That's what I thought I would find by subscribing to this website, but seeing all the arguments over copyrights and at least one person who reported getting "hate" mail, I'm not so sure. I'm just a poor descendant of Volga Germans, and I'm just as proud of my heritage as the next guy, but frankly I can't afford $35 or $50 or $150 to buy a chart that may or may not have any information on it concerning my ancestors. The experiences I have had with paying for information is that I pay up front and then wait for a response, which is usually, "Sorry, no information was found regarding -----." And there I am, with no info and no money either. Hey, I'm tracing my family's roots because I think it's important to know where you came from, I want to know where I came from, and I want my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, and my great-great-grandchildren to know where they came from, and what their ancestors went through to come to the "land of the free." So I'm more than wi! lling to share any information I have that may help someone else. If I wanted to go through all the legal wrangling of copyrights, blah, blah, blah, I'd just mortgage my home and pay a professional genealogist to do the work and present me with a finished product. But I find doing the research is half the fun and being able to share it and help someone else on their way is the other half. Just my opinion, for what it's worth... ---- Charles Parcels <volgager4440@yahoo.com> wrote: ============= Some people are intelligent, some are not, some are rude, boastful, shy, quarrelsome,compassionate, sincere, etc. etc. etc., but we are all ONE FAMILY,GERMANS from RUSSIA ! Let's keep it that way ! (helping, careing,&sharing,with one another ) --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Have a great day :-) Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net

Well said! That's a good note to end this day on. Thanks! Becky Jamison in Colorado On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 20:56:45 -0500 <smcginness1@cox.net> wrote: > That's what I thought I would find by subscribing to this website, but >seeing all the arguments over copyrights and at least one person who reported >getting "hate" mail, I'm not so sure. I'm just a poor descendant of Volga >Germans, and I'm just as proud of my heritage as the next guy, but frankly I >can't afford $35 or $50 or $150 to buy a chart that may or may not have any >information on it concerning my ancestors. The experiences I have had with >paying for information is that I pay up front and then wait for a response, >which is usually, "Sorry, no information was found regarding -----." And >there I am, with no info and no money either. Hey, I'm tracing my family's >roots because I think it's important to know where you came from, I want to >know where I came from, and I want my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, >and my great-great-grandchildren to know where they came from, and what their >ancestors went through to come to the "land of the free." So I'm more than >wi! > lling to share any information I have that may help someone else. If I >wanted to go through all the legal wrangling of copyrights, blah, blah, blah, >I'd just mortgage my home and pay a professional genealogist to do the work >and present me with a finished product. But I find doing the research is >half the fun and being able to share it and help someone else on their way is >the other half. Just my opinion, for what it's worth... > ---- Charles Parcels <volgager4440@yahoo.com> wrote: > > ============= > Some people are intelligent, some are not, some are rude, >boastful, shy, quarrelsome,compassionate, sincere, etc. etc. etc., but we are >all ONE FAMILY,GERMANS from RUSSIA ! > Let's keep it that way ! (helping, >careing,&sharing,with one another ) > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > Have a great day :-) > > Sharon McGinness > smcginness1@cox.net > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message

Just as bad, is paying money for advertised items that are misrepresented, and false information. smcginness1@cox.net wrote: That's what I thought I would find by subscribing to this website, but seeing all the arguments over copyrights and at least one person who reported getting "hate" mail, I'm not so sure. I'm just a poor descendant of Volga Germans, and I'm just as proud of my heritage as the next guy, but frankly I can't afford $35 or $50 or $150 to buy a chart that may or may not have any information on it concerning my ancestors. The experiences I have had with paying for information is that I pay up front and then wait for a response, which is usually, "Sorry, no information was found regarding -----." And there I am, with no info and no money either. Hey, I'm tracing my family's roots because I think it's important to know where you came from, I want to know where I came from, and I want my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, and my great-great-grandchildren to know where they came from, and what their ancestors went through to come to the "land of the free." So I'm more than wi! lling to share any information I have that may help someone else. If I wanted to go through all the legal wrangling of copyrights, blah, blah, blah, I'd just mortgage my home and pay a professional genealogist to do the work and present me with a finished product. But I find doing the research is half the fun and being able to share it and help someone else on their way is the other half. Just my opinion, for what it's worth... ---- Charles Parcels wrote: ============= Some people are intelligent, some are not, some are rude, boastful, shy, quarrelsome,compassionate, sincere, etc. etc. etc., but we are all ONE FAMILY,GERMANS from RUSSIA ! Let's keep it that way ! (helping, careing,&sharing,with one another ) --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Have a great day :-) Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.