Bill, if your relatives do not respond to you, you need to pick up the telephone and call them. I wait a respectable time and then I call them to see if they got my letter and then I ask them if I can interview them over the telephone. Have your questions ready and don't ask too many too soon. You will scare them off. Tell them you want to keep in touch if that is ok with them and then wait a while and call back. Another tip is if you find a relative you don't know, write them a letter telling them who you are and what you are doing. Do NOT send them any photos in this letter. Once that unknown relative gets photos, they are done with you. Leah [email protected]

Leah, excellent suggestions for relative contacts. Thanks for sharing it. Jan S - Orlando, FL -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 11/5/2010 12:59:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LAORLEAN] Fwd: LA Library, Bill, if your relatives do not respond to you, you need to pick up the telephone and call them. I wait a respectable time and then I call them to see if they got my letter and then I ask them if I can interview them over the telephone. Have your questions ready and don't ask too many too soon. You will scare them off. Tell them you want to keep in touch if that is ok with them and then wait a while and call back. Another tip is if you find a relative you don't know, write them a letter telling them who you are and what you are doing. Do NOT send them any photos in this letter. Once that unknown relative gets photos, they are done with you. Leah [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have certainly made that (very sad) observation about not sharing photographs. Kathy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jan Strickland Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 10:23 AM To: LAOrleans Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Fwd: LA Library, Leah, excellent suggestions for relative contacts. Thanks for sharing it. Jan S - Orlando, FL -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 11/5/2010 12:59:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LAORLEAN] Fwd: LA Library, Bill, if your relatives do not respond to you, you need to pick up the telephone and call them. I wait a respectable time and then I call them to see if they got my letter and then I ask them if I can interview them over the telephone. Have your questions ready and don't ask too many too soon. You will scare them off. Tell them you want to keep in touch if that is ok with them and then wait a while and call back. Another tip is if you find a relative you don't know, write them a letter telling them who you are and what you are doing. Do NOT send them any photos in this letter. Once that unknown relative gets photos, they are done with you. Leah [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message