Well, yes Joe, I don't want to do some private eye's work for him under the guise of genealogy, but I think that is not the most likely problem. Another thing that concerns me is the potential for invasion of privacy... like a mother who doesn't want to be found by a long ago adopted child ... or the reverse. BUT... many living cousins have been found on all of my lines and they are the neatest bunch ... ones I would not want to have missed. I get the impression that this sort of thing happens to lots of us... so.. I guess , with a few good experiences, one could be more actively looking for living co-descendants (or whatever the term) ron A downstream son of So. Carolina ...looking for pebbles in the streambed. At 07:14 PM 9/29/02 -0400, you wrote: >In My Opinion: >Sometimes we have to find a living person to find out about the ones that >are no longer living. >I like to find living cousins as well as the ones that are no longer wiith >us. Some of the best relationships with family members can be made from >the ones that we have found through doing genealogy. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Joe DUKE" <jwd@vol.com> >To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 6:56 PM >Subject: [SC] Re: SC-Genealogy-D Digest V02 #235 > > >> >> Hi, all. >> >> It has been an impression which I have been given, that genealogy students >> were studying persons who would no longer be living, but I may be wrong >> about that!! >> >> This is in reply to the person who is seeking 'current' addresses, and I >> presume the ones being sought are living persons?!?!?!? >> >> Curious about this sort of protocol. >> >> Joe DUKE >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <SC-Genealogy-D-request@rootsweb.com> >> To: <SC-Genealogy-D@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 10:15 AM >> Subject: SC-Genealogy-D Digest V02 #235 >> >> >> >> >> ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== >> Virus warnings are not welcome on this list. >> Remember when writing a query, to always put in DATES & LOCATIONS >> > > >==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== >To UNSUBSCRIBE >Write SC-Genealogy-L-Request@RootsWeb.com >Plain Text with just the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of letter >Change the "L" to "D" if you have Digest Mode > >