You have done a great job, I have gotten a few military documents from Washington,DC., deeds,and wills, which takes time to learn to read, and I have found if I took and got out side in the sun light with a pen and paper,{ lets not forget the big glass of ice tea, }by getting out in the sun you can see the documents better, and think of how the sentence might read, it took me a while as I didn't do it that often, but once I learned, I was gone, I enjoy read them. Here I go with Nixon Covey and his diary, his hand writing is very ledgeable, his d's were the same as I have read in other documents, By looking at some of the other documents I have read and comparing them with his, one can tell he was educated, { but where did he get it?}. Keep it up, Jan. Jean Dalrymple wrote: > > http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html

http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html

> A modern mother is explaining to her little girl about pictures in the > family photo album. "This is the geneticist with your surrogate mother > and here's your sperm donor and your father's clone. This is me holding > you when you were just a frozen embryo. The lady with the very troubled > look on her face is your aunt, a genealogist."

Hi All, I am forwarding this email regarding Franklin Dale b. 1810/1811. If anyone can help please respond to the originator of the message. Thanks, Kim Woodward kwoodwar@mindspring.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jackie Palmer <palmerjy@email.uc.edu> > To: <kwoodwar@mindspring.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 8:55 AM > Subject: trip to Nicholas County > > > > 6 members of my family, including myself, will be traveling to Nicholas > > County on March 19 and 20 in order to gain more information about our > > ancestors who lived in Nicholas County in the 1800s. I obtained your > > name from the USGENWEB archive page for Nicholas County. I appreciate > > your efforts in assisting genealogy searchers. > > > > We know that our relative, Franklin Dale, was born a slave in Nicholas > > County around 1810 or 1811. We believe that he was granted his freedom > > around 1834 by Isaac Dale. We are in search of any documentation, > > especially emancipation docoments. Can you assist us? > > > > Jackie Palmer > > jopalmer@aol.com > > >

THINGS ONLY A MOM CAN TEACH My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION... "Just wait until your father gets home." My Mother taught me about RECEIVING.... "You are going to get it when we get home!" My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE... "-What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you! - Don't talk back to me!" My Mother taught me LOGIC... "If you fall out off that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me." My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE... "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way." My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD... "If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job." My Mother taught me ESP... "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you're cold?" My Mother taught me HUMOR... "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me." My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT... "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up." My Mother taught me about SEX.... "How do you think you got here?" My Mother taught me about GENETICS... "You're just like your father." My Mother taught me about my ROOTS... "Do you think you were born in a barn?" My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE... "When you get to be my age, you will understand." And my all time favorite... JUSTICE... "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you.... Then you'll see what it's like."

http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/#Information on cemetery preservation, a must read....

To: KYRESEARCH@rootsweb.com Subject: TIP 281 - A TRAGIC POST CIVIL WAR SHIP DISASTER - PART 1 TIP # 281 - A TRAGIC POST CIVIL WAR SHIP DISASTER - PART 1 On the morning of April 27, 1865, the world was shocked to learn that the steamship Sultana had sunk taking over 1,500 lives. Aboard on this crowded ship was paroled Union soldiers, crewman and many average passengers. The steamship was "taking on coal" at Helena, Arkansas when an explosion broke through the silence of the cold morning. It is said that an accurate count of the passengers was never known. The estimates ran from 2200 to 2300 people of who were on the death ship which was located approximately nine miles north of Memphis, Tennessee on the Mississippi River. After the weariness of the Civil War and the loss of President Abraham Lincoln, the war-weary citizens found it hard to realize that most of the paroled soldiers were from so many states, including Kentucky - many were Union POWs finally headed home at the end of the war from Andersonville and other POW camps. The government had offered shipping companies a fee for every soldier they carried north on the Mississippi. The Sultana, a 1,700-ton steamship with a capacity to carry only a few hundred people, crowded almost 2,500 soldiers aboard, and headed north for Cairo, Ill. When the Sultana exploded, there were no life boats or life jackets. I have tried to compile a list of the Kentucky soldiers aboard the Sultana by checking out at the library the books listed at the end and searching the web. I cannot guarantee that these are all the names, and my sources did not show the county of residence. However, since the outfit is shown, you should be able to obtain more information. My thanks to those who have tried to preserve the history of this fateful day. ALLEN, Robert, Pvt, Co. A, 6th Cavalry Killed ALLISON, R.C., Pvt, Co. D, 6th Cavalry Fate unknown ARNOLD, William T. Cpl, Co. B, 11th Inf. Survived ASHLEY, James King , Pvt., Co. L, 11th Inf. Survived BANFIELD, John P., Pvt., Co F, 3rd Cav. Survived BANKS, Jacob W., Sgt., Co. A, 3rd Inf. Killed BANON, George E., Pvt., Co. A, 3rd Inf. Survived BARNETT, James T.W. 2nd Lt., Co A, 12th Inf. Survived BARTLETT, Charles M., Pvt., Co. C, 6th Cav. Survived BEAN, Louis, Saddler, Co. A, 6th Cav. Survived BENDER, Nicholas, Cpl., Co. B, 4th Cav. Killed BOLIN, Alexander T., Pvt., Co. A, 4th Cav. Survived BONEUR, Matthew, Pvt., Co. F, 4th Cav. Survived BONHAGE, Henry, Pvt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Survived BRADLEY, George W., Pvt. Co. A, 7th Cav. Killed BRANON, John, Pvt., Co. B, 3rd Inf. Killed BRAUGHTON, James W., Pvt., Co.B, 6th Cav. Killed BRECKETT, B., Pvt., Co. B, 4th Cav. Fate unknown BROWN, Phillip M., Pvt., Co. I, 10th Inf. Killed BURNS, Patrick, Pvt., Co. K, 6th Cav. Killed CAMMACK, James, Pvt., Co. F, 6th Cav. Survived CARDEIRLLE, W.M., Pvt., Co. C, 7th Cav. Fate unknown CAREY, John, Sgt., Co. C, 4th Inf. Killed CARTER, Thomas E., Pvt., Co. A, 17th Inf. Survived CAYTON, William A., Cpl., Co. B, 7th Cav. Survived CHEATMAN, George H., Pct., Co. F, 6th Cav. Survived CHELF, Simon D., Cpl., Co. G, 6th Cav. Survived CLARK, Milton C., Sgt., Co. B, 28th Inf. Killed CLINGER, George M., Cpl., Co. E, 16th Inf. Survived COLEMAN, Davis, Pvt., Co. B, 6th Cav. Killed COLLINS, William, Pvt., Co. L, 4th Inf. Fate unknown COLVIN, Winfield Scott, Cpl., Co. F, 6th Cav. Survived COLVIN, James, Pvt., Co. F, 6th Cav. Survived COOK, John, Pvt., Co. A, 1st Light Art Killed COOK, William H.H., Cpl., Co. E, 2nd