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From: "Arthur D. Boutwell" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] newspaper clippings
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 19:12:06 -0500
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Thank you for saying what most us felt. It is so good of someone to share
what they have, so someone else may gleam perhaps a little more information
than they had. Others only want to take and complain. Marilyn
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Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] newspaper clippings


> Dear Christie,
> The person who posted these clippings to the list stated UP FRONT,
> when she began posting them, that she had found these clippings in her
aunt's
> possessions and they did not have any of the identifying information that
you
> want. They were not marked or dated in any way. Just cut out of the
paper in
> the manner that my grandmother used to do---more to remember a personal
> acquaintance than to document the history of a family.
> Most of us felt that they were still of value, and contained a lot
of
> information and more than several people on the list encouraged the person
> who was putting them on the list to continue doing so.
> Several other people, like you, have complained, but I think more
> people seem to feel that they have value AS IS.
> Have you not been getting all of your List mail?? Because if you
> have, you should have been aware of the reasons the clippings did not
contain
> identifying information. And you would have seen the follow up mails about
this
> issue.
> Yes, in a perfect world her aunt would have carefully documented
> everything, but we live in a less than perfect world. I am sure for those
who are
> researching those names and have an idea who these people are, they are
> gleaning clues from the articles even though they might not contain
everything that
> they want.
>
> Kay
>
>
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