Good reminder Sharon, I always like January for that very reason. We get so many new researchers. I was a seasoned researcher, but new to the computer. Boy, was I new! I had never even touched one, must less knew any terms. Indiana was maybe the first list I joined. I got help from everyone. No one ever treated me as a dummy, or failed to help me in some way. And remember someone new may have just the tidbit you need in your search. I want more and more to join and add their family knowledge. I am waiting for a researcher to jump in and ask abt my great-grandma, Rebecca McDaniel, and tell me who her family was. I remember long ago before computers, I knew just my great-grandpa's wife and children. I took a trip to MS to see what I could find out abt who he came from. I was at the courthouse, in a small town, and when I mentioned the name I was looking for, the Clerk went to the phone and called someone, and told me to please wait, a fellow was coming to meet me. Well, abt 10 mins later, this man ran through the door, and said "Where is she?". He had ran from his home! Later he told me he had been looking for my branch of the family for years. He knew all the rest of them! He was a history teacher, and his wife and mother-in-law are my cousins. But he and I were born on the same day, one year apart, and we are soul mates. He is the Mayor there now, and we have loved each other dearly, lo these 30 yrs gone by. That can happen here on this list or some other. I hope it does many times on those new Christmas computers. Carleen

Carleen -- what a great story. Thanks for sharing that. Almost brought tears to my eyes. And I think almost all of us (especially those over a "certain age") had to face the computer first as a stubborn enemy, and only later as a friend and passport to the world. As for genealogy questions -- I'm always so humbled and touched by the way most of the other researchers I've "met" on the internet are so patient and TACTFUL with some of my more unenlighted questions. BTW -- this list is absolutely the greatest! No matter what state one is searching, there is always something to learn on the Indiana list. Jeanne Surber ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [INDIANA] Just a reminder > Good reminder Sharon, > > I always like January for that very reason. We get so many new researchers. I > was a seasoned researcher, but new to the computer. Boy, was I new! I had > never even touched one, must less knew any terms. Indiana was maybe the first > list I joined. I got help from everyone. No one ever treated me as a dummy, > or failed to help me in some way. > > And remember someone new may have just the tidbit you need in your search. I > want more and more to join and add their family knowledge. > I am waiting for a researcher to jump in and ask abt my great-grandma, > Rebecca McDaniel, and tell me who her family was. > > I remember long ago before computers, I knew just my great-grandpa's wife > and children. I took a trip to MS to see what I could find out abt who he > came from. I was at the courthouse, in a small town, and when I mentioned the > name I was looking for, the Clerk went to the phone and called someone, and > told me to please wait, a fellow was coming to meet me. Well, abt 10 mins > later, this man ran through the door, and said "Where is she?". He had ran > from his home! > > Later he told me he had been looking for my branch of the family for years. > He knew all the rest of them! He was a history teacher, and his wife and > mother-in-law are my cousins. But he and I were born on the same day, one > year apart, and we are soul mates. He is the Mayor there now, and we have > loved each other dearly, lo these 30 yrs gone by. > That can happen here on this list or some other. I hope it does many times on > those new Christmas computers. > Carleen > > > ==== INDIANA Mailing List ==== > To remove yourself from the list, type: > unsubscribe > in the first line of the message - NOTHING ELSE. > Send it to: > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >