Dear Lucinda, Please be patient with us. Many of us aren't as experienced as you and words on a computer don't often convey what a person really means when they say something. We younger genealogy researchers are learning the ropes and I for one have found some wonderfully nice and helpful people along the way during my short time of exploration of my family's roots. The williness to help and share information has overwhelmed me and I hope I don't run into any schrooges who horde information or won't help others because they felt impatient with me or become offended at what I type because they can't hear my voice. I know I am not perfect, but then neither is anyone else. Peace and happiness to you. :o) Mary Atkins Zwahlen Berea, KY ----- Original Message ----- From: <OK1WE1@aol.com> To: <TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 1999 12:02 PM Subject: Re: Adkins family > DEar Karen, > Haven't been ding much on the ADkins. Been busy running to the doctor > since we've returned to Minnesota. I had my other hip replaced, several > tests I'd been putting off., Warren had a bloood clot in his leg over the > holiday and I got some sort of weird non-itching rash on my calves at the > same time. Last week I had my first cataract removed, so we've spent most of > the time in doctors offices. > I got a letter the other day from a woman who said she has been searching > for the paretns of Lewis Adkins for over two weks now and wanted to know who > they wer. I told her that's what a lot of us want to know and despite many > years of combined searching none of us had any idea yet. I just got an > anwser yesterday that said, "Well, there has to be an answer someplace, a > document or something no one has looked for." You know sometimes I get very > angry at people whothrow you a name, with no date or places and expect a > complete 10 generation read-out. Think I'm getting too old for this on line > genealogy. In the good-old-days people were polite and helpful and the hobby > was a delightful way to meet people and investigate ancestors. Now, everyone > wants instant gratification. Maybe we should all go back to snail mail and > have to wait for three weeks for an answer (if one came at all). > There are a lot of people interested in the Monroe side now, too. If > you'd like their names and E-Mail addresses, I'll send them to you, although > they don't know any more than we do about Lewis. They're still trying to > figure out who were the parents of the first 3-4 kids of RRobert and Rosannah > Puckett Monroe. I'm beginning to think the same problem is true with Lewis' > parents. Maybe those first kids belonged to him and another wife, or her and > another husbnad or they were nieces and nephews of one or the other. That is > I'm assuming that Elijah and Nancy Hunter were the parents of the rest.... > which is also a dangerous thing to do. > Well, my great-grandson just came for a visit so I'll close this out. > Please excuse the typos.... he wants to play his Math Blaster. > Let's keep in touch. It's been a long time since we've really chatted. > Earlene > > > ==== TNUNION Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe. > Send a message to TNUNION-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe