Dear Researchers: My computer got a virus and I had to delete some infected files and completely re-install Windows 98. In the process, I might have lost some information. If you sent me a link to your Alabama genealogy personal page or any other Alabama URL's, would you check to see if they are on my website and if not, please re-send them to me? Thanks! http://huntsville.about.com/cs/genealogy1/index.htm Jean Brandau huntsville2@about.com

In a message dated 11/26/00 11:40:32 PM Central Standard Time, jkbrown@mindspring.com writes: > I am not sure whether I have written to you before but I am related to the > John, According to the information I have, Mae Abney would be a 6th cousin once removed of my husband Daniel. My digging, so far, only goes back to Benjamin Hezekiah Abney of Cobb County, Ga; the rest, back to Dannett Abney, is from the Centralized Abney Archives. My Mother's family came from Chilton & Dallas Counties; they were Adams, Friday, Abrams, Mims and some others. Anita

Anita, I am not sure whether I have written to you before but I am related to the Abney family in Chilton County. My grandmother was Mae Abney Brown, wife of Francis H. Brown of Maplesville. Her father was Samuel Abney IV, son of Thomas Hamilton Abney of Maplesville. T. H. Abney descends from the Abney's of Edgefield District, SC. Any connection? John ----- Original Message ----- From: <AAbney@aol.com> To: <ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 6:23 AM Subject: Re: Message from list maintainer > In a message dated 11/25/00 1:44:32 AM Central Standard Time, > dddennis@concentric.net writes: > > > > Hi Jim. I'm glad to see the info on Ancestory but what I can find is only > > 177 deaths which is > > > > David, > > A search on Chilton shows 10,000+ deaths. Of course, some number of those > would include the name Chilton rather than the county. > > Anita >

Hi Jim. Sorry you've had such a bad year. It's really no problem for me that you didn't finish. I'm going to out your way next week and I'll try to get in touch with you then. Probally it will be Wednesday. Thanks, David At 05:11 PM 11/25/00 -0600, you wrote: >David, > >I still have the copies. You can pick them up or I can bring them to you. >I'm sorry Donna and I didn't finish them. It's been a hellish year. We had >two of our children get divorced this year. It was not fun. > >Our number is 833-2578. We live in Huffman at 1021 Gene Reed Road. > >Jim > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <dddennis@concentric.net> >To: <ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 1:42 AM >Subject: Re: Message from list maintainer > > >> Hi Jim. I'm glad to see the info on Ancestory but what I can find is only >> 177 deaths which is >> barely a scratch on the surface. I subscribe to Ancestory, it's a bargain >> at 59.99 a year. >> If you could direct me to a more complete database I'd really love to see >> it as I do hate to repeat work already done. >> While I have your attention, I need the copies of the 1880 census I sent >> you as I don't have copies to do the final proof from. My sister lives in >> your area and I'll probally be in your >> neighborhood several times during the holiday period. Could I pick them up >> if I called in advance? >> David Dennis >> >> >> At 06:53 PM 11/24/00 -0600, you wrote: >> >David, >> > >> >Ancestry.com now has a data base of AL deaths 1908-1959 online. >> >Unfortunately it is one of their "paid" data bases, meaning it is >available >> >only to subscribers. It has proved to be very helpful to me since it >became >> >available 3 weeks ago. >> > >> >Jim Nix >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: <dddennis@concentric.net> >> >To: <ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com> >> >Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 6:40 PM >> >Subject: Message from list maintainer >> > >> > >> >> Hello listmembers. Please at least scan this message as it covers >several >> >> subjects. >> >> 3 days ago a member made a very inapropriate post by mistake. I >contacted >> >> him privately and >> >> almost all of you acted appropriately by not commenting. If you feel >the >> >> need to complain >> >> about a post please do so to me privately. Do not use REPLY as that >will >> >go >> >> to the list! >> >> Flaming someone on a list tends to generate more inapropriate mail and >is >> >> also against Rootsweb rules for mailing lists. The flaming has already >> >> generated twice the email the orginal email did and these things tend >to >> >> snowball. If you're one of the parties involved please don't respond to >> >> this unless you really feel a strong need to, esp. Mike. I've received >> >and >> >> accepted your apoligy. >> >> >> >> Interest in genealogy as people interact with relatives over the >holidays >> >> as well as people with new computors tends to generate lots of email >from >> >> newbes to both computors and/or genealogy let's remember to be patient >> >with >> >> them. >> >> >> >> Now on a positive note I've gotten way behind on the 1880 census >> >> transcriptions this year. It should have been finished by now but I've >> >> been very busy at work and was also very burned out on census work and >not >> >> having any time to work on my own genealogy. I hope to have the 1880 >> >census >> >> online by May 2001 except for the Beat 5. Unfortunately that is the >> >> Chestnut Creek/Clanton area >> >> which is by far the largest but almost entirely unreadable. >> >> >> >> Potental future projects are indexing the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 >> >> census, I don't think I'll ever attempt to do the entire census thing >> >again >> >> on these later years. Another project that I'm considering is to index >> >all >> >> the AL. death records for Chilton Co. I think it has more potental to >be >> >> helpful than census work as census records are readily availible >anywhere. >> >> The LDS church has most of the records that are legally availible on >> >> microfilm, (25 years back), but they involve many rolls of film and >> >> indexing could cut the time as well as the effort to research marginal >> >> ancesters by half. >> >> >> >> I welcome any comments and/or volunters as well as any information of >> >> genealogical value that anyone may have to offer. If you have any info >> >> you'd like to offer or would like to volunter >> >> please write me at <mailto.dddennis@concentric.net>. >> >> >> >> If you have a webpage dealing with you're family please send me a link >> >> WITH a short description of the families that apply to Chilton. >> >> Thanks for your patience if you read this far, >> >> David Dennis >> >> >> >> >> >> David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln >Co., >> >> Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the >> >> SWORDS-L lists, among other things. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., >> Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the >> SWORDS-L lists, among other things. >> >> > > > David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the SWORDS-L lists, among other things.

At 6:00 AM -0800 11/26/2000, ALCHILTO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:42:27 EST >From: JMrgn144@aol.com >To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <47.3f9af95.2751d293@aol.com> >Subject: Re: Lillie Arant -Culp -Poole -Patterson Obit >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Thank you Steve for the message. >Have you ever been to the Arant-Wingard reunion? It's been awhile since I >attended. A Dr. Johnson out of Andalusia Al. is working on a book for the >Wingards and Haas quite a bit of information. >Regards, >Jeanette Morgan Jeanette, I've been attending a Wingard/Brown reunion since about May of 1998 when I discovered it. I suspect the Dr. Johnson to whom you refer is Wayne Johnson, though I've not yet met him. I got the information about Jacob and Lizzie from Ken Tyler, who is president of the reunion. I established my connection to Lizzie from a Culver relative I "bumped into" via the Internet in my searching. I have a photo (digital only, no paper) of their headstone at New Hope Baptist Church cemetery, which is where a number of my Wingard, Culver, and Jackson relatives and ancestors are buried. If you'd like me to send you the photo via email (it's about a 28K JPEG file), let me know off-list and I'll send it to you. If you're interested in private access to what I have on Wingards, Culvers, and more, I can arrange that also. = Steve = -- Steve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama http://www.mindspring.com/~sjacksn/stevehome.html

Hello! Do you have a Rubie Arant or her son Kenneth Weldon Arant in your files of Chilton Co.,AL Arants? Ken was b. 26 Feb 1955 in Clanton. Andrea -----Original Message----- From: JMrgn144@aol.com <JMrgn144@aol.com> To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com <ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 25, 2000 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Lillie Arant -Culp -Poole -Patterson Obit Thank you Steve for the message. Have you ever been to the Arant-Wingard reunion? It's been awhile since I attended. A Dr. Johnson out of Andalusia Al. is working on a book for the Wingards and Haas quite a bit of information. Regards, Jeanette Morgan

I am looking for anyone who might be familiar with the family of Marion Marcus who died in Chilton Co. in Apr. 1945. I believe his father was J.L. (Levi) Marcus from Autauga Co. Would like to trade family info. Thanks Leslie S. Hill LHill42731@aol.com

David, I still have the copies. You can pick them up or I can bring them to you. I'm sorry Donna and I didn't finish them. It's been a hellish year. We had two of our children get divorced this year. It was not fun. Our number is 833-2578. We live in Huffman at 1021 Gene Reed Road. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <dddennis@concentric.net> To: <ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 1:42 AM Subject: Re: Message from list maintainer > Hi Jim. I'm glad to see the info on Ancestory but what I can find is only > 177 deaths which is > barely a scratch on the surface. I subscribe to Ancestory, it's a bargain > at 59.99 a year. > If you could direct me to a more complete database I'd really love to see > it as I do hate to repeat work already done. > While I have your attention, I need the copies of the 1880 census I sent > you as I don't have copies to do the final proof from. My sister lives in > your area and I'll probally be in your > neighborhood several times during the holiday period. Could I pick them up > if I called in advance? > David Dennis > > > At 06:53 PM 11/24/00 -0600, you wrote: > >David, > > > >Ancestry.com now has a data base of AL deaths 1908-1959 online. > >Unfortunately it is one of their "paid" data bases, meaning it is available > >only to subscribers. It has proved to be very helpful to me since it became > >available 3 weeks ago. > > > >Jim Nix > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <dddennis@concentric.net> > >To: <ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 6:40 PM > >Subject: Message from list maintainer > > > > > >> Hello listmembers. Please at least scan this message as it covers several > >> subjects. > >> 3 days ago a member made a very inapropriate post by mistake. I contacted > >> him privately and > >> almost all of you acted appropriately by not commenting. If you feel the > >> need to complain > >> about a post please do so to me privately. Do not use REPLY as that will > >go > >> to the list! > >> Flaming someone on a list tends to generate more inapropriate mail and is > >> also against Rootsweb rules for mailing lists. The flaming has already > >> generated twice the email the orginal email did and these things tend to > >> snowball. If you're one of the parties involved please don't respond to > >> this unless you really feel a strong need to, esp. Mike. I've received > >and > >> accepted your apoligy. > >> > >> Interest in genealogy as people interact with relatives over the holidays > >> as well as people with new computors tends to generate lots of email from > >> newbes to both computors and/or genealogy let's remember to be patient > >with > >> them. > >> > >> Now on a positive note I've gotten way behind on the 1880 census > >> transcriptions this year. It should have been finished by now but I've > >> been very busy at work and was also very burned out on census work and not > >> having any time to work on my own genealogy. I hope to have the 1880 > >census > >> online by May 2001 except for the Beat 5. Unfortunately that is the > >> Chestnut Creek/Clanton area > >> which is by far the largest but almost entirely unreadable. > >> > >> Potental future projects are indexing the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 > >> census, I don't think I'll ever attempt to do the entire census thing > >again > >> on these later years. Another project that I'm considering is to index > >all > >> the AL. death records for Chilton Co. I think it has more potental to be > >> helpful than census work as census records are readily availible anywhere. > >> The LDS church has most of the records that are legally availible on > >> microfilm, (25 years back), but they involve many rolls of film and > >> indexing could cut the time as well as the effort to research marginal > >> ancesters by half. > >> > >> I welcome any comments and/or volunters as well as any information of > >> genealogical value that anyone may have to offer. If you have any info > >> you'd like to offer or would like to volunter > >> please write me at <mailto.dddennis@concentric.net>. > >> > >> If you have a webpage dealing with you're family please send me a link > >> WITH a short description of the families that apply to Chilton. > >> Thanks for your patience if you read this far, > >> David Dennis > >> > >> > >> David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., > >> Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the > >> SWORDS-L lists, among other things. > >> > >> > > > > > > > David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., > Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the > SWORDS-L lists, among other things. > >

Thank you Steve for the message. Have you ever been to the Arant-Wingard reunion? It's been awhile since I attended. A Dr. Johnson out of Andalusia Al. is working on a book for the Wingards and Haas quite a bit of information. Regards, Jeanette Morgan

