Anyone who cares, I have been "into" genealogy since 1986. I continue to be amazed at the number of researchers who who live in a County and never tell you what State they are in. And the number of people who live in a city and never tell you what County or State they are in. Example: "I live in St. Clair and have relatives in Jefferson County" You are left to guess what State either place is in. Also the frequent use of the words "her'", "his" "theirs" when nowhere in the context is there a connector to hint at who they are talking about. An example would be: John Sr had a son John Jr and his ....." You are left to guess whether the "his" refers to Sr or Jr . The computer services are also not without blame: When asked for an "ID", one service offers '000d01c161bd$bfb66740$addbfea9@0telco.net' (41 characters) which, if I paste into the keyword box, I get a commercial for Otelco I am 71 years old, and I do not have a college education, but I do know how to spell. :>) I can 'read' between the lines to see the difference between 'to' and 'too' and between 'no' and 'know', but if you choose to refer to Jefferson County, I would really like to 'know" what State you are refering 'to'. L&S, Bob Davis, Vancouver, WA. USA

Bob, St. Clair (Co. seat=Ashville)and Jefferson (Co. seat=Birmingham)Co. are adjoining counties in Alabama. I live in Oneonta, county seat of Blount Co., AL. Blount Co. also adjoins St. Clair and Jefferson Co.Otelco.net is an ISP in Oneonta. I've used their services in the past so there a few postings made by me in the archives. The Johns may be my flub... I have John Inman Sr. (further information unknown) who had John Inman Jr. John Jr. married Sarah (Sally) Fielder. Sarah Fielder was the daughter of Ruth Farmer and Thomas Fielder of VA. I believe Ruth Farmer was Ruth Sudberry, widow of Forrest Farmer, also of VA. Among the other children of John Inman Jr. and Sarah Fielder was my ancestor, John III who married Winnie Going, daughter of Thomas Baxter Going. Thomas B. Going was the son of Isaac Going and Rebecca Palmer. Thomas' wife Elizabeth was a Vinson. If any of the above were problems created by me, my sincerest apologies. Davis1624@aol.com wrote: > Anyone who cares, > > I have been "into" genealogy since 1986. > I continue to be amazed at the number of researchers who who live in a > County and never tell you what State they are in. > And the number of people who live in a city and never tell you what > County or State they are in. > Example: "I live in St. Clair and have relatives in Jefferson County" > You are left to guess what State either place is in. > > Also the frequent use of the words "her'", "his" "theirs" when nowhere > in the context is there a connector to hint at who they are talking about. > An example would be: John Sr had a son John Jr and his ....." > You are left to guess whether the "his" refers to Sr or Jr . > > The computer services are also not without blame: When asked for an > "ID", one service offers '000d01c161bd$bfb66740$addbfea9@0telco.net' (41 > characters) which, if I paste into the keyword box, I get a commercial for > Otelco > I am 71 years old, and I do not have a college education, but I do > know how to spell. :>) > I can 'read' between the lines to see the difference between 'to' and 'too' > and between 'no' and 'know', but if you choose to refer to Jefferson County, > I would really like to 'know" what State you are refering 'to'. > > > L&S, > Bob Davis, > Vancouver, WA. USA > > ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== > The Piedmont Historical Society publishes a quarterly called > UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY. > http://www.angelfire.com/sc/piedmonths > > ============================== > 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

Well said Bob. Sometimes even a city and state are not enough. I was corresponding with a person that had reference to ancestor in 'Concord'. Did you know that 31 states have a 'Concord'? And it even gets worse that. There's a Concord in 7 different counties in TX, 6 in TN, 5 in AL and NC, 4 in OH, KY and VA, 3 in GA, MO and PA, and so on. So, a thorough description of the location is critical. Bob. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Davis1624@aol.com> To: <SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 4:03 PM Subject: [SCUNION] "ditch" b > > > Anyone who cares, > > > I have been "into" genealogy since 1986. > I continue to be amazed at the number of researchers who who live in a > County and never tell you what State they are in. > And the number of people who live in a city and never tell you what > County or State they are in. > Example: "I live in St. Clair and have relatives in Jefferson County" > You are left to guess what State either place is in. > > Also the frequent use of the words "her'", "his" "theirs" when nowhere > in the context is there a connector to hint at who they are talking about. > An example would be: John Sr had a son John Jr and his ....." > You are left to guess whether the "his" refers to Sr or Jr . > > The computer services are also not without blame: When asked for an > "ID", one service offers '000d01c161bd$bfb66740$addbfea9@0telco.net' (41 > characters) which, if I paste into the keyword box, I get a commercial for > Otelco > I am 71 years old, and I do not have a college education, but I do > know how to spell. :>) > I can 'read' between the lines to see the difference between 'to' and 'too' > and between 'no' and 'know', but if you choose to refer to Jefferson County, > I would really like to 'know" what State you are refering 'to'. > > > L&S, > Bob Davis, > Vancouver, WA. USA > > > ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== > The Piedmont Historical Society publishes a quarterly called > UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY. > http://www.angelfire.com/sc/piedmonths > > ============================== > 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 >