I would like to take this moment and say that there are a lot of nice people out there that are willing to help and I am a WEST descendant and agree with Eileen that the only reason that some of us can't help is due to a possible health problems. I have recurring headaches, since High School, and am now 59. These headaches really put me down sometimes. Well that's my two cents worth. Edith -- On Fri, 12 Feb 1999 01:46:27 EileenGen wrote: >I hope the list will forgive me for using the list to say this, but when >someone made the remark, "if the Wests were the greatest people, they would >share their information with everyone", I have to say something. > >Due to health problems, I can't make an offer to look up information for >everyone because I don't want to offer help that I may not be able to follow >through with. But you might want to know that every letter that comes through >the list, if I am physically well enough to do it, I check my books, etc to >see if I have anything that connects. And it I have anything I send it to the >person requesting it. I feel that the person requesting it probably knows if >anyone else is searching for the same name and they are free to pass it on to >others without making a lot of extra mail for those that have no use for it. > >So I join with Myra in saying there are an awful lot of nice Wests out here >that do help others and a lot of them have helped me. That's why I want to >return the favor and help as many as I can. I may have to unsub to the list >from time to time because I can't keep up with the amount of e-mail. But when >I'm on the list and able, I love helping others if I can. >Eileen > > "Free web-based email available now at http://www.theglobe.com"