Thurmon, I too get very little information about my family from this site but I love to read about the successes that others have. I thoroughly enjoy reading about your childhood as much as I did the War letters that Chris posted on here a while back. Please don't be discourage by 1 person, we can never please everyone...it's their loss..you are our gain. Keep them coming best regards Ali Sackett -----Original Message----- From: Thurmon E. King [mailto:thurmonking@juno.com] Sent: 03 June 2003 19:27 To: SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com 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