On 10/21/2011 1:51 AM, George W. Durman wrote: > > > > Have we arrived at the point, for whatever reason, that folks > are no longer posting here? One can do web searches for the > various interests that we supposedly support here (on the > Germanna_Colonies Mailing List), and can find many posts on > other venues. Have Germanna researchers finally lost all faith > in this forum? > I wondered that myself, when I got back from vacation and found so few posts. I enjoy reading others posts, even if most of them don't relate to my lines. I get lots of good stories to read and advice on where to look and that is very helpful. My descent is Blankenbaker, Fisher, Garr, Kaifer. It's nice to have a line on my dad's side that goes back as far as some of the ones on mom's side. The Germana connection wasn't known to my dad, or probably a couple of generations back. Mary Ellen (or Ellen Mary) Southern English was probably the person responding to the Garr genealogy letter, and she died when my great-grandfather Southern English was only 10 (1857), so I doubt he knew anything about her heritage. The internet connected me with the Garr genealogy book, and then with Germanna and so much else that has interested and excited me about my family history. The Southern's weren't Germanna folks, but they are the ones I need to learn about the most. Maybe someday. Karen English Lezovich