I've enjoyed everything that has come on the list. I love memories (proper spelling) and hope they continue. That's the beauty of the delete button, if you don't want to read anything like that. Maybe others have Sackett memories also. Thanks, Thurmon and Nancy. Mary Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy CLUFF Siders" <siders@cableone.net> To: <SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:20 AM Subject: [SACKETT-L] RE: Is this a sacket list anymore > I just unsubscribbed from the Sackett list. The reason being, it seems to > be a Thurmon memory lane list! I have to tell you I really don't care to be > e-mailed his memorys, nor does it have anything to do with Sackett > genealogy. I think it is a misuse of the list. > I know Thurmon, does "gather" information and post it, which I am greatful > for, but if he wants to post his memorys, it should be done somewhere else. > > ============================ > > Yes, SACKETT-L is alive and well. The Sackett Family Association's > Coordinating Committee is working actively in the background to set up a > means of preserving what SACKETT-L has built to this day. In doing this > and with the conversion of the administrative software at my work place, I > have not been as active as I perhaps should have been as Admin to this list. > As you mentioned, Thurmon does a lot in gathering information and posting > it. He locates the ancestors for many new subscribers. He's built > fantastic resources on the web for Sackett researchers that we're working to > preserve. Thurmon helps me as Admin to keep the list active. He answers > many if not all of the queries. Problem email addresses turn up with > regular postings. This helps me. If you noticed, he never sends his Tales > of Childhood if the list is busy. > > It's regretful that you unsubscribed from SACKETT-L. I hope you decide to > rejoin sometime in the future. I have kept your identity anonymous with > this posting to the list so that you may feel comfortable in rejoining us. > TSFA has some pretty exciting times ahead of it and I hope you will be > interested in it's future! You are the first to express objections to > Thurmon's postings of his Tales of Childhood. Personally, I would be > EXTREMELY ENTHUSIASTIC if I could run across a journal of any of my > ancestor's memories. For the future generations, it may be via the > Internet's archives. Now if more subscribers started sending their > memories, I'd have to step in. I recently asked him to tell us more about > his SACKETT relatives, encouraging more of the SACKETT theme in his > postings. > > Again, I hope you decide to resubscribe. > > Later...Nancy > Nancy Cluff Siders > List Admin > CLUFF-L, COUNTRYMAN-L, LETSON-L, MCKAY-ELKENNY-L, SACKETT-L, SIDERS-L > > LIFE: Live. Love. Learn. Leave a legacy. ~Dr. Stephen R. Covey > > > > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > To Subscribe to the digest, SACKETT-D, address your email to: > sackett-d-request@rootsweb.com and type: SUBSCRIBE. Remember to > unsubscribe yourself from sackett-l or you will get multiple copies! > > ============================== > 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 > >