Thanks, Sandy. It's such a pleasure to work with people like you. We're having a great time! We went to San Diego last week - hit the beach, the Mission Bay park for playground and picnic, Zoo, lighthouse, and a 2 hour harbor cruise - and Phillip managed to not fall overboard!!! :) Since when is genealogy free???????? Lor-dee, do you know how much money I spend on it??? ;-) And it's worth every penny. I'm just glad that someone else can benefit from what I have and what I find. I'd hate to have it all die with me. Betty Phil & Sandy Carneiro wrote: >Betty, any and all your sites are wonderful and I have so enjoyed working with you at times. >Hope you have a grand summer with the kids as I know I am. Also a great big THANK YOU for helping to keep genealogy free. > >Sandy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:44 PM > Subject: [WVJackson] Re: Jackson County WV Genealogy and the Pioneer site by Betty Briggs > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Casto, Parsons, Randolph, Rhodes > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4216.2.2<http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4216.2.2> > > Message Board Post: > > Thanks, JoAnn. > > For the general information of anyone who visits either of my websites, they are not a part of any other website, they are owned and operated by me. They are a place for me to share the genealogy research I have compiled over the last 30+ years. The original Jackson County Pioneer Project has become too difficult to update very often, simply because it has grown to over 42,000 people, and that takes a lot of upload time, so I started the West Virginia Pioneers site which is much easier to update and navigate, but still takes time. > > The majority of the work is my own, with additions and corrections from far too many people to list, but in general, they are listed as the source of data they have furnished me. I work with some wonderful researchers, including JoAnn, on our common families. I get mail on a daily basis from people, giving me additional info or asking me to help them, in addition to the requests for lookups generated by my being listed as a Jackson Co lookup volunteer. Some days it doesn't leave me any time to do any of 'my' research. And since I am a grandma, a large part of my time, especially in the summer, is spent with my grandkids, and yes, we even take vacations (just back from the beach!!!), so the email piles up and sometimes, doesn't even get answered because it gets lost. > > I enjoy helping people find their ancestors and it's an added bonus when they happen to be someone who I already have in my database. I especially love to hear from Casto, Parsons, Randolph and Rhodes researchers. If you don't get a reply, try me again. Just keep in mind that I might just be back in Jackson County, trying to find someone. > > Betty > www.wvpioneers.com<http://www.wvpioneers.com/> > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bbriggs<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bbriggs> > > > ==== WVJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Take a look at the Message Boards for Jackson County. > Do you have items that you can add? > > > >==== WVJACKSO Mailing List ==== >Do not forget to post your family reunion information to the list. You may find some new cousins out there. > > > >

So so true, genealogy is not free money wise but its free for us to put it on line to help others. Your summer is going great, sounds wonderful. I can't begin to imagine how life would be with the grandkids. Next week my ex flies in from CA and I will not want to get in the way with his visit so I will be miserable with out my darlings. What a wonderful job we have as gram's, as my 7 year old now wants to call me. So funny. Take care and we all do appreciate your wonderful help. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Briggs<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [WVJackson] Re: Jackson County WV Genealogy and the Pioneer site by Betty Briggs Thanks, Sandy. It's such a pleasure to work with people like you. We're having a great time! We went to San Diego last week - hit the beach, the Mission Bay park for playground and picnic, Zoo, lighthouse, and a 2 hour harbor cruise - and Phillip managed to not fall overboard!!! :) Since when is genealogy free???????? Lor-dee, do you know how much money I spend on it??? ;-) And it's worth every penny. I'm just glad that someone else can benefit from what I have and what I find. I'd hate to have it all die with me. Betty Phil & Sandy Carneiro wrote: >Betty, any and all your sites are wonderful and I have so enjoyed working with you at times. >Hope you have a grand summer with the kids as I know I am. Also a great big THANK YOU for helping to keep genealogy free. > >Sandy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:44 PM > Subject: [WVJackson] Re: Jackson County WV Genealogy and the Pioneer site by Betty Briggs > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Casto, Parsons, Randolph, Rhodes > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4216.2.2<http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4216.2.2<http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4216.2.2<http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4216.2.2>> > > Message Board Post: > > Thanks, JoAnn. > > For the general information of anyone who visits either of my websites, they are not a part of any other website, they are owned and operated by me. They are a place for me to share the genealogy research I have compiled over the last 30+ years. The original Jackson County Pioneer Project has become too difficult to update very often, simply because it has grown to over 42,000 people, and that takes a lot of upload time, so I started the West Virginia Pioneers site which is much easier to update and navigate, but still takes time. > > The majority of the work is my own, with additions and corrections from far too many people to list, but in general, they are listed as the source of data they have furnished me. I work with some wonderful researchers, including JoAnn, on our common families. I get mail on a daily basis from people, giving me additional info or asking me to help them, in addition to the requests for lookups generated by my being listed as a Jackson Co lookup volunteer. Some days it doesn't leave me any time to do any of 'my' research. And since I am a grandma, a large part of my time, especially in the summer, is spent with my grandkids, and yes, we even take vacations (just back from the beach!!!), so the email piles up and sometimes, doesn't even get answered because it gets lost. > > I enjoy helping people find their ancestors and it's an added bonus when they happen to be someone who I already have in my database. I especially love to hear from Casto, Parsons, Randolph and Rhodes researchers. If you don't get a reply, try me again. Just keep in mind that I might just be back in Jackson County, trying to find someone. > > Betty > www.wvpioneers.com<http://www.wvpioneers.com/<http://www.wvpioneers.com<http://www.wvpioneers.com/>> > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bbriggs<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bbriggs<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bbriggs<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bbriggs>> > > > ==== WVJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Take a look at the Message Boards for Jackson County. > Do you have items that you can add? > > > >==== WVJACKSO Mailing List ==== >Do not forget to post your family reunion information to the list. You may find some new cousins out there. > > > > ==== WVJACKSO Mailing List ==== Do you have material to add to the Jackson County pages? Adding Bible Records, Deeds, Obituaries, Pensions and Biographies is a great way to share with other Jackson County researchers.