Keep up the good work. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Thompson" <sandiet@uscsumter.edu> To: <LINDSEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [LINDSEY] Auvie Bailey's Lindseys > Dotty, > I really do appreciate that. I needed encouragement too. I'm on oxygen > around the clock and can't get to the Genealogical Society Center very > often, at least not while I'm in Cardio-Pulmonary Rehab. So I > communicate via computer. > > I really think you might want to contact Mr. Auvie A. Bailey. He had > found my name in the Surname Directory of the South Carolina > Genealogical Society and wrote to me via snail mail. I couldn't > connect to his line and, as stated above, couldn't get to the research > building anytime soon. But I had started to receive the postings to > this list and knew there seemed to be some possible good connections. > I hoped that perhaps by posting the data he sent, someone on this List > might be able to contact him and help him and that might help all of > us. I sent a letter to him stating this. > > I believe that in our efforts to discover our roots, we've all > incorporated some erroneous data at times. I try to correct my errors > as soon as I can prove there is an error. This isn't the only List > with someone who believes that only "new" information should be > posted. Unfortunately, many of the rest of us haven't acquired the > "old" info yet, nor are we all familiar with the various sites > available. So we just keep trying. > > I know of one List that has been inactive for months because of one > nasty old man who believes himself to be the only "factual" repository > for information on a particular surname. And those who know him are > afraid of having an "hurtful" letter posted to them if they speak out. > > I simply wanted to help this person, Mr. Bailey, who was reaching out > for help. So if you will email me directly at my given address, I will > give you his mailing address. Perhaps, Dotty, he holds a key to your > mystery. I truly do hope so for the sake of both of you. As we get > older, too often memeories are all we have let to hold on to. > > I promise I will not forget you and if I can find anything that I > suspect might help you, Dotty, I will contact you immediately. God > bless you and again, thank you, > sandiet > > Dotty wrote: > > > > if it werent for people like Sandra,I woul not know what to do or where > > to go,I am still facing my brick wall...I have Absolutely nothing to go > > on in my search for my Birth Family and its Origins...I have 4 > > clues...the Lindsey Name...there were 9 Children...and They were Born in > > Arkansas...and my GM's nicname was "Minky" > > Dotty > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >