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

Ardath, Chart #3 is still available for review at http://www.flash.net/~jwhancoc/bobhop.htm, but not for an unlimited time. I may be changing ISP's in the near term. Bob's GEDCOM is still up on my web space, although it is no longer linked to the Hancock Project due, at least in part to Bob's message. I am one such volunteer and have had much more limited time than I thought would be available. However, I viewed myself as a facilitator to getting information posted - not to be a "power to be" on family lines that I am unfamiliar with. I barely get back to great grandfather in my own line, much less sort out issues of controversy between other researchers who have submitted data and later assert the information is incorrect but can not communicate effectively with yet other researchers on the same line. You can view all efforts I posted (from others data)at: http://www.flash.net/~jwhancoc/project.htm Some of this may be redundant to information posted with the Hancock Project. Regards and Happy Hunting, John -----Original Message----- From: BOBHOP@aol.com [mailto:BOBHOP@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 6:08 PM To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com 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.

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. >