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From: "WILMA JOHNSON" <>
Subject: RE: [KYCLAY] Resignation
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 17:18:23 -0500


Another would be for everyone to cancel their subscriptions to Ancestry and
then see where they stand.

WILMA JOHNSON



> [Original Message]
> From: Donald DeZarn <>
> To: <>
> Date: 4/5/03 2:04:30 PM
> Subject: RE: [KYCLAY] Resignation
>
> Tim,
>
> As a retired Navy veteran from the Viet Nam War era, I am truly appalled
> and ashamed that RootsWeb and their owner, Ancestry.com (and their
> owner, MyFamily.com, Inc.), have taken such a "politically INCORRECT"
> position regarding your incident.
>
> I'd like to think that a mass email campaign to Ancestry.com might
> influence them to see this matter in a more acceptable light. As you may
> have noticed, I've included the Ancestry.com support email address as a
> Cc: on this email.
>
> For those inclined to do so, I encourage others to use this support
> email address to voice their displeasure.
>
> I, as a longtime subscriber to the Clay Co. KY mailing list, have
> benefited greatly from the wonderful services and information that you
> and Valerie have shared with us over the years. For that, I thank you
> very, very much.
>
> Best Wishes to All,
>
> Donald DeZarn
>
> View DeZarn Family History: http://home.nycap.rr.com/dezarn/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim & Valorie Spence [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 3:00 AM
> To:
> Subject: [KYCLAY] Resignation
>
>
> County Coordinator Clay Co. Ky.
> County Coordinator Owsley Co. Ky.
> Clay Co. Ky. Archives FM
> Owsley Co. Ky. Archives FM
> Perry Co. Ky. Archives FM
> Rhode Island Tombstone FM
> Delaware Tombstone FM
>
> Hi All,
> I have had to face some disturbing realities recently where Rootsweb and
> Ancestry are concerned. A list owner recently posted a message urging
> flight of the American flag in support of our troops which are now in
> harms way. The mother of a soldier that she mentioned in her post
> happened to be my wife Who in a conversation mentioned that she had not
> seen as many flags as in recent months. Margy than made her post. The
> response to that post from Rootsweb was amazing in my view. Rootsweb
> said that any mention of support of our troops or mention of our flag
> was in fact to politically incorrect for them. I personally am not
> interested in being associated with a organization that is ashamed of
> our American troops or our American flag. I am sure that 90% of the
> people on these lists are American, may be 10% of them don't support our
> nation or our troops. I could care less what the French, Germans or
> Canadians think. As a father I wish I could trade places with my son,
> as a Patriot, I wish I could put my uniform back on and stand next to
> him to protect all of our liberties and freedoms.
>
> During this period, I was told that my signature tag had to be removed
> from my mailings, again because it was to patriotic. As you can see my
> signature tag remains. I am offended by the anti American stand
> Rootsweb has taken and the support that Ancestry has given them in this
> stance. The only reason they get away with it is because list owners,
> state coordinators and in fact all of us who use this service let them.
> I can not be a party to it.
>
> As for myself, for the genealogical community I love so much and feel I
> have served so well for the past 5 years I will leave all of the
> information I have contributed on those websites. I will not however be
> contributing to this organization in the future. While my resignation
> may not change the way this organization feels about this country or our
> troops, my conscience will feel much better.
>
> Timothy W. Spence Sr.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and
> degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling, which thinks that nothing
> is worth war, is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is
> willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal
> safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless
> made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. - John
> Stuart Mill ~ (1868)
>
>


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