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From: "Walt McKENZIE, Sr." <>
Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] Apology for asking for traditions - - Forrest,Nancy,Elaine etc.
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:57:52 -0500
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OK, I give up ! ! ! I'm going to enjoy my Thanksgiving.
Grandpa Walt Ulster-Scot McKenzie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt McKENZIE, Sr." <>
To:
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] Apology for asking for traditions
> G'day ,
> Thank you so very much for your service to our country,
> USAmerica. Isn't it great we can all express our opinion. May God
> bless you. Happy Thanksgiving , Walt
> P.S. : I can't understand all the confusion over my rather concise,
> courteous, constructive opinion. It is a simple matter of having 29,000+
> Rootsweb genealogy mail list, so that each list can experience on-topic
> sharing in a relatively kind & mature manner and not psyche-out or
> greatly irritate others. Rootsweb is not 1 site / mail list where all of
> genealogy, no matter what, is discussed. Again, we can't even
> comment relatively on-topic on this one single matter.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To: "Walt McKENZIE, Sr." <>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] Apology for asking for traditions
>> Bag it, Walt. If your primary interest is Scots-Irish
>> History go to the library and read up on it. Cultural
>> traditions are as important to genealogy as all the
>> names and dates going back to the 1700s. That
>> information fell off the table a long time ago.
>> I'm 58 and of Scots-Irish Descent, a retired US
>> Army Sergeant First Class(wounded twice), father of
>> three and grandfather of seven. If you want to study
>> the history of the emigration, as well as the root
>> causes; go to the library. These lists are for people
>> who wish to learn about their own heritage, not what
>> happened 300+ years ago!!!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Forrest Plumstead" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] Apology for asking for traditions
> Traditions are a part of history, and history is a part of genealogy. With
> out them all you have is a boring list of names, date and place of birth,
> date and place of death, and date and place of marriage. For example I have



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