Dear WRG: In the more than six years since I helped start the group that eventually grew into this maillist we've never had a list problem. Everyone has treated each other with kindness and generosity, even through the occasional posting of a non-genealogical matter. New list members and researchers new to the family history process have been helped and guided in developing good research technique by some of our more experienced members in the group, and I believe that that process has always been done with care not to offend or hurt anyone's feelings. In the finest sense, we have become an extended family, and have tried to practice charity to one another. One of us, feeling that sense of family, has brought a concern to all of us. I can readily understand the need to talk to others in whom you have trust about problems that seem overwhelming. I have been involved before with individuals from this list who sought advice or encouragement about problems they were facing. Those interactions were conducted directly and privately. I would ask those who feel the inclination to assist our "cousin" with encouragement, prayers and even advice to do so privately and directly, where it can be most meaningful. Thank all of you for your cooperation. Allan E. Green