Riobard, you rock! ----- Original Message ---- From: Riobard O'Dwyer <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> To: beara@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:18:53 AM Subject: [BEARA] A very happy man.             Yesterday morning this man (from another country) arrived at my door trying to trace his ancestors. He had a tiny bit of information ---- but only a tiny bit. I happened to be finishing off some research, so I asked him if he could call back at 9.30 this morning, and I would try to have his research ready for him,as he was flying home later in the day.             After I had finished with the other research, I spent the next 6 hours searching through my records of two Beara Parishes, and finally had all the familes brought together by teatime.             When the doorbell rang this morning, he was amazed that I had done so much. I sat him down in the sitting room and went over the lot, going back to over 200 years. Quite a number had gone to Butte, Montana. But, when I got to his mother, he almost broke down with emotion. She is still alive, but is now aging. He told me of how much my research would mean to her, and he must have shaken my hand about six times. When he was leaving, he shook it twice more, and left the driving to the other person who was with him, as he said he was too emotional to drive to the airport.               This is the sort of happiness and appreciation that makes one battle on. When he was gone, I had the loveliest feeling that the years spent at researching and researching had brought so much happiness to so many people. I felt like dancing a jig !!                                                       ---- Riobard. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1648 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Trust me Riobard, those people you help even the tiniest bit are dancing with you and wearing out your arm from being shaken. Those of us left to find our ancestors with your help are dancing on the outskirts in anticipation. ~~C Sullivan