[or-roots] List inactivity

[Dale Harguess]

I got this and although several of my cousins have past in the last year
there are still a lot of us out there.  Some of my cousins who grew up in
other states or moved when they were young do not even realize that they
have Oregon Ancestors.
I was born and raised in California but when I found that my grandmother
and grandfather and great grandmother were all born in Oregon I joined the
Sons and Daughters of Oregon pioneers.  It is a good group and they publish
a very nice newsletter.  The dues are fairly inexpensive which is important
to people who are retired and on a fixed income.
So, there you have it.
Dale

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On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Leslie Chapman <pil3hvar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks have been mentioning for the last few days they aren't receiving
> any posts.
>
> I would suggest that it is because there haven't been many.
>
> In the past I have posted on a fairly regular basis either a question
> relevant to Oregon or on occasion I have taken advantage of Layne's
> good nature and asked for help on things usually from adjacent states.
>
> I have not had a lot of time for some while now for genealogy and then
> there was a period when I was unable to post or at least my posts did
> not show up in my yahoo account. For some reason when Layne and I
> finally got me able to post by adding my gmail account to Or roots I
> now receive everything in both accounts even though the Yahoo account
> supposedly was removed. Ironically for a while I could post in either
> account and it only showed up in the other account. I attribute this
> to technology not liking me. My son is pretty sure it is a PEBKAC
> situation;
>
> OKAY; strike that last bit, posted this and another post from Yahoo
> and they just disappeared into the ether, so will try gmail.
>
> Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
>
> I get very annoyed when I do something exactly right three times on my
> puter and do not get the correct result then he punches in the same
> command and gets the correct result, again he is sure it is as stated
> above.
>
> But I digress; One of the sad reasons our list has become
> significantly less active is we lost a number of the people who were
> most active on the list and some of the rest were in failing health
> last I heard. That is unfortunately kind of a universal trend. My
> girlfriend and I recently joined the Eagles and now we find that we
> are invited to attend a meeting to determine if the local Aerie will
> continue to function. As with fraternal organizations the impetus to
> pursuing  genealogy is fading I believe. There are still some new
> folks interested but the numbers who are too busy to continue and the
> attrition rate on those of us in our later years seems to be thinning
> the ranks.
>
> I know that the few posts I HAVE  made in the past year or so since I
> was able to post again have not received much if any response where in
> the past at least four of five would have a suggestion or an answer, I
> have been lucky if I got more than one response.
>
> Just for the sake of argument I will post a query separate from this
> on my current family page and lets see what kind of response I get.
>
> Leslie Chapman
>
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