Peter: You are prone to the same low estimate of your own many contributions to others' research efforts as are others with equal rich resources to share. :-) It is, at least, my opportunity to try to correct this self-appraisal on your part. Your stuff I've been monitoring over the years is among the most valid/valuable I have ever come across in going on 60 years of traditional research and now via the net. It all accompanied by that wonderful sense of humor displayed alongside most of it blows me away!! Miles. [email protected] wrote: Miles, Gee, gosh, shucks, maybe it's because, in spite of a lively sense of humor, I don't really have much to say that's worth much(!) But I tend to NOT blow my own horn...real modesty, not false at all...I have spoken to the Daughters of the Confederacy chapter here twice, a church circle just yesterday, and the local Piedmont Arts Association last week--not all that shy either, I guess. My speaking style revolves around the adage: "If you can't Wow them with Wisdom, then Baffle them with B. S.". I'm still "new" in town and while I've learned alot, most of what I know isn't really my own--yet... Thanks for the kind words;-) Peter In a message dated 6/8/05 5:32:44 PM, [email protected] writes: << I don't see Peter Ramsey on the list of speakers >> ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== Please Visit the Franklin Co. VaGenWeb Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/franklin.htm