Cav. Killed COULTER, M., Pvt., Co. K, 4th Inf. Fate unknown COX, William H., Pvt., Co. L, 1st Cav. Killed CREEN, A.W. , Sft., Co. L, 7th Cav. Fate unknown CUMMINGS, Charles A., Pvt., Co. G, 1st Cav. Survived CUNEY, Charles C., Sgt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Killed CURNUTT, Elisha, Pvt., Co. G, 14th Inf. Killed CURREY, Michael, Pvt., Co. I, 4th Cav. Killed DABNEY, George, Pvt., Co. D, 6th Cav. Killed DAUGHERTY, Thomas, Pvt., Co. H, 6th Cav. Survived DAVENPORT, Seth H., Pvt., Co. G, 6th Cav. Killed DAVIDSON, Milton M., Pvt., Co. M, 3rd Cav. Survived DAVIS, Benjamin G., Pvt., Co. L, 7th Cav. Survived DAVIS, Milton P.W., Pvt., Co. F, 15th Inf. Survived EDWARDS, William H., Pvt., Co. K, 4th Inf. Killed ELDER, John L., Sgt., Co. K, 6th Cav. Killed ELKIN, James , Pvt., Co. A., 2nd Cav. Survived ELLIOTT, William, Pvt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Killed ELLIOTT, Uriah, Cpl., Co. C, 6th Cav. Survived ELMORE, Robert, Pvt., Co. A, 1st Light Art. Survived EMERICK, J., Pvt., Co. L, 18th Inf. Fate unknown ESGINN, W. , Pvt., Co. F, 7th Cav. Fate unknown EVANSBERRY, H., Pvt., Co. E, 6th Cav. Fate unknown FAVRE, James H., Sgt., Co. K, 5th Cav. Killed FIDLER, William H., Maj., 6th Cav. Killed FLUKE, Arthur W., Sgt., Co. C, 6th Cav. Killed FOLEY, Richard Jourdan, Sgt., Co. A, 3rd Cav Killed FOLEY, Patrick W. , Cpl., Co. B, 28th Inf. Survived FOLWELL, Marcus B., Pvt., Co. K, 4th Inf. Killed FOODS, A.H., Pvt., Co. B, 4th Cav. Fate unknown GALLAGHER, J., Pvt., Co. D, 4th Cav. Fate unknown GALLENER, Joseph, Pvt., Co. A, 4th Cav. Survived GAMBILL, Henry H., Pvt., Co. B, 14th Inf. Survived GAUPH, Louis, Pvt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Killed GILLEN, Henry, Pvt., Co. C, 4th Inf. Killed GOODPASTUR, George W., Pvt., Co. A, 7th Cav. Killed GRAY, George W., Pvt., Co. A, 4th Inf. Killed GREEN, Alexander, Sgt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Survived HALE, Nathan H., Pvt., Co. D, 6th Cav. Killed HALL, Roland T. , Pvt., Co. C, 2nd Cav. Survived HALL, James T., Sgt., Co. I, 6th Cav. Killed HAMILTON, Richard, Pvt., Co. C, 6th Cav. Survived HAMMONDS, John, Pvt., Co. A, 6th Cav. Killed HANDORF, John C., Cpl., Co. F, 7th Cav. Survived HARGETT, Whitfield, Farrier, Co. A, 7th Cav. Killed HARLEY, John N., Pvt., Co. H, 4th Inf. Killed HARPER, Edward L., Pvt., Co. G, 4th Inf. Survived HAYDIMAN, Thomas H., Pvt., Co. D, 6th Cav. Killed HIGDON, Charles T., Pvt., Co. C, 4th Inf. Survived HOBBS, Levi A., Pvt., Co. G, 6th Cav. Survived HOGAN, Edward, Pvt., Co. H, 4th Cav. Survived HOGLAND, John B., Pvt., Co. H, 6th Cav. Killed HOPE, Thomas W., Pvt., Co. A, 4th Inf. Survived HUGES, Henry, Pvt., Co. K, 6th Cav. Killed HUMPHREY, Benjamin, Pvt., Co. H, 4th Inf. Survived JACKSON, G., Pvt., Co. G, 4th Cav. Fate unknown JACKSON, James, Pvt., Co. B, 5th Cav. Survived JACOBS, Alfred N., Pvt., Co. G, 6th Cav. Survived JACOBS, John A., Pvt., Co. G, 6th Cav. Killed JOHNSON, Nicholas W., Pvt., Co. H, 2nd Cav Survived JOHNSON, Henry, Sgt., Co. I, 6th Cav. Killed JONES, Stephen, Pvt., Co. I, 6th Cav. Survived KENNEDY, Elias R., Pvt., Co. K, 4th Inf. Survived Sources: The Sultana Tragedy by Jerry Potter and Gene Eric Salecker' Disaster on the Mississippi. Various encyclopedias, references in Kentucky historical publications. (c) Copyright 9 March 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ==== KYRESEARCH Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send message to KYRESEARCH-REQUEST@rootsweb.com and say unsubscribe in the message.

