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From: Art Courtright <>
Subject: Re: [NYALBANY] Re: Van RENSSELAER Genealogy
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 08:39:00 -0700


Dear Bob


Way to go!! We are talking here about one of the most helpful people on
any list, he has helped so many that I am surprised that others have not
charged in to his defence.


Your number one in my book Robert protzmann


Art Courtright




















At 09:42 AM 5/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Ruth,
>
>I have not been a member of the NYALBANY MailList until now, but I have
>joined it so that I may reply to a recent posting of yours that was
>forwarded to me by a friend. I feel that you have made untrue and unfair
>comments about me, and have breached E-Mail and MailList etiquette by the
>following:
>
>First, you did not reply directly to me, personally, with any problems you
>might have had.
>
>Second, You did not make the comments, privately to the person you were
>addressing.
>
>Third, you made such unsubstantiated comments directly to hundreds of people
>on a MailList.
>
>Finally, the comments that you made had nothing to do with the NYALBANY
>MailList.
>
>You wrote:
>
><>From Tue May 2 17:10:02 2000
><>From:
><Message-ID: <>
><Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 17:08:51 EDT
><Subject: Re: [NYALBANY] VAN RENSSELAER
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><Hey Jim,
><
><I have printed out your search information and as I go through whatever
>paper
><work I find I will keep you in mind. I have been able to help others along
><the way on my other branches.
><
><Tell me this, have you actually seen the Van Rensselaer Genealogy? I left
>a
><message on one of the genealogy sites regarding my search and a Robert
><Protzman answered giving me the numbered coding for the person I am trying
>to
><connect with. When I asked him where I could read or obtain the actual Van
><Rensselaer Genealogy he beat around the bush and never did tell me. What
>do
><you make of this? Have you encountered a reluctance when asking for info?
><
><Thanks for the address. Ruth
>
>My last response to you was the following:
>
>
>
>Mon 5/1/00 8:51 AM
>
>Ruth,
>
>It is in printed form. The NYState Library has a copy, and a microfilm
>copy available for InterLibrary Loan, which is where I first got it.
>
>Our local library has a copy.
>
>You might try the Cornell MOA WebPages to see if they've posted it.
>
>Bob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [mailto:]
>Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 5:31 PM
>To: Protzman, Robert
>Subject: Re: Jones/Van Rensselaer
>
>
>Hey Bob,
>
>Thanks for the lesson! Can you tell me where to find the Van Rensselaer
>Genealogy? Is it on line or in a book?
>
>Sorry to be a pain but need to break through this stone wall!!
>
>Ruth
>
>Previously, I had responded:
>
>Fri 4/28/00 8:59 AM
>
>Ruth,
>
>163a8.5. is the individual's number using the Modified Henry System. It
>shows her lineage in the Van RENSSELAER line. Her father was # 163a8. and
>her grandfather was # 163a., etc.
>
>The value of any digit represents the birth-order, so she was the 5 th
>child, and her father was the 8th child. her grandfather "a" was the 10th
>child.
>
>VR# 244 is the number assigned to her in the Van RENSSELAER Genealogy,
>written by Florence Van Rensselaer.
>
>CDRC is the Claverack Dutch Reformed Church.
>
>Claverack is a village on the east side of the Hudson River, a little below
>Albany, on what was Van RENSSELAER land.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Bob
>
>Can you explain to me how this is "beating around the bush"? and "never
>telling" me?
>
>I am still working full time, at a very demanding job. After work, I go
>home, to be the primary care-giver to a 96-year-old cousin who lives with
>us. I spend more than half my genealogy time assisting others, and have
>helped many, as many correspondents on the Dutch-Colonies MailList will
>attest.
>
>I was very upset by your comments, or I would never respond in this manner.
>
>I apologize to subscribers of the NYALBANY MailList for this post, but feel
>that since you all heard the original comments by Ruth, that I was entitled
>to respond to the same forum.
>
>Bob Protzmann
>
>
>

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