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From: Barbara Middle Rider <barbara(a)starone.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 09:00:01 -0800
To: "'Nancy Thornton'" <nancetho(a)montana.com>
Subject: RE: [MTGEN-L] Important! Need your vote
No........................they can take care of their own. My 2cents worth.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Thornton [SMTP:nancetho@montana.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 1:16 PM
To: MTTETON-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [MTGEN-L] Important! Need your vote
No, I am not ready to promote someone's business when they are fully
capable
of doing it themselves. Aren't there websites for the professionals to
advertise? If you have one page for montana paid researchers i might put a
link to that but I do not want the actual names on my Teton county
website.
Nancy Thornton
Teton County Montana coordinator
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtteton
Illinois and Michigan Canal coordinator
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcanal
> From: "Corky" <ramakiki(a)home.com>
> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:00:42 -0700
> To: MTGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: [MTGEN-L] Important! Need your vote
> Resent-From: MTGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Resent-Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:00:23 -0800
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm checking some links on the main page and would appreciate your
"vote" on
> something that passes thru my brain now and again. <G>
>
> I often get requests for names of professional researcher in Montana
willing
> to do more extensive work, i.e. extensive courthouse or newspaper work,
> detailed census reports, etc. - data which cannot be found "yet" <G>
on
our
> MTGenWeb Project site.
>
> As many of you know, I have a research business, Genealogy Research
Service of
> Montana. I often receive requests by snail or by email (from paid-for
> advertising I do in magazines etc.) to conduct research in parts of the
state
> where they would get much better research done by someone living in that
area
> of Montana than what I can do from here - at least it would be less
expensive
> for them that way.
>
> Listing of "paid professional researchers" on USGenWeb sites is done on
some
> sites, and receives mixed feelings from the membership. Those who do it
> always place two disclaimers on the page. 1) They urge that those
seeking
> research diligently check out all of the USGenWeb Archives, GenConnect
and
> Rootsweb surname and county searches, etc. before spending money on
research,
> and that 2) USGenWeb in no way endorses any professional researcher. It
is up
> to those seeking a researcher to check out the services and prices
available
> through the various researchers.
>
> So, folks, this is YOUR MTGenWeb. Please vote on the issue of whether
or not
> I should add such a link to our main page so I'll know what your
feelings are.
> I'll count whatever votes are in to me by next Friday, February 9th.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Corky
>
>
> Corky Knebel
> MTGenWeb Project
> State Coordinator
>
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