Hi Shirley, When I posted to the MA and NY Lists, I also was hoping for some genealogy-related postings, but they did not happen ! And, the Panama Canal List only has a few postings on it, with one question about whether there is a data base of people who died while working on the Canal - going un-answered ! If 30,000 men died, there must have been hundreds of thousands of men who went down there to work -- and it just doesn't seem logical that people on the Mailing Lists don't have some sort of connection to those men ! I wonder where most of the men who went down there - originally lived ! Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Farone" <twigs@bright.net> To: <GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:16 PM Subject: Panama Canal Topic > The original question about the Panama Canal was a good one for presenting > to a genealogy list. I looked forward to a worthwhile exchange -- > genealogy-wise. > > But it sure looks like this thread is going to become very political!!!! > > As I have understood it, maybe incorrectly, the Chinese own each end of > the Canal now -- so why wouldn't the United States want to make all the > improvements now so that the Chinese won't have to do a thing when they > take complete control of this vital zone!!!!! Tongue in check, of > course. > > If you have a comment, please direct it to me personally. I need to be > educated, but not at the expense of this List. > > Shirley > My website: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~twigs2000 > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/162 - Release Date: 11/5/2005 > > ______________________________