Ann, Thanks Ann. I see I did a better job this time. I am also slowly learning to be a better communicator. Please bear with me. In the mean time, you just keep up the good work. Just remember, you can please all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but their are always a few folks who just don't appreciate the sacrifices others make for them. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Ann Lemaster- Applegate [mailto:annapplegate@maysvilleky.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 1:06 PM To: KYJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Cousin Bill, I am deeply touched by the posting I just read from you. I created this list so that we Johnson County researchers would have a place to come together to share our lines, find new cousins, swap stories and share a few laughs. I did not do it for personal gain or ego. I did it through my love for Johnson County and its heritage. I did it also because this is one thing I can do for the county and by that, I mean keep it alive. As long as we communicate on this list, talk about our ancestors, share their stories, realize their hardships, etc. , we are keeping their memory alive. We are not letting them be forgotten. I realize, at times, I let guidelines, rules and regulations overpower my heart, but without a certain amount of those, a list can run astray and never be brought back to the original origin. Which in a way can be compared with Rory Kennedy's (so called) documentary on Eastern Kentucky. A few comments here and there make me look like a heartless machine, which I am not. Rory's document makes Eastern Kentuckians look like idiots, which they are not. It is you Bill, that deserves the thanks here, not me!! And I apologize for not seeing the true meaning of your first posting! May this be the best Christmas ever for you and yours! Ann ==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to the listowner, Ann Lemaster-Applegate annapplegate@maysvilleky.net Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html