Throw your information on them out there and see if some of us can help. Terry Sue Bunn wrote: >What if You have hit a brick wall on you biological grandparents >and no matter how much you tried you just couldn't find any- >thing or the line that they came from. You knew sorta where >the families came from but just couldn't find the link to them. >What do you do? Sue ><-----Original Message-----> > > >>From: Bob F Smith III >>Sent: 10/8/2006 10:02:18 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [PHILLIPS] phillips dna project >> >>Many years ago (more than 50) when I first started tracing my family >>history, some of my distant (and some not so distant) cousins would >>reply to my inquirys of what they may know of the family history with, >>"why in the world would anyone waste their time dragging up all that >> >> >old > > >>stuff?" >> >>As the years went by those same cuzins come back to me asking for all >>the info I had gathered so they could join this or that group that >>wanted to know your family history. I would only give additional info >>after they had sit down and completed all they already knew of their >>heritage. Those that would take the time to do that, I felt were worthy >>of benifitting from my years of hard (but enjoyable) work. Those who >>did not want to take the time and just wanted to be "given" the that >> >> >old > > >>stuff, I simply told them how they could go about researching like I >>had. Some did, some did'nt. >> >>They still come askin. >> >>Bob >> >>Carl Phillips wrote: >> >> >> >>>OH, I agree wholeheartedly. After all, this is just a hobby and many >>> >>> >folks > > >>are just not interested. >> >> >>>Carl >>> >>> >>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >----- > > >>>-------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>>Carl, >>>I think we have to sympathize with them a little. If they're not >>> >>> >interested > > >>>in their history, etc., why should THEY pay? >>>Best, Mike Moore >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>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 >> >> >>> >>> >>>Regards, >>>Carl Phillips >>>Hangtown >>> >>> >>>--------------------------------- >>>Do you Yahoo!? >>>Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>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 >>. >> >> >> > > >Click for free info on online degrees and make $150K/ year ><http://tagline.bidsystem.com/fc/KCuVllZEXwzxRtpCQmZRjwfh0SpfKY/> > > > ><span id=m2wTl><p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" style="font-size:13.5px">_______________________________________________________________<BR>Get the Free email that has everyone talking at <a href=http://www.mail2world.com target=new>http://www.mail2world.com</a><br> <font color=#999999>Unlimited Email Storage – POP3 – Calendar – SMS – Translator – Much More!</font></font></span> > >------------------------------- >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 > > > > >