Am sorry to see some are disturbed by my posts. After 9 years and many thousands of dollars in copies and microfilm , postage, not to mention the thousands of hours glaring at the film; my intention is not one to make myself independently wealthy. If any of you think that is so, please take up the banner here, and run with it. I would love to have time for my own ancestor searches. There wasn't any Italians to New Orleans when I started this 9 years ago, and still isn't many. My work was posted on the web, FREE. Anyone back there can tell you so. Until the BIG GUYS came in and started grabbing everything for their own benefit and charging YOU for the free lists, that is when I started to ask for small return for some of the cost. If the consensus on this list is that I not return here for updates, then that's ok with me. No hard feelings. I'll stop here, and shut the lists down. Ancestry and FTM would love to hear from you. Thanks for your input, no hard feelings on my part. I get Spam TOO!! -- www.eatel.net/~smbarr/ Don't miss this port!!! Italian passengers Italian Vital Records on CD available

On Sun, 08 Sep 2002 20:26:51 GMT, "S.Barbara" <smbarr@eatel.net> wrote: > I would love to have time for my own ancestor searches. With all due respect, we humans do pretty much share some common traits. One is that we generally do what makes us feel good. >There wasn't any Italians to New Orleans when I started this 9 years ago, >and still isn't many. My work was posted on the web, FREE. Anyone back there >can tell you so. Until the BIG GUYS came in and started grabbing everything >for their own benefit and charging YOU for the free lists, that is when I >started to ask for small return for some of the cost. The same records you've been squinting at for 9 years have been available for anyone who wanted to spend the time searching out their ancestor's records. I've never spent a nickel for anything the "Big Guys" (or any little guys) had for sale, and never will. It's the hunt that does it for me. The only money I've ever spent was for documentation or film rental. >If the consensus on this list is that I not return here for updates, then >that's ok with me. No hard feelings. I'll stop here, and shut the lists >down. Ancestry and FTM would love to hear from you. There's no consensus, just me saying what I believe. Please let your conscience be your guide. >Thanks for your input, no hard feelings on my part. I get Spam TOO!! Thank you for your polite response. I'm just an old guy who loves genealogy, calls a spade a spade and spam spam. Benny Rab