Originally re a posting to COOK-L by Anne Crase 1/5/99 on Halbert's fake genealogical info, this was an interesting response I received from a NORCAL lister: >From: BSSG@aol.com >Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 02:25:23 EST >To: dpriest@goodnet.com >Subject: Re: Fw: [COOK-L] Important Warning >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 224 > >Does this one ring a bell? > >Three centuries >7335 E. Orchard Ave. #400-D >Greenwood Village, Co. 80111 >(303) 771-6818 > >AKA: The (your name here) family roots center (same address) >and the Family News Network.(Same address) > > >"Three Centuries of (Your name)" >The definative and thorough history of American (Your Name) >documented and indexed. > >Compiled by the (Your name) Family Roots center > >Prepared exclusively for (your name here) > >My parents bought one. The second time in ten years, the "SCISM" name book >turns out to be a listing of SOUNDEX matches, The Scisms in the veteran >archives section has ONE name, Scoggins. > >There are 4 names in the marriage section, (Scisms this time). > >The Census section is back to Scoggans, NO SCISMS in the 1880-1900 >censuses.There are followin three pages of SCISMs listed from some census, but >hardly the advertised and herein stated 95% complete listing of all Scisms in >the existing censuses, these 40 or so do not compare with the hundreds in my >records. > >There is 17 pages of telephone directory Scisms listed, and about 30 pages of >NON SCISMS too. > >about 50 pages of virtually worthless information, for $30.00. > >Jeff Scism > > Carol De Priest <http://members.xoom.com/SandSurfer/home.htm> *** check it out - work in progress ***