I feel that when there is something listed you are not interested in, JUST DELETE IT!!!!!! and go on with your life. At 04:52 PM 8/18/2009 -0400, Linda Fields wrote: > It would be a good idea to have a board for Family History which is the >time period for our ancestors and how they lived . Then it would not cause >a problem with Genealogy , which is the study of lineage.. > >On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Jackie Powell <jacpowell@bresnan.net>wrote: > > > I agree with Mr. Holder. Is there some way another board can get set up for > > chatting about lifeways? > > > > Jackie Powell > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ncbertie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncbertie-bounces@rootsweb.com] > > On Behalf Of George L. Holder > > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:39 PM > > To: ncbertie@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [NCBERTIE] Respectful disagreement with recipes > > > > With the utmost respect, may I disagree with you and some others about > > the sharing of recipes on this list. I think this is a list for > > genealogical research and I do not understand the reasoning that this > > includes recipes. I also think it does not include the details of the > > houses and barns built by our ancestors, the manufacturing processes > > in which they may have been involved, the details of the crops they > > planted, how they cared for their animals, made their tools and a > > number of other related subjects. If recipes are considered proper > > for this list then these and any other subjects affecting our > > ancestors should also be allowed in the same detail as tomato > > pudding. Then the genealogical details, the reason for which this > > list exists, will be so buried that many of us will not have time to > > search for them. > > > > I personally favor saving and sharing old and new recipes but I > > suggest that this is a subject better handled on a list set up for > > that purpose. > > > > Regards, > > > > George Holder > > > > > > > > On Aug 18, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Mmaker52 wrote: > > > > > > Elaine, > > I understand your frustration with the number of emails coming in to > > your > > mailbox from the Bertie List. To help ease your situation, I just > > switched > > you to "Digest" Mode --- this will enable you to have only 1 message > > every > > 12 hrs. and since it has an index at the top of the message, you can > > quickly see the topics and if nothing at all interests you, then quickly > > delete it. > > > > If after a couple of days of trying this, you don't like it, just let me > > know and I'll switch you back to receiving individual messages. > > > > The Bertie List is one of the oldest and most active lists in North > > Carolina. We have gone through very slow times and very active > > times. Whenever a topic like the present one -- "recipes" -- comes > > up, we > > do tend to get more emails. However, as has been stated earlier on the > > list, having general topics like this is very popular with most of the > > list. In fact, I think you are the only person that has spoken > > against this. > > > > Since Bertie County is so old, our subscribers range in their research > > interests from 1700's - present day. That is a long period, and > > naturally > > means that the interests of the subscribers is just about as wide. > > > > While you may consider this having nothing to do with genealogy, most of > > our subscribers are interested in knowing how our ancestors lived back > > in > > the old days of Bertie County. Rather than just having names and dates, > > these recipes, help us see them as real, living people, who lived in > > North > > Carolina, and cooked in ways that modern people may have completely > > lost. > > > > As far as Wills -- we'd love to have you submit some. Or visit the > > pages > > and see all those that have been submitted already. Remember also to > > look > > for "Courts" -- as that contains similar information that was not > > specifically a will. > > > > http://usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie.htm > > > > To submit a will, use the automated Forms: > > http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ > > > > Be sure to let me know if you have any trouble submitting. > > > > Also I do hope you understand where we're coming from on the Recipe > > topic. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message