In a message dated 5/3/2005 11:55:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, bess@penn.com writes: I have been asked by a person who is writing a genealogy lessons for her class, why do people research? She wants imput other than from a religious point of view. She would like to step outside of her world and find out why the rest of us research our families. She also had question on how computer literate the average person is. How about the rest of your family and friends? Most of mine other than my chidlren could care less. Thank you Marilyn --- As Sharyn has already noted this discussion is much better suited to the ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS list. Thanks! Joan, admin

----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Reasons for research > > In a message dated 5/3/2005 11:55:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, > bess@penn.com > writes: > > I have been asked by a person who is writing a genealogy lessons for her > class, why do people research? She wants imput other than from a > religious > point of view. She would like to step outside of her world and find out > why > the rest of us research our families. She also had question on how > computer > literate the average person is. How about the rest of your family and > friends? Most of mine other than my chidlren could care less. Thank you > Marilyn > > > > --- > As Sharyn has already noted this discussion is much better suited to the > ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS list. > > Thanks! > > Joan, admin > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > To volunteer to do a lookup or to exchange lookups, go here: > http://www.RAOGK.org > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

I am sorry that I sent my message to the wrong list . Thanks for your forgiveness. Marilyn