for more about Halberts, see Eastman's Newsletter of August 23, 1997. They have been ordered to cease and desist, and yet... http://www.ancestry.com/home/Dick_Eastman/eastaug23.htm so... beware of any mail from OHIO. They do sign their letters with YOUR SURNAME followed by initials i.a. This means they are using this as a pen name, it is not their real name. Halberts is also selling 'YOUR SURNAME since the Civil War', as well as the 'New World Book of SURNAME' E111416@aol.com wrote: > > This is the gang, originally I believe called HALPERTS, that the USPS has been > after for years - with cease and desist orders. At one time they were > operating out of England. The GEN societies, have been warning about them for > decades. Prior to the Internet, with now the availability of online phone > books for everyone; they may have kinda served a purpose. > Now I've received from "The GM Card" - "A special announcement for GM Master > Card (R) Cardmembers: A remarkable new book is about to be published and you > Xyz Smith, are in it!". All in a fancy envelope, with beautifully prepared > slick papers inside; "Please return no later than June 9, 1998. 3687 Ira > Road, Bath OH 44210 (800) 595-1162". So, they've snared another way to > be intrusive and spring traps. CEE > > ==== 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!