Of course, another way to make sure your work lives on is to publish it... Linda Lambert wrote: > > That's true. But they also check the Effingham County GenWeb site often to > see what I have there. The list of the ECGH publications is there. They > know what's for sale, they just don't want to buy them <grin>. They want > mine, for free. They want me to donate them. They'll get them > "eventually", but not now. > > And....I have made arrangements that all my family research, documents, etc. > be given to the ECGH "eventually", rather than thrown in a dumpster, etc. > That way, others can use what I've taken 40+ years to accumulate and > organize. > > Come to think of it, how many on this mailing list have made provisions for > all their hard work after they pass? If a family member is not interested, > and no one in the family will continue or build upon your work, what will > happen? Might be time to think about this..........to make sure that your > work lives on. > > Linda > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Eleanor Bounds [mailto:elpobo@effingham.net] > > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:29 AM > > To: ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [ILEFFING-L] Effingham Items on Ebay > > > > Maybe if you give them a brochure from Effingham County Genealogical and > > Historical Society, they would decide to purchase some of those > > publications. > > Eleanor > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or > unsubscribe in the message body.