It is cabin fever, folks. No, it hasn't turned into "a chat room" ....you are looking at cyber evidence of the same kind of thing you see among the real folks in the land of your ancestors in real life, ole DNA kicked in...which is probably the spirit Tim WANTS on this list...and I am here to tell you it WORKS...which he has seen in action and so believes in. You jaw and chew on the back porch and you learn a lot, and it becomes infinitely MORE interesting than just names, dates, facts. You also learn MORE than you do if folks just post names, dates and facts. Bear with me here a minute.... When I want my elderly "southern belle" aunts to open up and tell me the names, dates, facts...I do not request them that way...simply won't happen and what I get is pretty cut and dry. Just stuff for a GEDcom...but I can get more if I do it right. Nah...I chew the fat with them and guess what starts to happen? I start to know stories I never heard before, I start to hear names they never mentioned before...pretty soon they drop someone's name, a place, the fact that great grandpa was in the Confederacy (only I would never have found it out going on his given name)...and all kinds of info starts popping out I never knew before. Now with that in mind, what are some tales you have heard tell passed through your family that were simply "jawing", "legends", no names dates or facts...but which OPENED up a whole new line of RESEARCH for you? Bet yall got LOTS of stories on that one... jan John 3:16 Future Resident of the Old Genealogists Home, best kept secret in America Listowner: [email protected] [email protected] Listowner: [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 11:04 AM Subject: [KYTRIGG] Chat room vs genealogical exchange > I agree with Bev Cooke's posting of January 27, 2000. I also agree with Tim - > looks like all the genealogist are asleep. Tim seem to be the only one > posting his ancestors data. Maybe all the rest have moved on to the > genealogist old folks home or a more productive mailing list. >