I give up. Have at it. This the last you'll hear from me. I've got two other counties to take care of. Queen Alice [email protected] wrote: > > The question of reason for migration was the original issue. Both Eileen and > Mac have pointed out the uselessness of asking the list this question in > reference to a specific ancestor, though wanting to know why people in > general migrated to an area seems valid. > > Enter Mac and his anecdote re the issue. His point was valid, i.e. people > migrant for any one of a zillion reasons. The only public objection to his > story was from the list > administrator who said it was not geneological, then proceeded to tell her > own, albeit much shorter, story. Note that this objection was public. Mac > then objected publicly in response, which I'm afraid seems only right. If > the administrator wants to correct privately then the response should be > private, but one cannot expect a public rebuke to be acceptable then deny the > rebuked one the right to respond publicly. > > People, people, people!!!! This list hasn't averaged 2 e-mails a day for the > last year and a half!!! To be honest, my Jefferson County line is virtually > done, but I subscribed to this list to learn something about Jefferson County > and maybe pick up a few odds and ends. Do you know what I've gotten in all > this time? A referral to Pat Steele (and G-d bless her!!), which I could > have gotten from my local library. If I had had to bet, I would have guessed > that there were no more than a few subscribers and was surprised from the > roll call to learn how many people are on this list. So, folks, we've got > what? 50? 100? people subscribed and we can go weeks without a single > message. I'm on a bunch of lists and nothing compares to this lack of > involvement. Then someone tries to perk things up and we're going to start > quibbling over what is geneology? Good grief!! Could this be any more > ridiculous? > > Alice is nice enough to give her time but can't shut someone else up and then > talk about the same thing. Sorry, but she's an administrator, not the queen. > And if she thinks clipping and saving obits about people who are connected to > no one is more interesting than "stories" then what can I say? As for the > obits, Deb is pretty amazing to have the time to access the Internet 18 > separate times in one day to post obits about strangers instead of posting > one list of names and waiting to hear from people who need them. And was > that tirade geneological? What's up with the > "Who's with me" Che Guevarra? > > NOW, here's a free offer (and a geneological topic, though not about > Jefferson County): My main research work is in Philly. I'm currently going > through death indexes from 1887-1889. The surnames are clumped by 1st > letter, though not alphabetical. You find the surname, first name, and a > page number. Then you need the microfilms for the actual death registrations > and you look up the page, then the name. The info given includes age, date of > death, cause, parents (if a child), address, cemetery. If anyone would like > a look-up in the index only, write to me off the list. > > Now let's play nice. > Merle > > ==== PAJEFFER Mailing List ==== > Send Messages for the Jefferson County PA discussion list to [email protected] -- Alice J. Gayley Armstrong County Genealogy Project Co-Coordinator http://www.pa-roots.com/armstrong Clearfield County Genealogy Project Coordinator http://www.pa-roots.com/clearfield Jefferson County Genealogy Project Co-Coordinator http://www.pa-roots.com/jefferson Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/PACW/index.html PA-Roots.com Co-Host http://www.pa-roots.com