Hello, Union County Listmates, Having never been a subscriber to the Union County List, I had missed all your messages of thanks for transcribing the UC court minutes and The Blairsville Herald, as well as Carol Ann's public posts of praise, except for forwards from subscribing cousins. Last night, Cousin Pat, one of three wonderful and wacky UC Smith-researching cousins, went through your 'thank-you' posts and forwarded each one to me individually, and I was overwhelmed by your response. Today I have subscribed to the List, principally to acknowledge the many posts expressing gratitude. I am humbled by your praise and notes of thanks, and wanted say that I am very happy to know that my efforts have helped some of you in your research. I wish I could contribute something that would initiate a breakthrough in everyone's UC research . . . so hang in there. More will follow. Finally, IMHO, the UC genweb site is the best of Georgia's best. Carol Ann does a fantastic job, not only in keeping everything organized and running smoothly, but in her continual posting of source records, the backbone of every family research project. If you have any items to contribute, no matter how insignificent you think they may be, please do so. THIS list won't let your efforts go unnoticed! Again, thank you all so much for your kind words, and thank you, Carol Ann, for maintaining the website and keeping it all together so nicely. Linda Murray

Linda, Thank you for your kind words. Hosting our Union [and Fannin] Co., GAGenWeb sites is a labor of love. As most of you know, my Mama, now 82, whose ancestors are all in Union/Fannin Cos., is in final stages of Alzheimers. She loved working on her family history. I started to continue her work for her about 9 years ago. Of course, got hooked rather quickly and now completely obsessed. <BG> It's a way I can be close to her and at the same time show her my deepest respect. For Mama's story, visit: <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax/Mama/> but have a box of kleenex handy... After Mama has passed on, I'll be relocating to Fannin Co. to be near family and friends. Earlier this year, I purchased some land outside of McCaysville to eventually build a 'permanent' vacation home. Once I'm up there, my personal goal is to have everything that was ever recorded in the public records in both Union and Fannin Cos. to be on-line and work in the community to preserve our shared history. In the meantime, I visit 3 or 4 times a year and try to gather what I can to help us. Again, I am just an administrator of the GAGenWeb Project. It is the contributions by others that truly make our Union Co. website what it is!!!!! Thank you to everyone!!! Warm regards, CAT [email protected] wrote: > Hello, Union County Listmates, > > Having never been a subscriber to the Union County List, I had missed all > your messages of thanks for transcribing the UC court minutes and The > Blairsville Herald, as well as Carol Ann's public posts of praise, except for > forwards from subscribing cousins. > > Last night, Cousin Pat, one of three wonderful and wacky UC Smith-researching > cousins, went through your 'thank-you' posts and forwarded each one to me > individually, and I was overwhelmed by your response. > > Today I have subscribed to the List, principally to acknowledge the many > posts expressing gratitude. I am humbled by your praise and notes of thanks, > and wanted say that I am very happy to know that my efforts have helped some > of you in your research. I wish I could contribute something that would > initiate a breakthrough in everyone's UC research . . . so hang in there. > More will follow. > > Finally, IMHO, the UC genweb site is the best of Georgia's best. Carol Ann > does a fantastic job, not only in keeping everything organized and running > smoothly, but in her continual posting of source records, the backbone of > every family research project. If you have any items to contribute, no > matter how insignificent you think they may be, please do so. THIS list > won't let your efforts go unnoticed! > > Again, thank you all so much for your kind words, and thank you, Carol Ann, > for maintaining the website and keeping it all together so nicely. > > Linda Murray > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > New!! Post your Year 2000 Union Co. GA reunion information > to our county calendar at RootsWeb. It's link is on our main page at: > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion> -- Carol Ann "Cat" Tindell Jacksonville Beach, FL C.A.T.'s Southern Genealogy: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax Researching: AKINS, BERRY, BOWERS, BROOKS, CANTRELL, DANIEL, LITTLE, McCRAVEY, ROBERTS, STANDRIDGE, WALLIS & WOOD{S} Our Southern AKINS: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax/akins Researching: A&D of James AKIN, Sr. Henrico Co., VA including his g-grandson, Lewis AKINS who d. 1791 Laurens Co., SC. The BERRYs of North GA: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax/Berry/ including raw data & 1-stop resource for all BERRY links on the web The TINDELLs of Calhoun Co., FL: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~catinjax/tindell Researching: DUNCAN, JONES, TINDEL of SE AL & West FL Union Co., GAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaunion Fannin Co., GAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gafannin Old Walton Co., GAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaoldwal