Thank you for this message below, because I have been on and off this board, keeping quiet, looking at some of people's responses, and "some" responses have been snotty, as Kess Leake-Campbell stated below. I am trying to find my lineage, which I believe to be through Samuel Fuller III. But I'm afraid to post because some of you - note "some" of you act as though you are better than rest of us. Please do not have this attitude, we look up to you. This board is for ALL people, and we look to you all for HELP, not to feel belittled. If it were not for us "little people" asking questions, what would you all do between yourselves? I do not want to point fingers, and I will not. I just ask that you all please make this a "family" plan, as we are all related in one way or another. I thank you all for taking this information and making something "good" come from it. Very respectfully, especially to all of you who traced your family lineage by yourself, Darlene In a message dated 11/12/2006 7:30:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I had heard for years that I had Mayflower ancestors, that we were descended on my Dad's side from William Brewster. It was a cool story as a kid, and a source of interest as I got older. It wasn't until a couple of years ago that I actually started finding out that there were /eight/ lines back in my genealogy to the Mayflower. There are many, many people who are descended from those who crossed over on the Mayflower - and instead of being snotty and having an attitude about it as if 'we're better because we did the research' - there should be an encouragement and an attitude of excitement. If your family has a story, there is always a chance it is true. May myths and legends have a kernel of truth - and, isn't part of the reason we do this research and source-searching and proofing of lines so that /our/ descendants can say, with pride, that they, too, are descendants from the brave and desperate folks that came over on the Mayflower? Kess Leake-Campbell Lorton, VA

I know what you mean, but I assure you that I myself don't think I'm better than any other Mayflower descendant, including those who are just tracing their lineage. I was born illigitimately, yet I've still been accepted into the Mayflower Society as well as DAR. I heard that there was a time when this was not permitted. I'm glad things have changed in that respect. Luckily my Mayflower lineage was on my mother's side, as I don't even know who my father was. Colleen Morse Minnesota [email protected] wrote: Thank you for this message below, because I have been on and off this board, keeping quiet, looking at some of people's responses, and "some" responses have been snotty, as Kess Leake-Campbell stated below. I am trying to find my lineage, which I believe to be through Samuel Fuller III. But I'm afraid to post because some of you - note "some" of you act as though you are better than rest of us. Please do not have this attitude, we look up to you. This board is for ALL people, and we look to you all for HELP, not to feel belittled. If it were not for us "little people" asking questions, what would you all do between yourselves? I do not want to point fingers, and I will not. I just ask that you all please make this a "family" plan, as we are all related in one way or another. I thank you all for taking this information and making something "good" come from it. Very respectfully, especially to all of you who traced your family lineage by yourself, Darlene In a message dated 11/12/2006 7:30:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I had heard for years that I had Mayflower ancestors, that we were descended on my Dad's side from William Brewster. It was a cool story as a kid, and a source of interest as I got older. It wasn't until a couple of years ago that I actually started finding out that there were /eight/ lines back in my genealogy to the Mayflower. There are many, many people who are descended from those who crossed over on the Mayflower - and instead of being snotty and having an attitude about it as if 'we're better because we did the research' - there should be an encouragement and an attitude of excitement. If your family has a story, there is always a chance it is true. May myths and legends have a kernel of truth - and, isn't part of the reason we do this research and source-searching and proofing of lines so that /our/ descendants can say, with pride, that they, too, are descendants from the brave and desperate folks that came over on the Mayflower? Kess Leake-Campbell Lorton, VA ------------------------------- 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 ********************************************************** Don't miss this website if you like to read. --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.