SCAM! Dude... learn to smell, I mean spell.................. "Payton L. James" wrote: > Hi listers, > > If you know anything about the West Virginia Genealogy Connection, please > respond. > > I received the below letter in the mail yesterday and was concerned enough > about it legitimacy that I thought I should post. If it is real, I > apologize, but I've never seen anything so poorly written or full of typos > from a Genealogy service. I'm afraid it is a scam either to get the dues > money or to acquire a bunch of mother's maiden names for ID purposes. The > letter as you can see, did not contain any contact names or phone numbers, > or even an address other than a PO box. > > Thanks for your attention. > > -Payton > > Letter text, complete with typos (including "geneology"), grammatical and > punctuation errors: > > WEST VIRGINIA GENEOLOGY CONNESTION > P.O. BOX 154 > MILTON, W. Va, 25541 > > Hello, > I am West Virginia Geneology Connection. I collect and store genealogical > information, Family history information & Stories and Photos. This > information is collected from all over the United States. > > I help people find information on their family Trees. I research for free! > There is a 25 cent charge for each page of information copied. This is > just to off set our cost of printing. I am a non- profit business. I only > ask that you send only one question at a time and a self-addressed stamped > envelope for your reply. > > I am funded by donations and memberships. Membership is $15.00 per year > for one person or $20.00 per year per family. Members get our News Letter > "Family Heritage & Geneology" which is printed 4 times a year. Quires > published in the news letter Free. Any story about a family member that > you would like to share (I reserve the right to edit) Published free in the > news letter as space allows. (example: One of are members had an ancestor > who was discovered with his pants down by a famous genneral. But you will > have to read our first issue to be published in January 2000 to find out > more about this. > > Thou I have spent several years getting my data base set up and information > collected (Collection is a on going process) January 2000 will be the first > News letter that I print. Enclosed is an application. I hope that you > will join me in trying to hook the USA into one free geneology and > historical data base. > > For a list of the kind of information we collect check out the next page. > Please send a 5 generation chart with your application!