Amen!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon S. Lisk <shalis@eoni.com> To: <AKERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 6:58 PM Subject: Re: Negative Feedback on Website > Hey All! The Internet info is wonderful, but can be so erroneous that you > all need to take a look and say "This may be a good starting point" ... > but PLEASE! never take anything u see as gospel ...too many out there are > grasping at straws or trying to tie into famous ... or infamous .,. > ancestors ... PLEASE use any info as merely another stepping-stone on the > path to reality. VERIFY is the keyword! > > At 09:24 PM 10/18/99 -0700, you wrote: > >So let me get this straight your info is not PERFECT on your web site? let > >me see you must be like everyone else on the net.... but Gwen Hurst > >> Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., Virginia > >who has everything perfect in her database? especially around the 1750's! > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <KHurstVA@aol.com> > >To: <AKERS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 8:11 PM > >Subject: Negative Feedback on Website > > > > > >> I received this message today(it is in reference to my website with my > >family > >> file on it): > >> > >> > >> > >it):--------------------------------------------------------------------- - > >---------------- > >> -------------------------------- > >> > >> Kenneth, > >> > >> Can I ask you where you obtained the information that you posted on "my" > >> Absalom Hurst? > >> > >> The material that I gave you last spring on Absalom is documented and > >> accurate. First of all, he was born 15 May 1750 in Stafford County, > >> Virgina. His parents were Thomas Hurst and Mary (unknown). He died in > >> Wythe Co., Virginia in 1829. Elizabeth, his wife, may have been a > >> Breedwell or a Nunn, but she was definitely NOT a McNew. There were > >> never any McNew's in Stafford Co., or in Shenandoah Co. for that > >> matter. The McNew's were in Washington/Russell Co. Absalom, Sr. was > >> never in those counties. Also his son John married Mary (Molly) McCarty > >> - NOT McCartHy. I find very little in the data that you posted on > >> Absalom Hurst that is correct. > >> > >> I have also just completed some intensive research on the Hursts in > >> Tennesee and just submitted an FGS to June Reed's Home page on Mark > >> Hurst. His first wife was Not Letita, but Maletta Southern (a twin of > >> Matilda Southern). There are many more errors.... > >> > >> I truly am dismayed to see yet more unverified and inaccurate material > >> being circulated. > >> > >> Gwen Hurst > >> Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., Virginia > >> > >> > >> > >Virginia----------------------------------------------------------------- - > >--------------------------------------- > >> ----------- > >> > >> I really enjoyed all the help and positive feedback I have received on my > >> website this past week, so the message listed above really took me by > >> surprise. I'm not going to defend my research, I know there are errors in > >> it. So, please use the message listed above as an example of how NOT to > >> respond to someone with mistakes. > >> > >> Kenny Hurst > >> http://hurstweb.com > >> > >> > >> ==== AKERS Mailing List ==== > >> If you wish to contact the listowner, you can do so by posting to > >> AKERS-L-request@rootsweb.com > >> > >> > >> ============================== > >> RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! > >> Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: > >> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >> > >> > > > > > >==== AKERS Mailing List ==== > >If you wish to contact the listowner, you can do so by posting to > > AKERS-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > >============================== > >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > > > ==== AKERS Mailing List ==== > Support our hosts - RootsWeb - to join, go to > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >