Interesting. I was contacted by a descendant of a great grand uncle before Christmas claiming to have researched his branch of our family. We lost track of his family about 1880, finding no records in his home county. The person provided enough fragmented information to convince me he was credible but when I asked for details he answered, quote, " I HAVE PUT 7 YEARS OF LONG HOURS INTO RESEARCHING MY INFORMATION AND YOU WANT ALL OF IT. LONG HARD YEARS OF RESEARCH. YOU ASK ALOT." I haven't heard from him since. I only have a Yahoo email address so I may not ever be able to patch this branch of our family together. Regards, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "twigs" <twigs@dsl.pipex.com> To: <PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 3:04 AM Subject: [PAF-5] Dont hog info, but ... > John writes from the unmarried citation thread: > "Cheryl, I certainly agree that it is your database. However some people > will take the attitude that they should not share this information with > others. > It is, of course, anyones right to keep their data to themselves. But > most people are anxious to share their data with others.