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From: Chris Barris <>
Subject: Re: Ontario listowner notes
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:58:55 -0700 (PDT)


I think that we should be looking at mailing lists like this not
just as a research tool, but also as a way to learn (I'll spare you
all the same old arguements about knowing about the times in which our
ancestors lived). What I appreciate about this list is that
non-genealogy threads, while present, are not more common than
genealogical questions - at least not yet ;-)

It's nice to learn about our families past, but what I don't
appreciate is coming home from work and finding 150-200 messages in my
in-box, only half of which have anything to do with genealogy. Some
mailing lists seem to be almost totaly out of control.

Keep up the good work John.

Chris Barris
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
ICQ# 17239145
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---John Helmut Merz <> wrote:
>
> Del Templin wrote: (Posted with her permission)
> >
> > John:
> >
> > I'm sorry the lady in question was not happy with potatoes. She
> > provided some valuable information to me and seemed willing to do
so. I
> > hope I was not the one that forced her hand to unsubscribe.
> >
> > As this is a new list and many of us are new to searching
genealogy on
> > the net I hope your more experienced people will hang in there. I
do
> > have a lot of info I can share and have replied to some. Our
ancestors
> > are not going anywhere so we must just keep plugging. One may
search
> > for a long time before striking pay dirt.
> >
> > Anyway I like potatoes.
> >
> > Del Templin

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