Ro, Well said! Maureen On 5/23/05, Rose Mary A. (McGrath) Neal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My Dearest Listers; > > I along with many others love sharing what we have with all of > you...books, records from sites we pay for, referring you to those we know > with more knowledge than we and just general experience(s) knowledge. For I > know that I too will always have a request or question for you all out there > one day. I truly believe the adage, '... what you give will come back three > fold... ' . Genealogy has helped me to care more about others (just the > brick walls can cause us all to ask, "why do I do this to myself on a daily > basis?" My answer is because I need to know), I've learned to like history > just because I need to know how my ancestors fit into it and where, to care > about cemeteries and the ancestors they hold for me to discover one day and > I truly have learned there ARE NEVER ANY STUPID QUESTIONS ASKED by any > person. Don't let the 'know-it-alls intimidated you either...for they at > some point do not can not know-it-all. When I respond to a request or > comment on a list you are not jus! > t getting > a comment from me (or any other person that responds), you are really > learning something about me (them). The gentlemen (Mr. Kane I believe) that > responded back to MJ's help for his research question hit the > nail-on-the-head. Researching for you helps me more often than not as well. > I have found new sites or resources by helping others for my own research. > > There is nothing more frustrating to me than to read an email...stop what > I am doing because I think I can help someone...answer to the best of my > knowledge/ability and get one of the responses in the paragraph below. > > So, please and thank you and that information was helpful or not is always > so nice to hear as a response. NOT the oh geez I forgot to mentions (i.e.: > they lived in another state by then, the I already knew thats and other such > elaborations to the original request.) Tell me ALL you know...I am nosy by > nature and just love solving a mystery. Don't get angry at me because I > can't find exactly what you want. It amazes me all the time how a small clue > can turn into a very important piece of information at some point when you > least expect it too. > > Happy hunting and > > Thanks for reading 'my 2 cents', > > Ro > > > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > If you will be away for a few days, please unsub from the list to keep > yourself from bouncing off. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > To post a message to the Irish-New-York-City list, please send your email > to: > [email protected] > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >