Denise, I agree with you on this issue. Most of us have other things to do, and our own families should come first in our lives. I am one of the "Almost Silent Members" as it seems that whatever I send to the list, some take objection to it. Close cousin Hazle. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [KORNEGAY-L] Silent member > Hi everyone! As a sometime silent, sometime active, cousin I would offer this: lets give > everyone the benefit of the doubt and assume that everyone has valid reasons for their level > of interaction in this mail group. Each of us have lives outside of geneology and must tend > to those first - I enjoy reading the e-mails and responding when I have time or something to > contribute. Let's just all assume the best from one another and move on - life is too short > to spend time getting upset about a group like ours. Let's enjoy what we have and each get > from it what we can or need - with no judgements assumed or implied. Be well, my cousins! > > [email protected] wrote: > > > I would like to clarify why I am I "silent member" Kathlynn. I have only > > been working on my line for a year. I joined the list almost a year ago and > > have gotten much information from all of you. I appreciate all of the > > information everyone has shared and the help some "cousins" have given me > > directly but until I have actual proof I would not be comfortable sharing my > > information on the list for fear it may be wrong. I have seen on this list > > how some people react when someone makes a mistake, which I thought was > > controlled by the list manager. > > I am also very young with four generations of my immediate family still > > alive. With respect of their privacy, I will not give out their information. > > I'm sorry if anyone does not understand but family honor and respect are > > important to me and anyone proud of their heritage, the way I was raised, > > should understand. If I am not welcome on the list because of this then > > please unsubscribe me. I also apologize for any inconvenience this may have > > caused anyone or time taken away from your research. Thank you! > > > > Shari Lynn Andres > > > > ==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > > To search mailing list archives go to: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > To view Kornegay Family Pages go to http://www.jbquinn.net/Family_History/index.htm > > > > > ==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > To view Kornegay Family Pages go to > http://www.jbquinn.net/Family_History/index.htm > >