Thank you, Mary I am in this to help people and to get help and it works both ways. I volunteer as a RAOGK on rootsweb, and go to the library get information not my family or even close to my family and sometimes they don't even acknowledge they got it or one lady told me she already had that, however some have sent more than enough money to pay for my gas and time, even though I don't charge. I have been on the other end that someone helped me in another state where I could not possibly have gotten the information as quick or as cheap. I hope I sufficently thanked and paid for that service. There will be a day someone will actually know my lines and it has happened and a brickwall came down. I hope someone is patient with me and I forget to appropriately say thank you or hit the delete key instead of send, that happens too. These Hamiltons are hard enough with out a distraught word or someone withholding info because they didn't get a proper thank you. - "This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person he puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only he can see." Cora Ten Boom -------------- Original message from Mary Walther <mobo308@msn.com>: -------------- > Everyone knows that the internet is a fast way of getting information. I'm sure this person did not plan to insult anyone - only be precise in the message. Even more rude are people who take it upon themselves to publicy chastize posters.> From: ktham@sympatico.ca> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:42:34 -0400> To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com; hamilton@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [HAM] William Hamilton of Meckenburg Co Va - manners> > Ruth> Congratulations and Kudos for that letter informing that individual > of the meaning of good manners. I also will not cooperate with these > lazy inconsiderate persons who state "Thanks in advance" or simply > TIA , to ill mannered to send a note of thanks.> Trevor> > > On Sep 29, 2008, at 9:47 AM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote:> > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.> > Author: RSprowls3639> Surnames:> Classification: queries> > Message Board URL:> > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hamilton/6965.1/mb.ashx> > Mess! > age Board Post:> > We all have needs - but a message that does not include > please and > thank you will not receive any assistance from me. The people on > > this message board aren't here to take care of NEEDS.> In your next posting to > any message board, please try a little bit of > appreciation and throw in a > PLEASE, THANK YOU, IF YOU WOULD BE SO > KIND, and you will be surprised at how > many people will respond to > your plea for assistance.> Thank you for > understanding and for taking that extra moment to read > thru your message > BEFORE clicking SEND.> Ruth> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe > from the list, please send an email to HAMILTON-request@rootsweb.com with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMILTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message