That "Letter" is scary, that is why this Christmas as a gift to my brother-in-law and my father-in-law I gave them each a print out of their pedigree, some of it going back to the founding of Quebec. Now for next Christmas I am going to take as many of those names as possible and wherever possible add biographies. I will tell the family history not only to me, but to all the family. My children are a little too young to appreciate things but as they grow I will get them to help me with my research and I WILL PRINT OUT REPORTS THAT THEY CAN READ. A scanner is on my list of things I am going to get to I can print out family books with pictures and copies of doucuments. If you don't want that letter to refer to you then make the family history relevent to the descendents. Computer programs print out all kinds of reports and "books" that can be easily read and that is what will make our work important to others in the family. When they see and read results, they may not help us in our research but they see the value and that is what will insure that our work is preserved for future generations. Jacquie Nex Not just the family historian but the FAMILY STORYTELLER > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stella Stanger" <sstanger@sfu.ca> > To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:36 PM > Subject: [CAN-BC] Fwd: [BRITNAMES] A Thought For You > > > > > > >The following was posted to the Britnames Mail List - Cheers, Stella > > > > > > > > >"CLEANING MOTHER'S HOUSE" by Michael John Neill > > >