----- Original Message ----- From: "Taylor Hayes" <quatrogatos4@hotmail.com> To: <km1109@aculink.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:30 PM Subject: thanks everyone! my thanks to karen, louise, dick, theresa & every single one of you who have contributed anything! it were not for people like all of you out there researching, my own research would not amount to much. when i started there wasn't anywhere near what there is out there now & it has all been built by people like you. now some institutions make money off of what has been contributed & will make money off of new info put out there, but still people contribute because the fundamental of genealogists is to share....as w/every new piece of info, a piece of the puzzle is put into place (of course, as we all collectively sigh, it is one of those rubix cube puzzles where when you DO find a piece of that puzzle, there is generally another new piece missing for all your efforts!!!! ha ha ha). but that is the fun & why we keep researching. so thanks to all of you out there researching & contributing. my little hobby is a disease that i actually enjoy having....& i truly appreciate you for enabling me!!!! (tee hee) taylor