Dear Gene,
An article mailed, inserted and on line would be one way to update the
material.
Mail notification to go to an online site for the article or for those
not online, a hard copy address, is another option.
I also appreciate the offer to split the mailing costs.
Please remember genealogy is my hobby, not my business. I work an
average 45 hours a week and am away from home several nights a week. I
have a wife, two teenagers at home, and two married step daughters with
a total of four grandchildren with another one to come. I have put off
more than a few family needs to finish the CE CD 2001. I need to catch
up on "honey dos" and such.
As a compiler of data, I try to let others tell the story of what they
know. Your excellent TAG article in 1995 was very professional. If you
were able to participate more during the years I was asking for input
(online and in various journals) that would have been invaluable.
However, that is now water under the bridge. Now is the time to look
forward.
An article as I mentioned before would be the best way to provide an
update. I suggest using the format as in the CE CD 2001 "How to make
Corrections and Updates."
Another slightly modified way would be to rewrite the notes on each
person in a format that is comfortable to you. Copy and paste would be
the easiest to compile.
This way you would get full credit for your corrections and additions.
And it would help many many researchers!
The Bavarian Alps are beautiful in the spring. In the early to mid 1960s
my family vacationed there and into Switzerland several times. I now
know that this was partly in preparation in case the Soviets attacked (a
BIG fear then) and it was a way of knowing the escape routes.
Alas, the last time I was in Germany in the mid 1970s was a troubled
time. As an American soldier I tangled with a Beider Meinhof Gang
operation. The group I associated with killed seven of them after they
hijacked two tactical nuclear bombs. I received my third "injury" and
was mustered out as was the policy at that time. Even today the
incident is not well known but still is recorded officially as the Sarin
Nerve Gas but really CS (Riot) Gas story.
After I retire, I hope to travel Europe again. There is so much history
and beautiful sights to see.
Again, enjoy your trip and be safe!
John R. Carpenter
La Mesa, CA
GeneZub(a)aol.com wrote:
John,
I don't think I ever suggested throwing your CDs away. My recall suggestion (which I
suppose might imply throwing them away, although I hadn't thought in those terms), was
made early in our correspondence, and upon reflection, doesn't strike me as realistic.
But a mailing (to those already in possession of the CD) or insert (with subsequent CD
distributions) containing corrections and a very strong statement as to the speculative
nature of much of the CD's contents--along with a comparable revision of the online
material and an announcement posted online--seems reasonable, don't you think?
I'll split with you the cost of the mailing to present CD holders, as long as we can
collaborate on its contents.
Thanks for your good wishes. We're presently staying with friends in the Bavarian
Alps and tomorrow will go to Venice, followed by Florence, Pisa, Cinque Terre, Vienna, and
Salzburg, before returning to our present location. This isn't a genealogy trip, just
visiting and sight-seeing.
Regards,
Gene