Hi Steve Jackson, 25 Nov 2000 Reference your 24 Nov 2000 Email Subject Lillie Arant-Culp-Poole-Patterson Obit where you requested information about your grandmother-Lillie Belle Arant Culp Poole Patterson. ===================================================== Are you related to Sara Caroline Poole who married Robert Brown Childress in Bibb County Ala on 29 Dec 1859. Sara was born on 12 Nov 1838 and she died on 25 Jan 1912. She is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery (Bibb) Ala ====================================================== Hope to hear from you soon. ROBERT D. CHILDRESS OF SAN ANTONIO

Hi Leslie Hill 23 Nov 2000 Reference your 22 Nov 2000 Email Subject:Lillie Arant-Culp-Poole-Patterson-Obit. =================================================== Are your related to Sara Caroline Poole who married Robert Brown Childress in Bibb County Ala on 29 Dec 1858. Sara was born on 12 Nov 1838 and she died on 25 Jan 1912. She is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery (Bibb) Ala. =================================================== Hope to hear from you soon ROBERT D. CHILDRESS OF SAN ANTONIO

Hi Jim. I'm glad to see the info on Ancestory but what I can find is only 177 deaths which is barely a scratch on the surface. I subscribe to Ancestory, it's a bargain at 59.99 a year. If you could direct me to a more complete database I'd really love to see it as I do hate to repeat work already done. While I have your attention, I need the copies of the 1880 census I sent you as I don't have copies to do the final proof from. My sister lives in your area and I'll probally be in your neighborhood several times during the holiday period. Could I pick them up if I called in advance? David Dennis At 06:53 PM 11/24/00 -0600, you wrote: >David, > >Ancestry.com now has a data base of AL deaths 1908-1959 online. >Unfortunately it is one of their "paid" data bases, meaning it is available >only to subscribers. It has proved to be very helpful to me since it became >available 3 weeks ago. > >Jim Nix > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <dddennis@concentric.net> >To: <ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 6:40 PM >Subject: Message from list maintainer > > >> Hello listmembers. Please at least scan this message as it covers several >> subjects. >> 3 days ago a member made a very inapropriate post by mistake. I contacted >> him privately and >> almost all of you acted appropriately by not commenting. If you feel the >> need to complain >> about a post please do so to me privately. Do not use REPLY as that will >go >> to the list! >> Flaming someone on a list tends to generate more inapropriate mail and is >> also against Rootsweb rules for mailing lists. The flaming has already >> generated twice the email the orginal email did and these things tend to >> snowball. If you're one of the parties involved please don't respond to >> this unless you really feel a strong need to, esp. Mike. I've received >and >> accepted your apoligy. >> >> Interest in genealogy as people interact with relatives over the holidays >> as well as people with new computors tends to generate lots of email from >> newbes to both computors and/or genealogy let's remember to be patient >with >> them. >> >> Now on a positive note I've gotten way behind on the 1880 census >> transcriptions this year. It should have been finished by now but I've >> been very busy at work and was also very burned out on census work and not >> having any time to work on my own genealogy. I hope to have the 1880 >census >> online by May 2001 except for the Beat 5. Unfortunately that is the >> Chestnut Creek/Clanton area >> which is by far the largest but almost entirely unreadable. >> >> Potental future projects are indexing the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 >> census, I don't think I'll ever attempt to do the entire census thing >again >> on these later years. Another project that I'm considering is to index >all >> the AL. death records for Chilton Co. I think it has more potental to be >> helpful than census work as census records are readily availible anywhere. >> The LDS church has most of the records that are legally availible on >> microfilm, (25 years back), but they involve many rolls of film and >> indexing could cut the time as well as the effort to research marginal >> ancesters by half. >> >> I welcome any comments and/or volunters as well as any information of >> genealogical value that anyone may have to offer. If you have any info >> you'd like to offer or would like to volunter >> please write me at <mailto.dddennis@concentric.net>. >> >> If you have a webpage dealing with you're family please send me a link >> WITH a short description of the families that apply to Chilton. >> Thanks for your patience if you read this far, >> David Dennis >> >> >> David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., >> Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the >> SWORDS-L lists, among other things. >> >> > > > David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the SWORDS-L lists, among other things.

