I guess I am having a problem with understanding what in the world the PRA IS!! It sounds autocratic and seems to have none of the spirit of the genealogists I have been privileged to know online. I, for one, would NEVER join it as it appears petty and mean. Audrey Annable Franklin -
Audrey, Audrey, hold your horses! I joined in the fall, and received a most gracious (and lengthy!) reply from Gene to a comment I made that I have Family Treemaker but do not like it. The reply was not only gracious, but included information on how to choose a program, evaluate the ones out there, etc. I think you will find that, like you and me, a lot of people are confused, & seeking help from any corner we can get it, but still willing to help anyone else whenever and however we can. Most others are the same. My impression is that the group leaders are still trying, just like me, to further their own research. I know I spend hours, a lot of it fruitless, but occasionally getting inundated with good information. Besides that, it takes a lot to VERIFY all that! A truly useful family association can't afford to be other than rigorous - a good walk through the message boards for one of my families would convince you of that! One runs into sons born before their fathers, a lady married to 3-4 family members in widely differing locations at the same time, and she must have truly been something because she bore children for nearly a century! Somebody needs to arbitrate the nonsense. And the rest of us need to remember that, most likely, all of us are fallible! Thanks, everyone. Ruth C. Roadinger jwsarah@rconnect.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Audrey Annable Franklin <jrfranklin@earthlink.net> To: <PENNINGTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:08 AM Subject: [Pennington-L] RE: PRA > I guess I am having a problem with understanding what in the world the PRA > IS!! It sounds autocratic and seems to have none of the spirit of the > genealogists I have been privileged to know online. I, for one, would NEVER > join it as it appears petty and mean. > Audrey Annable Franklin > > - > > > ==== PENNINGTON Mailing List ==== > Please do not post virus warnings on this list. > Practice safe e-mail habits and only open attachments you're expecting > For addition virus info see http://www.symantec.com/us.index.html or > http://www.mcafee.com/ >