Jeraldine, Don't quit. I've been looking for 20 years for a link to my grgrgrandfather, but to no avail. It's like he vaporized from nowhere. When you need to ask a question, just ask, don't beat around the bush. Try living in Saudi Arabia like I have for the past 25 years and feel /or see how we are treated like white slaves. Discrimination still does and will always exist in the world. Tom McElroy ERDD Tel. 862-1173; Fax.: 862-1168 -----Original Message----- From: Jeraldinep@aol.com [mailto:Jeraldinep@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:08 PM To: MCELROY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MCELROY-L] Re: McElroys came from Ire 1871-Brown(e) McElroy, 1871-1945 I was not discussing it , some one told me not to assume it because I could not find my grandfather or grandfather in the S.S.D.I. list, and I asked her why, was it discrimination. I was not assuming, I was asking a question. It is some reason I cannot find my grand parents on the List, or no where else. It is as though they never existed, I am only researching.Thank you very much.And now you cannot ask questions?.Everybody knows sex exists too, but it is on the internet,I always get these low down messages through my e-mail account,I block them and more come. People always want to tell people what to do. I will just stop reasearching if I cannot ask a question, no one wants to help me find any information on my grandparents, they want to tell me what do to.I thought that was how you research, by asking questions!I will delete rootsweb, I cannot find anything anyway on my grandparents.. ==== MCELROY Mailing List ==== Happiness is a genealogist who just found their lost ancestor! Most often heard wish at Genealogy Convention: I should have asked them BEFORE they died!