In a message dated 3/7/2008 12:33:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: 3. Our opinions aside, by the author's own admission they ARE NOT INTENDED AS GENEALOGY, BUT TO GATHER INFORMATION AND RESEARCH FOR HIS MASTER'S THESIS. 4. The purpose and topic of the boards are to seek help and gather GENEALOGY information relative to the respective counties, and the author's own words clearly state his purpose is PERSONAL GAIN, or specifically a Master's thesis having nothing to do with genealogy. --------------------------- Given the statements above, my observation is that people use the message boards for various reasons ( searching for old high school chum, to make contact with an old military buddie, etc.) Those types of posts aren't about genealogy either. Should we then be deleting those posts too ? Unless a person is specifically posting a message for illegal or harassment reasons, working on a Master's Thesis shouldn't be a reason to remove messages IMHO, especially when the man is providing some historical county information at his web site. Marilyn **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

Not as long as they can be moved to LOST FAMILY AND FRIENDS, a MILITARY board or another TOPIC board. How does David know this person is gathering info for a thesis? Did he ask him about his post? Is this a case of mind reading? We have lots of very good websites on USGenWeb Project that deals with history of schools, occupations, etc and they are very much genealogy related. So how is this any different? If the post is about schools then it belongs on a board for that topic. Seems simple enough to me. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 2:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > In a message dated 3/7/2008 12:33:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > 3. Our opinions aside, by the author's own admission they ARE NOT INTENDED > AS GENEALOGY, BUT TO GATHER INFORMATION AND RESEARCH FOR HIS MASTER'S > THESIS. > > 4. The purpose and topic of the boards are to seek help and gather > GENEALOGY information relative to the respective counties, and the author's > own words clearly state his purpose is PERSONAL GAIN, or specifically a > Master's thesis having nothing to do with genealogy. > > > --------------------------- > Given the statements above, my observation is that people use the message > boards for various reasons ( searching for old high school chum, to make > contact with an old military buddie, etc.) Those types of posts aren't about > genealogy either. Should we then be deleting those posts too ? > > Unless a person is specifically posting a message for illegal or harassment > reasons, > working on a Master's Thesis shouldn't be a reason to remove messages IMHO, > especially when the man is providing some historical county information at > his web site. > > Marilyn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Take care, Kathie Harrison NE-GEN-SOCIETIES List Admin http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/ne-gen-societies/index.htm

Kathie, Because I read the posts before I removed them, and as I indicated in my original post he clearly states so in many of his message bodies, which appears to me to be a pretty good indication. :-) FWIW, the count is now much higher because he is still going strong as I write this. David E. Cann [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathie Harrison Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BAd] Something Wrong with this Post? <snip>How does David know this person is gathering info for a thesis?<snip>