Janice, I am so very sorry this has happened. Thank you for your hard work and what time you did put into it. It was appreciated by me for sure. Some people can be so nasty when a little something inconveniences them. I was originally doing the ~Obit postings for this list, but when I would post more than about 3 or 5 at a time, I would get private 'hate mail' for it from a choice few. I was either locking up someone's computer or causing them to have to sit and wait for too much mail to download or causing them some other kind of problem. I got physically sick from the stress of receiving this kind of nasty mail when my only intention was to hopefully help put a missing piece of the genealogy puzzle together for someone, so I just stopped posting to this group altogether and have been here just lurking for months. When you started posting the obits and went over 5 at a time (sometimes you would post a dozen or more at a time) I sat here cringing, wondering just how long it would take before someone called you out on it, too. It didn't take long. Sad. So very sad that anyone felt the need to drop out rather than just hit their DELETE key. Back to lurking for me now. Thanks again for your time and hard work. Laynie --- 61 y/o maternal granddaughter of Daniel Chisholm Pate & Annie Maie Ricaud Pate (Thor Pate Line of Marlboro County, SC) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Marler" <youdee20012001@yahoo.com> To: "RootsWeb Pate" <Pate@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:27 PM Subject: [PATE] Apology The owner of this List-serve has asked me not to post any more obituaries. There are several reasons, but the most important reason is that it was annoying people and causing some to drop from the list. I humbly apologize for causing any problems here as this is a wonderful genealogical source. I do hope that those who dropped out can be persuaded to rejoin. I will continue to enjoy all the postings that are made. Little here has been posted concerning my line, but there is always hope that this may change. May everyone have a good year. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PATE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Janice I was horrified that these so called researchers would attack a genuine person trying to help with a broad brush . 99% of the help messages are of no use to me but if you look at the thanks from enlightened researchers shows the broad brush approach is working and appreciated . May I humbly apologize on behalf of these short sighted so called researchers . Laurie researching Pate Edinburgh to Australia I was originally doing the ~Obit postings for this list, but when I would post more than about 3 or 5 at a time, I would get private 'hate mail' for it from a choice few. I was either locking up someone's computer or causing them to have to sit and wait for too much mail to download or causing them some other kind of problem. I got physically sick from the stress of receiving this kind of nasty mail when my only intention was to hopefully help put a missing piece of the genealogy puzzle together for someone, so I just stopped posting to this group altogether and have been here just lurking for months.