>Please discuss the old days in private e-mails. Please. Well, OK ...... certainly don't want to distract or bother anyone. I do think there are many who see "genealogy" as much much more than just names and dates on a diagram ......... for many of us, genealogy and family history includes those things that tend to bring the people alive in our memories ...... old pictures whenever available.... information about the history and circumstances of their lives ... where they lived. what kind of work they did.... etc. But ...in any case, to avoid having such things become a distraction, I would be happy to shift off-list with those who are interested ....... but other than via initial contacts on-list, I don't know how to get those contacts initially or learn what people are interested in. Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee

I agree - I would love to have access to old photos, stories, that subscribers would like to share. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > >Please discuss the old days in private e-mails. Please. > > Well, OK ...... certainly don't want to distract or bother anyone. > > I do think there are many who see "genealogy" as much much more than > just names and dates on a diagram ......... for many of us, genealogy > and family history includes those things that tend to bring the > people alive in our memories ...... old pictures whenever > available.... information about the history and circumstances of > their lives ... where they lived. what kind of work they did.... etc. > > But ...in any case, to avoid having such things become a > distraction, I would be happy to shift off-list with those who are > interested ....... but other than via initial contacts on-list, I > don't know how to get those contacts initially or learn what people > are interested in. > > Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

for those of use who like the mails about Jefferson County and Birmingham that are not absolutely genealogy, why not make a list of all those who are in your mailbox and then give them a name ie. undisclosed recipents and when you send the e-mails, it will go to all of us who are interested in Birmingham and the surrounding area in addition to the geneology info, that way we wouldn't have to start a new list, just be sure all who are interested have their e-mail address in the file and everybody would have the name and addresses in their mailbox and it would not intefere with the ALJEFFER list mail - you could just call it Birmingham and put all the e-mail addresses under it and send your mail to just Birmingham and it would pick up all the e-mail addresses on each person ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 11:08 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports | >Please discuss the old days in private e-mails. Please. | | Well, OK ...... certainly don't want to distract or bother anyone. | | I do think there are many who see "genealogy" as much much more than | just names and dates on a diagram ......... for many of us, genealogy | and family history includes those things that tend to bring the | people alive in our memories ...... old pictures whenever | available.... information about the history and circumstances of | their lives ... where they lived. what kind of work they did.... etc. | | But ...in any case, to avoid having such things become a | distraction, I would be happy to shift off-list with those who are | interested ....... but other than via initial contacts on-list, I | don't know how to get those contacts initially or learn what people | are interested in. | | Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee | | ------------------------------- | 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