Melly, Some of us appreciate you and all you do. Others however, seem to want something for nothing. My Father always said worthwhile things are never free. I for one hope you will not allow this to discourage you in a job well done. You deserve to be paid for what you have done. If you don't wish to partake of her items for sale them go to N.C. and do your own research. With the price of gas and motel rooms it will be very inexpensive.(Sarcastic smile) Looking for information on James Simmons and his daughter Christian Simmons and William Morris. Christian(Christianna) married in 1793 in Amherst . The marriage certificate says William Morris of Bedford VA . James Simmons whose wife was Mary Waters died in High Shoals , Rutherford NC Feb 9, 1823. I would appreciate any help on William Morris family. Thanks, Vicky North Georgia with deep roots in Rutherford NC ----- Original Message ----- From: <MellyBkr@aol.com> To: <NCRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:08 PM Subject: [NCRUTHER-L] Website > Whew! I didn't expect the negative comments about my website. It has taken > me a while to calm myself and formulate a proper reply. First of all, I > want to say I have shared information freely since I began doing genealogy. I > will continue to do so. The starting of a website and putting information on > CD for sale is a new venture for me. It began when I started going through > the court records looking for my own family in Rutherford County. I thought it > would be beneficial for folks to have an index, since the North Carolina > Archives will not do a look up unless you know the specific part of the court > records you want them to look up. To start doing that, I purchased a microfilm > machine and started ordering films from the archives. I do not live in North > Carolina where I can go to the court house or archives. At this point, I > have purchased 18 films, which has not been inexpensive. I have spent the last > 10 months indexing the court records when I have had time (I have a child in > kindergarten and work part time). I have gone thru close to 1400 pages of > records. I recently purchased the deed films and offered to copy pages for a > fee that is 1/4 of what it is if the Archives do it for you if you are out of > state. I am not a corporation, I am not Ancestry.com. I am a person doing > this on their own and trying to share some of what I find as I do. At no time > would I require you to pay for anything I put on my website. I am sorry if > some people think I am not sharing enough information, but I am doing my best. > Thank you to those who have given me encouragement, I truly appreciate it. > > At this point (due to my own feelings and the advice of my husband, who saw > how upset I was), I will not be posting updates about my website on this > list. I may occasionally post information I have found regarding my family > (Wilkinson, Nowlin) as I find it. I will still post the free information on my > website. It is a way for me to keep track of what I have shared. You are > welcome to visit my website if you so choose. > > Thanks, > > Melody Booker > > > ==== NCRUTHER Mailing List ==== > > Subscribing: Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn't understand them, try these manual instructions: to join NCRUTHER-L, send mail to NCRUTHER-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join NCRUTHER-D, do the same thing with NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Unsubscribing: To leave NCRUTHER-L, send mail to NCRUTHER-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave NCRUTHER-D, do the same thing with NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com. > For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at NCRUTHER-admin@rootsweb.com >