Lisa, I have not found my line in your work but I don't complain for I don't expect you to do my work for me. It is wonderful to be able to find any info on a line, but a person must do most of it on their own.If someone tries to help it is not very polite to knock them .I don't know why people have to be so rude when you and the others have tried to help. We do research but have other obligations such as work, family , the house ,etc. I should think people would be greatful for what you have done and take what they can find and look further for their info.I for one think you and Julia handle this list very well. I am on another list that if you see any messages in a month it's rare. I thank you and wish you the best. Tamara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa" <lpcraven@triad.rr.com> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Hancock Charts > I would like to clarify one point in Bob's message. We did not volunteer, > we were asked and voted on by the list to put this data together. We have > been bombarded with very nasty emails when there are differences of opinions > on lines. We never agreed to research each line to find out which opinion > was correct. These emails prompted some of the lines to be taken off the > Project site. > > I think each of the members of the committee who put so much time into this > Project, have had their own personal challenges to deal with that we did not > anticipate. That type of thing just happens. It's not an excuse, it's just > a fact of life. > > We sorted thousands of Hancock's in these files to combine each line into > one file. I don't think the Project was too big a job for any of us that > have worked on it, but it does dampen the spirit of the Project when we find > message after message in our mailboxes blasting us over the info on the > website or someone accusing us of playing God because they think we favored > one person's work over another's. We tried very hard to get this done > correctly, but as everyone knows, we all have an opinion, and usually those > opinions are different. > > This is the reason we began linking to researchers own personal websites for > different versions of the same lines. This way, everyone had a voice, and > has their chance to offer their opinion to everyone. It seems this is the > best solution we found to a very difficult situation. > > If you need to flame me over this message, please keep it off the list, and > go directly to me. It can't be any worse than emails I've already received > over this project. > > Lisa > > > Check out my website at > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7502/index.html > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BOBHOP@aol.com> > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 5:08 PM > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Hancock Charts > > > > Ardath- > > > > Well-- that should do it! > > > > I think the real reason is that the Hancock Project is too big for the > > volunteers who offered to do it. > > > > The other reason, is that there is one "researcher" who seems slightly > > demented. She kept telling me to change what I had found to what she said > she > > had (from her mother) but would never show what she had. I kept telling > her > > to submit the data and let the powers-to-be decide. This irked Julia and > John > > and there was a spitting contest. The "researcher" was banned and "my" > Chart > > 3 ostracized. > > > > You will probably shake tree now. BobHop > > > > Visit our home page http://mx4.xoom.com/bhop1 > > > > Major family names- Abel, Adams, Anders, Bellisfield, Brock, Byers, Davis, > > Dement, Field, Guffey, Hancock, Hockaday, Hopkins, Irvine, McClanahan, > > Scarbrough, Shipley, Strother, Stonestreet, Wade, Wampler, Westlake > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > Feel free to post the data you find on HANCOCK > > in your research. Census, bible, wills, marriages, > > deaths, cemetery, deeds, tax lists, and other > > useful data. You might help a cousin who needs it. > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > >