Hello Betty: I agree with Charles, Maj.Cowboy here, and for the same reasons & experiences he has discussed. Barbara, Dearborn, Michigan -----Original Message----- >From: MAJCOWBOY@aol.com >Sent: Aug 23, 2009 1:31 AM >To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Do We Need a "Message Board?" > > > > Betty, > > I've been working in Genealogy of my family since the mid-70s. I found >out the truth about how easy it was to find all the information you needed on >your family. NOT.... > >You start out with what you hope is a barrel of truths, and find half or >more are fables, cover-ups or out-and-out BS After years of cleaning out the >chaff, you check the libraries, hoping there is something there to help. You >look for an LDS library need you and hunt there. Your relatives seem to be >fighting you all the way WHY?. > > After filling in HALF the information you need, you come to a HUGH >BRICK-WALL! >Where do you go to knock the BRICK-WALL? The libraries only have the >information that a few people have been nice enough to publish. What if your >family isn't among those lucky few? Go to a National Archive? Try working through >ALL those MEGATONS of information. > > Your question is: "Do We NEED A " Message Board"? " The answer is >YES!!! > > If you have only a few names to find info on, if you only have a few >Lists to keep track of, if you have been working on your Family Tree(s) for a >long time, then a list may be all you need. IF, you are just starting, you >need all the help you can get. THAT is where the Message Boards come in. They >help the newbies catch up with those who have been doing it for a long time >and don't mind helping others. The Message Boards are an archive of those >questions being asked every day again and again. They are a record of the >answers given over and over again. > > NEWBIES---- check the Message Boards and keep checking them from time to >time. BUT, check the lists too. I'm on roughly 150 to 200 lists, BUT also >check the lists to. > > Betty, my vote is YES! We also need Message Boards! > > > Your cousin in Genealogy! Charles aka MajCowboy@aol.com > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > >To search the archives: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION >The information page is: >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________ "Second star to the right . . . straight on 'til morning." -- J.M. Barrie