Thank you for those kind words they are very appreciated. Judy Cassidy On 01/05/13, BStevens<brycestevens@comcast.net> wrote: During this outpouring of warm hugs and wishes, I would like to go ahead and applaud the general membership. I have researched my Dutch lines since the early 1960s, when documenting and citing sources was not even much thought of, but when I began to connect my lines to the older, documented lines, I began to see the value of citing sources. I did not connect to "internet genealogy" until 1996, and it was probably 1997 that I stumbled across RootsWeb and the remarkable lists available. Back then, RootsWeb was entirely voluntary and entirely free. Like FaceBook, determined to remain so ... and we know how that goes. Dutch-Colonies was the most remarkable site available, and as I hosted some other surname lists, D-C was the standard of quality. Almost always polite, but insistent: please cite your source, please share your documents. D-C set the standard and I honed my reporting skills on this site. It is entirely due to this list that the lists I hosted back then raised their standards. Harry Macy, Jr., helped to settle the problem of Jurriaen Probasco's origin, which Nora Probasco has been able to follow up on brilliantly. Dorothy always took the time to look up what she had access to, and share it publicly or privately, depending upon what she found. Judy Cassidy, Barbara Barth, Cynthia Middaugh, Robert McCool, Chris ... so many people who really came together to produce a heyday of genealogical wealth about that time. I feel so fortunate to have tapped into this list at just that time. Those of us who have enjoyed this decade of very solid research and training have been blessed, and we should all applaud ourselves. Gees, I should be mentioning every person who has ever contributed, and let us always keep CarPark with Cor Snabel (I hope I remember the spelling correctly) in mind. This has been a community effort, a community expectation and agreed upon standard of excellence. We have had our very solid mentors from the beginning who have guided our community mindset toward a standard of excellence. As a community, we have met that standard better than any other list I have ever witnessed. I am very proud to be a member and contributor. Bryce Stevens ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DU[1]TCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. mailto:TCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com