<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18928"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Terry, that's hardly worthy of an answer (suggesting Accusations and Lies). But sure, on the basis that 'friend of a friend' is how urban legends spread.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>it was your correspondent's friend.  Correspondent is equivalent to the first generation friend in that urban legend phrase.  Her friend thus becomes 'friend of a friend'.  End of story, all I was saying.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But as genealogists we're all wary of the equivalent "friend of a friend told me" when doing oral interviews (substitute kinship terms).  It's like believing family gossip without hearing it from the actual person.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Still batting zero here on people being actually duped.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Larry </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=terry@reigelridge.com href="mailto:terry@reigelridge.com">Terry Reigel</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 25, 2010 12:41 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] [APG Members] My Predicament!!!! (Need Help).</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>LBoswell wrote:<BR><BR>> But again Terry, it's that old Urban Legend chant someone<BR>> told me "a friend of hers did...."  Ye olde 'friend of a<BR>> friend" again.  <BR><BR>Larry,<BR><BR>So you are saying that my correspondent lied to me when she said one of the other people to whom the email was sent did send money? On what basis do you make that accusation? <BR><BR><BR>Terry Reigel<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>