Thank you Kathy, for the explanation. I should have read the e-bay offering. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathi Jones-Hudson" <mdcemmy@yahoo.com> To: <md-baltimorecity@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [MD-BALTIMORECITY] Larry M. Barnhill >I will be the odd-person out on this one having read > the entire eBay listing -- > > #1- It was found/purchased from an estate, therefore > one can assume Pvt. Barnhill's parents are deceased > and their possessions including the > medals/certificates were not wanted by any other > family members if any are even living -- so they were > put up for auction. > > #2- The listing is respectful and states: Offered with > Repect for Military collection/historical > preservation. > > #3- Had the items not been sold at auction and made > their way to eBay then they probably would have ended > up in a second hand shop or even thrown out by auction > personnel. Better a military collector own them. > > I don't think the sky is falling and no one should > really be quite so upset by this. Clearly if any > family members wanted the items or were still alive > they would be the ones who had possession of them ... > doesn't seem to be the case. > > Kathi Jones-Hudson > MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/maryland/maryland.html > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MD-BALTIMORECITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >