I am trying to help my husband trace his family history, and we have come to a dead end without going very far... I am in hopes that you can help me?? If any of the following looks familiar, please email me at ricksgirl1988@webtv.net - I will be happy to swap any information that we do have with you. Thanks so much! God Bless... --------------------------------------------------------- William Wilbur m. Mary Housch They had a son, Frank Leroy Wilbur b. Dec. 1884 (we believe). Frank served in the Army from 1915 - 1920. Part of his service was in Ohio and part in Maine. We know nothing of his parents, or even if the listed names above are indeed his parents... This is what he told his wife. We have some information on Frank, but we are seeking the rest of his family as well. We believe he might have been married before coming to Maine. He stayed in Maine when discharged from the Army. ----------------------------------------------------------

http://www.tdn-net.com/genealogy/mvgi/mvgi-idx.htm#start this is for the Miami Valley OH researcher... http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html Library of Congress, American collection http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/ Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in VA by Lyman Chalkley http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/ Cornell University Digital Library http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html On line Death Indexes for US http://istg.rootsweb.com/ Immigrant ships transcriptions http://www.familysearch.com/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp LDS family search http://www.rootsweb.com/ last but not least is the one and only rootsweb. Please arrow down on this page as there are a LOT of research that you can do from here. Jeannie <><

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm I am sending this out again to all of my lists... this is a good research site.... Type in name and click on the state that you want.... There are a lot of newbies to the gen web pages so those of you that know all this stuff please have patience with this type of information on the list... Thanks, Jeannie <>< List Mom

