Alert: FWD with permission. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonelle Ellis Russell" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 7:53 PM Subject: New Version Old Scam > I am addressing blind copies of this message I received today from a > fellow genealogist. Many of you have been in genealogy to remember the > books with huge numbers of individuals with one surname. The book > appeared to have been compiled data from phone books. I did not see the > book, but thought I would pass on the message for your information. > > Jo Russell > > > "Send $39.85 for the _______ Family Yearbook." Sound familiar? > > The return adress is no longer Bath, OH. Now it's Denver, CO. And now a > CD-ROM is being sent with the book. > > My husband, David Kerben, received a promotional letter in the mail last > > week. > > We especially enjoyed the line "A yearbook celebrating the last 2000 > years of > Kerben History," since the name Kerben was derived from the > Polish/German/Jewish name Kerzenblatt (Cherry Leaf) in New York City in > 1938. > > The two company names on the mailing were "Morphcorp LLC" and "The > Family > News." > > Warn all the newbies you know. >