Leather carved Bible measuring 11" tall, 9" wide and 4.5" thick, published by the Household Publishing Co. of Grand Rapids, Michigan was found in the Detroit, Michigan area. It shows the marriage of Jacob WILLIAMS to Sophia DAVIS at Warren, Ohio on 27 December 1864 and the names of 15 other WILLIAMS with birth dates ranging from 1866 to 1887. Surnames of DAVIS and WHEELER also shown. We would be happy to reunite this treasure with their relatives for just the shipping costs. Jerry Stafford <jstafford@ameritech.net>

Seeking any info John William Gray born 1845 . Married Martha J. Mers? Can any one help? Jim

Seeking info on James Harrison Gray who was born 1817 Married Ann Adkins on 11-Jun-1835 in Nicholas County, KY. She was born 1819. Can any one help? Jim

Seeking info on James Gray born 1782 in VA married Agnes summer on 10-Jun-1802 in Mason County, Ky. Any help on these people? Jim

Seeking Info on Nettie Gray born: 2-Apr-1885 Nicholas County, KY married Jefferson Jolly 13-Aug-1903 Nichols County 2nd Husband was Millard Gray. Can some help me out? Jim

> Kentucky Historical Society Collectors' Day presents: > > Preserving Paper and Photographs > > Saturday, March 18, 2000 > 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. > > The Kentucky History Center > 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601 > > > Workshop includes: > Talks and slide presentations by manuscript and photo archivists; > A chance for participants to discuss specific problems with the archivists; > Handouts for future reference; > A tour of "Saving Kentucky's Treasures" exhibit, focusing on specific > preservation problems encountered in the exhibit. > > Registration is $15 for KHS members and $20 for non-KHS members. > Fee includes morning refreshments, a box lunch, and handouts. > > Please call 502-564-1792 ext. 4467 for reservations and information. > > Participants are invited to bring items for inspection and advice; however, > staff cannot do appraisals or conservation work on items.

This place is fantastic..... you will enjoy just playing if nothing else. J. <>< http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/ (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection contains approximately 1,600 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. The project represents a major collaborative endeavor in preservation and electronic access to historical texts. The Making of American collection is made up of images of the pages in the books and journals. When you find something you want to look at, you will see a scanned image of the actual pages of the 19th century volume. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) has been performed on the images to enhance searching and accessing the texts, but because we are concerned about the reliability of the OCR, we have chosen to present the page images-for more on the OCR process see About MOA. A small, but growing, group of texts has also been fully processed and can be viewed either as page images or electronic text.

Statement on Records Center Fire, National Archives and Records Administration Yesterday (Tuesday, February 29), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) reported a fire in its Washington National Records Center in Suitland, Maryland. The fire was contained by the Center's fire-safety system and extinguished with no reports of harm to staff or visitors, but some records were damaged. The following is an update on that from Archivist of the United States John Carlin. Although much work will be needed before we can be certain, we believe that of the total of more than 3.7 million cubic feet of records at Suitland, approximately 3,000 cubic feet were in the immediate area. Of those, fewer than 300 cubic feet may have been destroyed. Most of the affected records were wet or damp from sprinkler water or in singed boxes. Our staff at Suitland stayed up through last night making valiant efforts to protect records from water damage and otherwise dealing with the fire's effects, working with personnel from the General Services Administration, from which we lease the facility. The cause of the fire is as yet undetermined. Because the property is Federal, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms as well as GSA fire investigators were notified. As the investigation continues, the following is what we know about the fire so far. The sprinkler alarms were activated at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, and alerted the GSA Control Center that there was a problem. The first fire company arrived sometime between 2:45 and 2:50. A fireman on the scene was overcome with smoke at which point firemen abandoned Stack 15 to open the roof hatches to vent the smoke. This process apparently took approximately one hour to accomplish before the firemen returned to Stack 15 to begin to extinguish the fire. The sprinkler system contained the fire during the period between 2:30 and 3:50 at which point the firemen were able to enter the stack. At 8:13 p.m. the firemen on the scene felt that the fire was sufficiently extinguished to allow the investigation to begin in the stack. Our tracking system enabled us to identify the records on the shelves affected by the fire, and agencies whose records may have been affected have been notified. But we won't be able to identify exactly which records have been affected and how seriously until the investigation of the area is completed and we can examine the materials more closely. I will provide further information as it becomes available. JOHN W. CARLIN Archivist of the United States * * * * For additional PRESS information, please contact the National Archives Public Affairs staff at (301) 713-6000 or by e-mail. Visit the National Archives Home Page on the World Wide Web at http://www.nara.gov. 00-42 [Press Releases] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives and Records Administration URL: http://www.nara.gov/nara/pressrelease/nr00-42.html webmaster@arch2.nara.gov Last updated: Wednesday, March 01, 2000

http://www.familytreemaker.com/00000061.html these are forms for the census, 1790 thru 1920