Little Johnny's Find of the Day~^~*~^~*~^~*~^~* Baby Boomer Quiz The answers are at the end... NO PEEKING! 1. "Kookie; Kookie. Lend me your ________." 2. The "battle cry" of the hippies in the sixties was "Turn on; tune in; ___________." 3. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, "Who was that masked man?" Invariably, someone would answer, "I don't know, but he left this behind." What did he leave behind? 4. Folk songs were played side by side with rock and roll. One of the most memorable folk songs included these lyrics: "When the rooster crows at the break of dawn, look out your window and I'll be gone. You're the reason I'm traveling on __________" 5. A group of protesters arrested at the Democratic convention in Chicago in 1968 achieved cult status, and were known as the ________________. 6. When the Beatles first came to the US in early 1964, we all watched them on the ________ Show. 7. Some who protested the Vietnam war did so by burning their ________. 8. We all learned to read using the same books. We read about the thrilling lives and adventures of Dick and Jane. What was the name of Dick and Jane's dog? 9. The cute, little car with the engine in the back and the trunk (what there was of it) in the front, was called the VW. What other name(s) did it go by? ________ 10. A Broadway musical and movie gave us the gang names the _______ and the ________. 11. In the seventies, we called the dropout nonconformists " hippies." But in the early sixties, they were known as ________. 12. William Bendix played Chester A. Riley, who always seemed to get the short end of the stick in the television program The Life of Riley." At the end of each show, poor Chester would turn to the camera and exclaim, "What a ________." 13. "Get your kicks, ________." 14. "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed ________." 15. The real James Bond, Sean Connery, mixed his martinis a special way: ________. 16. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________." 17. That "adult" book by Henry Miller - the one that contained all the "dirty" dialogue-was called ________. 18. Today, the math geniuses in school might walk around with a calculator strapped to their belt. But back in the sixties, members of the math club used a ________. 19. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about "the day the music died." This was a reference and tribute to ________. 20. A well known television commercial featured a driver who was miraculously lifted through thin air and into the front seat of a convertible. The matching slogan was "Let Hertz ________." 21. After the twist, the mashed potato, and the watusi, we "danced" under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called ________. 22. "N-E-S-T-L-E-S; Nestles makes the very best ________." 22b. For two extra points, what was the dog's name? ________ 23. In the late sixties, the "full figure" style of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe gave way to the "trim" look, as first exemplified by British model ________. 24. Satchmo was America's "ambassador of goodwill." Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was ________. 25. On Jackie Gleason's variety show in the sixties, one of the most popular segments was "Joe, the Bartender." Joe's regular visitor at the bar was that slightly off center, but lovable, character, _________. (The character's name, not the actor's.) 26. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it; it was called ________. 27. What "takes a licking and keeps on ticking"? _______ 28. One of the big fads of the late fifties and sixties was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist; it was called the ________. 29. The "Age of Aquarius" was brought into the mainstream in the Broadway musical ________. 30. This is a two-parter: Red Skelton's hobo character (not the hayseed; the hobo) was ________. Red ended his television show by saying, "Good night, ________." ANSWERS 1. "Kookie; Kookie; lend me your comb." (From the TV show 77 Sunset Strip) If you said "ears," you're in the wrong millennium, pal; you've spent way too much time in Latin class. 2. The "battle cry" of the hippies in the sixties was "Turn on; tune in; drop out" (Attributed to Timothy Leary). Many people, who proclaimed this 30 years ago, today are Wall Street bond traders and corporate lawyers. 3. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet. Several of you may have said he left behind his mask. Oh, no; even off the screen, Clayton Moore would not be seen as the Lone Ranger without his mask! 4. "When the rooster crows at the break of dawn, look out your window and I'll be gone. You're the reason I'm traveling on; don't think twice, it's all right." (Bob Dylan) 5. The group of protesters arrested at the Democratic convention in Chicago in 1968 were known as the Chicago Seven. As Paul Harvey says, "They would like me to mention their names," 6. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched them on the Ed Sullivan Show. 7. Some of us who protested the Vietnam war did so by burning our draft cards. If you said "bras," you've got the right spirit, but nobody ever burned a bra while I was watching. The "bra burning" days came as a byproduct of the women's liberation movement which had nothing directly to do with the Vietnam war. 8. Dick and Jane's dog was Spot. "See Spot run." Whatever happened to them? Rumor has it they have been replaced in some school systems by "Heather Has Two Mommies," 9. It was the VW Beetle, or more affectionately, the Bug. 10. A Broadway musical and movie gave us the gang names the Sharks and the Jets. It was West Side Story. 11. In the early sixties, the dropout, nonconformists were known as beatniks. Maynard G. Krebs (from the TV show Dobie Gillis. The supporting part of Maynard was played by a young actor named Bob Denver; better known for his starring role in the TV show Gilligan's Island) was the classic beatnik, except that he had no rhythm,man; a beard, but no beat. 12. At the end of "The Life of Riley," Chester would turn to the camera and exclaim, "what a revolting development this is," 13. "Get your kicks on Route 66," 14. "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent." (From the opening lines of the TV show Dragnet) 15. The real James Bond, Sean Connery, mixed his martinis a special way: shaken, not stirred. 16. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight," 17. That "adult" book by Henry Miller was called Tropic of Cancer. Today, it would hardly rate a PG-13 rating. 18. Back in the sixties, members of the math club used a slide rule. 19. "The day the music died" was a reference and tribute to Buddy Holly. (his death) 20. The matching slogan was "Let Hertz put you in the driver's seat," 21. After the twist, the mashed potato, and the watusi, we "danced" under a stick in a dance called the Limbo. 22. "N-E-S-T-L-E-S; Nestles makes the very best chooo-c'late." In the television commercial, "chocolate" was sung by a puppet-a dog. (Remember his mouth flopping open and shut?). 22b - Farfel. (Moved by puppeteer Danny O'Day) 23. In the late sixties, the "full figure" style gave way to the "trim" (anorexic) look, as first exemplified by British model Twiggy. 24. Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was Louis Armstrong. 25. Joe's regular visitor at the bar was Crazy Googenhiem. 26. The Russians put the first satellite into orbit; it was called Sputnik. 27. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? A Timex watch. (As advertised in the timeless voice of John Cameron Swayze) 28. The large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist was called the hula-hoop. 29. The "Age of Aquarius" was brought into the mainstream in the (all nude) Broadway musical "Hair," 30. Red Skelton's hobo character was Freddie the Freeloader. (Clem Kaddiddlehopper was the "hay seed"). Red ended his television show by saying, "Good night, and may God bless." _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Two tourists were driving through Wisconsin. As they were approaching Oconomowoc, they started arguing about the pronunciation of the town's name. They argued back and forth until they stopped for lunch. As they stood at the counter, one tourist asked the employee. "Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are... very slowly? The blonde leaned over the counter and said, Burrrrrr, gerrrrrr, Kiiiing."

~^~*~^~*~^~*Little Johnny's Find of the Day~^~*~^~*~^~*~^~* All children in our lives learn more from what we 'DO' than what we 'SAY'. Remember that children learn not only from the positive things we do, but from the 'bad' things as well. What would you have taught a watching child today? Live each day as if all the world's children are watching, and learning what kind of person to be, from 'YOUR' actions. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me and I learned that little things can be the special things in life. When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I knew there is a God I could always talk to and I learned to trust in God. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money to help people who had nothing, and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don't. When you thought I wasn't looking, I felt you kiss me good night and I felt loved and safe. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it and I learned we have to take care of what we are given. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but its alright to cry. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be. When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to be good and productive person when I grow up. When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at you and wanted to say, 'Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.' _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

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http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html Was sent this on one of my lists, must share... looks like a good research site. I haven't played with it yet.... Jeannie <>< List Mom

BENEFITS OF GETTING OLDER >> * In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first. >> * It's harder and harder for sexual harassment charges to stick. >> * Kidnappers are not very interested in you. >> * No one expects you to run into a burning building. >> * People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?" >> * People no longer view you as a hypochondriac. >> * There's nothing left to learn the hard way. >> * Things you buy now won't wear out. >> * You buy a compass for the dash of your car. >> * You can eat dinner at 4:00 >> * You can live without sex but not without glasses. >> * You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch >> television. >> * You consider coffee one of the most important things in life. >> * You constantly talk about the price of gasoline. >> * You enjoy hearing about other people's operations. >> * You get into a heated argument about pension plans. >> * You got cable for the weather channel. >> * You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it. >> * You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge. >> * You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the >> room. * You send money to PBS. >> * You sing along with the elevator music. >> * You talk about "good grass" and you're referring to someone's lawn. >> * Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper. >> * Your back goes out more than you do. >> * Your ears are hairier than your head. >> * Your eyes won't get much worse. >> * Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off. >> * Your joints are more accurate than the National Weather Service. >> * Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them >> either. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.

> THE 13 COMMANDMENTS FOR NAMES: > > (1) Thou shalt name your male children: James, John, Joseph, > Josiah, Abel, Richard, Thomas, William > > (2) Thou shalt name your female children: Elizabeth, Mary, > Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May > > (3) Thou shalt leave NO trace of your female children. > > (4) Thou shalt, after naming your children from the above lists, > call them by strange nicknames such as: Ike, Eli, Polly, > Dolly, Sukey.---making them difficult to trace. > > (5) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal documents > or census reports, and only where necessary, you may use > only initials on legal documents. > > (6) Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly so that > your surname can be spelled, or misspelled, in various ways: > Hicks, Hicks, Hix, Hixe, Hucks, Kicks > > (7) Thou shalt, after no more then 3 generations, make sure that > all family records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court > house fire, or buried so that NO future trace of them can be > found. > > (8) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors, & vague > innuendo regarding your place origination > (A) you may have come from : England, Ireland, Scotland, > Wales....or Iran. > (B) you may have American Indian ancestry of the____tribe. > (c) You may have descended from one of three brothers that > came over from______ > > (9) Thou shalt leave NO cemetery records, or headstones with legible > names. > > (10) Thou shalt leave NO family Bible with records of birth, marriages, > or deaths. > > > (11) Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born James Albert, thou > must make all the rest of thy records in the names of Albert, AJ, > JA, AL, Bert, Bart, or Alfred. > (12) Thou must also flip thy parent's names when making reference to > them, although "Unknown" or a blank line is an acceptable > alternative. > > (13) Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of males, and dozens of > their cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse > researchers.

I am sending this to all my list as it is one of the best tips that I have rec'd..... Sandi is SO correct here.... Have a great day..... Jeannie <>< List Mom -----Original Message----- From: Sandi Gorin [mailto:sgorin@glasgow-ky.com] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 5:02 AM To: KYRESEARCH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: TIP #309 - WHAT REALLY COUNTS? TIP #309 - WHAT REALLY COUNTS? I hope you will let me ramble a bit for today's tip; it is really a re-run of an earlier tip, but has been brought to mind again during this past week. As I grow older, I find myself wishing how much I had asked more questions when family members were still with us. My family is dwindling down to a precious few and along with the feeling of loss of their leaving, I think of how much I didn't know about them. Oh, I have all the dates of birth and death, where and when they were married and all the children. But what do I know about them as a person? What precious memories are gone forever? In all our efforts to get every vital statistic right so we can join the DAR, SAR, Colonial Dames - whatever, have we forgotten that we are dealing with real people? People that lived, loved, hurt, felt pride, worked hard, people who mattered whether they were descended from some famous king or queen, president or outlaw. Or have we become so determined to get every date right, and every pedigree box filled in that we've forgotten what they did, who they were and what legacy they left us? I think sometimes we need to go back to square one and start treating our ancestors with a little more respect!! Of course, we all have family that are so illusive that the only proof we have of their existence is that we are here! But, lets think back just a couple or more generations and be thankful we at least have the names on the ones for whom we can find no biographical information. My daughter was recently given a family history book created by Thomas Kincaide, the famous 'Painter of Lights" that I like so much. In looking through it, I was deeply impressed about the type of data asked for. It had the regular family history information of course, but other questions that stirred up memories in my heart were there too. What was your grandma's favorite recipe? Where did they live, in what kind of a house? What songs were popular then, who were their best friends? What hobbies did they have, where did they go to church, what was their favorite teacher's names, etc. It got me really thinking again on how much I didn't know about my own family! On living family members, of whom there are less than one hand's worth in counting, I can go back and ask. But my precious grandparents and great-grandparents - unless my mother remembers, I will never know. In 1971, I became interested in genealogy, really before I could spell the word! I made a long distance call to my aunt in Tucson who I knew was tracing her family and my uncles and asked her what to do. She gave me a 1/2 hour lesson in family tree searching that has served me down to the present time. She stressed people first, statistics later. She mailed me an audio tape that she had from my grandfather who has been dead for almost 20 years. She had asked him questions such as the above and he was older and got flustered and couldn't remember. So she left him her tape recorder. Lo and behold, he got messing with the tape and mailed it to her a couple of months later. She made me a copy and it is so cherished. He really "got into it" and not only told stories of his childhood, but sang old coal mining songs from Southern Illinois, told about the politics of the day, illnesses, triumphs, hard times on the farm - an hour of tape covering 80 years of his life. I cherish it! Then, about 10 years ago, I asked my Mom to give me her life story and she made 2 tapes for me (which need to be updated). Her hands were getting arthritic and it was hard for her to write, but she was quite at home with a tape recorder and told of her life on the farm, growing up in a tiny town in central Illinois, the hardships, the joys, my birth, the birth and death of my brother. My precious Dad left us in 1996, and he couldn't write too well, but he was a talker. I never got him to make me a tape, but with my memories and those of his only living sister, we have reconstructed most of his life of growing up prior to the Great Depression, World War II and onward. Now, I am doing the same for my two daughters. I have the "luxury" of doing it on the computer. Whenever I have a few minutes, rare it seems, I plunk out another chapter of my life. Many times years later in my life story, my memory will be jogged of something, and I will add an "interlude" - a chapter of missed memories. I have 20 chapters done now - the girls are both getting a hard copy and a computer disk. Fancy memories? Not really. I don't descend from anyone famous, a lot of our family must have hid out when something important happened. But I can tell them of growing up in a small town and knowing all of my classmates from 1st grade on, of lonliness, of friends, of events that happened during those years such as the launching of Sputnik and our fears to go out on the playground thinking a Russian satellite was photographing us. Of elections, the Korean and Viet Nam War. My times of feeling like a klutz playing girl's basketball or trying to dance, of meeting their daddy, their births. I have also kept a diary for both girls since the day they were born. Plus, I kept my own diary which meant 3 diary entries a day. When they were old enough, I gave the girls their own diaries and begged them to keep them up --which they are. They know what happened every day of their lives less maybe 5 days over the many years. And, being smaltzy, I made them great big scrapbooks - all the cards they have ever received, pieces of the wrapping paper from their gifts, birth announcements, shower presents, lists of toys they like to play with. And pictures - about 30 albums full over the years - friends, events, places. Since we've lived in 5 states, there is something there from every house we've lived in, every town. Now, it's their problem on how to find room for all their "memories", but it has worked. They actively keep records of their lives; one married now and one serious. Statistically, for some patriotic organization, this would mean nothing. But for me, for them, it IS their life! So, along with being able to quote their ancestors back many generations, they know that great-aunt Lizzie was a Bohemian and the life the party; another aunt was a great poker player; Uncle Frederick invented the space bar on the typewriter, Rev. Marcellus was thrown into the brig during the Civil War for being on the wrong side of the fence in the Civil War; their grandmother was a great horsewoman (on the farm, never professionally); their grandpa never knew his father who was killed accidentally when he was three years old; and the adventures of their mother taking flying lessons. They know when they were sick and of what, who got into a little girl's squabble with who and how they did on their report cards. It is a walk back in time with their family and they both love it. So, after many paragraphs, what I'm trying to say is ... record it! We need those dates and places, but we need to know the people who match those dates and places. We are what they were in so many ways, the same genes run in our body, their blood flows in our veins. Their illnesses might effect us later, their reactions to situations many time are shown in how we respond. When they made mistakes, we can learn from their errors and hopefully, not repeat them. When they succeeded, we can not only take pride, but strive to match their goals and exceed them. When great grandpa slaved over a horse drawn plow and at night stared at the stars; our children might be on a space ship soaring between them. Where they had discord in marriage or family, we can strive to be on the alert to see what we can do to not have the same. If you can get the family members to make a tape, write it down, or dictate it to you ... save it, cherish it for it is a shadow of you and of your descendants. (c) Copyright 21 September 2000, Sandra K. Gorin. All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ <>< TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Surname Registry: http://sckyregistry.homestead.com/SCKYHome.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt ==== KYRESEARCH Mailing List ====

