Hi, Would a letter written by an attorney get more attention and cooperation for you ? Just a thought. nance jones Mark Massey <markf@psknet.com> wrote: Barbara- -My Grand Father was in Keswick--He died there in 1910--I contacted them about three years ago and they were very uncooperative--Well honestly they just had no time for genealogical research--I offered to pay whatever they asked to send me any information on John Patterson Massey Jr.--- I have hit a brick wall mostly because the family was embarrassed by my Grand Father--They completely cut my Grand Mother and there Grand Children OFF---I have a had dickens of a time researching my line--At the time of my Grand Fathers commitment the word " DRUNKARD " was in there title--This PC nonsense is a feel good sham--And a waste of time-- NOW--If you know of any way you could put me in touch with someone that can help me I would really appreciate it--I think they are missing an huge revenue opportunity in not catering to genealogists-- Your bringing to light this obscure possibility for research is very valuable--I hope more members will send in there odd little encounters with off the wall treasure troves-- Mark F. Massey Fr. ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Several years ago one of my cousins had an extraordinary bit of luck and discovered the name of the orphanage his gm came from - she had gone to Oklahoma on an orphan train. The orphanage had the original records including parent's names and was not at all cooperative. He hired an attorney who got a local judge to ordered the records to be released for 'family medical history purposes'. It worked John -----Original Message----- From: philly-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:philly-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of nance jones Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 1:32 PM To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Admin notice Hi, Would a letter written by an attorney get more attention and cooperation for you ? Just a thought. nance jones Mark Massey <markf@psknet.com> wrote: Barbara- -My Grand Father was in Keswick--He died there in 1910--I contacted them about three years ago and they were very uncooperative--Well honestly they just had no time for genealogical research--I offered to pay whatever they asked to send me any information on John Patterson Massey Jr.--- I have hit a brick wall mostly because the family was embarrassed by my Grand Father--They completely cut my Grand Mother and there Grand Children OFF---I have a had dickens of a time researching my line--At the time of my Grand Fathers commitment the word " DRUNKARD " was in there title--This PC nonsense is a feel good sham--And a waste of time-- NOW--If you know of any way you could put me in touch with someone that can help me I would really appreciate it--I think they are missing an huge revenue opportunity in not catering to genealogists-- Your bringing to light this obscure possibility for research is very valuable--I hope more members will send in there odd little encounters with off the wall treasure troves-- Mark F. Massey Fr. ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message