Desiree, Speaking for myself, and probably most others on this list, I am always willing to share my research with those who are searching the same family lines. I too get satisfaction from helping others, because I know how much hard work it is to collect the data. I am also grateful for a helping hand from others. Remember, it hasn't always been this easy. I have donated 2 family history books to the local family history dept of the library where I live. When I finish my 3rd book, I will also donate that too for others to use and benefit from it. As to enjoying the modern conveniences, my idol since I was a boy has been Thomas A. Edison. I think of him often and how much he changed our world. I still remember one of his famous quotations, "I never worked a day in my life. It was all fun". I still try to apply that concept to my work and my research every day. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Dgsrus6@aol.com <Dgsrus6@aol.com> To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com <GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 9:44 PM Subject: re: What do you think? > >--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 >