In a message dated 11/25/00 1:44:32 AM Central Standard Time, dddennis@concentric.net writes: > Hi Jim. I'm glad to see the info on Ancestory but what I can find is only > 177 deaths which is > David, A search on Chilton shows 10,000+ deaths. Of course, some number of those would include the name Chilton rather than the county. Anita

David, Ancestry.com now has a data base of AL deaths 1908-1959 online. Unfortunately it is one of their "paid" data bases, meaning it is available only to subscribers. It has proved to be very helpful to me since it became available 3 weeks ago. Jim Nix ----- Original Message ----- From: <dddennis@concentric.net> To: <ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 6:40 PM Subject: Message from list maintainer > Hello listmembers. Please at least scan this message as it covers several > subjects. > 3 days ago a member made a very inapropriate post by mistake. I contacted > him privately and > almost all of you acted appropriately by not commenting. If you feel the > need to complain > about a post please do so to me privately. Do not use REPLY as that will go > to the list! > Flaming someone on a list tends to generate more inapropriate mail and is > also against Rootsweb rules for mailing lists. The flaming has already > generated twice the email the orginal email did and these things tend to > snowball. If you're one of the parties involved please don't respond to > this unless you really feel a strong need to, esp. Mike. I've received and > accepted your apoligy. > > Interest in genealogy as people interact with relatives over the holidays > as well as people with new computors tends to generate lots of email from > newbes to both computors and/or genealogy let's remember to be patient with > them. > > Now on a positive note I've gotten way behind on the 1880 census > transcriptions this year. It should have been finished by now but I've > been very busy at work and was also very burned out on census work and not > having any time to work on my own genealogy. I hope to have the 1880 census > online by May 2001 except for the Beat 5. Unfortunately that is the > Chestnut Creek/Clanton area > which is by far the largest but almost entirely unreadable. > > Potental future projects are indexing the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 > census, I don't think I'll ever attempt to do the entire census thing again > on these later years. Another project that I'm considering is to index all > the AL. death records for Chilton Co. I think it has more potental to be > helpful than census work as census records are readily availible anywhere. > The LDS church has most of the records that are legally availible on > microfilm, (25 years back), but they involve many rolls of film and > indexing could cut the time as well as the effort to research marginal > ancesters by half. > > I welcome any comments and/or volunters as well as any information of > genealogical value that anyone may have to offer. If you have any info > you'd like to offer or would like to volunter > please write me at <mailto.dddennis@concentric.net>. > > If you have a webpage dealing with you're family please send me a link > WITH a short description of the families that apply to Chilton. > Thanks for your patience if you read this far, > David Dennis > > > David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., > Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the > SWORDS-L lists, among other things. > >

Hello listmembers. Please at least scan this message as it covers several subjects. 3 days ago a member made a very inapropriate post by mistake. I contacted him privately and almost all of you acted appropriately by not commenting. If you feel the need to complain about a post please do so to me privately. Do not use REPLY as that will go to the list! Flaming someone on a list tends to generate more inapropriate mail and is also against Rootsweb rules for mailing lists. The flaming has already generated twice the email the orginal email did and these things tend to snowball. If you're one of the parties involved please don't respond to this unless you really feel a strong need to, esp. Mike. I've received and accepted your apoligy. Interest in genealogy as people interact with relatives over the holidays as well as people with new computors tends to generate lots of email from newbes to both computors and/or genealogy let's remember to be patient with them. Now on a positive note I've gotten way behind on the 1880 census transcriptions this year. It should have been finished by now but I've been very busy at work and was also very burned out on census work and not having any time to work on my own genealogy. I hope to have the 1880 census online by May 2001 except for the Beat 5. Unfortunately that is the Chestnut Creek/Clanton area which is by far the largest but almost entirely unreadable. Potental future projects are indexing the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 census, I don't think I'll ever attempt to do the entire census thing again on these later years. Another project that I'm considering is to index all the AL. death records for Chilton Co. I think it has more potental to be helpful than census work as census records are readily availible anywhere. The LDS church has most of the records that are legally availible on microfilm, (25 years back), but they involve many rolls of film and indexing could cut the time as well as the effort to research marginal ancesters by half. I welcome any comments and/or volunters as well as any information of genealogical value that anyone may have to offer. If you have any info you'd like to offer or would like to volunter please write me at <mailto.dddennis@concentric.net>. If you have a webpage dealing with you're family please send me a link WITH a short description of the families that apply to Chilton. Thanks for your patience if you read this far, David Dennis David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the SWORDS-L lists, among other things.

