Alice, I appreciate the work of people like you who donate time to make this type of list available. I honestly don't understand how it was okay for a question to be asked, other answers to be given, then for you to call my response Off-Topic--after which you gave your own answer to the question. I'm not a person who likes to argue, but it seems to me that stories that bring folks to life, that make them real are a lot more about geneaology than some other stuff I've read here. And there are usually no e-mails to this list for days and days on end so introducing some topics wouldn't hurt you a bit. One more thing. Yesterday Deb posted 18 messages, 16 were obits and the like. Have you thought about suggesting to her to post once and list all the names then anybody interested can write to her off the list? This is the way it's done on other lists. Just a little food for thought. Anyway, I do thank you for your time and hard work. I watch to see what's "geneology" and whst isn't. Mac

Mac, You have the same option the rest of us have. If you don't like the contents of a message, delete it. I asked you to use the Subject line to identify the content of your message because some people--particularly those who get volumes of email every day--scan the Subject lines to determine if they need/want to read that message or simply delete it. With regard to obituaries, they can contain key information about a person: Date of death, cause of death, names of children, parents, and siblings--all of which can be important to someone who is searching for the subject of the obit. An obituary may be meaningful to you or me, but it could just be the clue that someone on the list needs to break down their brick wall. Alice [email protected] wrote: > > Alice, I appreciate the work of people like you who donate time to make this > type of list available. I honestly don't understand how it was okay for a > question to be asked, other answers to be given, then for you to call my > response Off-Topic--after which you gave your own answer to the question. > I'm not a person who likes to argue, but it seems to me that stories that > bring folks to life, that make them real are a lot more about geneaology than > some other stuff I've read here. And there are usually no e-mails to this > list for days and days on end so introducing some topics wouldn't hurt you a > bit. One more thing. Yesterday Deb posted 18 messages, 16 were obits and the > like. Have you thought about suggesting to her to post once and list all the > names then anybody interested can write to her off the list? This is the way > it's done on other lists. Just a little food for thought. > > Anyway, I do thank you for your time and hard work. I watch to see what's > "geneology" and whst isn't. > Mac > > ==== PAJEFFER Mailing List ==== > You can unsubscribe by clicking below for the regular list: > mailto:[email protected] > Click below for the digest list: > mailto:[email protected] > In the BODY include only one word: unsubscribe > (Please turn OFF your signature file when sending the message) -- 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