Jeri, your question confused me for a while. It was not a critical question that Phyllis was asking. She just wanted to know what area of the county Theresa was asking about. Phyllis was just letting Theresa know what her(Phyllis's) Allens were located in the Brookfield, Mass, area if that was the area Theresa was talking about. I didn't read any tone in the message other than a request for further information. As for the make up of the list, there are some experienced genealogists here and a lot of newbies. We just try to help each other out with questions and requests. Sometimes people don't give enough information so that we know exactly what they want. So we will ask for further amplification so that we can see if we can help. Let's say that I put a message out to the list about George Washington Clevenger and asked for help with his lineage. That isn't very clear because There are George, George W. and George Washington Clevengers throughout a lot of different lines. I would have to specify George Washington Clevenger in the Tennessee and Missouri areas for it to have any effect on someone trying to help me. So I would probably get a request asking what area I was talking about. Hope to see a lot of questions and requests from you. We are all here to help in anyway we can. That goes for computer help to genealogy help, and a lot of things inbetween. LOL Del the Dragon Associate Emeritus IBBSG Proud Rootsweb Sponsor V.P. CCH&GS ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeri Kimmel <jkimmel@peak.org> To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 3:43 PM Subject: [NEWGEN] Answers to Questions > Hi- > I am new to all this. The following makes me hesitant to ask questions. > Is this the general tone of an answer? Perhaps I do not understand the > makeup of your membership. Are all experienced genealogists? > Please let me know what I can expect in the way of answers. > Is there a different place I should direct any questions I may have? > Thank you, > Jeri Kimmel > > > > What area are you talking about? My grandmothers maiden names was Allen > and > she was from Brookfield, Mass. > Phyllis Birch > -----Original Message----- > From: morocco2000@juno.com <morocco2000@juno.com> > To: NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, December 11, 2000 12:14 PM > Subject: [NEWGEN] Surname --- ALLEN ---- Jackson Co,AL. > > > >Is anyone searching for ALLEN in this area? If so please let me know. > >Thank You, > > Theresa > > > > > >==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > >INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS TO JOIN THE NEWGEN LIST > >NEWGEN-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM (FOR LIST) > >MEWGEN-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM (FOR DIGEST) > > > > > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > DON'T FORGET TO USE THE WORDS "THANK YOU" WHEN SOMEONE HAS DONE > YOU A FAVOR....ALSO WHEN SOMEONE HAS TRIED TO BE HELPFUL. >