work all of you are doing I believe everyone is entitled to a mistake once in a while I made one back in 26 I believe it was. so grin and hang in their Billy Sinor ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [AILLS] Family > In a message dated 9/12/2005 7:34:07 PM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > >> I am truly apalled that these people in Lewis County would consider all >> our >> >> hard work junk....... If that is the case please unsubscibe me. I will >> continue on my own. >> > Why do you want to leave the list because people I contacted in Lewis Co > are > concerned about the junk they've seen on Aills on the Web? It's not > people on > the list who say that and I just said simply said I was sorry for > bothering > them and asking them to participate in the list. > I hope you'll reconsider about leaving the list because of opinions > of > people not on the list. > sandra > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.21/96 - Release Date: 9/10/2005 > > ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 JESUS LOVES YOU

Hello, to all. I want say that I am sorry if I have offended anyone with my seemingly objectionable letter about the misinformation I found again on the internet. I agree with all of you that everyone makes mistakes. I am not the only who does, nor am I the only one who gets upset that their hard work has been used to add to their list of 30,000 names in their family tree with misquoted information with claims of having done the work themselves. However I am not speaking of honest mistakes. No where in the census or any where else was my great grandmother referred to as Frannie Ophelia Jones. She was listed as Fanny or Francis. No one knew her middle or maiden name until I gave it to the group. I found her father's name in the census and emailed to the group. Those emails should be in the archives from about a year ago. I also posted my sources when I gave the information. That was information I posted on the group research for everyone to share. It was something you would have to have know the family to know. The children listed in the family of "Elias Alanzo" and his wife "Frannie" were also incorrect. We did not know for sure that "Sam" was Elias Alonzo until I went to the Gilmer courthouse and found the information myself. Now, I posted the information for everyone to use and I truly hope it helped to clear up some gray areas for those who have worked so hard to get the information for us to learn more about our ancestors. I did not share it to be misquoted and claimed as some one else's work. I got emails from one of the list members several months ago about this same issue. This person was just as upset about information that was posted on the internet incorrectly and claimed as personal work, when in fact it wasn't. The information I posted is, was, and always has been, ours. The work I did for it, was mine and should not have been claimed by some one else. I have been able to do very little to help you guys out with this tremendous undertaking and I appreciate more than I can say all that you have shared with me, but I have never and would never, ever say that I had done it myself. When I get an email and copy the information into my notes, I always write down who sent the email. You deserve the credit for it. I don't. Don't lose any more sleep over this, please. I sent the email to the list because I wanted you all to be aware that this was still being done by ONE of the members. It was in no way intended as a shot at anyone other than the one who is doing this to me, to all of us. I guess that I didn't use good judgement in sending it to every one. My only excuse is that I was very hurt and very upset. I still am. I did not intend to imply that any thing anyone else had posted was junk. More than any one else, I can appreciate how difficult it is to do the research and still remain sane enough to make the connections when it just seems to go round and round like leaves in a whirlwind, when everyone seems to have the same names and they all live in the same places (not to mention those who use names that are not even their own). It is like untangling thread in a sewing box. I still contend that this information was taken from the research site and do not appreciate how that was handled. I will never change my mind about people who do that. It is stealing and I don't like it. What I have found out about the Aills/ Ails/ Ales/ etc. family, I have been glad to share with all of you. I have received emails from some of you asking about my health because you haven't heard from me in so long. I got one birthday email and occasional emails from one member just to share a joke or pictures. They were really special to me to know that some one thought about me. YOU are special to me and I would never say the things you thought I said about you and anything you have done. Again, I apologize if I have offended any of you, But I still stand that this is wrong to claim some thing that doesn't belong to you. I am sorry about the way I handled it because it upset so many of you, but not about the way I feel about this. I am not very good with words but I sincerely hope that this time I have said what I mean, clearly enough that I will not offend any one. Rhonda