Ok, lets hear it from all of you, we have quite a list now and no one is doing any research seems to me.... so we need to get going here... I want to hear from each and every one of you on the ancestor either Housh or Pentacost.... I will expect as much information that you can give on your stumbling block... ie: names and dates and places.... So lets hear from all of you lurkers..... Jeannie <>< List Mom

http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage for those of you who have folks that went into IL..... Don't we all :) have a great day.... Jeannie <><

> "Gray Hair" > > One day, a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the > dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had > several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast to her brunette > hair. > > The little girl looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are > some of your hairs white, Mom?" > > Her mother replied, "Well, every time you do something wrong and make > me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white." > > The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then > asked, "Momma, how come all of grandma's hairs are white?" >

A member of the Montgomery Co., KY list sent this and I am passing it on, as it is a fantastic site . Enjoy! Jeannie <>< Making of America series at Cornel allows searches http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/. Pick The Making of America Collection, then you can further pick War of the Rebellion book set or others you feel are pertinent. You can do simple or Boolean search

>A judge was interviewing a woman regarding her pending >divorce, and asked, "What are the grounds for your divorce?" > >She replied, "About four acres and a nice little home in >the middle of the property with a stream running by." > >"No," he said, "I mean what is the foundation of this case?" > >"It is made of concrete, brick and mortar," she responded. > >"I mean," he continued, "What are your relations like?" > >"I have an aunt and uncle living here in town, and so do my >husband's parents." > >He said, "Do you have a real grudge?" > >"No," she replied, "We have a two-car carport and have never >really needed one." > >"Please," he tried again, "is there any infidelity in your >marriage?" > >"Yes, both my son and daughter have stereo sets. We don't >necessarily like the music, but the answer to your questions >is yes." > >"Ma'am, does your husband ever beat you up?" > >"Yes," she responded, "about twice a week he gets up earlier >than I do." > >Finally, in frustration, the judge asked, "Lady, why DO you want >a divorce?" > >"Oh, I don't want a divorce," she replied. "I've never wanted >a divorce. My husband does. He said he can't communicate with me." > >------------------------------------------ >

