<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content=text/html;charset=utf-8 http-equiv=Content-Type>
<STYLE type=text/css>DIV {
MARGIN: 0px
}
</STYLE>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18882"></HEAD>
<BODY style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px"
id=MailContainerBody leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 bgColor=#ffffff
CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area">
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The comments regarding submission of work products
after a block of 10 hours or so interest me. I assumed that my hesitancy
to do that was some failing of mine in efficiency, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>During that early period, I also am searching for
patterns of settlement and movement, family relationships, puzzles,
consistencies, and inconsistencies, and developing a first-stage work
product is premature <EM>for me</EM> if the project is of any complexity at
all. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It's almost like I'm filling out a clay
model. There is a texture to it eventually, but not at first.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I update my client about my process and direction,
and the client does get a sense of a work that is definitely in
progress.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Recently, I did have an exception. The client
was interested in a particular lineage society (Sons of the Republic of
Texas), and I did rule out eligibility for that within a
short time. Eventually, I did recognize SAR eligibility, and I sent that
information and generational proofs to him. The project was for the
client's father, who is advanced in age and quite ill. Although
I couldn't find SRT lineage, I did find basis for a supplement he could
file to his NSSAR membership. Later I updated my client on two CSA
veterans in his direct line, which surprised his father. Then I continued
on with the wider scope of the project, which went in additional directions and
had other objectives.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I am slow (and tentative) in my work and bill by
the project rather than by the hour.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I am much newer to client work than most here,
although I'm not a stranger to research and systematic
documentation. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Warmest Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Donna</FONT> </DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>