I was one of the "idiots" that contributed to the history of Birmingham and looking back at places of interest. My elderly parents and even older aunt really had a good time remembering all the places that were talked about, and I learned where my great grand father (a policeman) worked his second job, at the Hillman Hotel. I would never had known that without the memory jog. I also enjoyed reading about the places that no longer exist. I apologize to those of you who were offended but remember you are only a few out of many. Knowing how people lived and played is an important part of geneology. Nancy, this is to say that you have handled a great site and I wish you well. >From: "Carol Lackey" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected], [email protected] >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Message from the list administrator >Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 07:50:35 -0400 > >Amen, Alice! > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alice Campbell >Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:33 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Message from the list administrator > > >I joined the ALJeffer list for the specific purpose of finding out about > >the community, the people who lived there, their occupations, all so >that I could place my ancestors into their proper place in their >community. > >For those 'nouveau genealogists' who only want a list of names, dates, >parents, & offspring, perhaps this purpose does not serve them so well. > >But a real genealogist IS looking for just those little things that will > >tie his family and their neighbors together into a recognizable whole. > >So I, for one, encourage the sort of banter that we've been having and >wish there were more of it. Every little bit of knowledge we have >brings us that nearer whatever genealogical goal we have. > >For those who are just collecting data to fill the blanks and don't want > >to know about the people they are collecting, well there is the delete >key to use. Lord knows, I use it on lots of surname queries for people >that I have no info on. It should work both ways. I don't mind that at > >all, because I might have known the surname. You other guys ought not >to mind deleting posts on local history that you aren't interested in >reading. > >Keep up the nostalgia!!!! We are genealogists and because of it we are >historians too. Lots of us are old enough that we need to dump our >memories NOW onto the younger ones so the information in them will not >be lost. I spent 2 weeks last month in Birmingham with my last >remaining 84 year old aunt asking all the questions I had about her >parents (my grandparents), her siblings, her friends, where they lived, >how they lived, who certain people were, all that sort of thing. We had > >a grand time, laughed a lot, got lots done, but I still left with a >bunch of questions unasked and left for the next visit, which I >anticipated would be Christmas. Unfortunately she fell & broke her hip >the day I left, and didn't survive the surgery. I am sitting here so >glad to have asked all those little things, and realizing that I will >just have to find the other information somewhere else. Whatever you >know - pass it along. When you die, leave a will stating what should be > >done with your records and files, making sure the valuable information >you have collected is not lost again. Write things now, don't put them >off. Etc... Don't really want to turn this into a lecture, but I think > >you get the point. > >Alice > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Try the next generation of search with Windows Live Search today! http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-us&source=hmtagline