I don't know about the rest of the group on the Milwaukee List but I am not appreciative of the following kind of remarks being made on a genealogy mailing list. If the participants want to do so privately, they can do so, but this list is not the place. Diane in Saskatchewan -----Original Message----- From: gordon gehrig <alamo94@execpc.com> To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, July 26, 2001 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] G word: resources in Mo and IL and PA Ashley where do you live-I think once you stated JAPAN-are you a foreigner-have you ever lived in Wisconsin.for those who moved and now live in Wisconsin,I consider them to be Wisconsinites and do not care for the comments you made-If you can not say anything good about our beautiful state then clam up gordon milwaukee wisconsin Ashley Tiwara wrote: > John and the list, > The Mormon library is not the one I was at. The PUBLIC library is the one > that zeroxes its collection of obituaries and does genealogy workshops. Oooh, > for a sympathetic library system, or indeed, public records system, in > Wisconsin. > > Some > states are putting births, deaths, and marriages on line. Illinois, John, has > started a web site, as has Pennsylvania, but you haven't got anyone there to > look up, have you. Transplanted Wisconsin families ought to keep their puny, > withered cheeseheads quiet about their former state, which appears to still be > locked into the 20th century record keeping system. To the dismay of family > researchers who want their answers NOW, and want them cheap, too. > > Ashley > > JQMagie@aol.com wrote: > > > Note to Ashley + other WI wildlife, relocated state birds, etc.-- > > I hope, Ashley, that you had a nice visit in Independence, MO. But if > > you were essentially looking for the BIG Mormon genealogy library, I wonder > > whether someone gave you some bum driving directions. > > The Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints is now headquartered in > > Independence, MO (formerly Plano, IL), and their main library, I think, is > > still in Independence at 1001 W. Walnut Street. But, if you were trying to > > find the really BIG Mormon library, you made a few wrong turns. Instead you > > should have gone somewhat farther west---> to Salt Lake City, UT, the home of > > the other (and bigger) Church of Latter Day Saints and their very BIG > > genealogy library. > > Here in Illinois we are actually BETTER auto drivers partly because we > > generally abstain from driving, drunk or sober, while trying to balance large > > chunks of cheese on our heads. Also, compared to you cheeseheads, we spend > > more time driving autos than snowmobiles. We also tend to guzzle less Blatz, > > Pabst, Millers (oder die Müller?), etc., while driving ANY vehicle. > > US President Harry S Truman, "the Man from Independence" (and formerly a > > somewhat unsuccessful haberdasher there, reportedly), once wisely stated > > that: <<the only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.>> > > .........John (in Chicago) > > _______________________________________________________ > > > > > Subj: Re: [WiMilwau] avoiding the scary G word! > > > Date: 7/24/01 3:03:27 PM Central Daylight Time > > > From: grubisic@netwurx.net (Ashley Tiwara) > > > Reply-to: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > > > To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > Maxine, John, and the list, > > > A recommendation for library research: the Mid-Continental library in > > > Independence, MO..... Should you be there at the G*E*N*E*A*L*O*G*Y > > > library, the librarians actually expect you to ask questions..... > > _______________________________________________________ > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2