Please forgive. My system went crazy and it sent out duplications of each message to several of the mailing lists. I am almost afraid to send out an apologize and have it just do the same thing again. :( I sat here and watched it happened and did not know what to do to stop it. Talk about feeling out of control. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

As you can see, the lists are getting busier now that the holidays are over. Just a few suggestions to make them smoother. If you see a posting come across the list asking to be unsubscribed or asking for help in any area that I deal with, know that I am taking care of it behind the scenes and you don't need to worry about it. If you post a query, try to put the surname in the subject line in CAPS and add dates if possible. Just keep in mind, we do have list members who delete the postings by only reading what is in the subject line, and never reading the body of the message. If you have a problem with a posting, meaning you think it should not have been posted. Please do not send your remarks to the entire list. Let me know your concerns and I will take care of it if I have not already. If you need me, to help you in anyway, you can reach me at kburnet@efortress.com I thank each of you for your continued support of this list and your willingness to help one another. I continually am in awe of the generosity of genealogical researchers. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Hi Lafayette County Listers, I am looking for relations of JAMES STANFORD BERRY born June 6, 1851 in Lafayette, WI. He married ANNA ELIZA MCLANE December 19, 1877 . ANNA was born September 18, 1857 also in Lafayette. Children were; GEORGE WILLIAM BERRY-1879 JAMES WILLIAM BERRY-1880 ANNA ELIZA BERRY-1883 CHARLES H. BERRY-1885 FRANK MARION BERRY-1888 NELLIE A. BERRY-1893 Can anyone help me with this family? Alaine in Calfornia equilla@psnw.com

Dear List Members, I am going to leave in the morning, November 15th, for 5 days. I will be attending a Manager's Retreat for my company and will be home this coming Sunday evening. I have way to many lists to find List sitters for them, so I need to ask a favor from each of you. If anything happens on your list which is out of line and against our list rules, not matter what, PLEASE let it pass and just delete it. Know that each evening I will be checking on things from my hotel room and will take care of any problem that happened during the day. I know sometimes it is hard to not say something, but it would help me a great deal if you would just let the offense pass. One more item, if you are needing me to help you unsubscribe, be understanding if I don't respond as quickly as I try to. I will only be near the computer in the evenings in my hotel room. Sending the message more than once to the entire list will not help. I appreciate each of you and all that you do to help my life as your List Mom to run as smoothly as it does. See you on Sunday. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

A Tribute to our Ancestors on this day of Thanksgiving. THEY did not choose us, nor we them; we never knew them, nor they us; yet we are inextricably bound together for all eternity and there is no law in the universe, no metamorphosis physical or spiritual, that can ever alter this inalienable truth. OFTEN we may wish for different ones and feel moved to deny the ones we have, but this is as futile as it is foolish to invent spurious ones, for our deception will surely be unmasked, if not by others, ultimately by our own conscience. WE owe everything, our very existence, to our ancestors, and yet we know next to nothing of them because mostly their lives were so humbly recorded. It is good that we seek to expand our knowledge of their lives so that we may better understand our own. THEY made us, body and soul, and we must accept without complaint or rancour what they were and what we are, for nothing and no-one can ever change this fact and it is barren folly to dwell obsessively upon it. WE recognize that the legacy of genetic inheritance is a double-edged sword. We should be grateful for those gifts of personality and disposition our ancestors bestowed upon us which we find beneficial and not rail against those traits we find less appealing, for it is surely in our own hands to change them. WE should take pride in our ancestors and their achievements wherever possible, whether high-born or low, rich or poor, prince or pauper, and not seek arbitrarily to revile or condemn them for acts of which we know nothing of the causes. WE must learn from them, from their mistakes as well as their successes; from their tragedies as well as their triumphs; from their sins as well as their virtues; from their hopes as well as their fears. POSTERITY and history are irrevocably interwined in the present. No coherent vision of the future can exist without an affinity for the past and cognizance of the lives of our forebears. REMEMBER that we, too, are the ancestors of those yet unborn and we should seek to leave for them a heritage of which they can be as proud as we are of that which our forebears bequeathed to us. WE bless and thank our ancestors for the legacy of the good things they gave us, forgive them their errors and pray that we will endeavor to use wisely the knowledge which they handed down to us. © Roy Stockdill 1997 My best wishes to each of you and yours on this Thanksgiving day. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Dear List Members, Thank you for taking such good care of your list while I was gone. I checked in each evening and was needed only a couple of times. I appreciate all you do to help this list run as smoothly as it does. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

After posting my message several people asked how to order a copy of the 1881 Layette Co. History. You can get your copy of the History by sending $65.00 plus $6.95 s/h($71.95) to LCHS Pub. Com., Charles Sleep Treasurer, POB 146, Darlington, WI. 53530 James Ronnerud ############################# Visit our web store <http://www.swtsales.com> and http://www.goldenprideweb.com/JimRonnerud - - - - Get a free GIFT- - - - #############################

Is there a copy left to purchase. If so, I would like to purchase one. Kathleen Burnett List Mom To learn more about my world, visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett or my world outside of my home http://kathleenburnett.homestead.com/RealEstate.html or to see a list of the Mailing Lists I am List Mom for visit http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html From: James Ronnerud <swtsales@mhtc.net> To: <WILAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 9:05 PM Subject: [WILAFAYE] 1881 History of Lafayette Co. > Folks: > The 1881 History of Lafayette Co. will be here from the printer on November 17or 18 th. We will try to get it in the mail next week volunteers premitting. > James Ronnerud > ############################# > Visit our web store > <http://www.swtsales.com> and > http://www.goldenprideweb.com/JimRonnerud > - - - - Get a free GIFT- - - - > ############################# > > > ==== WILAFAYE Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Lafayette Co., WI list, use > wilafaye-l-request@rootsweb.com. Use wilafaye-l@rootsweb.com. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

Folks: The 1881 History of Lafayette Co. will be here from the printer on November 17or 18 th. We will try to get it in the mail next week volunteers premitting. James Ronnerud ############################# Visit our web store <http://www.swtsales.com> and http://www.goldenprideweb.com/JimRonnerud - - - - Get a free GIFT- - - - #############################

Dear List Members: I can't even begin to describe how very proud I am of each of you. Today was a day that we could have had major problems on our mailing lists due to improper postings, and wouldn't you know it, I was also out of town attending a meeting and could not keep an eye on the computer to stop problem postings if they happened. When I got home this evening, the first thing I did was to check my e-mail to make sure all of you were ok. I want you to know that I am the list mom 121 mailing lists and there was not one political message posted on any of them, but on some of the lists that I am just a member of, I saw complaints regarding political postings and out of control conversations. Again, I am touch at your support of me and your support of the manner I choose to run your lists. I bow my head in awe at you as a group. Thank you! Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and George Walker Bush are 9th cousins, 3 times removed. Their common ancestors are Rev. John Lothrop and Hannah Howes.

FGS/QUAD CITIES CONFERENCE 2001-MAILING LIST Want to learn the latest news about Federation of Genealogical Societies/Quad Cities Conference 12-15 September 2001? Keep up-to-date with the 2001 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference being held in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa by subscribing to the free FGS Information Mailing List. You will receive occasional updates via e-mail on conference activities, accommodations, speakers, research facilities, and more. This special service is available only via e-mail. 1. To join the list, send an e-mail message to: requests@lists.csc.cc.il.us 2. Your message should read: subscribe FGS2001-Announce 3. Note: the “FGS” should be in all capital letters and the subject line should be blank. You will receive a confirmation e-mail message to which you must respond within 24 hours. Your e-mail address will NOT be shared and there will be no advertisements as a part of the message. While you are online check out the FGS website www.fgs.org. The site has regular conference information, FGS Society Hall, a listing of genealogical societies, FGS award information, FORUM subscription information and much more! In early 2001 the FGS site will have the 2001 program registration materials with online registration capability. That website is: www.fgs.org The list hosting is provided courtesy of Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL. PLEASE COPY THIS NOTICE TO OTHER LISTS. Michael Neill Sue Kaufman National Conference Co-Chairs “Great River Bend Genealogy…a Heartland Gathering” 2001 Federation of Genealogical Societies/Quad Cities Conference 12-15 September 2001 in Davenport, Iowa www.fgs.org _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

I have received personally, many messages asking that I allow political postings and conversations on our lists during these next few weeks. My answer was No and will continue to be No. The Mailing Lists I am the List Mom for, are for genealogical purposes only. Please respect this decision and do not post them or ask for permission to post them. I will consider any and all political postings Spam and remove the sender from the list. I am sorry if this offends some of you but my decisions are made with the majority of the list members in mind. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

I want to thank you all for all of the VERY positive responses. Many of the mail list administrators have stated it is all right to continue to post the reminders I am choosing not too. I did not solely join the county mail lists to place a weekly reminder on them. I felt I could contribute to others research not only by having a gathering place (weekly chat), but I have also answered many questions for many different researchers on the various county mail lists. I was hoping to help others. Should anyone need information on the Wisconsin Genealogy weekly chat-I have this information posted on the Waupaca County Website at the following address http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm. I will will continue to post chat reminders on the Waupaca County mail list, WauShaOcon Mail List and Wisconsin Mail List. Hope you all break through those brick walls and find those lost ancestors-have a great week! Paula _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

I guess I didn't feel once a week email would unset anyone and that it would let the new people to the lists know of the weekly genealogy chat. So this will be the last notice of the weekly chats. I have repeated the instructions below and feel if anyone is interested in the weekly chat can print this out and refer to it for information. Hope to see you there Sunday night and happy hunting! Here are step by step instructions- 1-Go to the site http://huntsville.about.com/citiestowns/southeastus/huntsville/mpchat.htm 2-Click on Log on to chat in the upper left area of the screen. This takes you to another screen. 3-At this screen type in your name or a name you are going to use in the chat room in the space next to Nick name. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TYPE ANYTHING ELSE IN ANY OF THE OTHER SPACES. Once you have typed in your name, click on OK, connect in the lower left. 4-You are in the chat room. Type your message in the lower left space where it says Type here and then hit enter. A few helpful hints. There is a list on the right side of the screen of all the people who are in the room. To enlarge the screen for easier reading click on the float button in the upper right hand corner. To enlarge the font, also for easier reading, in the space where you type your message type *chat fontsize 14, this will enlarge the font size. Paula _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

I agree totally! And my only concerns are the recent happenings in the world and that we forget the politics and hope for national unity to preserve the history of those we seek to find in our ancestry all around the world. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathleen <kburnet@efortress.com> To: <WILAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 8:47 PM Subject: [WILAFAYE] From List Mom - Please Read > I have received personally, many messages asking that I allow political > postings and conversations on our lists during these next few weeks. > > My answer was No and will continue to be No. The Mailing Lists I am the > List Mom for, are for genealogical purposes only. Please respect this > decision and do not post them or ask for permission to post them. I > will consider any and all political postings Spam and remove the sender > from the list. > > I am sorry if this offends some of you but my decisions are made with > the majority of the list members in mind. > > Kathleen Burnett > List Mom > > > > > ==== WILAFAYE Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Lafayette Co., WI list, use > wilafaye-l-request@rootsweb.com. Use wilafaye-l@rootsweb.com. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

It's that time of week again! Just emailing a short reminder about the Wisconsin Genealogy Chat held Sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. EST (Adjust for your own time zone) Stop by and see if you can connect with a lost cousin http://huntsville.about.com/citiestowns/southeastus/huntsville/mpchat.htm Hope to see you there! Paula _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

Just a friendly weekly reminder of the Wisconsin Genealogy Chat Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. EST (Adjust for your time zone) http://huntsville.about.com/citiestowns/southeastus/huntsville/mpchat.htm We have been having a great group, so stop in and see if you can connect with someone else researching one of your lines. For those of you who may not be able to make it, transcriptions of the Sunday night chats are now online at http://huntsville.about.com/citiestowns/southeastus/huntsville/blrecords.htm So if you can't make the chat stop by and read the transcriptions. Have a great week! Paula _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

Dear List Members: It is that time again for your 3rd Quarterly Report for 2000 as to the membership of this list. The Lafayette County, WI Mailing List has 98 members, 77 of these are subscribed to the Regular List and 21 to the Digest List. I want to thank each of you for continuing to help make this list the success it is. I also want to thank you for your support of me and you willingness to follow the list rules. Just a reminder as to the rules of this list so that it is better for each of us. Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact me at kburnet@efortress.com Also the calling for Roll Call is not allow by members of this list. If you feel the need for a Roll Call contact me and we will schedule one with a beginning time and ending time. There is a great Rootsweb site you can go to if you want to find out what Rootsweb lists you are a member of, just follow the instructions. http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ If you would like to visit the Archived messages of this list, go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ and type in the name of the list you would like to search. There are a few items I would like to suggest for the benefit of each of us. 1. If someone posts a message to the list that should not have been posted, please just delete it. Know that I am taking care of the problem. If you post your unhappiness, then you just continue on the problem. I know it is hard when your heart has been offended, but for my sake, and the sake of the list, please just delete it. Rootsweb has a wonderful Spam Detective and it stops most of it. You should see what comes across my screen. I have to look at each of them to make sure that what was stopped was truly spam. Once in a while, one slips by though and if this happens, just delete it and go on with what we all love, genealogical research. 2. If you would put the subject of your posting in the subject line it might give you a better chance to attract someone's attention who has the information you are looking for or the attention of someone who is searching for what you are posting. I do want to thank each of you for your support of me. I remember the day I decided to adopt ONE mailing list, I was so scared. Today I am the proud List Mom of 84 of the best lists out there. I watch the problems other lists have and see how the member's treat one another and I feel blessed to have each of you on my lists. THANK YOU! Kathleen Burnett List Mom kburnet@efortress.com