A Soldier Died Today. He was getting old and paunchy, and his health was failing fast. And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past, of a war that he had fought in; the deeds that he had done in his exploits with his buddies. They were heroes, everyone. And 'tho sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke, all his buddies listened, for they knew whereof he spoke. But we'll hear his tales no longer, for ol' Bob has passed away, and the world's a little poorer, for a Soldier died today. No, he won't be mourned by many, just his children and his wife; for he lived an ordinary, very quiet sort of life. He held a job and raised a family, quietly going on his way; and the world won't note his passing,'tho a Soldier died today. When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state, while thousands note their passing and proclaim that they were great. Papers tell of their life stories, from the time that they were young; but the passing of a Soldier goes unnoticed and unsung. Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of our land some jerk who breaks his promise and cons his fellow man? Or is it the ordinary fellow, who in times of war and strife goes off to serve his country, and offers up his life? The politician's stipend and the style in which he lives are sometimes disproportionate to the service that he gives. While the ordinary Soldier, who offered up his all is paid off with a medal, and perhaps a pension small. It's so easy to forget them, for it was not so long ago that the Bobs and Jims and Johnnys went to battle, but we know it was not the politicians with their compromises and ploys who won for us the freedom that our country now enjoys. Should you find yourself in danger, with the enemies at hand, would you really want some cop-out, with his ever waffling stand? Or would you want a Soldier, who has sworn to defend his home, his kin, and country, and would fight to the end? He was just a common Soldier, and his ranks are growing thin; but his presence should remind us, we may need his kind again. For when countries are in conflict, then we find the Soldier's part is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start. If we cannot do him honor, while he's here to hear the praise, then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days. Perhaps just a simple headline in the paper that might say, "OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING, FOR A SOLDIER DIED TODAY." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Neat! Thank You, Millie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeannie Blake-Dalrymple" <maxsmammaw@yahoo.com> To: <HOUSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 8:57 PM Subject: [HOUSH] Tid-bit, thanks Laura, jd <>< > This is really interesting!!!! > > Take out a one dollar bill and look at it. The one > dollar bill you're > looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its > present design. > This > so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen > blend, with red > and > blue minute silk fibers running through it. It is > actually material. > We've > all washed it without it falling apart. > > A special blend of ink is used, the contents we will > never know. It is > overprinted with symbols and then it is starched to > make it water > resistant > and pressed to give it that nice crisp look. > > If you look on the front of the bill, you will see the > United States > Treasury Seal. On the top you will see the scales for > the balance - a > balanced budget. In the center you have a carpenter's > T-square, a > tool > used for an even cut. Underneath is the Key to the > United States > Treasury. > That's all pretty easy to figure out, but what is on > the back of that > dollar bill is something we should all know. > > If you turn the bill over, you will see two circles. > Both circles, > together, comprise the Great Seal of the United > States. > > The First Continental Congress requested that Benjamin > Franklin and a > group > of men come up with a Seal. It took them four years > to accomplish > this > task and another two years to get it approved. > > If you look at the left hand circle, you will see a > Pyramid. Notice > the > face is lighted and the western side is dark. This > country was just > beginning. We had not begun to explore the West or > decided what we > could do > for Western Civilization. The Pyramid is un-capped, > again signifying > that > we were not even close to being finished. Inside the > capstone you have > the > all-seeing eye, and ancient symbol for divinity. It > was Franklin's > belief > that one man couldn't do it alone, but a group of men, > with the help > of > God, could do anything. > > "IN GOD WE TRUST" is on this currency. The Latin above > the pyramid, > ANNUIT > COEPTIS, means "God has favored our undertaking." The > Latin below the > pyramid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, means "a new order has > begun." At the > base > of the pyramid is the Roman Numeral for 1776. > > If you look at the right-hand circle, and check it > carefully, you will > learn that it is on every National Cemetery in the > United States. It > is > also on the Parade of Flags Walkway at the Bushnell, > Florida > > National Cemetery and is the centerpiece of most > hero's monuments. > Slightly > modified, it is the seal of the President of the > United States and it > is > always visible whenever he speaks, yet no one knows > what the symbols > mean. > > The Bald Eagle was selected as a symbol for victory > for two > reasons: first, he is not afraid of a storm; he is > strong and he is > smart > enough to soar above it. Secondly, he wears no > material crown. We had > just > broken from the King of England. > > Also, notice the shield is unsupported. This country > can now stand on > its > own. At the top of that shield you have a white bar > signifying > congress, a > unifying factor. We were coming together as one > nation. In the > Eagle's > beak you will read, "E PLURIBUS UNUM", meaning "one > nation from many > people." > > Above the Eagle you have thirteen stars representing > the thirteen > original > colonies, and any clouds of misunderstanding rolling > away. Again, we > were > coming together as one. Notice what the Eagle holds in > his > talons. He holds an olive branch and arrows. This > country wants > peace, > but we will never be afraid to fight to preserve > peace. The Eagle > always > wants to face the olive branch, but in time of war, > his gaze turns > toward > the arrows. > > They say that the number 13 is an unlucky number. This > is almost a > worldwide belief. You will usually never see a room > numbered 13, or > any > hotels or motels with a 13th floor. But, think about > this: 13 original > colonies, 13 signers of the Declaration of > Independence, 13 stripes on > our > flag, 13 steps on the Pyramid, 13 letters in the Latin > above, 13 > letters in > "E Pluribus Unum", 13 stars above the Eagle, 13 > plumes of feathers on > each > span of the Eagle's wing, 13 bars on that shield, 13 > leaves on the > olive > branch, 13 fruits, and if you look closely, 13 arrows. > And for > minorities: > the 13th Amendment. > > Why don't you know this? Your children don't know > this and their > history > teachers don't know this. Too may veterans have given > up too much to > ever > let the meaning fade. Many veterans remember coming > home to an America > that > didn't care. Too many veterans never came home at > all. Tell everyone > what > is on the back of the one dollar bill and what it > stands for, because > nobody else will. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== HOUSH Mailing List ==== > Shh! Be very, very quiet.... I'm hunting forebears. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > >

