It seems most of my maternal and paternal ancestor and collateral  lines
came through SC on their trek south and west to eventually merge and
produce me in TX. At each beginning and stopping point, MD, VA, NC, SC,
GA, AL, TN, KY, LA and TX families stayed and reproduced and others
moved on and reproduced. This has resulted in giving me untold tens of
thousands, if not MILLIONS of cousins throughout these United States.
Now I want to know: HOW COME YOU HAVN"T GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH ME??

Well the answer, I think, is pretty simple. It boils down to the
dissemination of information or the lack of it. We have an opportunity
with the internet, as never before, to find one another and our mutual
roots. Let's not destroy it by building our own personal "towers of
babble" or establishing an exclusivity of purpose. Genealogy at its'
best is expansive, inclusive and FREE. Free of conceit, free of ego,
free of untruth and free to find. Freely give as you have been freely
given, and don't forget the bread on the water principle. 

So all you Andersons, Hollands, Jenkins, Lacys, Darnells, Bartons,
Davises and ??? some of whom left SC together for KY then AL then LA and
TX; and  you Moores, Powers, Garretts, Moseleys and ????? who stayed in
SC or went GA, AL and MS; and you Reeves, Mauldins, Stevensons and ???
who stayed in SC and kin who went to TN; and mostly you ???? (could
there be a Coker in there ?), WHERE ARE YOU ?? I've got a bunch of FREE
information to share with you. It is free because I didn't create it. My
ancestors did with their own blood, sweat and tears.

Kerry Moore,
Dallas, TX

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