Sent To the Johnson List on: A long time ago. :) Yes I wrote this. Waiting for the next elusive Johnson apple to appear on list that I could snatch and tape to my half filled tree. I was musing over a group I was reading today, seemingly dedicated to disproving each other's elaborate postings of Johnson history. At first I was excited that I might have found one post that matched my DAR line, but then as I read on, there were five other's posts who were battling to hack apart every line, because of three conjectures of the original Arthur had made due to unavailable documentation. After reading the entire forum, I came to the conclusion everyone had canceled out each other's data. Therefore I did not bother to bookmark the site. Personally I think after years of research, one can become hardened to the plight of the new person and forget what it was like to even get up the nerve to input to this massive audience. People join lists ..sometimes because all they have is a common name. I started with a trunk of pictures, a few letters and a Bible with few names with birth dates. Only one of those names had a location scribed behind it. And of course none of those were Johnson names. I read every mail list I am subscribed to, I seldom write to the list, but if I see a family name or a person that needs help, I post to them privately and sometimes simply to give support. There is nothing more embarrassing than to be used as a target under the guise of teaching the whole, or simply because one's ego has grown to match the size of their database. Religious is wonderful.. and I subscribe to a Faith, but The list is for Genealogy.. /E *Hugs the group and the lady who takes time to do this. Louise 'Johnson' Kohl The world would be so much better, If all our records were kept in one place, If each Surname was in a single database If all of our histories were easy to trace If the government had taken better care, If now, all of the censuses were still there. If a signature labeled every photo's face. If old paper copies would never fade If initials had never been all the rage, If every available record was offered free. If mom and dad had offered a key. If women had been considered as a 'we' Internet Genealogy would be rid of me! Louise Kohl http://home.inreach.com/guppi