This is really interesting!!!! Take out a one dollar bill and look at it. The one dollar bill you're looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its present design. This so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend, with red and blue minute silk fibers running through it. It is actually material. We've all washed it without it falling apart. A special blend of ink is used, the contents we will never know. It is overprinted with symbols and then it is starched to make it water resistant and pressed to give it that nice crisp look. If you look on the front of the bill, you will see the United States Treasury Seal. On the top you will see the scales for the balance - a balanced budget. In the center you have a carpenter's T-square, a tool used for an even cut. Underneath is the Key to the United States Treasury. That's all pretty easy to figure out, but what is on the back of that dollar bill is something we should all know. If you turn the bill over, you will see two circles. Both circles, together, comprise the Great Seal of the United States. The First Continental Congress requested that Benjamin Franklin and a group of men come up with a Seal. It took them four years to accomplish this task and another two years to get it approved. If you look at the left hand circle, you will see a Pyramid. Notice the face is lighted and the western side is dark. This country was just beginning. We had not begun to explore the West or decided what we could do for Western Civilization. The Pyramid is un-capped, again signifying that we were not even close to being finished. Inside the capstone you have the all-seeing eye, and ancient symbol for divinity. It was Franklin's belief that one man couldn't do it alone, but a group of men, with the help of God, could do anything. "IN GOD WE TRUST" is on this currency. The Latin above the pyramid, ANNUIT COEPTIS, means "God has favored our undertaking." The Latin below the pyramid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, means "a new order has begun." At the base of the pyramid is the Roman Numeral for 1776. If you look at the right-hand circle, and check it carefully, you will learn that it is on every National Cemetery in the United States. It is also on the Parade of Flags Walkway at the Bushnell, Florida National Cemetery and is the centerpiece of most hero's monuments. Slightly modified, it is the seal of the President of the United States and it is always visible whenever he speaks, yet no one knows what the symbols mean. The Bald Eagle was selected as a symbol for victory for two reasons: first, he is not afraid of a storm; he is strong and he is smart enough to soar above it. Secondly, he wears no material crown. We had just broken from the King of England. Also, notice the shield is unsupported. This country can now stand on its own. At the top of that shield you have a white bar signifying congress, a unifying factor. We were coming together as one nation. In the Eagle's beak you will read, "E PLURIBUS UNUM", meaning "one nation from many people." Above the Eagle you have thirteen stars representing the thirteen original colonies, and any clouds of misunderstanding rolling away. Again, we were coming together as one. Notice what the Eagle holds in his talons. He holds an olive branch and arrows. This country wants peace, but we will never be afraid to fight to preserve peace. The Eagle always wants to face the olive branch, but in time of war, his gaze turns toward the arrows. They say that the number 13 is an unlucky number. This is almost a worldwide belief. You will usually never see a room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels with a 13th floor. But, think about this: 13 original colonies, 13 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 13 stripes on our flag, 13 steps on the Pyramid, 13 letters in the Latin above, 13 letters in "E Pluribus Unum", 13 stars above the Eagle, 13 plumes of feathers on each span of the Eagle's wing, 13 bars on that shield, 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13 fruits, and if you look closely, 13 arrows. And for minorities: the 13th Amendment. Why don't you know this? Your children don't know this and their history teachers don't know this. Too may veterans have given up too much to ever let the meaning fade. Many veterans remember coming home to an America that didn't care. Too many veterans never came home at all. Tell everyone what is on the back of the one dollar bill and what it stands for, because nobody else will. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

A kindergarten teacher had a pupil tell her that he had found a frog. She inquired whether it was alive or dead. "Dead." she was informed. "How do you know?" she asked. "Because I pissed in his ear." said the child innocently. "You did WHAT?" squealed the teacher in surprise. "You know," explained the boy, "I leaned over and went 'Pssst'. He didn't move." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/