Thanks Bonnie and Curtis! Ellen In a message dated 6/18/2011 11:06:54 P.M. Central Daylight Time, griffle@cox.net writes: All of the indexes are "housed" on the Escambia County FL GenWeb, Inc. web site at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flwfgs/escambiacountyfl/index.htm Page down and look under "Vitals, Obituaries." For each year, Carolyn and/or Curtis are listed as the point of contact, should a researcher need an obituary. A huge job, thank you Carolyn & Curtis!!!!! Thanks for asking, Ellen! Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: <EKROSTON@aol.com> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Fw: Obit > Just curious - where is all this information? Is it at the Genealogy > Library? How are they indexed? By date, name? > > Ellen > > > In a message dated 6/18/2011 4:56:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > griffle@cox.net writes: > > Just an afterthought - Curtis and Carolyn Reedy haven't been members of > WFGS for many years now. They STILL are dedicated on our behalf to > indexing > and holding every single obituary in the Pensacola News Journal. It takes > a > long time sitting at the computer and filing the actual obituaries, not > to > mention storing them and retrieving them when requested. Requests come in > all the time, too. Our locals may not use their services, but > out-of-towners > do. There were two this past week. One week there were 5! I myself have > had to have them dig out obits for me! Since they are not on the WFGS > List, I > was hoping some of you would drop them an e-mail to express appreciation > for their efforts. They are in their late 70's, so by no means elderly, > but > to dedicate their time to something like this is just special. > > Email: Carolyn Reedy indigo5@cox.net Curtis Reedy astro75@cox.net > > Thanks ahead of time for your time in thanking them. > > Respectfully, > > Bonnie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bonnie Griffis Lewis > To: Curtis Reedy ; Carolyn Reedy > Cc: WFGS > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 5:06 PM > Subject: Fw: Obit > > > Curtis, this is wonderful news. I hope it helps you and Carolyn to know > how very much your efforts are appreciated to all researchers. Wish more > of > them would show it, whether by donation, e-mail, or mail. It is so nice > to > be appreciated. > > You can mail the check to: > > WFGS > Treasurer > PO Box 947 > Pensacola, FL 32591-0947 > > Thank you so much for being such great emissaries for WFGS!!! > > If I'm thinking correctly, you and Carolyn have been indexing and storing > the hard copy of obituaries since 1994. It is truly a dedication the > likes > of which I have never seen. > > Bonnie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DiamondR > To: LEWIS, Bonnie > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 3:16 PM > Subject: Obit > > > Bonnie, > > A lady was so pleased with the obit that we sent that she has donated > $20.00 to the WFGS. The money order was mailed to us and we received it > today. > Who do I mail it to??? > > Curtis > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com 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 FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message