This is so well worded, I thought I'd pass it on... ----- Original Message ----- From: "George H Winslow, Jr." <gwinslow@forbin.com> To: <HAMLIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:56 PM Subject: [HAMLIN] Christmas > I'd like to take this time to wish you all Happy Holidays. > > Also, it's time to remind you that a lot of new computers will be given as > Christmas presents again this year and some of those new computer users > will be going online and joining this list. They will make stupid > mistakes, ask dumb questions, want with little clues they've given us what > is impossible information and they may not understand why we can't produce > that information. > > PLEASE remember, we all were new to the Internet and genealogy, we all made > stupid mistakes, asked dumb questions (I still do), and what that > impossible lost ancestor with little information to go on. Let's remember > to count to 10, take a deep breath and help to educate another new group of > researchers to both genealogy and the Internet. And remember, they just > might have that long lost ancestor you've been searching for for years in > their data files and if they are chased off you won't get access to it. > <smile> > > Happy Holidays > > \\\||/// > (ô ô) > +-------------------oOO------(_)-------------------------------+ > | George H Winslow, Jr. > | > | Cedar Falls, Iowa > | > | Rootsweb Sponsor/List Owner - Thornton & Hamlin Lists | > | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gwinslow/ | > | http://home.forbin.com/gwinslow/ | > +----------------------------------------oOO-------------------+ > |__| |__| > | | | | > ooO Ooo > So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have > received it, and it will be yours. - Mark 11:24 >