wow a pat on the back, thanks, but it seems i have slacked off a bit lately. by the way tom, have you hit the reply to button lately? jen Tom Robison wrote: > Twila wrote: > > >This group began almost two years ago when Tom and I met over the net. We > >began to "meet" other Behymer researchers and soon discovered the many > >variations of the name. As time went on we grew so large that it became > >difficult to email everyone without leaving someone out, so we (at Tom's > >gentle(?) prodding) finally agreed to become our own mail list. > > Well, perhaps I was a little "insistent" about a mailing list, but I was > experienced with them, and it was just what this bunch needed. Granted, the > fact that MAISER collapsed barely a week after we got started cast a shadow > on my judgement, but I think y'all will agree that this mailing list has > kept us in touch, and has advanced Behymer research. > > Fortunately, I kept all the e-mail addresses of the original group, which > sure came in handy when Rootsweb crashed last week (more about that in the > next message). And amazingly, from that nearly two-year-old list of e-mail > addresses, all of them were still current save one! (Lori Johnson's address > was the only one that "bounced". We still haven't found her. Twila, do you > still have her snail-mail address?) > > Twila gives me too much credit for our genesis. Yes, I suggested the > mailing list, but Twila found the majority of the folks who were the > "charter" members, and most of them are still here. She published the list > of members, their Behymer connections, and helped us all get to know one > another and become friends. > > Jen, bless her heart, agreed to take on the task of Mailing list manager, a > duty I should have shouldered but just couldn't at the time. She also > created and maintains the original Behymer web page. Deanna, Kathy, Lori, > John W., Rob, BillyBob (and others that won't come to this muddled mind at > 2 a.m.) were the meat in what is now this "mulligan stew" of > B'hymer/P'hymer descendants. (Sorry 'bout the Irish metaphor, but I > couldn't think of the German/Dutch equivalent. I am, first and foremost, a > son of Auld Sod). > > Twila, has it really been two years? Wow! Time flies when you're having fun. > > Regards to all. Keep in touch. > Tom > > Tom Robison > Ossian, Indiana > tcrobi@adamswells.com > > Never forget the importance of history. To know nothing of > what happened before you took your place on earth, > is to remain a child forever. [unknown]