I'm glad you had that feeling about the book. Did you also get a family portrait of their family in with the advertisement about the book. I have got them before and I throw them out. Its funny how they can have one last surname and then send the same picture to our relative and have still have another surname. ha ----- Original Message ----- From: pam serda <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 9:20 PM Subject: Re: Halbert Books > Hello Everyone, > > I want to thank everyone for the response to my post > about these books. I have not, or never intended to > order these. I had one of those 'gut' feelings about > them!!! > > What I really was looking for is a book that cited > legitimate family histories, especially from this > area, as sort of an accompaniment to what I am > learning about my families. > > At this point, I know virtually nothing about my > fathers family, except for names, dates of birth, > dates of death, where they were born & where they > died. I think that to have just a short story, about > what they did, and "who" they were, or what they cared > about would make them seem like such a "real" person, > much more a part of the family. > > OOOOOPS!!! I didn't mean to get on the "soapbox". > > Pam > > > --- Jerry & Judy Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, Amy... > > You are right about the older folks "wanting to > > help". My Mom got stuck with not one, but TWO of > > these books...Forgot she ordered one > > previously....they are only telephone directories > > and not even current ones at that...definitely NOT > > worth the money..You can get the same information on > > the Internet for FREE! Just my 2 cents worth > > too...Thanks, Judy > > nks, Judy > > > > > > === > Jas Hampton O 1822 AL>Daniel O 1855 AL>Mary Eboline O 1875 AL> and > > William F. Holmes 1836 TN>Robert W. Holmes 1867 TX>Clayton Holmes 1903 TX>Glenn Holmes 1931 TX > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >