You're right, Gerry. I wish I had. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Gieger <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] GEIGERS and WEBER Heresy > Never let people do you that way, Anne, because after the meeting breaks up, > all that those bystanders will remember is what he said, correct or > erroneous...however if you challenge him, they will recall that, too. Going > to the speaker privately does no good...the damage was already done in the > meeting, in front of everyone...but a private apology only falls on your > ears alone. > > Remember, Silence is perceived as agreement or concession... > > > > >From: "rconnell" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] GEIGERS and WEBER Heresy > >Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 11:34:30 -0500 > > > >Warren, I don't think anyone meant to call it a witch-hunt. I guess some > >just aren't as interested as others in solving mysteries. My interest > >comes, in part, from being royally insulted before a roomful of people by a > >prominent author and publisher of SC records. I've mentioned this before > >.... in cautioning about surnames with varied spellings, he had mentioned > >GEIGER/GIGGER/etc. When he called for questions - I prefaced my question > >by > >saying GEIGER was one of my lines. He reared back and said something like, > >"Ah, the infamous GEIGERS! Well, I guess there might be one or two good > >ones among them!" Everyone in the room was in shock at his rudeness! I > >should have challenged him then and there! > > > >Anne C. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Warren Smith <[email protected]> > > > > > > > I think the rationale in trying to sort out who history was/is really > > > talking about is precisely for that reason--trying to avoid pinning the > > > "conviction" on every person in the family named John (or > > > Johannes/Hans/Johanes). You make it sound like those interested in it > > > are on a "witch hunt" and that's just not the case. Only one of the many > > > similarly named persons was the one involved. And although he was > > > convicted, he was later "reprieved". Once identified, we move on to > > > another unknown, that's what genealogy is all about. > > > > > > > > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > >Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > > > >============================== > >Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > >your heritage! > >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >