Every know and then a child gets a Nickname and you hope it doesn't stick for life. My second daughter earned the nickname "Fingers" because she had to touch everything. We were in dread that she'd burn herself or pull something down on herself. Taking her to the store was a trial because she had to touch everything - fresh, frozen, cans, bread, etc. She was also the clumsy child - could not walk down our hallway without bouncing off of each wall. Once dropped a tool on her knee and cut it to the bone. Amazingly, she lived to become an adult, has all her fingers and toes. We still wonder what the "crime scene investigators" would find if they searched our house. "There's blood in this hallway!" We became extra protective of her, but we had to. Lovely young woman now. Works for a Pathologist. We don't call her "Fingers" anymore. Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank & Joan Van Daalen" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 7:32:33 AM Subject: Re: [LIN] Admin. note: July Theme I had a number of replies, so my problem is solved and Emma is found. Thanks to all who responded. I knew I could rely on the list. Joan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hank & Joan Van Daalen Sent: June 3, 2014 8:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LIN] Admin. note: July Theme Yes, I do have a mystery girl called Emma 'Majig' apparently so called because she couldn't stand still. She was informally adopted by my great grandmother who already had 10 children. I only know of her existence through my mother, and now that you have raised the subject, I'd better get on it because she would have been in the 1911 census which I haven't looked at lately. Thanks for the prompt. Joan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: June 2, 2014 4:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LIN] Admin. note: July Theme Hi, Missing Lincs, Joan Van Daalen suggested (almost five years ago) that we set a monthly theme of "Tying up loose ends". Most of us have a note or two on someone in our trees (or maybe not YET in our trees) that we need more information on. Maybe your relatives took them in out of pity but then couldn't get rid of them. Who the Heck were they? I've got few that show up in the census returns, but I've never found them anywhere else. So, how can we help? Joan, got any loose ends? Lou (list admin.) ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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