Gotta say: these are the saddest obits. The articles are just not written like that today. By the time the "facts" get into our newspapers, they seem so "sanitized" that we don't get it that each person's death was heartbreaking for his family and friends. We are so casual about the BMD of genealogy; it often takes a close loss to remind us that there's so much more to each member of our extended family. Wishing good health and happiness to all of you whose reminiscing I so enjoy reading. Kathleen

Hi Kathleen: I certainly understand what you're saying -- when I read the newspaper microfilms, I look for upbeat, fun articles, but there don't seem to be many..In the older newspapers, they wrote about birthdays, parties, clubs, etc. But I'm not finding many now. I hope I'm not posting too many obituaries. Believe it or not, I always take them personally when I'm transcribing them. You'd think they were each one part of my family. My reason for posting them, is to help get information to those looking for ancestors. Every time I post one, I wonder how I can put their name in the subject line without saying "DEATH OF ---" I know everyone has to say, UGH... Regards, Nancee -------Original Message------- From: Kathleen Deao Date: 12/5/2009 5:14:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IADECATU] JESSIE ARNOLD'S DEATH -- EXHAUSTION THE CAUSE Gotta say: these are the saddest obits. The articles are just not Written like that today. By the time the "facts" get into our Newspapers, they seem so "sanitized" that we don't get it that each person's death was heartbreaking for his family and friends. We are so Casual about the BMD of genealogy; it often takes a close loss to Remind us that there's so much more to each member of our extended Family. Wishing good health and happiness to all of you whose reminiscing I so Enjoy reading. Kathleen www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Nancee, please continue posting the obits. I can tell by your frequent comments that you are moved by the personal nature of the articles. You are respectfully keeping their memories alive. As we are all "collecting dead relatives" [as I once heard the hobby of genealogy described], each of us is sort of hoping that you'll post that one elusive obituary we were eager to find. We are all enormously grateful for your tireless work on this board. Kathleen