I haven't found anything posted for a long time that would help me in my Sackett research but I still get the messages and I do enjoy the "tales". I myself am not from that area and don't have any ancestors that I know of that were there but it still makes good reading. Keep it up. If someone doesn't like it they can delete it. I do a lot of them that doesn't appear to be of interest to me but the "tales" are interesting to read. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thurmon E. King" <thurmonking@juno.com> To: <SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [SACKETT-L] RE: Is this a sacket list anymore > During the years I served as pastor in small churches in NV, CA, and WA; > I was always bothered when someone left the church because of something I > (or someone in our church) did or said. So, it bothers me to think that > someone has left the SACKETT-L because of my "Tales from my childhood." > > Although I cannot respond to the one who asked this question, I feel that > I should offer an explaination. Due to the fact that my Mother was Grace > Mabel SACKETT (1910-1986) I believe that each time I mention my Mother in > my postings, I am mentioning a SACKETT. > > After a few of my early postings of my "tales" I asked Nancy if I was off > subject by posting them. Her response was that "you are SACKETT and this > is the SACKETT-L." > > My motivation for posting my "tales" is to give those in our younger > generations an insight into what it was like to grow up in the 1930s in > rural Oklahoma. With that in mind; I have tried to be selective in my > postings. And I have limited my postings to 1 per week ... With the > exception of replying to responses to something I posted. I can only wish > that I had available some of the childhood memories of the children of > Reuben Sackett and Mercy Finney, or those of Simon Sackett and Isabel > Pearce. > > Just to see if I have been taking up too much of the SACKETT-L message > traffic; I checked the Threaded Archives and found that since the 1st of > March the messages relating to my "tales" have been 42 messages out of > 247 messages posted. > March 13 of 117 > April 18 of 71 > May 11 of 59 > > In this matter I will bow to the wishes of the members of the SACKETT-L > > One point I would take exception to is the statement that I "gather" > information. > > I like to believe that there is a difference between "gathering" > information and compiling information. And I like to believe that I am > compiling information about SACKETTs and SACKETT descendants. > > thurmon > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb blocks HTML formatting in email messages. Be sure to set your > email software to text only before posting a message to the list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >