To fulfill a need I have to know as much as I can about the family that came before me...who's blood is running in my veins. Two of my cousins are also interested in our roots. One is working on a different branch of our family...the other just likes knowing about our past. My three children are really not interested. Two of my children are older than I was when this burning fire began inside me. With my youngest, there may be some hope. She might...just might get bitten by the bug. Vicki Marilyn Bess <bess@penn.com> wrote: 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 ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com