Hi everyone, I wanted to share something....these kinds of "thanks" are few and far between, and this one was especially enjoyable. Anyway, this past weekend I sent out a "standard message" to all the people who had surnames posted in NMGenWeb Bernalillo county, and told them I would be doing it every 6 months. I also asked these people to write a little paragraph telling me who they were searching for. This project needed to get done, as it's important to keep the email addresses verified. Patti wrote back right away, and I decided to research the people she had listed. I found them, and took her back a few generations. Below is her response. These kind of responses make all of this volunteer stuff worth it. Still smiling, Angela Lewis NMGenWeb Bernalillo County NMGenWeb San Miguel County Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:54:41 EST Subject: Re: Surname Listing - NMGenWeb Bernalillo County To: gen4nm@nmia.com Angela, When I read this my daughter asked me what was wrong cause I just got watery eyed. What a wimp I am. I have been searching and asking family for clues and in one email, well I do not know what to say but THANK YOU!! This means more to me than you will ever know. If I can be of any help if you have New England ancestors please let me know. If you find anything further please let me know. Thank you again Patti Sanda

This is so special Angela, thank you for sharing this with us. We work and put out so much effort to do what we do, it's nice to know we are so appreciated. I'm happy that you could find some information to help Patti. I also hope this inspires some of our other CC's to do the same, go through your sites and see if there's some people you can make contact with. You all are also welcome to go through the State Queries for unknown Counties, to see if you recognize the names and can help these folks out. I know they would appreciate it also. Have a wonderful day! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Lewis" <gen4nm@nmia.com> To: <NMGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:00 PM Subject: [NMGENWEB] Why do we volunteer? Hi everyone, I wanted to share something....these kinds of "thanks" are few and far between, and this one was especially enjoyable. Anyway, this past weekend I sent out a "standard message" to all the people who had surnames posted in NMGenWeb Bernalillo county, and told them I would be doing it every 6 months. I also asked these people to write a little paragraph telling me who they were searching for. This project needed to get done, as it's important to keep the email addresses verified. Patti wrote back right away, and I decided to research the people she had listed. I found them, and took her back a few generations. Below is her response. These kind of responses make all of this volunteer stuff worth it. Still smiling, Angela Lewis NMGenWeb Bernalillo County NMGenWeb San Miguel County Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:54:41 EST Subject: Re: Surname Listing - NMGenWeb Bernalillo County To: gen4nm@nmia.com Angela, When I read this my daughter asked me what was wrong cause I just got watery eyed. What a wimp I am. I have been searching and asking family for clues and in one email, well I do not know what to say but THANK YOU!! This means more to me than you will ever know. If I can be of any help if you have New England ancestors please let me know. If you find anything further please let me know. Thank you again Patti Sanda ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx