What a nice story! That sounds exactly like something he would do; he lived his whole life unselfishly and I love hearing the anecdotes. Truly, I had no idea that Dad's floppies would be of interest to anyone else because I thought they held his research on the Thomes and Phoenix families and that anything else was already out in the world. The clueless thinking of a non-genealogist! I did not realize that Mom had given anything away; she was keen on me working on it myself. I promised her I would at some point and it looks as though that point is very near! In June, when I am back in town, I will keep a lookout for the Methodist records when I start cataloging what I have of Dad's work. You may hear cries of, "help, help!" from me when I face that first disc holder! Sally On May 9, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Cynthia Dean wrote: > Sally, > > At the time of Sid's death, I was singing the the Christ Church choir > with your sister, Lucy. She knew of my connection to Sid and the WFGS > and made arrangements for the Deagan's and me to go to see your mother > who told us we were welcome to take anything that pertained to > genealogy. She felt she had no reason to keep that stuff. Tom and > Ginny took some books, and I took the floppies, because the Deagans > didn't have a computer that used that size disk, and I did. > > I have asked on several occasions if anyone could open them and help > figure this out. > There is one disk that says First Methodist Church Vital Records. I am > very much interested in that. There was a time that Anne Todd (WFGS > charter member) told me she had found some old Methodist records that > had been lost. She gave the date of a marriage in 1873 and found that > the grooms' youngest brother was baptized on the same day. But, those > records are no longer at the First Methodist Church. I don't know who > ended up with them. I'm hoping these might be the records Sid recorded. > > Here's the story of how I first met your folks. I was over at the beach > by myself looking for a house to rent for a few weeks in the summer. I > locked my purse in the car, and my husband was out of town and nobody to > call for a key. I just started knocking on doors, and Sid let me in to > call the Ford company to see about a key. He didn't know me from Adam's > house cat but drove me to Pensacola to Muldon's to get a key made and > drove me back to the beach. It was some years later that I met him at > the WFGS and thought the name was familiar and asked him about it. He > remembered. I'll never forget his kindness. > > I am very much involved in getting ready for a high school reunion this > week, but when I get a chance I will type up a list of what I have of > Sid's. I don't suppose you kept his computer? > > Cynthia Dean > > ------------------------------- > 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

Here in Special Collections, the First United Methodist Church let us microfilm their records back in 1972 and we gave the records back to them. It is possible that they include some of the now 'missing' items from the church, too. By the way, my doctor is Dr. Belk and his in-laws were Sid and Avis. Dean On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Sally <sallyk53@mchsi.com> wrote: > What a nice story! That sounds exactly like something he would do; he > lived his whole life unselfishly and I love hearing the anecdotes. > > Truly, I had no idea that Dad's floppies would be of interest to anyone > else because I thought they held his research on the Thomes and Phoenix > families and that anything else was already out in the world. The clueless > thinking of a non-genealogist! > > I did not realize that Mom had given anything away; she was keen on me > working on it myself. I promised her I would at some point and it looks as > though that point is very near! > > In June, when I am back in town, I will keep a lookout for the Methodist > records when I start cataloging what I have of Dad's work. > > You may hear cries of, "help, help!" from me when I face that first disc > holder! > > Sally > > On May 9, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Cynthia Dean wrote: > > > Sally, > > > > At the time of Sid's death, I was singing the the Christ Church choir > > with your sister, Lucy. She knew of my connection to Sid and the WFGS > > and made arrangements for the Deagan's and me to go to see your mother > > who told us we were welcome to take anything that pertained to > > genealogy. She felt she had no reason to keep that stuff. Tom and > > Ginny took some books, and I took the floppies, because the Deagans > > didn't have a computer that used that size disk, and I did. > > > > I have asked on several occasions if anyone could open them and help > > figure this out. > > There is one disk that says First Methodist Church Vital Records. I am > > very much interested in that. There was a time that Anne Todd (WFGS > > charter member) told me she had found some old Methodist records that > > had been lost. She gave the date of a marriage in 1873 and found that > > the grooms' youngest brother was baptized on the same day. But, those > > records are no longer at the First Methodist Church. I don't know who > > ended up with them. I'm hoping these might be the records Sid recorded. > > > > Here's the story of how I first met your folks. I was over at the beach > > by myself looking for a house to rent for a few weeks in the summer. I > > locked my purse in the car, and my husband was out of town and nobody to > > call for a key. I just started knocking on doors, and Sid let me in to > > call the Ford company to see about a key. He didn't know me from Adam's > > house cat but drove me to Pensacola to Muldon's to get a key made and > > drove me back to the beach. It was some years later that I met him at > > the WFGS and thought the name was familiar and asked him about it. He > > remembered. I'll never forget his kindness. > > > > I am very much involved in getting ready for a high school reunion this > > week, but when I get a chance I will type up a list of what I have of > > Sid's. I don't suppose you kept his computer? > > > > Cynthia Dean > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > -- Dean DeBolt, University Librarian Special Collections University of West Florida Library 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514-5750 ddebolt@uwf.edu; 850-474-2213