The Mecklenburg book committee hasn't even approached this level of abuse (see below). Perhaps you have a different "rule book" aka "Acceptable Use Policy". I say, God bless the Mecklenburg folk for their efforts to simply invite families to submit stories! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncomchs/ C Heath ----- Original Message ----- From: "Athol K. Foster" <athol5@cox.net> To: <TNDEKALB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 5:32 PM Subject: [TNDEKALB] New Book > JUST PUBLISHED > > THE WEBB FAMILIES OF DEKALB COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND 23 RELATED FAMILIES. > > Including Bethel, Cantrell, Colvert, Fuson, Gribble, Hicks, Jaco, Judkins, > Magness, Mangum, Moser, Parker, Potter, Redmon, Snow, Turner, and Weedon > families, along with the Farmer and Foushee Families of Virginia; the Gray, > George, and Sageley families of Cannon County, Tennessee, the Nathaniel > Miller family of Rutherford County, Tennessee, and others. > > Some of the other families included are Patterson, Young, Loring, Byars, > Evins, Parrish, Davis, Reeder, Vanhooser, Ray, Odom, Farler, Braswell, > Jacobs, Sandlin, Smithson, and more. > > The copyrighted book is hardbound and has 696 pages printed on acid-free > archival paper, made to last for centuries. It includes numerous old > photographs of our ancestors and relatives, several of them born before > 1800. The complete first-name index contains more than 20,000 names. > > This family history is much more than just a listing of names and dates. It > contains many narrative sections which tell about our ancestors and how they > lived, what problems they faced, and everything that can be found about > them. Old wills and inventories have revealed what furniture they owned, > and census records have shown even how man hogs they had, how many bushels > of potatoes they grew, and how many pounds of butter they made. > > More than 50 years have been spent in research for this volume, and several > families have been traced to the 1600s and earlier. Complete references are > given to fully documented sources. The price of the book has been set as > low as possible so that more people can afford to buy one. It will cover > primarily the cost of publication, and any profits will be donated to Justin > Potter Library in Smithville. Only 500 books will be published, and no > second printing is planned, so it is important to optain your book as soon > as possible. > > The books are for sale at Justin Potter Library in Smithville, TN., or at > F.Z. Webb & Sons Drugstore in Smithville, TN, for $45.00 per copy. Copies > can be obtained by U.S. mail for $50.00 per copy from the author, > > Thomas G. Webb > 835 South College Street > Smithville, TN. 37166 > > > Athol > > Athol K. Foster > DeKalb Co. Coordinator, TnGenWeb > www.tngennet.org/dekalb > > My Fosters in DeKalb Co., Tn. > www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/3627 > > > > ==== TNDEKALB Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Dekalb Co., TN list, use > TNDEKALB-l-request@rootsweb.com or TNDEKALB-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >