KQL... thank you for your response to the person complaining about non family people posting lines that "don't belong to them... Sometimes there is reasons for those postings.. Late 1700s thri early 1800s part of my family was in a small area in the Delaware River valley. That gave me two states to work with (three or four if you count the state boarder wars) and I had trouble figuring out who married who and how they connected.. So I just started doing the linage on several tyler, Lillie, Lilley, Taylor and what-not families just to try and get them right. Many were connected, some were not (that I could find at this time) but COME ON... two families living next door, last name LILLIE and I should not think that SOMEDAY I will find the connection... anyway.. my tree has several families that at this point I can prove no connection... Would that gal want me to not post? TOO flipping bad. If there is a chance someone would contact me and say... hey... did you know that this one was a cousin to that one. Or even, I have a letter from my 5th great uncle telling his wife that she is NOT to invite the other Lillies to a celebration as only family was to come to this one... it would help... But I won't have a chance at that if I don't post those unconnected families.. I always correct the info if sent a correction, and send inquiries of that line to proper researcher if I am contacted... but I am NOT going to remove them just because I can not at this exact second PROVE they belong to me.... Right now, I got some gal adding posted notes left and right to my Lillies, and she is not even connected.. But she is coming across my family in her research and JUST IN CASE I don't have the information or the source she is letting me know... Should I be upset that she is not family? Iris

Right now I'm inclined to agree with the sensible approach Iris suggests. I do not as yet have my various families posted to any Web site as yet but when I do it will very much be a work in progress. I would at any time welcome a non - relative with information for me. In fact, that's how I got the family of my grandmother's great - grandmother, who was born in the 18th century. A KIND AND INTERESTED PERSON HELPED ME. Can we really ever forget the kindnesses of strangers? This list is made up of people who've never met except on the Net and yet help each other more daily than a lot of family members do. Please be considerate about correcting others and also about disagreeing with viewpoints expressed on this great list. I am going at some future time be terribly embarrassed about some blooper when I publish a well researched family tree and your tone of voice as you say to me, ' You've made this huge mistake, Ashley, ' will have a lot to do with whether I'm willing to share any further trees. On the other hand, just like many another, I have had my information stolen. One cousin I trusted put out information she'd gotten from me and she put it out with bad dates and massive misspellings. It's still out there this year, almost entirely corrected, but annoying me no end still, that she listed only one marriage and only two children for great - grandpa, who married twice, had 3 kids the first time and 7 the second. Why not do it right? I don't know and I don't write her anymore. Other people I'm not related to are nicer to write to. By the way, a sculpture I'm involved with is the subject of an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today. If you'd like to read the article, the address is : http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/arts/jul04/247318.asp If you would like to help, I've asked people to write the mayor, Tom Barrett, using the subject line, Save the Snake. His address at city hall is mayor@milwaukee.gov Ashley ----- Original Message ----- From: <IrisLillie@aol.com> To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [GenWisc] request > KQL... thank you for your response to the person complaining about non family > people posting lines that "don't belong to them... > > Sometimes there is reasons for those postings.. > > Late 1700s thri early 1800s part of my family was in a small area in the > Delaware River valley. That gave me two states to work with (three or four if you > count the state boarder wars) and I had trouble figuring out who married who > and how they connected.. > > So I just started doing the linage on several tyler, Lillie, Lilley, Taylor > and what-not families just to try and get them right. Many were connected, > some were not (that I could find at this time) but COME ON... two families > living next door, last name LILLIE and I should not think that SOMEDAY I will find > the connection... > > anyway.. my tree has several families that at this point I can prove no > connection... Would that gal want me to not post? > > TOO flipping bad. If there is a chance someone would contact me and say... > hey... did you know that this one was a cousin to that one. Or even, I have a > letter from my 5th great uncle telling his wife that she is NOT to invite the > other Lillies to a celebration as only family was to come to this one... it > would help... But I won't have a chance at that if I don't post those > unconnected families.. > > I always correct the info if sent a correction, and send inquiries of that > line to proper researcher if I am contacted... but I am NOT going to remove > them just because I can not at this exact second PROVE they belong to me.... > > Right now, I got some gal adding posted notes left and right to my Lillies, > and she is not even connected.. But she is coming across my family in her > research and JUST IN CASE I don't have the information or the source she is > letting me know... Should I be upset that she is not family? > > Iris > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > email: kingsley@aol.com >