Regarding the recent thread on stories, I got this following excerpt from Isabel some time back and she said it was ok for me to share with you: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ An excerpt from a previous email from Isabel to Renee: "When I started collecting ancestors, I was about 9 or 10 years old. Mostly I collected stories about the family. I did like everyone else, except I noted my sources. Unfortunately, I noted them "as told to me by my grandmother". I never asked where she got the info. Usually, there is some truth in what was told to me. I am a social historian, more interested in the life and times of the common man than the lives of great men. When I was in high school and had to write research papers, I realized the value of primary sources especially vital records and legal documents."