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Surnames: cawley kelly
Classification: Query
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Substantively, the Cawley paperwork which was sent to me was invaluable and Mrs. Cawley
was thanked for her efforts immediately actually twice...the cawleys of Streator, Illinois
are tied by marriage to edward kelly's wife a johanna cawley, a kelly family of
Minonk, Illinois...Mrs. Cawley was very gracious in her offering to send the paperwork
without asking for any sort of compensation and her help is still greatly
appreciated...HOWEVER...as a genealogist and historian I cannot let such erroneous remarks
stand esp. given the lack of merit and the image it portrays of me esp. in such a public
forum...
to address the issues raised by Mrs. Cawley I will be brief and not take too much of the
space this service offers...if Mrs. Cawley remembers my e-mails to her i asked if she
wanted compensation for any and all efforts expended (this was offered on at least TWO
OCCASIONS via e-mail and she failed to reply or did not respond to my rather direct
invitations...moreover, compensation was never requested)...when dealing with the generous
help of any researcher i always, always, always...offer compensation for expenses and time
and effort this is not a only a professional courtesy, but an ethical practice...should
mrs. cawley require financial compensation i will gladly still pay the reasonable costs of
any efforts she has expended (however, i cannot force people to take money)...additonally,
i will note two things first, this certainly is NOT THE FORUM TO BE MAKING AD BACULUM
ATTACKS ON PEOPLE FROM A "MORAL IVORY TOWER" if this needed to be done Mrs.
Cawley already had my e-mail!
address and all one merely had to was to send an e-mail asking for compensation which i
would have been happily sent as was ORIGINALLY OFFERED and was TURNED DOWN!!!! (my
e-mail is jrschult@hotmail.com)...second for a historian/genealogist to play HISTORICAL
REVISIONIST by stating i never said thank you and then to martyr oneself is really quite
sad especially in this forum...SO I PLEASE NO MORE PERSONAL ATTACKS... if you have
something to say you have my e-mail ...it is one thing to have an opnion and send it to my
e-mail...it is quite another to lie about it at others expense esp. and place it in a
public forum like this ALL AT MY EXPENSE!!!!...the offer still stands should Mrs. Cawley
request compensation she only needs to e-mail me her address or P.O. BOX and a check will
be forthcoming or if she has any family in minnesota i can do searches free of charge as i
go to minnesota historical society a couple of times per month...
as far as "Giving" and "Taking" goes i have an online world connect
site i update with 400-500 new names per year with citations of my souces for other
relatives and online researchers to use...to help them...to characterize this as taking
and not giving back given the aforementioned info is BEYOND ME!!!!!!!!!!