Thank you Ann,your absolutely right,well said,and we all appreciate this very much, Best Regards, Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: <AHall10643@aol.com> To: <FLHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 7:01 AM Subject: [FLHOLMES] Message from listmanager.....Possible closing and/or disperal of the Florida... > senders name removed: > > > > THIS IS NOT THE SITE FOR NON-GENEALOGICAL DRIVEL. > > **************************************************************************** ** > > *** > Hello list, > When this story first unfolded, I too thought it was something that shouldn't > be discussed on our mailing lists but as the story unfolded, I realized this > is exactly where it should be discussed. If the State Library is > successfully shut down/moved as we know it now, it will affect our genealogy > research in a very big way. Much of the information that we now have > available on the Holmes County website (and other state and county websites) > was acquired by people doing their research at the State library in > Tallahassee, or other libraries and sharing their findings. I personally > have a lot of data in my Family Tree software that I acquired through visits > to the library. > > It is time for us to let our voices be heard and actions taken before it is > too late. > I encourage you all to send letters to the Governor, senators, legislators, > congressmen. If they get enough protests, they will be forced to look at > this issue and vote accordingly. Most, if not all will be wanting your > votes when election rolls around once again. Let them know how you feel. > Thanks > Ann Marlow Hall > Coordinator for <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~flholmes/holmes.htm"> http://www.rootsweb.com/~flholmes/holmes.htm</A> > Cathy Popp Co-coordinator Cathy@sw.rr.com > Listowner for: > FLHolmes-L@rootsweb.com > TEW-L@rootsweb.com > My surnames are: Marlow, Dykes, Tew, Hall, Toole and others. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >