> From: SaZaBY@aol.com > Date sent: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 14:08:22 EST > Subject: Re: [RAINWATER-L] Related family > To: RAINWATER-L@rootsweb.com > Forwarded by: RAINWATER-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello all, > Maybe it is the euphoria of this thing exploding as it has, but let me put > forth this, I live in Rowan County, NC. While there were few if any > Rainwaters who migrated here, Rowan County is one of the oldest if not > oldest unburned counties in NC and I volunteer at the History Room of the > Rowan County Library. This is a grand library and possesses several > collections, most famous of which is the McCubbins Collection. If you > have related families let me know. I am not a professional genealogist, > but have been bite by the bug for over 22 years and have gone to Samford > University for a couple of the weeklong seminars at the IGHR Center. > Depending upon the amount of requests I would try to help anyone I could. > I have not decided whether to make it gratis or if there should be a > fee. Give me some input. Perhaps I am violating Rootsweb rules, duh, > just thought of that. > > Another idea, Surry County is just north of Rowan County, in fact 33 > western NC counties like Iredell, Burke, etc were formed form old Rowan > Co, NC. Anyway, if someone can think of possible leads on looking for old > John and his wife and kids in Surry, it is not too far to Dobson(the > County Seat) and Hogans Creek > >Don Pruitt **** Don, You have made a tempting offer to us, especially since you are sitting in the middle of so nice a library. As far a RootsWeb rules .... courteousness is the rule .... which I have found to be very common among our Rainwater subscribers. When I was first considering transfering the old Rainwater Network mailing list to automated facilities, a few of the then subscribers indicated they were concerned the list would get cluttered with superfluous postings. This the main reason why this list is to be kept focused on the business of genealogy. I'm sure most of us have an opinion about the antics of our country's politicians, but these opinions should be kept private and off the main mailing list, as should the myriad of seasonal greetings keep private between individuals. I'm saying this only once here for the benefit of about 30 new subscribers that have recently been added. You Rainwater cousins who have been around for a while know all this, sorry to bore you by repeating it. As far as SPAM, RootsWeb's filtering software takes care of deleting those things before they reach the lists. However, if anyone would like to receive spam mail, just make one genealogy inquiry or posting to a message board at a large online service such as AOL. You'll then start to receive more commerical announcements than you ever dreamed existed ...... another reason why RootsWeb was chosen over others when I was considering automating the old Rainwater Network list. Regards, Bob Schimmel, listowner