YIKES!! NO WAY! Please don't unsubscribe Leslie. We know she's not going to make more than a piddling amount of money on a book like this and particularly when you take into account all the time she's spent. What an honor to have someone who is doing something like this in the area where our ancestors lived. I can hardly wait until the book is out and want an autographed copy.:-) Patti Descended from Rogers, Hunt, and Leigh families of Washington County On Jun 29, 2008, at 9:26 PM, Leslie B. Potter wrote: > Dear List Administrator and List: > > Oops, I gather that I have offended someone. I apologize for > offending > your sensibilities. I do not apologize for my research. > > I have never made any secret about wanting to publish a book, which > would debunk John Burgoyne's spin concerning why he lost the battle of > Freeman's farm. He said that he lost because he had been forced to > fight in a 'wilderness'. The cherished myth is that John Freeman's > farm > (Farm 3, Great Lott 16) was a 12 acre clearing in the midst of a > forest > primeval and no one else lived any closer than John Neilson, who > rented > a farm in Great Lott 13. However, from my research into primary > source > records, it would appear that Burgoyne's "wilderness" had a population > of about 10,000 people (i.e. equal to the population of Boston in > 1777) > and 32 mills, one of which was a cotton mill in Washington County (not > exactly a subsistence enterprise). > > So I have been attempting to document, who lived the the Saratoga Tax > District and when did they settled there. Consequently, I have been > climbing all over my family tree and everyone's family tree too, as > well > as, posting transcribed tax lists, deeds and other strange documents > on > the Washington, Saratoga, and Albany County Gen Web sites, plus the > New > York Archive gen web site. > > Although in the past, I have enjoyed sharing my research and > networking > with other list members, I am the first to confess that my activities > are not strictly limited to pure genealogical in their scope. > Accordingly, I shall cease and desist. Kindly remove my name and my > e-mail address from the Washington County, NY List immediately. > > Thank you for your kind consideration in this matter. > > Very truly yours, > > Leslie B. Potter > Glen Mills, PA > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Leslie, You said you are not just doing genealogy...I don't think you can do just "genealogy" reporting the generations. You are also working on the "history" of the area...researching the history is part of the genealogy and I, for one, do not think you can have one without the other. I will be looking forward to your book to come out. And don't let a few spoil this for the rest of us that are interested. Gayle Baldwin Struska > YIKES!! NO WAY! Please don't unsubscribe Leslie. > What an honor to have > someone who is doing something like this in the > area where our ancestors lived. I can hardly wait until the book is > out and want an autographed copy.:-) > > Patti > Descended from Rogers, Hunt, and Leigh families of Washington County > On Jun 29, 2008, at 9:26 PM, Leslie B. Potter wrote: > >> Dear List Administrator and List: >> >> Oops, I gather that I have offended someone. I apologize for >> offending >> your sensibilities. I do not apologize for my research. >> >> I have never made any secret about wanting to publish a book, which >> would debunk John Burgoyne's spin concerning why he lost the battle of >> Freeman's farm. He said that he lost because he had been forced to >> fight in a 'wilderness'. The cherished myth is that John Freeman's >> farm >> (Farm 3, Great Lott 16) was a 12 acre clearing in the midst of a >> forest >> primeval and no one else lived any closer than John Neilson, who >> rented >> a farm in Great Lott 13. However, from my research into primary >> source >> records, it would appear that Burgoyne's "wilderness" had a population >> of about 10,000 people (i.e. equal to the population of Boston in >> 1777) >> and 32 mills, one of which was a cotton mill in Washington County (not >> exactly a subsistence enterprise). >> >> So I have been attempting to document, who lived the the Saratoga Tax >> District and when did they settled there. Consequently, I have been >> climbing all over my family tree and everyone's family tree too, as >> well >> as, posting transcribed tax lists, deeds and other strange documents >> on >> the Washington, Saratoga, and Albany County Gen Web sites, plus the >> New >> York Archive gen web site. >> >> Although in the past, I have enjoyed sharing my research and >> networking >> with other list members, I am the first to confess that my activities >> are not strictly limited to pure genealogical in their scope. >> Accordingly, I shall cease and desist. Kindly remove my name and my >> e-mail address from the Washington County, NY List immediately. >> >> Thank you for your kind consideration in this matter. >> >> Very truly yours, >> >> Leslie B. Potter >> Glen Mills, PA >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWASHIN-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 > NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >