Hello everyone, I am the quiet admin (if all is working well on the lists then no need to hear from me !!) BUT, One of my cousin's ( a blood one at that.. LOL) Sent me this a few weeks agom seems his new list has settled in & as promised.. IU am letting as many as I can learn of the new list. The how to join it & to request a lookup is ion the letter below.. Good luck to all in there resaearch !!!!! Maureen List mom/Admin > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Pickering [mailto:pickeringenealogist_kantner@hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 4:55 PM > To: DENMAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DENMAN] Directories List > > > I'd like to invite you to consider joining one more list: > > City-Directories-L-request@rootsweb.com > > OR > > City-Directories-D-request@rootsweb.com > > Kelly Courtney-Blizzard's census lists inspired this one, or at > least they > were the first digit in the 2+2=4. The second was when I realized I had > broken down two major brick walls through the use of city > directories rather > than censuses and thought maybe the same idea would translate. I > know there > are a heckuva lot of old city directories in the two libraries I use most. > > Of course, for the concept to work at least some of us have to look up > stuff. In fact, to be fair, ALL of us should look up as well as ask for > look-ups. Surely everyone on the list lives near a library that has some > old city directories... > > Now, I'm not going to start by asking everyone to list what > directories they > can access. Seems to me such a blizzard of information wouldn't be kept > anyway; rather, let's just toss out what we need and see if there's any > response. In that very vein, though, the FIRST thing to remember > is that no > one is sitting in some cubicle somewhere waiting (and being paid) > to pull up > your information. Instead, you're hoping someone is volunteering > to do so. > If so, THANK THEM. If not, PLEASE don't send in a grumbly > message that you > haven't gotten any response - as I've seen happen on several of the many > lists to which I subscribe. After all, if everyone who CAN'T > help tells you > so, you're going to get buried in nothing useful. > > Now, let's have some fun! > > > > Researching these 8 greats: > Pickering-Snyder-Roach-Teegardin-Hodges-Evans-Kantner-Shifflet > + these contributing Kantner/Shifflet lines: > Huttes-Brackney-Bechdolt-Cierees-Self-Ary > And, of course, many more! > > Peruse our entire GEDCOM at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~kpickering > > ONWARD AND BACKWARD! > Kurt Pickering, IBSSG > La Vergne, TN > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ==== DENMAN Mailing List ==== > The purpose of this list is to help each other find there Denman's. > Remember, people come & go from mailing list's. So please re-post > your Denman question's if you don't get an response. send post's to > denman-l@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >