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From: "jpathome" <>
Subject: Re: [KYBREATH-L] Sounding off
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 05:04:26 -0400


I agree 100%. I have worked on my own genealogy for 15 years, and thank god
for the ones who have paved the way on the internet.
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Date: Sunday, August 29, 1999 9:58 AM
Subject: [KYBREATH-L] Sounding off


>My roots are in Breathitt County, and the Breathitt County Library and
>Historical and Genealogy Society have always been near and dear to my
heart.
>For many years Nancy Herald and members, Jeanette Shouse and staff have
done
>an excellent job. I have found all their research material to be great.
>These have saved me countless number of dollars, car mileage, aching back
and
>burning eyes. The new genealogy department is one of the best.
>
>I just finished reading an article in the local paper, where the writer was
>asking people to send in their family history to the society. A good
ideal.
>Then I read further on and I thought I had been stung by one of the honey
>bees in Breathitt, which made as angry as a Hornet. The writer made
mention
>that you might be surprised at what you would find there, and in the next
>sentence said, "the first thing (not sure what this person meant by that,
>whether it was a family history, or some research material) that was picked
>up had numerous errors." The person stated that these errors were what
kept
>his/her interest up (I suppose in genealogy).
>
>I have only been researching my family lines for about ten or so years and
>have a lot to learn. I'm still on the ground floor. In my few years of
>research I have never found a history or any research material that didn't
>contain some errors, there will always be some type of error.
>
>I find it sad that he/she could not find another reason to keep his/her
>interest up other than to make corrections. It would have been nice if
this
>writer had made the comment that maybe he/she would be able to make some
>additions. Many family histories were written before a lot of info was
given
>to the public and new info comes to light almost every day.
>
>A seasoned researcher told me years ago, we new resarchers were lucky they
>had paved the path for us. There was a time when they had to rely on a few
>old records, talking to elderly people, cutting paths to old cemeteries.
>They did the ground work for us. We are lucky, we have copying machines,
>micro fiche, micro film, scanners, computers, historical societies, and the
>web, which have done a good part of the work for us.
>
>Thank you, Nancy, Jeanette, Charles and all the others that have worked so
>hard for us. There are some of us that really appreciate it.
>
>Carole Bays
>
>
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