Isn't there a place on the Jefferson County GenWeb for obits to be put in? Maybe that would solve everyones problems... [email protected] wrote: > Sorry, Alice, but you didn't ask me to identify the subject. What you said > was this: > > <<Your story was amusing, Mac, and as Sherry points out, every family > seems to have "a character" who stands out from the rest. We don't mind > a funny story now and then, but, in the future, please identify it as > such by putting "OFF TOPIC" or "FAMILY STORIES". By doing so, you give > those that aren't interested the opportunity to use their Delete key. > > Now let's get back to genealogy.>> > > You allowed a question, allowed other answers, then told me that MY answer > was "OFF TOPIC," and then went on to tell the following about your OWN > family: > > <<At the age of about 18 my g-grandfather came to Jefferson County in 1850 > with his Uncle to "seek his fortune" in lumbering. A year later his > mother died in the Yellow Fever epidemic that was raging in > Philadelphia, and his father (my g-g-grandfather) moved the rest of his > family to Jefferson County to be near to his older son.>> > > Don't you see something wrong with this? > > And, I repeat, there are rarely any messages to this list and I think it was > a good idea to stimulate some conversation. Don't you? > > OF COURSE obituaries are important! Offering the information in one is fine > but 18 separate e-mails in one day from one person? Don't you see something > wrong with that? > > Alice, take a minute and think this over. > > Mac > > ==== PAJEFFER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Jefferson County Genealogy Project by clicking below: > http://www.pa-roots.com/~jefferson/