--part1_c0e1be3c.24ecb83c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/18/99 8:22:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mlamb1@twcny.rr.com writes: << Most of us researchers that have been doing this time consuming, costly, hard work for years know how much is involved in accurate genealogy research. We were doing this long before the days of computers and the internet. The only times that I have used the internet were when I ran into a "brick wall" ancestor. I was fortunate enough to connect to distant cousins on two occasions, and fill in the blanks. They too, did their research the hard way, by going to the libraries, courthouses, and records departments. I think that most of the researchers that post to a multitude of lists are shooting in the dark. Certainly, it is gratifying to find a family connection once in a while, but remember, someone actually did the leg work, and should be acknowledged for it. Mike >> What does sharing have to do with being acknowledged? I do look ups for people needing obits in my area and I can't tell you the pleasure it gives me to help someone else make a connection. Just because you are on dry land, watching someone's boat sink, means you don't help? Helping is helping, no matter what the subject. And the leg work before the Internet days? Someone else did a lot of work providing us with modern conveniences they had to do without, but I see we all enjoy those benefits, without offering any acknowledgment. Desiree (FL) --part1_c0e1be3c.24ecb83c_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <GEN-NYS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yh04.mx.aol.com (rly-yh04.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.36]) by air-yh02.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:22:43 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yh04.mx.aol.com (v60.25) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:22:24 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA00845; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:22:05 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:22:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <003601bee9d9$5f0523e0$55ff5c18@gsxnw.twcny.rr.com> From: "Michael Lamb" <mlamb1@twcny.rr.com> Old-To: "Scott & Roxanne Munns" <munns@integrityonline.com>, <GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: What do you think? Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:25:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Resent-Message-ID: <555ZUD.A.4M.t40u3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/21378 X-Loop: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GEN-NYS-L-request@rootsweb.com X-GEN-NYS-L-Web-Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/GEN-NYS-L/ Hi list, Most of us researchers that have been doing this time consuming, costly, hard work for years know how much is involved in accurate genealogy research. We were doing this long before the days of computers and the internet. The only times that I have used the internet were when I ran into a "brick wall" ancestor. I was fortunate enough to connect to distant cousins on two occasions, and fill in the blanks. They too, did their research the hard way, by going to the libraries, courthouses, and records departments. I think that most of the researchers that post to a multitude of lists are shooting in the dark. Certainly, it is gratifying to find a family connection once in a while, but remember, someone actually did the leg work, and should be acknowledged for it. Mike > > >==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== >Visit the GEN-NYS-L web page: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/GEN-NYS-L/ > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== Have you forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? Visit the GEN-NYS-L Frequently Asked Questions (And Answers!) web page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/GEN-NYS-L/FAQ/GEN-NYS-L.html --part1_c0e1be3c.24ecb83c_boundary--