A. (Oltmann) Blacksher
Honor Code SignatorySigned 23 Jan 2016 | 2,864 contributions | 65 thank-yous | 304 connections
Signed 23 Jan 2016 | 2,864 contributions | 65 thank-yous | 304 connections
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Thank you for keeping in touch. I will be happy to contact you in the future when I am ready to join again, and more able to provide the time necessary to do it. It's good to know people who are interested in the Scottish Clans. We need each other when questions arise.
Take care and good luck in your endeavors.
My name is Sarah and I’m the Project Coordinator for the Scotland Project. As you may have heard, we have merged the Scottish Clans project into the Scotland Project. I am contacting you today to find out if you are interested in continuing with us under this new format. If you would like to go forward on the Scottish Clans Team, please reply and let me know which clans you have been working on or would like to work on. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Sarah Mason, Scotland PC
My resources: I prefer to take the time and care to provide written resources along with a link to a specific page or pages versus a link to an entire book download. I do my best to provide relevant resources from books, citations, places of burial, etc., along with secure internet links if available. Personal family profiles include first-hand information as well.
I consider family genealogy to be a journey of discovery, and a way to learn about our ancestors, family, and extended family as a person.
Family genealogy should not, in my opinion, be treated as a Marathon or a pedestal for self-glorification; but we can be proud of their accomplishments, sympathize with their hardships, discern what is true, discard untruthful propaganda, and determine what is fact and what is fiction (and recognizing that sometimes so-called "myth" may be completely untrue or, in fact, partially true--or worse, wholly true but lacking tangible evidence for reasons that it once existed but was either destroyed, lost, or stolen). As Archaeologists say: "Absence of evidence does not constitute evidence of absence."
I have great respect for family and ancestors--it should be everyone's goal to preserve their integrity, and to learn from their history, so that we should not be ignorant of who they were or where they came from.
After reviewing the requirements of joining the England Project, because I don't live in England, I cannot be of much help that requires a great knowledge of England.
My main interest for joining the England Project goes back to the 1500's in Chester, England, and I was and still am gathering information regarding ancestors that lived there, and before that in Scotland. I presumed I could receive some help in my search, answer some of my questions, or attempt to collaborate with someone knowledgeable about that time and place.
I currently don't have the time to contribute to your England Project in the way that it appears you require--for me to work on profiles of people born in England--a place I know virtually nothing about except for family ancestors that I have personally studied extensively.
I understand that in order to receive a pre-1500's badge, which I need to do further research regarding ancestors, I need to do some clean-up work for you all. I'll have to postpone that for now. You may remove my England Badge if you wish. I'll check-in again when I'm ready to do the clean-up work that you require for me to receive the pre-1500's badge. I am just too busy at this time with other priorities.
Thank you.
P.S. I sent you an email of this same message, from your Wiki profile.