This is related to a message that appeared here today. This message is one I actually sent to another list. I think you will recognize it. ===================================================== I would strongly suggest that in the future we all resist taking in such messages and forwarding them to every mailing list we are on. There are probably 2 or 3 lists this really belonged on. This reminds me of the email messages that get sent out once in a while saying something like "DO NOT OPEN EMAIL MESSAGES WITH A SUBJECT OF "GOOD TIMES"" or words to that effect. The giveaway is that they suggest you forward it to everyone you know. This causes an explosion of copies of this email. In the case of the "Email Virus" warning, it is completely bogus. In the case of this "soldiers discharge papers" message, I really don't know, but the point is that it should be restricted to the places it really is likely to turn up a descendant. Here's why you should resist sending this on. You can see by the headers that this particular copy has been forwarded to at least 9 or 10 other lists. I think I have seen this message 8 or 10 times now. If each of those lists has 500 members then this message has gone out to 4000 to 50000 people. Now if each of them send it on to two other lists, BOOM! It is very tempting to find this message compelling. We all wish that something like this would turn up for one of our ancestors, and we hate to think of it sitting there in the hands of some unrelated soul. But think twice about forwarding anything to a list that urged you to forward it on. Well intentioned or not, it can cause problems for the list servers, etc. Hope this helps. Please don't forward this to every list you are on. <GRIN> Gil ------------------------ From: [email protected] Subject: [BARKER-L] Soldier Mark Crosby descending line Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:05:33 +0000 To: [email protected] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------19EB4FC92B6B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FOUND Soldier's paper's in picture frame at estate sale. Please pass this attached message on. Thanks. Wish they were My ancestor's records. Nan --------------19EB4FC92B6B Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by atl1.america.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA05115 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 09:44:46 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA06789; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 06:39:43 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 06:39:43 -0800 (PST) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 09:42:47 EST Old-To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Old-Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part0_911140968_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 214 Subject: [DAVIS-L] Fwd: [MOMADISO-L] CW Soldier Mark Crosby Resent-Message-ID: <"fecF0C.A.4lB.ceuT2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/4306 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_911140968_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In a message dated 11/14/98 8:13:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << This was posted on another list. I have posted it here FYI. I would suggest that those of you who belong to other groups might pass it on. I would be devastated if I missed something like this regarding one of my ancestors. Subject: Mark Crosby Jr Discharge paper Civil War From: "Richard H. Greene" <[email protected]> Subject: [Fwd: [OHMARION-L] Found: Original Civil War Discharge Paper] Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 14:39:24 -0800 I don't know how to get this posted nation-wide. But, I would like to see this original document returned to a member of the original family. My mother-in-law bought a picture frame at an estate sale in Tucson, AZ. When she took the picture out and removed the cardboard from behind it, a very delicate, old, and yellowed piece of paper fell out. This is a summary of what was written and readable on the paper: =========================================== Civil War Discharge Paper For: Mark CROSBY, Jr. Private, Company B, 16th Regiment Union Army >From Yarmouth, Massachussetts Entered service in 1860 and left service 1864 Marked Paid and signed by B. McCONNELL Description: 5 ft. 3 inches, gray eyes, dark curly hair. He was a clerk in the Union Army. Entered in the Auditors records on July 26, 1870 This document bears the Union Crest. ================================================= Help me post this for others to read. If you know someone who might be interested in this document, please E-Mail a reply to my inquiry. A life is not lost when it is known to future generations. Help me keep Mark CROSBY, Jr. alive for his family. Forward this message to anywhere you think might help. Happy Hunting! Nancy J. Smith [email protected] >> --part0_911140968_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.compuserve.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yc05.mail.aol.com (rly-yc05.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.37]) by air-yc01.mail.aol.com (v51.16) with SMTP; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 23:13:17 1900 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yc05.mail.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id XAA08768; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 23:13:07 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA17363; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 20:09:13 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 20:09:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 23:11:13 -0500 From: Judy Wick <[email protected]> Sender: Judy Wick <[email protected]> Old-To: "INTERNET:[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "INTERNET:[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "INTERNET:[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "INTERNET:[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "INTERNET:[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "INTERNET:[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Disposition: inline X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by bl-14.rootsweb.com id UAA17171 Subject: [MOMADISO-L] CW Soldier Mark Crosby Resent-Message-ID: <"saWyoC.A.COE.kPlT2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/129 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hello Friends: I came across this entry and thought, like the original sender, that it was worth passing on to other sites in hopes a relative of Civil War soldier Mark Crosby might see it. Judy Clark-Wick [email protected] Resent-Sender: [email protected] This was posted on another list. I have posted it here FYI. I would suggest that those of you who belong to other groups might pass it on. I would be devastated if I missed something like this regarding one of my ancestors. Subject: Mark Crosby Jr Discharge paper Civil War From: "Richard H. Greene" <[email protected]> Subject: [Fwd: [OHMARION-L] Found: Original Civil War Discharge Paper] Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 14:39:24 -0800 I don't know how to get this posted nation-wide. But, I would like to see this original document returned to a member of the original family. My mother-in-law bought a picture frame at an estate sale in Tucson, AZ. When she took the picture out and removed the cardboard from behind it, a very delicate, old, and yellowed piece of paper fell out. This is a summary of what was written and readable on the paper: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Civil War Discharge Paper For: Mark CROSBY, Jr. Private, Company B, 16th Regiment Union Army >From Yarmouth, Massachussetts Entered service in 1860 and left service 1864 Marked Paid and signed by B. McCONNELL Description: 5 ft. 3 inches, gray eyes, dark curly hair. He was a clerk in the Union Army. Entered in the Auditors records on July 26, 1870 This document bears the Union Crest. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D Help me post this for others to read. If you know someone who might be interested in this document, please E-Mail a reply to my inquiry. A life is not lost when it is known to future generations. Help me keep Mark CROSBY, Jr. alive for his family. Forward this message to anywhere you think might help. Happy Hunting! Nancy J. Smith [email protected] --part0_911140968_boundary-- ==== DAVIS Mailing List ==== Do not use HTML or RTF (rich text format) in messages sent to mailing lists. For more information, email the List Owner, J.J. Johnson ([email protected]). --------------19EB4FC92B6B-- ==== BARKER Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE the BARKER list, address your e-mail to [email protected] (or to [email protected] if you receive the digest) ---------------End of Original Message----------------- mailto:[email protected] See web page to join CARRICK/KERRICK Mail list web page: http://www.cyberramp.net/~gcarrick Researching: C*ARRICK, L*ITTLE, S*HANKLIN, S*ANFORD, M*OORE, G*AMBLE, V*AN V*LECK, & M*CELHINNEY. Gil Carrick, 1012 Portofino Dr., Arlington, TX, 76012