Hi Hugh, thanks for your thanks! Let us know more about your families and maybe someone can help you out with a connection. Linda Merle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Fullerton" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:10:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [S-I] Roots TV to Live On Linda: I am one of the non-posters, because I feel there is little that I can add. But I really appreciate the education I am getting, as well as leads, from this list. And thank you so much for all you put into it. Hugh Fullerton Magnolia, TX USA (Ulster Scot out of Pennsylvania on both sides of the family) On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:56 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marilyn, I enjoyed your story - it was the pub talk that was getting to > me. A couple people claimed they were leaving yesterday (and used the f* > word!!! Hey, that's MY Job, as the Belfast joke goes....) but might be still > here if they haven't figured out how to get off the list. Hehehe, I love it > when people insult me/us and then need help leaving <grin>. So humiliating > ...... I try to remember that when getting out of control on other lists > <grin>. > > There is no happy medium. Personally I value participants much more than I > do guys who never post but are the first to complain we aren't entertaining > them the right way. (It's okay to 'lurk' -- don't feel compelled to post. It > can be intimidating, I know). > > Besides I like it when my cage rattles a little. Helps keep me awake. > > Linda Merle (List Admin) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:17:02 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [S-I] Roots TV to Live On > > Oops...sorry Linda. I was just telling a little story about a great memory. > Didn't mean to rattle your cage. > > Marilyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:32 AM > Subject: [S-I] Roots TV to Live On > > > > Hi folks, I hope you all are familar with Roots TV. It is a free website > > with video on genealogy. Recently the owners announced it was too > > expensive to continue, but due to an overwhelming outcry (and the > > agreement of users that they'd tolerate commercials to keep it), this > > treasure trove of 700 and growing videos will stay on line. > > > > If you haven't used it, consider doing so. I always say (alas, not > > jokingly) that one big difference I have noted between professional > > genealogists and amateurs is that the pros are always learning and the > > amateurs think they already know it all. Chances are you can't afford > > hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of dollars to solve one of your many > > problems, but luckily there is a cheaper alternative: plugging in the ol' > > thinking cap. This also delays the onset of Alzheimers (but doesn't seem > > to help much with fitness goals) besides protecting the family fortunes. > > > > To read Dick Eastman's announcement see > > > http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/03/rootstelevisioncom-will-survive.html > > > > Or go here to the website: > > http://rootstelevision.com/ > > > > Click on "Please Read" to read the announcement. > > > > Linda Merle > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message