Marcia: I sort of ran into the same problem. Turns out the Cousin thought I was well versed and he felt he could not write as well as I could - his thoughts not mine<g>. As it turns out I found another cousin in the same city. To make it even better these two guys knew each other so I ended up finally getting to meet the other one via the other cousin. Course, that trip was only about an hour and a half from home. At this point, what I would do if I were you, is pick up the telephone and call. You have nothing to lose except maybe a couple of dollars on a long distance bill and everything to gain. The sound of your voice may just be the icebreaker needed to get thru that "wall" Give it a try. What the heck!! Good luck. George gebasden@worldnet.att.net http://www.basden.com ---------- > From: marcia collins <mcollins@sfths.sft434.k12.ks.us> > To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: NEED THOTS ON NEW APPROACH > Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 12:21 PM > > HELP!!! In my ever ongoing search for my BUSSELL family, I have found a > cousin. they are the child of my grandmother's brother's son! This person is > very close to my own age, AND my father ,born 1888 died 1866, was very close > to this persons father. I was needless to say ecstatic.! The problem is > this. Both I and one other relative contacted her by mail (the address BTW > was given to me by a genweb administrator who KNOWS this person. The > initial contact was our months ago! I wrote, enclosing a self addressed > stamped envelope 2 and a half months ago! NEVER a reply. I contacted the > GENWEB contact, who I know tried to nudge her , still NOTHING! She could be > the only KEY to my quest! > > So many of you have much more experience here, HELP me think of an > unobtrusive way to have contact with her PLLLEEEAAASEE! > > Believe me, I was kind, I was not demanding, I was not even overly 'chatty' > in my letter. I made it clear the relationship, I did absolutely everything > I could think of. I have NO idea why not even one little answer.! > > This is the New Mexico area, this is the final place of many of my > ancestors, and I know the only key to finding the actual names of my > Grandparents.! > > Thanks for your guys' help here > marcia Moore Collins > > > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > If you need to unsubscribe to GenTips email the command: > unsubscribe > To: > GenTips-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > DON'T send it to GenTips-L that won't work! > > > > > > > > > > > > >