This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_902953517_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Dear List Members In re (HALBERTS in Bath, Ohio) My local postmaster advised me to send a letter to the postmaster in Bath, Ohio complaining about the worthless genealogy books published and sold by Halberts of Bath, Ohio. I have written one and am including it here for those who don't want to take the time to write one. You may use mine if you want. Print it and use it if you want. You must add your name and address at the bottom of the page. Please invest the time and the 32 cents for the stamp and hopefully we can put these leeches out of business once and for all. If that postmaster is deluged with complaints perhaps something will happen. You also have my permission to forward this Email to all of your surname lists and genealogy friends as a warning about the book AND a plea to write letters to the postmaster in Bath, Ohio. The Letter is attached. If you want to add to it, fine. As far as I know Halberts have been working out of Bath, Ohio for more than 30 years. I can't imagine the millions of dollars in profits made off the backs of honest genealogists in the USA (and Canada) in that vast amount of time. RGB, Listowner --part0_902953517_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: text/plain; name="HALBERTA" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline 12 August 1998 Postmaster, Bath, Ohio Dear postmaster (or postmistress), Halbert's are at it again. The books they sell are nothing but a generic history of the BOYD name (or whatever name) with thousands of telephone listings thrown in. I have a copy in my hands right now and I am telling you they are worthless to the genealogist and to the common person. There is no data in the book that you cannot find in a library or phone book in a few short minutes. These people have been operating out of Bath, Ohio for years and you know it. I'll bet you have had hundreds (perhaps thousands) of complaints about Halberts and this person named Leroy C. Boyd in the past. I'll bet Leroy Boyd does not even exist. These people have been leeching money from unsuspecting family oriented roots seeking people for years, even decades and it is time to stop them. Do you have any connection with this company (Halberts) or with Leroy C. Boyd with address of: 3687 Ira Road, Bath, Ohio? I appreciate your honesty. Also--Will you please supply me with the name and address of the Postmaster General with whom I may make a louder complaint? Thank You. Sincerely =1A --part0_902953517_boundary--