Thanks, I have a few who need to see this. Will forward. At 08:22 AM 3/5/00 -0700, you wrote: > >Whoever decided to create this note and forward it on should receive some >type of humanitarian award. It says it all! >1. Big companies don't do business via chain letters. Bill Gates is not >giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation. There is no >baby food company issuing class-action checks. Procter and Gamble is not >part of a satanic cult or scheme, and its logo is not satanic. >MTV will not give you backstage passes if you forward something to the most >people. You can relax; there is no need to pass it on "just in case it's >true". >Furthermore, just because someone said in a message, four generations back, >that "we checked it out and it's legit" does not actually make it true. >2. There is no kidney theft ring in New Orleans. No one is waking up in a >bathtub full of ice, even if a friend of a friend swears it happened to >their cousin. If you are hell-bent on believing the kidney-theft stories, >Please see: http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm; And I >quote: "The National Kidney foundation has repeatedly issued requests for >actual victims of organ thieves to come forward and tell their stories. None >have," That's "none" as in "zero". Not even your friend's cousin. >3. Neiman Marcus doesn't really sell a $200 cookie recipe. And even if they >do, we all have it. And even if you don't, you can get a copy at: >"http://www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html" >Then, if you make the recipe,decide the cookies are that awesome, feel free >to pass the recipe on. >4. If the latest NASA rocket disaster(s) DID contain plutonium that went to >particulate over the eastern seaboard, do you REALLY think this information >would reach the public via an AOL chain letter? >5. There is no "Good Times" virus. In fact, you should never, ever, ever >forward any email containing any virus warning unless you first confirm >that an actual site of an actual company that actually deals with viruses. >Try: "http://www.norton.com" And even then, don't forward it. We don't care. >And you cannot get a virus from a flashing IM. Elfbowling is a game not a >virus. The Melissa Virus was true, and we all heard about it on the news >before we heard about it through an email chain letter. >6. There is no gang initiation plot to murder any motorist who flashes >headlights at another car driving at night without lights. >7. If you're using Outlook, IE, or Netscape to write email, turn off the >"HTML encoding." Those of us on Unix shells can't read it, and don't care >enough to save the attachment and then view it with a web browser since >you're probably > >forwarding us a copy of the Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe anyway. >8. If you still absolutely MUST forward that 10th-generation message from a >friend, at least have the decency to trim the eight miles of headers showing >everyone else who's received it over the last 6 months. It sure wouldn't >hurt to get rid of all the ">" that begin each line either. Besides, if it >has gone around that many times we've probably already seen it. >9. Craig Shergold (or Sherwood, or Shineman, etc.) in England (or >Atlanta) is not dying of cancer or anything else at this time and would like >everyone to stop sending him their business cards. He apparently is no >longer a "little boy" either. >10. The "Make a Wish" foundation is a real organization doing fine work, >but they have had to establish a special toll free hot line in response to >the large number of Internet hoaxes using their good name and reputation. >It is distracting them from the important work they do. >11. If you are one of those who forwards anything that"promises" something >bad will happen if you "don't," then something bad will happen to you if I >ever meet you in a dark alley. >12. Women really are suffering in Afghanistan, and PBS and NEA funding are >still vulnerable to attack (although not at the present time) but forwarding >an e-mail won't help either cause in the least. If you want to help, contact >your local legislative representative, or get in touch with Amnesty >International or the Red Cross. As a general rule, e-mail "signatures" are >easily faked and mean nothing to anyone with any power to do anything about >whatever the competition is complaining about. (P.S.: There is no bill >pending before Congress that will allow long distance companies to charge >you for using the Internet; nothing is added to Tampons to make you bleed >more, and no one is putting used needles on Movie seats.) > >Bottom Line... composing e-mail or posting something on the Net >is as easy as writing on the walls of a public >restroom. Don't automatically believe it until it's proven >Now forward this to everyone you know or the program I just put on your hard >drive while you read this E-mail will open up your CD-ROM and reach out and >slap you upside the head. (Believe that? good, you are learning). > > > >

