>Calm down Betty, you're going to blow a gasket. You're making all Texans >look unfriendly and bad mannered. I've found Alabama people to be just as >nice and friendly and helpful as Texas people. According to your letter >you only know 5 Alabama people and all of them work for the county or the >state. > > >At 01:37 PM 8/10/02 -0500, you wrote: >>I am sending two e-mails >> >>One to unsuscribe then this one to explain why. >> >>I have been doing genealogy research for over five years and have never >>encountered such an unfriendly state for long distance research. >> >>I mailed a request for death certificates to the County Clerk. They >>returned it to me saying write to Room 206. >>I remailed the request to Room 206. They returned it saying it needs to >>go to the State department of Health. So I remailed it again trying at >>the county level. They returned it saying I need to write the Capital >>office. I then remailed it to the state capital office. >>I received it back today - since one date was before 1908 they will not >>give me any details on the other requests until I remail it without the >>early date. >> >>In my state of Texas - they get up out of their chairs and walk the >>misdirected letter to the other office. Or if it needs to go to the Healt >>Department (a State office) - they do have an inter-agency mail that goes >>once a day. >> >>As far as I am concerned I will not trace any line going ito Alabama. >>Lucky for me it is only my husband's maternal line. If he wants it he can >>do it. >> >>Too bad your state only caters to in state researchers. >> >>Betty Scarborough > > """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > Searching for the Spradley and > Ketchum families. Spradleys > from SC to TX and Ketchums > from VA to TX via AL and IL > Check my home page for searchable > data base of ancestors. > http://www.hal-pc.org/~berrys > """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I have never had a discourteous reply to any of my messages to the fine state of Alabama, indeed have had all kinds of help. Further, Alabama is ahead of many of the other states in having old records available online --- I'm sorry Betty has formed a negative impression, perhaps that was what she gave? Billie in Tx. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Berry Spradley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 2:24 PM Subject: Fwd: Re: [ALBLOUNT-L] Unfriendly State > > > > >Calm down Betty, you're going to blow a gasket. You're making all Texans > >look unfriendly and bad mannered. I've found Alabama people to be just as > >nice and friendly and helpful as Texas people. According to your letter > >you only know 5 Alabama people and all of them work for the county or the > >state. > > > > > >At 01:37 PM 8/10/02 -0500, you wrote: > >>I am sending two e-mails > >> > >>One to unsuscribe then this one to explain why. > >> > >>I have been doing genealogy research for over five years and have never > >>encountered such an unfriendly state for long distance research. > >> > >>I mailed a request for death certificates to the County Clerk. They > >>returned it to me saying write to Room 206. > >>I remailed the request to Room 206. They returned it saying it needs to > >>go to the State department of Health. So I remailed it again trying at > >>the county level. They returned it saying I need to write the Capital > >>office. I then remailed it to the state capital office. > >>I received it back today - since one date was before 1908 they will not > >>give me any details on the other requests until I remail it without the > >>early date. > >> > >>In my state of Texas - they get up out of their chairs and walk the > >>misdirected letter to the other office. Or if it needs to go to the Healt > >>Department (a State office) - they do have an inter-agency mail that goes > >>once a day. > >> > >>As far as I am concerned I will not trace any line going ito Alabama. > >>Lucky for me it is only my husband's maternal line. If he wants it he can > >>do it. > >> > >>Too bad your state only caters to in state researchers. > >> > >>Betty Scarborough > > > > """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > > Searching for the Spradley and > > Ketchum families. Spradleys > > from SC to TX and Ketchums > > from VA to TX via AL and IL > > Check my home page for searchable > > data base of ancestors. > > http://www.hal-pc.org/~berrys > > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > > >