Cousins,
Hope all of you are having a successful search!! As always, if you get
multiple copies of this post, that means you are on more than one of the
lists I manage - the posts are identical, so delete all but this one.
PLEASE READ this one!!
If you have genealogy/local history books you no longer need and would like
to sell, if you are a part of a local historical society that has materials
for sale, or if you are looking for some new materials, you might enjoy one
of the Gen-Mat lists at this server. To join, send SUBSCRIBE in the message
part of a post to GEN-MAT-L-request(a)rootsweb.com or to
GEN-MAT-15-L-request(a)rootsweb.com (the list for materials/services priced
$15 or under).
If, while you are researching your ancestors, you encounter plantation
information - slave data - in wills, deeds, or other documents, please send
it to SLAVEINFO-L(a)rootsweb.com so that African-American cousins who are
seeking their ancestors might have a better chance of success. If you have
a copyrighted book with such info and are willing to do lookups, please post
that fact to the list, also. Some of you sent data a few months ago when I
was planning to have a website for that purpose, but this will be even
better, I think, since the archives of that list can be accessed by those
who want the information. Any of you who might also want to join that
list can do so by sending SUBSCRIBE in the message part of a post to
SLAVEINFO-L-request(a)rootsweb.com
The genealogy lists are only going to work for us if we POST, POST,
POST...........
Send ALL the information you know about the ancestor you are trying to find
when you post a query. Use a very clear subject line so that a cousin will
not delete your post without reading it because she thinks it does not
relate to her.
If you find data that you think others on the list might want to see, post
it - maybe someone will do the same for you about your ancestor!
If you have a resource and are willing to do lookups for the cousins on your
list, post that fact to the list. Maybe a cousin on the list will do
lookups in a book that mentions your ancestor.
If you think of a good way for those of us on a list to work together on a
project, suggest it to the list, volunteer to help with it - if we all use
our talents and our effort to work together, we will find more ancestors. I
see this happening on a couple of small lists and on one large list, and
much progress is being made on all three! These are OUR lists for finding
OUR ancestors, and they will only be as productive as we make them.
REMINDER - If you have not sent your snailmail address to me (privately, of
course), please do so in case you go offline and a cousin wants to contact
you about your ancestor. Use the subject line SNAILMAIL.
Also - if you need to contact me about anything having to do with the list
you are on, please use my name - CAROL - as the subject line, so that I will
read it as soon as I download it. Be sure to mention the name of the list
you are on in your post. If I do not respond within 24 hours, resend it,
because that would mean it was lost in cyberspace, my reply to it was lost
in cyberspace, or some such.
Let's find some ancestors!!
Carol