--WebTV-Mail-10582-2451 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit THANK YOU, JEANNIE !! --WebTV-Mail-10582-2451 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-4.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.29) by storefull-144.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 07:28:03 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <KYNICHOL-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by mailsorter-101-4.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id HAA14712 for <KTBarnes@webtv.net>; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 07:28:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA06096; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 07:27:15 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 07:27:15 -0800 (PST) From: "Jean Dalrymple" <motherd@theriver.com> Old-To: "~WATTERSON" <WATTERSON-L@rootsweb.com>, "~STANDLEY" <STANDLEY-L@rootsweb.com>, "~SLACK" <SLACK-L@rootsweb.com>, "~SHIPPEY" <SHIPPEY-L@rootsweb.com>, "~ROBERTSON co" <KYROBERT-L@rootsweb.com>, "~RAMEY" <RAMEY-L@rootsweb.com>, "~PENTECOST" <PENTECOST-L@rootsweb.com>, "~NICHOLAS co" <KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com>, "~MONTGO co." <KYMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com>, "~Ishmael" <ISHMAEL-L@rootsweb.com>, "~HOUSH" <HOUSH-L@rootsweb.com>, "~HACKLEY" <HACKLEY-L@rootsweb.com>, "~EGGY" <EGGLESTON-L@rootsweb.com>, "~DRYDEN-L" <DRYDEN-L@rootsweb.com>, "~DAL'S" <DALRYMPLE-L@rootsweb.com>, "~BRACKEN" <KYBRACKE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 08:22:23 -0700 Message-ID: <001401bf86b6$9bf8b1c0$da7b1ace@theriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Importance: Normal Subject: [KYNICHOL] tid-bits Resent-Message-ID: <wWdtXD.A.yeB.Sznw4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2155 X-Loop: KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: KYNICHOL-L-request@rootsweb.com Whoever decided to create this note and forward it on should receive some type of humanitarian award. It says it all! 1. Big companies don't do business via chain letters. Bill Gates is not giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation. There is no baby food company issuing class-action checks. Procter and Gamble is not part of a satanic cult or scheme, and its logo is not satanic. MTV will not give you backstage passes if you forward something to the most people. You can relax; there is no need to pass it on "just in case it's true". Furthermore, just because someone said in a message, four generations back, that "we checked it out and it's legit" does not actually make it true. 2. There is no kidney theft ring in New Orleans. No one is waking up in a bathtub full of ice, even if a friend of a friend swears it happened to their cousin. If you are hell-bent on believing the kidney-theft stories, Please see: http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm; And I quote: "The National Kidney foundation has repeatedly issued requests for actual victims of organ thieves to come forward and tell their stories. None have," That's "none" as in "zero". Not even your friend's cousin. 3. Neiman Marcus doesn't really sell a $200 cookie recipe. And even if they do, we all have it. And even if you don't, you can get a copy at: "http://www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html" Then, if you make the recipe,decide the cookies are that awesome, feel free to pass the recipe on. 4. If the latest NASA rocket disaster(s) DID contain plutonium that went to particulate over the eastern seaboard, do you REALLY think this information would reach the public via an AOL chain letter? 5. There is no "Good Times" virus. In fact, you should never, ever, ever forward any email containing any virus warning unless you first confirm that an actual site of an actual company that actually deals with viruses. Try: "http://www.norton.com" And even then, don't forward it. We don't care. And you cannot get a virus from a flashing IM. Elfbowling is a game not a virus. The Melissa Virus was true, and we all heard about it on the news before we heard about it through an email chain letter. 6. There is no gang initiation plot to murder any motorist who flashes headlights at another car driving at night without lights. 7. If you're using Outlook, IE, or Netscape to write email, turn off the "HTML encoding." Those of us on Unix shells can't read it, and don't care enough to save the attachment and then view it with a web browser since you're probably forwarding us a copy of the Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe anyway. 8. If you still absolutely MUST forward that 10th-generation message from a friend, at least have the decency to trim the eight miles of headers showing everyone else who's received it over the last 6 months. It sure wouldn't hurt to get rid of all the ">" that begin each line either. Besides, if it has gone around that many times we've probably already seen it. 9. Craig Shergold (or Sherwood, or Shineman, etc.) in England (or Atlanta) is not dying of cancer or anything else at this time and would like everyone to stop sending him their business cards. He apparently is no longer a "little boy" either. 10. The "Make a Wish" foundation is a real organization doing fine work, but they have had to establish a special toll free hot line in response to the large number of Internet hoaxes using their good name and reputation. It is distracting them from the important work they do. 11. If you are one of those who forwards anything that"promises" something bad will happen if you "don't," then something bad will happen to you if I ever meet you in a dark alley. 12. Women really are suffering in Afghanistan, and PBS and NEA funding are still vulnerable to attack (although not at the present time) but forwarding an e-mail won't help either cause in the least. If you want to help, contact your local legislative representative, or get in touch with Amnesty International or the Red Cross. As a general rule, e-mail "signatures" are easily faked and mean nothing to anyone with any power to do anything about whatever the competition is complaining about. (P.S.: There is no bill pending before Congress that will allow long distance companies to charge you for using the Internet; nothing is added to Tampons to make you bleed more, and no one is putting used needles on Movie seats.) Bottom Line... composing e-mail or posting something on the Net is as easy as writing on the walls of a public restroom. Don't automatically believe it until it's proven Now forward this to everyone you know or the program I just put on your hard drive while you read this E-mail will open up your CD-ROM and reach out and slap you upside the head. (Believe that? good, you are learning). --WebTV-Mail-10582-2451--

