Good morning, all. I really think we are making too much out of the "peddlar" stories. Those of us that enjoy these stories should be free to read them. Those that don't care for the stories don't have to read them. You can simply hit the delete button. Personally, I'd like to hear more stories. I hope everyone on the list has a GREAT weekend. Richard Gillespie, DC mailto:DrRickTx@rattlers.net -----Original Message----- From: James Neill [mailto:neillliberal@onlinemac.com] Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 2:56 PM To: TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNSUMNER] Apology List, Sorry that I stured up so much trouble with Peddlers here. These were part of the lives of us and our relatives. I don't just want to know just who a relative was, I would like to know what the country was like, what the people did, their thoughts, When doing geneology, as I have for five years and people can't share stories of the past, then it's time to throw the work you have spent countless thousands of hours compiling out in the garbage can. Isn't genealogy a study of your relatives and not just put a name down for that person, tag them and let them collect dust, tell people you have thousands of names in your files. I enjoy so much, reading letters from people that served in the Civil War on this site that people post. Some things and many I don't read, I delete. Many, many people have e mailed me privately sharing what they had, that was never posted here. It's a shame, so much wasted to unwanted ears, some embarrassing, some funny. What about having a one day of the week, Memories of the Past Day. I have something that I will post if this can be, or will be permissible. Jim Neill, grew up in Gallatin, Sumner County, now living in Oregon