In a message dated 7/15/2007 9:44:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Many of the replies will be from people who have spent only a "few years attempting to research" and absolutely "nil" time in a Genealogical Library or a Historical Society making any effort to write "Snail Mail" or any time assuming effort to obtain documented iinformation.. Oh, I think that is a bogus statement. Personally, I've been researching my RI families for 17 years. All I did was ask was if she was willing to give me a little help. Since beginning my research I have become disabled and almost completely housebound. Because of my disabilities I can no longer scan film or books. So my research is limited to the Internet and the nice people on the list. I am sorry that my request has created such a stir. Linda ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
OK folks it looks like this discussion may be getting out of hand, I suggest it be dropped As far as lookups go if you will go to the following site you will find lookup volunteers for all of Rhode Island along with some of their books http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/lookups.html There are a few lookup volunteers who belong to this mail list who usually offer to lookup something when it is requested There is no reason to post some of the remarks that have been seen here recently about lookups, especially the one about "Many of the replies will be from people who have spent only a "few years attempting to research", do not forget you were once new to genealogy yourself there are lots of "newbies" who belong to this mail list who resents remarks like that, me for one, I only have about 12 years in it, I hope that remark does not scare off the newbies or keep them from asking questions, one purpose of this list is to help each other Some people, such as Jane, with lots of knowledge about sources have such a busy schedule that they do not have time for doing lookups Arlan Maguire... ********************************************************************* Administrator: RIGENWEB Mail List Email: [email protected] ********************************************************************* County Coordinator: Kent County Rhode Island http://www.rootsweb.com/~rikent/ Washington County Rhode Island http://www.rootsweb.com/~riwashin/ **********************************************************************