Thanf you for sharing this McShelley. you should also, note on your check what records you requested for this check. B McK mcshelly2@msn.com writes:> > "....... You really must be willing to send a "donation." Either > include something or phone ahead to ask their preferred amount." > > And for heaven's sake, if you are asking for a search and really > expect someone to do that for you, enclose at least $20 and do > refer to that amount in your letter. Oftentimes the check is cashed > long before anyone gets around to answering the letter request --- > and due to a lot of changes at a seminary, it was 12 years before > a letter of ours was answered --- but it was a real treasure trove > when we finally got the response! > > No good and honorable person can refuse to do the work if the check > has been cashed and you enclose your SASE. So let them know in the > letter. > > But it may be that the request gets packed up in storage for a year or > gets burned up in a fire or gets moved from Boston to Baltimore when > that order of priests closes a seminary or an office --- and no one > unpacks the carton for the next ten years! ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)