Whoever decided to create this note and forward it on should receive some type of humanitarian award. It says it all! 1. Big companies don't do business via chain letters. Bill Gates is not giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation. There is no baby food company issuing class-action checks. Procter and Gamble is not part of a satanic cult or scheme, and its logo is not satanic. MTV will not give you backstage passes if you forward something to the most people. You can relax; there is no need to pass it on "just in case it's true". Furthermore, just because someone said in a message, four generations back, that "we checked it out and it's legit" does not actually make it true. 2. There is no kidney theft ring in New Orleans. No one is waking up in a bathtub full of ice, even if a friend of a friend swears it happened to their cousin. If you are hell-bent on believing the kidney-theft stories, Please see: http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm; And I quote: "The National Kidney foundation has repeatedly issued requests for actual victims of organ thieves to come forward and tell their stories. None have," That's "none" as in "zero". Not even your friend's cousin. 3. Neiman Marcus doesn't really sell a $200 cookie recipe. And even if they do, we all have it. And even if you don't, you can get a copy at: "http://www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html" Then, if you make the recipe,decide the cookies are that awesome, feel free to pass the recipe on. 4. If the latest NASA rocket disaster(s) DID contain plutonium that went to particulate over the eastern seaboard, do you REALLY think this information would reach the public via an AOL chain letter? 5. There is no "Good Times" virus. In fact, you should never, ever, ever forward any email containing any virus warning unless you first confirm that an actual site of an actual company that actually deals with viruses. Try: "http://www.norton.com" And even then, don't forward it. We don't care. And you cannot get a virus from a flashing IM. Elfbowling is a game not a virus. The Melissa Virus was true, and we all heard about it on the news before we heard about it through an email chain letter. 6. There is no gang initiation plot to murder any motorist who flashes headlights at another car driving at night without lights. 7. If you're using Outlook, IE, or Netscape to write email, turn off the "HTML encoding." Those of us on Unix shells can't read it, and don't care enough to save the attachment and then view it with a web browser since you're probably forwarding us a copy of the Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe anyway. 8. If you still absolutely MUST forward that 10th-generation message from a friend, at least have the decency to trim the eight miles of headers showing everyone else who's received it over the last 6 months. It sure wouldn't hurt to get rid of all the ">" that begin each line either. Besides, if it has gone around that many times we've probably already seen it. 9. Craig Shergold (or Sherwood, or Shineman, etc.) in England (or Atlanta) is not dying of cancer or anything else at this time and would like everyone to stop sending him their business cards. He apparently is no longer a "little boy" either. 10. The "Make a Wish" foundation is a real organization doing fine work, but they have had to establish a special toll free hot line in response to the large number of Internet hoaxes using their good name and reputation. It is distracting them from the important work they do. 11. If you are one of those who forwards anything that"promises" something bad will happen if you "don't," then something bad will happen to you if I ever meet you in a dark alley. 12. Women really are suffering in Afghanistan, and PBS and NEA funding are still vulnerable to attack (although not at the present time) but forwarding an e-mail won't help either cause in the least. If you want to help, contact your local legislative representative, or get in touch with Amnesty International or the Red Cross. As a general rule, e-mail "signatures" are easily faked and mean nothing to anyone with any power to do anything about whatever the competition is complaining about. (P.S.: There is no bill pending before Congress that will allow long distance companies to charge you for using the Internet; nothing is added to Tampons to make you bleed more, and no one is putting used needles on Movie seats.) Bottom Line... composing e-mail or posting something on the Net is as easy as writing on the walls of a public restroom. Don't automatically believe it until it's proven Now forward this to everyone you know or the program I just put on your hard drive while you read this E-mail will open up your CD-ROM and reach out and slap you upside the head. (Believe that? good, you are learning).

http://www.topozone.com/find.asp this is a map site for locating that out of the way place that just is not on the local atlas... it also gives the elevation.