Sue, When I asked Mr. McHenry about the book before it was published, I was told that there really wasn't anything about the individual miners and the only names mentioned were those folks who were in administrative type positions. I had the impression that he didn't intend for it to be a genealogy type book, which makes me wonder why it's been advertised on genealogy sites. Do you happen to know if these family stories were about the regular miners, or if they pertain to the families of the administrative employees in the company? I doubt my two family surnames of Dosing and Sutherland will be in this book, but since B. mentioned an index, I'll contact the library. It seems most agree that the cost of this book is overpriced, especially if little or nothing is mentioned about the individual miners. However, if such a book existed of this size, well referenced for additional research, and written about individual miners, their lives and their families, it would be wonderful to own. I mentioned in an earlier post that if the 400 photo pages had been photos of old employment records, -or any legible photocopies of that nature-, it would no doubt be an extremely popular book. I never understood why books are often published in hardback first and paperback later. To me it would make more sense to invest less and sell more when it comes to books of this nature. I tend to only purchase hardback covers of books that are special to me and usually keep them on display. I also own a paperback copy, which keeps me from wearing out the hardback cover. Since the Chat Dumps book has turned out to be more like a "Coffee Table Book" though, the hardback cover is a nice touch in this case. - Kay In a message dated 11/7/2006 10:45:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, wresinger001@charter.net writes: > > Marge: > > I went to the library, the other day, and looked at the book. As you said, > it might make a nice "Coffee Table Book", but as far as being worth anything > > to those of us researching our family histories, it's definitely not worth > buying. It would be alot cheaper to go to the library and spend a few > minutes just browsing through it. As a reference book, it's okay, but I > don't see where it's worth what's being charged for it. > I do agree with you that the stories that folks tell of their families, are > very interesting. I do enjoy those, alot. > > Sue Resinger

Kay: I have absolutely no idea why the book is being promoted on the mailing lists. Anyone buying it for genealogical purposes will be disappointed. I'm afraid that I didn't read any of it - just mostly looked at the pictures. Just skimming thru it, I could tell that it would be of no help to me as far as research went. Mining is a big part of the history of this area and if that's what you're interested in, then the book might be just the thing, but other than that, it's just another reference book. When I wrote of family stories, I meant the wonderful tales that people on the lists share with us about their families. I was not referring to the book - that it had family stories in it. I'm sorry if you, or anyone else, misunderstood me. I don't know that a book has ever been done on the miners, themselves. It would be a wonderful treasure of information, if someone would take the time to do all the research and have it printed. Like you, I do believe that all books should start out as paperbacks. The amount of money that we researchers spend a year on subscriptions, genealogy clubs, sending for birth, marriage, death certificates and military records, etc., is mind-boggling. To top it off, we just have to have our own "genealogy library" at home. Having books offered to us in paperback, keeps the cost down, so we can send for more of the other necessaries, we feel that we have to have to continue our search for those elusive ancestors. :) Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <MehdiFakhar@aol.com> To: <moiron@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [MOIRON] New Book > Sue, > > When I asked Mr. McHenry about the book before it was published, I was > told > that there really wasn't anything about the individual miners and the only > names mentioned were those folks who were in administrative type > positions. I had > the impression that he didn't intend for it to be a genealogy type book, > which makes me wonder why it's been advertised on genealogy sites. > > Do you happen to know if these family stories were about the regular > miners, > or if they pertain to the families of the administrative employees in the > company? I doubt my two family surnames of Dosing and Sutherland will be > in this > book, but since B. mentioned an index, I'll contact the library. > > It seems most agree that the cost of this book is overpriced, especially > if > little or nothing is mentioned about the individual miners. However, if > such a > book existed of this size, well referenced for additional research, and > written about individual miners, their lives and their families, it would > be > wonderful to own. I mentioned in an earlier post that if the 400 photo > pages had > been photos of old employment records, -or any legible photocopies of that > nature-, it would no doubt be an extremely popular book. > > I never understood why books are often published in hardback first and > paperback later. To me it would make more sense to invest less and sell > more when > it comes to books of this nature. I tend to only purchase hardback covers > of > books that are special to me and usually keep them on display. I also own > a > paperback copy, which keeps me from wearing out the hardback cover. Since > the > Chat Dumps book has turned out to be more like a "Coffee Table Book" > though, > the hardback cover is a nice touch in this case. > - Kay > > In a message dated 11/7/2006 10:45:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, > wresinger001@charter.net writes: >> >> Marge: >> >> I went to the library, the other day, and looked at the book. As you >> said, >> it might make a nice "Coffee Table Book", but as far as being worth >> anything >> >> to those of us researching our family histories, it's definitely not >> worth >> buying. It would be alot cheaper to go to the library and spend a few >> minutes just browsing through it. As a reference book, it's okay, but I >> don't see where it's worth what's being charged for it. >> I do agree with you that the stories that folks tell of their families, >> are >> very interesting. I do enjoy those, alot. >> >> Sue Resinger > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOIRON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >