Here, here. Jane has my second to that motion. Bill Mc Afee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane McCann Walsh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Personal Emails ! > Sue Moore wrote: > > > The only reason I did this is because so many are new and want to reply to > > the list, but didn't know how. I will change it this weekend to the other > > way, if it would make it better. I know in the past that some people had > > problems trying to email the list, then would wonder why they didn't get any > > replies. Also sometime people would pick up on a message with a new name > > that they might be looking for or new idea's where to find information, when > > people are writing to the list. > > Hi, Sue, > Thank you for your management of this list and for your concerns > about how to make this list work better for everyone. That IS difficult. > I do agree with the suggestion to make the switch which would allow > us to simply reply to the Sender, but I also have a couple additional > thoughts on this subject. > > Especially when we are exchanging public or published information about > ancestors who lived in the area over 150 years ago, I believe that it > is best to send the information to the entire list. This is simply because > of the probability that such an ancestor has, by now, thousands of descendants. > By sharing with the list, we are very likely helping others at the same time. > If not right at the moment, then later when the archives of the list are > searched by future researchers. > > Furthermore, there is so much we can learn from the answers to other people's > questions, things we might not yet have thought to ask, such as the questions > about the chronology of the counties' evolutions, or the meaning of various > legal terms in land transactions, what the currency was at a certain time. Or, > we may read a name that sparks an investigation that uncovers a connection. > It is not uncommon for someone to learn about a spelling variation in a name > from reading the responses to others' questions. And, I know that I have often > learned about a genealogy resource with which I was totally unfamiliar, such as > a book, a library, a courthouse list. > > Finally, by sharing with the list we can increase the spirit of sharing, that > is what these lists were designed to encourage. RootsWeb began at Rand as a > genealogy club, a place where people shared with one another. The 'Net helps > us do that, but if we all do it just one to one, then the newcomers do not get > to see that they are expected, too, to share. And, that it is OK to ask a > question because it is very likely that your question will be answered! > > So, I suggest that, once Sue makes this change, that those making the responses > think twice before they reply only to the sender; some questions should be > answered by using the "Reply All" option. > > Best regards, > Jane > [email protected] > >

I agree!!! Eleanor Dear Sue, Please do not change a thing. There is a button on the keyboard that says "delete". Let all complainers use it and let's leave things the way they are. I have picked up information from these so-called personal messages. I have found that once a list gets busy, someone gets offended at getting too much mail. Never fails. Jean

I agree! 20 - 30 e-mail messages is not even a drop in the bucket. Recently I went away for three days and has 570 e-mails waiting when I got back. About a dozen were important and the rest were interesting reading. Jimmie Homosassa, FL > Dear Sue, > > Please do not change a thing. There is a button on the keyboard that says > "delete". Let all complainers use it and let's leave things the way they > are. I have picked up information from these so-called personal messages. > > I have found that once a list gets busy, someone gets offended at getting > too much mail. Never fails. > > Jean > > > >

how do i unsubscribe from this list that floods my mailbox!!!!

The dialog on the functioning of the list has been quite constructive and many good ideas have been expressed. I've been a member of the list since 1996 and can say that most of the time the messages exchanged are topic related. This has been an unusual period of activity -- still mostly good activity. We all know that sometimes this list is quite slow. This has been a burst of activity. That happens on most lists. I agreed with Norma's message that kicked off the "personal email" discussion and I must say I'm impressed with the civility of the responses. I agreed with many of them as well. Good -- and helpful -- people are on this list. Must be our common roots! ;-) I especially share the concern that when the default option is set to reply to an individual rather than to the whole list there is much potential for members to miss "good stuff." List members may see the question but not the answer. I think that this flurry of activity will pass, Spring will come, and things will go back to the way they were -- which was great. Considering that this is the first time that this issue has arisen on this list, Sue, I suggest that no change be made for now and we all take a "wait and see" attitude. --Dick Ross

Dear Sue, Please do not change a thing. There is a button on the keyboard that says "delete". Let all complainers use it and let's leave things the way they are. I have picked up information from these so-called personal messages. I have found that once a list gets busy, someone gets offended at getting too much mail. Never fails. Jean

THANK YOU FOR THIS POST I FOUND SOME OF MY FAMILY ON IT VAUGHN

FRIENDSHIP CEMETERY Tombstone Readings Berlin Road, County Route 7, Hacker's Creek Historic Area Lewis County, West Virginia (partial read by Nanci Headley Kotowski, 2/11/2001) Alkire, Dora, b. 1860, d. 1942 Alkire, Edwin, b. 1858, d. 1944 Alkire, Joseph, d. May 25, 1843, 19y 1m 25d Alkire, Kile, b. 1880, d. 1955 Allman, Eber P., b. Feb 21, 1873, d. Jun 20, 1911 Allman, Gracie B., b. 1890, d. 1960 Allman, Otto, b. 1885, d. 1961 Arnold, Everett E., b. Mar 24, 1883, d. Feb 2, 1965 Arnold, Nita, b. Jun 2, 1885, d. Sep 20, 1964 Atkins, Charles P., b. 1866, d. 1943 Atkins, Cora Lee, b. 1869, d. 1962 Bargerhuff, Addie S., b. 1879, d. 1965 Bargerhuff, Layman I., b. 1873, d. 1950 Batten, Ida, b. 1876, d. 1965 Batten, Kate, b. 1858, d. 1925 Batten, Loretta, b. 1874, d. 1946 Batten, Rev. David, b. 1847, d. 1897 Batten, Richard, b. 1872, d. 1936 Batten, Sarah C., b. 1852, d. 1926, w/o Rev. David Batten Batten, Thomas, b. 1848, d. 1905 Beeghley, Harvey E., b. 1899, d. 19-- Beeghley, Renna, b. 1903, d. 19-- Boram, Alta M., b. Sep 11, 1898, d. Jun 19, 1985 Boram, Alva M., b. 1870, d. 1943 Boram, Anna M., b. 1838, d. 1911, w/o John Boram Boram, Annis R., b. 1846, d. 1920 Boram, Biddie G., b. 1886, d. 1972 Boram, James F., b. 1901, d. 1981 Boram, F. M., b. 1846, d. 1936 Boram, John, b. 1829, d. 1906 Boram, Noka B., b. 1910, d. 1989 Bowen, Mrs. C. V., b. 1878, d. 1969 Bowen, Rev. Z. B., b. 1874, d. 1941 Brake, Kathryn, b. 1900, d. 1965 Brake, Olaf B., b. 1897, d. 1988 Chidester, Juanita Cayton, b. 1927, d. 1948 Collins, Bertha Batton [sic], b. 1886, d. 1972 Connolly, Ann B., b. 1899, d. 1948 Connolly, Eva M., b. Jan 5, 1879, d. Mar 2, 1940 Connolly, Hunter A., b. 1900, d. 1935 Connolly, W. T., b. May 5, 1873, d. Jul 10, 1948 Cookman, Edgar, b. 1881, d. 1958 Cookman, Ella B., b. 1880, d. 1943 Courtright, Martha E., b. 1844, d. 1923, w/o William M. Courtright Courtright, William M., b. 1832, d. 1910 Davisson, Gladys Gordon, b. 1894, d. 1949 Davisson, Ralph Gordon, b. Nov 5, 1915, d. May 11, 1990 Gabardi, Lucille, b. 1907, d. 1985 Gochenour, Alfred J., b. 1891, d. 1972 Gochenour, Bertha M., b. 1889, d. 1983 Gochenour, Delbert, b. 1918, d. 1931 Gochenour, Ernest E., b. 1881, d. 1966 Gochenour, Reta M., b. 1895, d. 1975 Gordon, D. Jasper, b. 1853, d. 1922, Father Gordon, Edith E., b. 1856, d. 1913, Mother Gould, Daisy E., b. 1890, d. 1973 Gould, Wayne J., b. 1927, d. 1978 Gould, Wilbur, b. 1883, d. 1944 Hacker, Claudia H., b. 1889, d. 1984 Hacker, Fay, b. 1881, d. 1968 Hacker, J. Harvey, b. 1883, d. 1963 Hacker, Virginia E., b. 1861, d. 1951 Hacker, William E., b. 1852, d. 1938 Haney, M. Myrtle, b. 1885, d. 1954 Haney, Reason F., b. 1877, d. 1932 Hart, Artie A., b. 1875, d. 1957 Hart, Rev. W. H., b. 1861, d. 1951 Hersman, Clay, b. Sep 8, 1883, d. Jul 6, 1912, s/o Mark & Olive R. Hersman Hersman, Mark, b. 1844, d. 1916 Hersman, Olive R., b. 1855, d. 1922 Hess, Ira H., b. 1869, d. 1934 Hess, Septemma, b. 1869, d. 1951 Hinzman, Enoch, b. 1870, d. 1952 Hinzman, Maude, b. 1879, d. 1941 Hinzman, Odise E., b. Jan 30, 1899, d. Jul 16, 1986 Hite, Jessie F., b. 1887, d. 1978 Hite, Worthy M., b. 1891, d. 1978 Jamison, Cora E., b. 1881, d. 1944 Jamison, John H., b. 1875, d. 1947 Kelley, Edna C., b. 1887, d. 1979 Kelley, Mildred, b. 1912, d. 1913 Kelley, S. D., b. 1879, d. 1935 Kelly, Mordecia Hinzman, b. Mar 6, 1867, d. Sep 6, 1949 Kelly, Rev. Ferdinand T., b. Jul 10, 1870, d. Jan 25, 1951 Law, Clacet G., b. Sep 18, 1913, d. Sep 18, 1913, s/o G. M. & L. M. Law Law, Guy M., b. 1882, d. 1964 Law, Lura M., b. 1875, d. 1960 Lawson, Addie B., b. 1868, d. 1942 Lawson, Elizabeth, b. Nov 7, 1836, d. Jul 2, 1913 Lawson, George, b. Feb 23, 1822, d. Feb 13, 1911 Lawson, John C., b. 1866, d. 1952 Louderback, Isaac N., b. 1865, d. 1939 Louderback, Martha E., b. 1868, d. 1938 Lough, Bonnie I., b. 1910 Lough, Ralph J., b. 1910, d. 1975 Marple, Ethel M., b. 1907, d. 1983 Marple, Mallalieu, b. 1909, d. 1988 McDonald, Eliza A., b. 1830, d. 1910 McKeever, Alfred L., b. 1844, d. 1915 McKeever, Harry B., b. Apr 20, 1883, d. May 23, 1955 McKeever, Mary M., b. Feb 5, 1896, d. Sep 22, 1950 McKeever, Sarah E., b. 1846, d. 1932, w/o Alfred L. McKeever McWhorter, Carlton B., b. 1893, d. 1972 McWhorter, E. May, b. Sep 12, 1859, d. Sep 2, 1936 McWhorter, Eunice B., b. 1895, d. 1985 McWhorter, Goldie H., b. 1894, d. 1978 McWhorter, S. Bruce, b. Sep 5, 1857, d. May 17, 1899 McWhorter, S. Murray, b. 1891, d. 1971 Meek, M. A., b. 1858, d. 1936 Meek, S. E., b. 1858, d. 1948 Melton, Dessie D., b. 1916 Melton, Matthew O., b. 1910, d. 1985 Miller, Grace G., b. 1889, d. 1986 Miller, Thomas G., b. 1924, d. 1924 Miller, Thomas R., b. 1889, d. 1976 Moore, Loyd L., b. 1865, d. 1928 Moore, Minnie, w/o Loyd L. Moore Morrison, Albert N., b. 1850, d. 1934 Morrison, Mary Hinzman, b. 1857, d. 1932 Norman, Susanna, b. 1851, d. 1912, w/o D. W. Norman Pringle, Clarence, b. 1895, d. 19-- Pringle, Harriet, b. 1861, d. 1926, w/o M. F. Pringle Pringle, M. F., b. 1859, d. 1945 Pringle, Ola L., b. 1891, d. 1951 Propst, Bruce P., b. 1869, d. 1957 Propst, Iona, 1897 Propst, Mabel, 1907 Propst, Reah, 1906 Propst, Vadie K., b. 1872, d. 1961 Queen, Brooks J., b. 1909, d. 1973 Queen, Floy Q., b. 1885, d. 1952, Mother Queen, Ira Q., b. 1877, d. 1971, Father Queen, Mollie, b. 1877, d. 1964 Queen, Richard Darrel, b. Feb 13, 1920, d. Mar 31, 1920, s/o Ira & Floy Queen Queen, Ruby S., b. 1909, d. 19-- Queen, Theodore, b. 1875, d. 1967 Radabaugh, Oval P., b. 1905, d. 1990 Radabaugh, Von R., b. 1908, d. 1980 Ramsburg, Etta B., b. 1898, d. 1946 Ramsburg, Evert I., b. 1894, d. 1935 Reger, Isaac S., b. Jan 2, 1852, d. Mar 7, 1933 Reger, J. Clyde, b. Dec 18, 1906, d. Aug 31, 1979 Reger, Olive M., b. Feb 5, 1856, d. Jul 21, 1948 Rinehart, Icie M., b. 1876, d. 1958 Rinehart, Orlando L., b. 1869, d. 1939 Rogers, Maude, b. 1878, d. 1965 Rogers, Willis, b. 1872, d. 1953 Rohr, Olen, b. 1892, d. 1972 Rohr, Sara E., b. 1891, d. 1981 Saversky, Helen M., b. Jan 20, 1902, d. Mar 24, 1999 Saversky, John, b. Aug 19, 1907, d. Jan 9, 1985 Smith, Dexter, b. 1846, d. 1925 Smith, Edwin J., b. 1871, d. 1951 Smith, Ollie G., b. 1886, d. 1973 Smith, Onley Glenn, b. 1892, d. 1982, PFC US Army, World War I [NOTE: Family stone reads O. Glenn Smith] Smith, Pauline, b. 1914, d. 1944 Smith, Tacy, b. 1849, d. 1932 Smith, Thelma, b. 1905, d. 1990 Speirs, French L., b. Sep 6, 1903, d. Mar 31, 1942 Speirs, Laura C., b. 1872, d. 1952 Spiers [sic], Jesse R., b. 1873, d. 1945 Stalnaker, Martha J., b. Dec 25, 1838, d. Sep 30, 1914, w/o Mortimer W. Stalnaker Stalnaker, Melvina Jane, b. 1854, d. 1906 Stalnaker, Mortimer W., b. May 1, 1831, d. Mar 5, 1905 Straley, J. C., b. 1862, d. 1944 Swiger, Arthur, b. 1886, d. 1973 Swiger, Eska, b. 1889, d. 1975 Swiger, Jason Waldo, b. May 25, 1912, d. Jan 23, 1971, West Virginia, Cpl 645 TD BN, World War II Swiger, Ralph E., b. Aug 19, 1932, d. Jan 12, 1995 Swisher, James Wilbur, b. 1903, d. 1934 Swisher, Laura Belle, b. 1877, d. 1968 Swisher, Robert Ervin, b. 1866, d. 1958 Swisher, Samira, b. Feb 6, 1843, d. Apr 7, 1919, Mother Swisher, Thomas E., b. Jul 27, 1842, d. Jan 24, 1920, Father Waggoner, Alonzo, b. 1867, d. 1912 Waggoner, Emma, b. 1873, d. 1956, w/o Alonzo Waggoner Waugh, Russell G. "Bob", b. Apr 6, 1936, d. Apr 28, 1998, SP4 US Army, Korea, m. Aug 30, 1957 Waugh, Wanda M., b. Oct 3, 1937 [w/o Russell Waugh] Wilfong, Brett A., b. Apr 7, 1986, d. Apr 17, 1986 Wilfong, Joel A., d. Feb 8, 1987 Wilson, Elinor Boram, b. Jun 23, 1921, d. Jul 13, 1969 Woofter, Dora Lee, b. Jul 16, 1918 Woofter, Karen Lynn, b. 1943, d. 1947 Woofter, Russell P., b. Jun 26, 1916, d. Mar 27, 1977, AS US Navy, World War II Wright, Herbert C., b. 1929, d. 1965 Wright, Isaac M., b. 1866, d. 1946 Wright, Nathan Goff, b. Aug 3, 1894, d. Oct 27, 1953 Wright, Thressa V., b. 1872, d. 1955 Zahn, Harley E., b. Sep 18, 1894, d. Nov 18, 1969, West Virginia, PFC 154 Depot Brig., World War I Zahn, Noka, b. Jan 7, 1903, d. Nov 8, 1985

Sue About you’re changing the reply setting? Over the past years of looking at all the messages on the list I have found small links back to my families. Links that have lead in a positive direction. Do I mind looking through 50-100 messages a day? Sometimes! Do I mind the hours spent at the library to come home with nothing? Do I mind shoveling out the stuff left behind in the barn by the cattle? Yes I do mind, but it's part of the farm, so I sing and shovel or it just gets deeper. Do I mind talking to people about the old times and families? No, I love to talk and dig for my family's history. Wish I had this frame of mind back in school; history grades could have used the help! To those that have a problem with to many messages do you really have the time to be doing family research? Webster explains research as, careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles. Are you looking to find all your facts and principles in one book handed on a platter! You don't need family history to live. Like a friend Mr. Sergent from Roane Co. once told me. "Don't get into a ______ match with a skunk, or the person that buys ink by the barrel." And against better judgment and friendly advise here I am. Because some things need be said for some people and against anyone. I work for the WV Division of Highways and like this list, you can pave the street with GOLD and someone would complain about the street being to bright to drive on, when it rains, water runs off to fast or etc. Sue, you make changes to the list as you see fit. But, I would hate to lose the small messages of thank you's that maybe junk to some. That thank you that makes one forget, the mashed feet, slap to the face, and the hours of work for that thoughtless person. Even if the Thank You messages are not directed to me, I still like to see that there are thankful people still living on this earth. The little thank you that keeps me from put Helen Waite in the complaints department. To Sue and Brian a BIG THANK YOU!!!!! for the little things as well as the big things that keep this list rolling!!!!!! Proud to be a Mountaineer!! And as a friend, Mr. Blankenship, Wirt Co., in the cattle business keeps telling me, "they call it line breeding in cattle business and if you keep digging into your family history, you will find we all have one father here in WEST BY GOD VIRGINIA!!!!!" Was going to send this to you personally but someone like me might miss a THANK YOU!!! Keith Lynch Joker, WV Calhoun County And if you cannot find Joker on your map it's 60 miles from nowhere and as peaceful as can be. Population 10 and on the decline. I live in the suburb. And if you need to roll back in time join our near neighbors The Weaver's of Hur, WV here on the web, at www.hurherald.com. >From: "Sue Moore" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] Now this is personal to everyone! >Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:32:08 -0500 > >Brian has been a big help to everyone along with others in making the list >work. I hope that he has time after bachelorhood to keep up in helping >others. The Core Book's are great and his family has worked hard over the >years. Brian -- Best of luck in the future and have a very happy life with >your love one. > >Sue > >-----Original Message----- >From: Brian D Core [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 7:33 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Monongalia Story Reprints > > >I'm having a hard time keeping up with the volume of requests for lookups >in these books; thanks, Jane, for your help. If any queries look >unanswered by about 9:00 Mountain Time, I'll try my best to get to them. >I've started the countdown until the end of my bachelorhood, and I've got >lots of chores to do! > >Brian > >Brian D. Core >P.O. Box 1166 >Brighton, CO 80601 >[email protected] Web Page: http://pages.prodigy.net/greenhouseguy >For attachments, use: [email protected] > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Amen. mail:[email protected]> I have found that once a list gets busy, someone gets offended at getting > too much mail.

I'm also getting the 30-50 emails everyday - and it's driving me nuts!!!!! I tried contacting the web site to get my name OFF so my mailbox is not crammed. Let me know if you have any luck

Hi Sue, I also agree that I have picked up several "clues" to my research from the so called "personal" messages". As others have stated, if you don't want a lot of messages, don't join a list" We all join genealogy lists to get help with our research. Any information that we can glean from it is valuable whether it be for our own use or for general information is helpful. Please don't change a thing. Charlotte

I am one of the 'lurkers' on the line and while much, actually most, comments, etc. do not apply to me directly one never knows when they will find a hint or something that someone posts to the list that will be of some help. Keep up the good work and those that would rather answer to someone personally, do so. Otherwise, use the delete button if it becomes overwhelming. I agree completely with Keith, it is a process of endurance of the seat sometimes, but it can pay off for some people. Keep up the good work and thanks to all who help. Betty Evans Riley ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Lynch <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Now this is a personal Thank you to everyone! > Sue > About you're changing the reply setting? > Over the past years of looking at all the messages on the list I have found > small links back to my families. Links that have lead in a positive > direction. Do I mind looking through 50-100 messages a day? Sometimes! Do > I mind the hours spent at the library to come home with nothing? Do I mind > shoveling out the stuff left behind in the barn by the cattle? Yes I do > mind, but it's part of the farm, so I sing and shovel or it just gets > deeper. Do I mind talking to people about the old times and families? No, > I love to talk and dig for my family's history. > > Wish I had this frame of mind back in school; history grades could have used > the help! > > To those that have a problem with to many messages do you really have the > time to be doing family research? Webster explains research as, careful, > systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, > undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles. Are you looking to > find all your facts and principles in one book handed on a platter! You > don't need family history to live. > > Like a friend Mr. Sergent from Roane Co. once told me. "Don't get into a > ______ match with a skunk, or the person that buys ink by the barrel." And > against better judgment and friendly advise here I am. Because some things > need be said for some people and against anyone. > > I work for the WV Division of Highways and like this list, you can pave the > street with GOLD and someone would complain about the street being to bright > to drive on, when it rains, water runs off to fast or etc. > > Sue, you make changes to the list as you see fit. But, I would hate to lose > the small messages of thank you's that maybe junk to some. That thank you > that makes one forget, the mashed feet, slap to the face, and the hours of > work for that thoughtless person. Even if the Thank You messages are not > directed to me, I still like to see that there are thankful people still > living on this earth. The little thank you that keeps me from put Helen > Waite in the complaints department. > > To Sue and Brian a BIG THANK YOU!!!!! for the little things as well as the > big things that keep this list rolling!!!!!! > > Proud to be a Mountaineer!! And as a friend, Mr. Blankenship, Wirt Co., in > the cattle business keeps telling me, "they call it line breeding in cattle > business and if you keep digging into your family history, you will find we > all have one father here in WEST BY GOD VIRGINIA!!!!!" > > Was going to send this to you personally but someone like me might miss a > THANK YOU!!! > > Keith Lynch > Joker, WV Calhoun County > > And if you cannot find Joker on your map it's 60 miles from nowhere and as > peaceful as can be. Population 10 and on the decline. > I live in the suburb. > > And if you need to roll back in time join our near neighbors The Weaver's of > Hur, WV here on the web, at www.hurherald.com. > > > > > >From: "Sue Moore" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] Now this is personal to everyone! > >Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:32:08 -0500 > > > >Brian has been a big help to everyone along with others in making the list > >work. I hope that he has time after bachelorhood to keep up in helping > >others. The Core Book's are great and his family has worked hard over the > >years. Brian -- Best of luck in the future and have a very happy life with > >your love one. > > > >Sue > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Brian D Core [mailto:[email protected]] > >Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 7:33 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Monongalia Story Reprints > > > > > >I'm having a hard time keeping up with the volume of requests for lookups > >in these books; thanks, Jane, for your help. If any queries look > >unanswered by about 9:00 Mountain Time, I'll try my best to get to them. > >I've started the countdown until the end of my bachelorhood, and I've got > >lots of chores to do! > > > >Brian > > > >Brian D. Core > >P.O. Box 1166 > >Brighton, CO 80601 > >[email protected] Web Page: http://pages.prodigy.net/greenhouseguy > >For attachments, use: [email protected] > > > >________________________________________________________________ > >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >

Dear Sue: Please do not change a thing. Some of us are new to the computer, & don't know any other way of answering a query. Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Moore <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:25 AM Subject: RE: [VA-Har-Mon] Personal Emails ! > The only reason I did this is because so many are new and want to reply to > the list, but didn't know how. I will change it this weekend to the other > way, if it would make it better. I know in the past that some people had > problems trying to email the list, then would wonder why they didn't get any > replies. Also sometime people would pick up on a message with a new name > that they might be looking for or new idea's where to find information, when > people are writing to the list. > > Sue > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian D Core [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 8:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Personal Emails ! > > > Norma and others, > > I think there are some settings that our list owner can change that > affect how our replies go out. I use Juno e-mail software, which is a lot > easier than MS Outlook, but essentially performs the same task. When I > reply to message on the Monongalia list, a box pops up that gives me the > option of replying only to the author, or to the author and all > recipients. When I select "reply only to author," the mailing list's > address pops up in my box. The author's address isn't even available on > my screen, so I can't even force it in if I want to reply privately. > Other rootsweb lists will give you the author's address, instead of the > list's address. It annoys me, too, when I have to delete a message that > only expresses personal thanks, rather than useful genealogical > information. But I decided a long time a go that I'd rather belong to an > on-line community that is excessively polite, and just delete the useless > stuff. There are other mailing lists (like across the river and slightly > to the north, not to name names) that just aren't friendly, and aren't > worth the bother. I think that referring to us as "offenders" was rather > indelicate, but your point is well taken and I'd like to see the settings > changed so we can reply only to authors of e-mail messages. > > Brian > > Brian D. Core > P.O. Box 1166 > Brighton, CO 80601 > [email protected] Web Page: http://pages.prodigy.net/greenhouseguy > For attachments, use: [email protected] > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > >

Sue: I prefer the option, which I have on most lists, of replying to: 1) author only, 2) all subscribers, or 3) both. I don't think the messages are appropriate for the entire list when, for example, Nancy says to Jane, "Was John your grandfather, too?" The message is a personal one between two people and floods the mail boxes of hundreds of subscribers who could care less about the private conversation of Nancy & Jane. If they actually report some geneal. data about their line, complete with names, birth dates and locations, then it's more of a toss-up as to whether to send it to all of us re: ancestors/descendants of their grandfather, John. That's my opinion. I subscribe to 15-20 different lists similar to this. Most do not contain as much chat as in recent days on this list; however, if my grandparents were natives of Harrison-Monongalia, then I'm sure that I would want to see virtually every exchange of e-mail between two people. I have seen nothing on this list recently re: my wife's lines [KEYS, CORK], married in Harrison Co. in 1825. Thanks for your time and effort in coordinating the list, Larry in West Lafayette, Indiana <clip> >The only reason I did this is because so many are new and want to reply to >the list, but didn't know how. I will change it this weekend to the other >way, if it would make it better. I know in the past that some people had >problems trying to email the list, then would wonder why they didn't get any >replies. Also sometime people would pick up on a message with a new name >that they might be looking for or new idea's where to find information, when >people are writing to the list. > >Sue > >-----Original Message----- >From: Brian D Core [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 8:49 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Personal Emails ! > > >Norma and others, > >I think there are some settings that our list owner can change that >affect how our replies go out. I use Juno e-mail software, which is a lot >easier than MS Outlook, but essentially performs the same task. When I >reply to message on the Monongalia list, a box pops up that gives me the >option of replying only to the author, or to the author and all >recipients. When I select "reply only to author," the mailing list's >address pops up in my box. The author's address isn't even available on >my screen, so I can't even force it in if I want to reply privately. >Other rootsweb lists will give you the author's address, instead of the >list's address. It annoys me, too, when I have to delete a message that >only expresses personal thanks, rather than useful genealogical >information. But I decided a long time a go that I'd rather belong to an >on-line community that is excessively polite, and just delete the useless >stuff. There are other mailing lists (like across the river and slightly >to the north, not to name names) that just aren't friendly, and aren't >worth the bother. I think that referring to us as "offenders" was rather >indelicate, but your point is well taken and I'd like to see the settings >changed so we can reply only to authors of e-mail messages. > >Brian > >Brian D. Core >P.O. Box 1166 >Brighton, CO 80601

If someone doesn't want lots of mail DON'T JOIN a MAILING list > Good catch Brian. Let's all CUT OUT THE PERSONAL MESSAGES. > David > > On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 06:42:49 -0700 Brian D Core <[email protected]> > writes: > > <<You know what Norma, I think they know, but I don't think they > > care. > > David> > > > > Hey, wasn't that a personal message? > > > > Brian > > > > Brian D. Core > > P.O. Box 1166 > > Brighton, CO 80601 > > [email protected] Web Page: > > http://pages.prodigy.net/greenhouseguy > > For attachments, use: [email protected] > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Sue Moore wrote: > The only reason I did this is because so many are new and want to reply to > the list, but didn't know how. I will change it this weekend to the other > way, if it would make it better. I know in the past that some people had > problems trying to email the list, then would wonder why they didn't get any > replies. Also sometime people would pick up on a message with a new name > that they might be looking for or new idea's where to find information, when > people are writing to the list. Hi, Sue, Thank you for your management of this list and for your concerns about how to make this list work better for everyone. That IS difficult. I do agree with the suggestion to make the switch which would allow us to simply reply to the Sender, but I also have a couple additional thoughts on this subject. Especially when we are exchanging public or published information about ancestors who lived in the area over 150 years ago, I believe that it is best to send the information to the entire list. This is simply because of the probability that such an ancestor has, by now, thousands of descendants. By sharing with the list, we are very likely helping others at the same time. If not right at the moment, then later when the archives of the list are searched by future researchers. Furthermore, there is so much we can learn from the answers to other people's questions, things we might not yet have thought to ask, such as the questions about the chronology of the counties' evolutions, or the meaning of various legal terms in land transactions, what the currency was at a certain time. Or, we may read a name that sparks an investigation that uncovers a connection. It is not uncommon for someone to learn about a spelling variation in a name from reading the responses to others' questions. And, I know that I have often learned about a genealogy resource with which I was totally unfamiliar, such as a book, a library, a courthouse list. Finally, by sharing with the list we can increase the spirit of sharing, that is what these lists were designed to encourage. RootsWeb began at Rand as a genealogy club, a place where people shared with one another. The 'Net helps us do that, but if we all do it just one to one, then the newcomers do not get to see that they are expected, too, to share. And, that it is OK to ask a question because it is very likely that your question will be answered! So, I suggest that, once Sue makes this change, that those making the responses think twice before they reply only to the sender; some questions should be answered by using the "Reply All" option. Best regards, Jane [email protected]

Brian, The Guseman book starts with John, Abraham and Sophia and gives a brief family history down to Jacob Guseman. It then chronicles the line of Jacob down to the present(1913). Mike

Yes - I agree - the LDS provides a great service. I searched for books in the LDS archives online at www.familysearch.org. I typed in surnames, authors and titles. Each produced the volumes I expected - and more. You can also find a local LDS Family History Center on their web site. I have a request to Salt Lake City for about 10 sources of information - about 50/50 book and microfiche. I have not received confirmation yet and will call them this afternoon. If I find the books worthwhile - I will then purchase them (if I can find them). Microfiche will be more interesting since copies for reference can either be easier or more difficult to make - it really depends on the equipment. Fortunately, I live close to New York City and have about three family centers within 20 miles of my home. Regards, Edward -----Original Message----- From: Brian D Core [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Monongalia Story Reprints /Guseman Book <<Can you tell me anything about the [Guseman] book? I've never seen the Guseman book. The LDS Family History Library has most books of this type, and has brief descriptions of them on their website (home page familysearch.org). I've always found it worthwhile to talk to research librarians, regardless of the size of your local library. Many books are available on interlibrary loan, some as microfiche. You don't know until you ask! Brian Brian D. Core P.O. Box 1166 Brighton, CO 80601 [email protected] Web Page: http://pages.prodigy.net/greenhouseguy For attachments, use: [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Brian has been a big help to everyone along with others in making the list work. I hope that he has time after bachelorhood to keep up in helping others. The Core Book's are great and his family has worked hard over the years. Brian -- Best of luck in the future and have a very happy life with your love one. Sue -----Original Message----- From: Brian D Core [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 7:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Monongalia Story Reprints I'm having a hard time keeping up with the volume of requests for lookups in these books; thanks, Jane, for your help. If any queries look unanswered by about 9:00 Mountain Time, I'll try my best to get to them. I've started the countdown until the end of my bachelorhood, and I've got lots of chores to do! Brian Brian D. Core P.O. Box 1166 Brighton, CO 80601 [email protected] Web Page: http://pages.prodigy.net/greenhouseguy For attachments, use: [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.