Hi everyone, It seems that quite a few people missed this message that I sent out on Sunday. So, I'm sending it through again. My apologies if you've already seen it, but if you were receiving the number of "I didn't see it" and "What's going on here" messages that I've been getting, you'd resend it as well. <g> And, just in case you're interested... we already have cousins sending in Christmas presents... If you're ready to send yours, you're certainly welcome to. Trying this one more time... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: A 4H FAMILY CHRISTMAS ... EVERYONE PLEASE READ Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 12:48:44 -0700 From: Colleen Pustola <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected] Hi family, Well, you knew it had to happen .... that I'd come up with yet another idea for all of us. <g> Christmas... it's less than 60 days away now. I love Christmas -- not so much the getting as I do the gift giving. I love surprises and the joy they bring. Yes cousins... this IS leading somewhere. We ARE family, you know, and families do 'family' things together, right? Well, Christmas is coming and that IS a family holiday. Many of us have begun making Christmas lists; this time you can make one with a twist... We're going to spend Christmas together ... as a family ... all of us ... in cyberspace, in a private room off the HRR. Picture this ... A family Christmas tree with family around ... Christmas music ... gifts ... Santa Claus ... We're going to have a Christmas tree. I'll set it up as a page off the HRR hopefully just after Thanksgiving. Gifts will be new material that we all have stored in our home files or found recently after forays into libraries or archives. If each of you will send me one new list/record to be placed "under" the tree, then the family's Christmas will be a resounding success! We'll all benefit from this, have fun doing it, AND add some of the magic back into our own Christmas holidays. Even more, we'll do it as a family. Gifts can be: * a list of names on (for example) a year's tax records * a biography * 3-4 generations of a family * a couple wills * photographs * a few deeds * a county's/country's obituaries for a given period * immigration/emigration records * copies of certificates (deceased only - no living) * etc. ~~ whatever else you'd like to give the family for Christmas provided there is no data on living persons included The list does NOT have to be limited to what I've given above; those were just ideas/ suggestions. The point of this is to give a gift to the family and have fun doing it. ***IMPORTANT*** ~ PLEASE BE SURE TO READ ALL THREE *** *** Your gifts will need to be set up as close to online-ready as you're able to do; if you don't know how, don't worry ~ your gifts are still welcomed. Text files are fine, and so are RDF files. Label your message as CHRISTMAS GIFT so I won't miss it in the middle of all the roll calls and I'll know you have that particular message designated as a gift. *** Questions? Just send an email to me <[email protected]>. Make your subject line as RE: CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. *** Your gifts should be submitted DIRECTLY TO ME at <[email protected]> ~ NOT ON THE LIST. (We need to be good "secret-keepers," don't you know! :) ) Deadline for submissions is November 30th as I'll need time to "wrap" everything. So, cousins... what dusty, musty records do you have hidden away that you'd like to "wrap up" and put under our first family tree to be opened on Christmas day? What HOWELL[S]/HOWLE, or other variant spelling gift would you like to give to the family for Christmas? I'm totally excited about our first family holidays together! Are you? I sit here and imagine the surprise on your faces as you read about this, then the smiles, then the flicker of interest and excitement -- the spirit of Christmas coming alive. . .yes, this will be a magical time once again for all of us. I hope each of you will find at least one special gift to give at this, our first Christmas together. It can be an exciting and magical season for all of us ... looking once again at the holidays through child-like eyes. WELL... WHADA'YA THINK??? Are you all ready to feel like little kids again? :-D Colleen

COLLEEN, YOU ARE SOMETHING ELSE. WHAT A GRAND IDEA...SO CLEVER...SO ORIGINAL. YOU, WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET SOMEDAY!!! OUR GIFT WILL BE ON ITS WAY~ ON THE SLEIGH. THANKS SO MUCH!!! BOBBEE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 4:54 PM Subject: [HOWELL] A 4H FAMILY CHRISTMAS ... EVERYONE PLEASE READ > Hi everyone, > > It seems that quite a few people missed this message that I sent out on > Sunday. So, I'm sending it through again. My apologies if you've > already seen it, but if you were receiving the number of "I didn't see > it" and "What's going on here" messages that I've been getting, you'd > resend it as well. <g> > > And, just in case you're interested... we already have cousins sending > in Christmas presents... If you're ready to send yours, you're certainly > welcome to. > > Trying this one more time... > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: A 4H FAMILY CHRISTMAS ... EVERYONE PLEASE READ > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 12:48:44 -0700 > From: Colleen Pustola <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > [email protected],[email protected], > [email protected] > > Hi family, > > Well, you knew it had to happen .... that I'd come up with yet another > idea for all of us. <g> > > Christmas... it's less than 60 days away now. I love Christmas -- not > so much the getting as I do the gift giving. I love surprises and the > joy they bring. Yes cousins... this IS leading somewhere. We ARE > family, you know, and families do 'family' things together, right? > Well, Christmas is coming and that IS a family holiday. Many of us have > begun making Christmas lists; this time you can make one with a twist... > > We're going to spend Christmas together ... as a family ... all of us > ... in cyberspace, in a private room off the HRR. > > Picture this ... > > A family Christmas tree with family around ... > Christmas music ... > gifts ... > Santa Claus ... > > We're going to have a Christmas tree. I'll set it up as a page off the > HRR hopefully just after Thanksgiving. > > Gifts will be new material that we all have stored in our home files or > found recently after forays into libraries or archives. If each of you > will send me one new list/record to be placed "under" the tree, then the > family's Christmas will be a resounding success! We'll all benefit from > this, have fun doing it, AND add some of the magic back into our own > Christmas holidays. Even more, we'll do it as a family. > > Gifts can be: > * a list of names on (for example) a year's tax records > * a biography > * 3-4 generations of a family > * a couple wills > * photographs > * a few deeds > * a county's/country's obituaries for a given period > * immigration/emigration records > * copies of certificates (deceased only - no living) > * etc. ~~ whatever else you'd like to give the family for Christmas > provided there is no data on living persons included > > The list does NOT have to be limited to what I've given above; those > were just ideas/ suggestions. The point of this is to give a gift to > the family and have fun doing it. > > ***IMPORTANT*** ~ PLEASE BE SURE TO READ ALL THREE *** > > *** Your gifts will need to be set up as close to online-ready as > you're able to do; if you don't know how, don't worry ~ your gifts are > still welcomed. Text files are fine, and so are RDF files. Label your > message as CHRISTMAS GIFT so I won't miss it in the middle of all the > roll calls and I'll know you have that particular message designated as > a gift. > > *** Questions? Just send an email to me <[email protected]>. > Make your subject line as RE: CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. > > *** Your gifts should be submitted DIRECTLY TO ME at > <[email protected]> ~ NOT ON THE LIST. (We need to be good > "secret-keepers," don't you know! :) ) Deadline for submissions is > November 30th as I'll need time to "wrap" everything. > > So, cousins... what dusty, musty records do you have hidden away that > you'd like to "wrap up" and put under our first family tree to be opened > on Christmas day? What HOWELL[S]/HOWLE, or other variant spelling gift > would you like to give to the family for Christmas? > > I'm totally excited about our first family holidays together! Are you? > I sit here and imagine the surprise on your faces as you read about > this, then the smiles, then the flicker of interest and excitement -- > the spirit of Christmas coming alive. . .yes, this will be a magical > time once again for all of us. I hope each of you will find at least > one special gift to give at this, our first Christmas together. It can > be an exciting and magical season for all of us ... looking once again > at the holidays through child-like eyes. > > WELL... WHADA'YA THINK??? Are you all ready to feel like little kids > again? :-D > > Colleen > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email > at <[email protected]>. > >