Someone is leaving because of all the bickering? Are you serious, Clovis? People in this group need to learn how to use their DEL key if they don't like something that is posted. Life is not all roses without some thorns occasionally. Peace and relaxation are in order now - right? Smile... I am still happy to have Pate blood in me, whether it creates bickering sometimes or not! DAR ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [PATE] Genealogical Inquiries on the Pate Listserve A. J. I agree with you whole heartedly. While I am so glad Joel is making good progress I am very sad about some the things that have been happening on the Listserve. I just got a private email from Elsie Sikes and she said I could share this on the List. She said she could not stand all the bickering and was unsubscribing to the Pate List serve. I hope no one else feels this way. We could lose a lot of knowledgeable Pate researchers if this continues. So I am asking again that we should think before we post on the the List. Let's concentrate on helping each other all we can while Joel is out of commission. Please and Thank you. Covis -----Original Message----- From: AJ <[email protected]> To: Pate-L <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jul 28, 2010 9:43 am Subject: [PATE] Genealogical Inquiries on the Pate Listserve In Joel's absence, everyone who can contribute should make an effort to answer inquiries or questions that may be posted. Just be conscientious in making clear whether your information is documented or not. You have likely noted how thorough Joel is on making these distinctions. Please include the sources of your information where you can. Most of the burden may fall to Clovis Herring. I will attempt to help where/when I can, but I am not even in the same league as Joel and Clovis. I acquired an interest in genealogy very late in the game, and most of my efforts have been directed to my own family line, and recently expanded to the whole Thoroughgood Pate family line which I belong to. I can answer most questions relating to the Pate DNA Project and genetic (DNA) genealogy. I will help as much as I can with questions on the Thoroughgood family line. Before posting inquiries on the Listserve, I suggest that you do the following: -- Search the archives of this Listserve to see if your question has already been answered -- Search the home page of the late Jinks Pate-Lee at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~patefamily/index.htm -- For the Thoroughgood Pate line, search "The Descendants of Thoroughgood Pate [d. 1713]" maintained by Joe Scarborough at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=thoroughgoodpate&id=I2 -- Search the "Pate Pioneers", available on CDs (as I just posted) A. J. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message