Hello, I am new to this list and I do have a Civil War question or probably 2 that I will ask in a separate post as soon as I have all my information together, but I had to reply to this. Sherry, I do not know if you are the list manager for the Civil War mailing list, if you are I applaud you and this list for allowing Alice to post her prices. I know that Rootsweb does not allow people to advertise or sell their products and services (although I have seen plenty on rootsweb boards and mailing lists). But in this day and age there are more and more libraries and archives that are raising their copy and service prices to the point that some can not afford to send for information from another state. The local budgets of these libraries and archives are being cut drastically all the time, so they are forced to charge out of state patrons a lot more then people that can just walk in the door and pay a lot less for documents. So, if I can find someone in the state I am looking for documents or information and they ask for reimbursement of copies fees or even ask for reasonable money for their time, I take them up on it!!! Even if they are advertising their services on the rootsweb. I hope Rootsweb starts realizing that it is getting harder and harder for people to volunteer do this type of research for others totally free. I love everything that Rootsweb stands for, but this particular subject is getting to a point that I think Rootsweb is going to have to make some policy changes in the near future. That is my 2-cents!! In Christ, Melissa Barker Tennessee Volunteer Researcher ----- Original Message ----- From: Sherry Breece To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Apologies No apologies needed for me, Alice. Maybe it is not quite the thing to say on the list, but I found your posting to be very helpful. I for one am going to keep it in case I learn of someone who needs helpful research on a soldier's record. The truth is, sometimes we do need to hire someone to complete research and it is nice to have the name of a researcher to suggest, and to be able to give an idea of the cost. Thanks again. Regards, Sherry "Alice J. Gayley" <[email protected]> wrote: My apologies to the members of this list. I didn't realize that Thomas hadn't written to me directly. Now back to our regularly schedule programming. -- Alice J. Gayley Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/ ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To search our list archives since 1996, go to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter Civil-War in the list name --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To search our list archives since 1996, go to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter Civil-War in the list name