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    1. [GV] A lot of paper!
    2. Leichtling
    3. I have a different subject for this list I have an 80 year old Mother who is now in assisted living. She has a diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia (Alzheimer's and Parkinson's combined). We had to close her house down and sell it (back in April) and all of her "stuff" is now in my garage. As I share a love for genealogy with her she has decided she wants to go over all of her work and papers with me. I spend about 2 or 3 hours each day with her so it gives us something to do and she loves it. It's also good for her! She is "Old School" genealogy. Everything written down and kept. Back in her days if you ran into a road block you tried using a "side street" or tracking cousins or others in the same area with the same surnames. Also back in her hay days there was less info than what is available now. So tracking side line was fun for her and she communicated with a lot of people by "letters". Problem...I have reams of papers and binders filled with group sheets and information and letters (she kept everything) that are not my ancestors. Some are cousins and most are not even related. Most of them are people living in Kansas and a lot of them were born in Russia. I can't and won't destroy them, but what is the best thing to do with them. I wish I could find the ancestors (some of you guys) and give it too them, but that would take a lot of time I'm afraid. I don't want to just sit on these papers. Any suggestions? Has anyone had this question (problem)? DB

    08/05/2007 06:23:40