At 12:00 AM -0800 11/23/2000, ALCHILTO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:16:38 EST >From: JMrgn144@aol.com >To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <2d.3de6fec.274d2136@aol.com> >Subject: Lillie Arant -Culp -Poole -Patterson Obit >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >My grandmother, Lillie Belle Arant Culp Poole Patterson passed away Saturday, >Nov. 18, 2000 at the age of 95 years old. She had outlived three husband and >had lived in Clanton for the pass 68 years. She was born in Autauga County on >Dec. 1, 1904 to the late Jake and Lizzie Arant of Chilton County, Al. >She is survived by four children, a sister and brother, 16 grandchildren, 24 >great grandchildren, and 7 great great grandchildren. She worked at the >Clanton Senior Citizen Center as Activities Director, an active member of the >Convention Music Singing of Clanton, and sold Avon for many years. >Jeanette Morgan >JMRGN144@aol.com Jeanette, My deepest condolences to you and all of her family members. Lillie Belle's name has appeared quite prominently in my research over this past summer, as I've been looking into the roots of my Culver line, and her mother Lizzie was a Culver. What's more, her father Jacob Arant was the son of my GGG-Aunt Joanna Wingard, so Lillie and I would be some sort of "double cousins" (if that's a valid term). You too appear in my file as a 4th cousin. I'm sorry that I never had occasion to meet her, as she sounds like a fine lady that anyone would've been proud to know. In this season of Thanksgiving, we can all be thankful for the positive impact of people like Lillie on our lives and hope that it will ease the burden somewhat. = Steve = -- Steve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama http://www.mindspring.com/~sjacksn/stevehome.html

This is ridiculous! If everyone spent half as much time promoting positive thoughts instead of beating to death negative ones, this country would be much better off. A mistake was made, the perpetrator acknowledged it. Let us move on. If anyone has an issue with any posting on this board, take it up with the board moderator and work to have an acceptable outcome on that front. But most of all, do NOT continue to post broadcast messages about the veracity of the original message. All that succeeds in doing is dragging the responder down to the level of the original posting. I realize that I am doing the very thing I have just described. Do not bother to respond as I will not perpetuate this behavior past this message. Thank you. Steven Schullo

Ms. Hill, my apologies to you, too. Yes, I intend to "stay." Thanks, Mike Jackson, cell phone 415-609-9100, fax 419-818-8213, mailto:mljackso@bechtel.com > -----Original Message----- > From: LHill42731@aol.com [SMTP:LHill42731@aol.com] > Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 10:33 AM > To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Genealogy NOT politics!!!!!! > > And let's all stay friends, and help each other out---no matter what our > politics. > > Happy Holidays to all--- > > Leslie Hill

I have apologized numerous times but have no problem doing so again to you personally, Ms. Sandra Lewis. I thought I was making a PERSONAL appeal and did not know it was being broadcast to a bulletin board. I too am a genealogy enthusiast and did not mean to use the site for political commentary. It was a human error - perhaps similar in some ways to confusion over the "butterfly ballot." Thanks, Mike Jackson, cell phone 415-609-9100, fax 419-818-8213, mailto:mljackso@bechtel.com > -----Original Message----- > From: SLewis918@aol.com [SMTP:SLewis918@aol.com] > Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 10:28 AM > To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Genealogy NOT politics!!!!!! > > This is a geneology forum, NOT A POLITICAL FORUM! > > Whatever anyones views are, I , for one, do not appreciate having to > listen > to another diatribe over who will be the forthcoming President or whether > they deserve it or not. It's pretty obvious this country is evenly > divided. > Lets keep this list for the purpose it was created for..........GENEALOGY! > > Sandra Lewis

No apologies really needed!!! I'm on your "side," but, just hot we can all be on the same side with genealogical pursuits. Leslie Hill