List members I enjoyed Tina's memories and hope that more of you will respond, and in detail. The timing is perfect. I'm currently writing a short biography of a man who died in London Mills. In addition to the basic genealogical information, I'm working on placing him, and his descendants, in the larger social and historical context. My father-in-law and his parents were born and raised in the London Mills area. The same is true for some of the people that they uncles and aunts married. When one gets back to the generations of our grandparents and great grandparents, it is especially true. When mom and dad were starting to get serious, he took her to London Mills to meet his family. She was born in Indianapolis and attended college in Evanston, so this was a bit of reverse culture shock! She heard people talking about having to go to Cuba or Mexico in the next few days on business and couldn't figure out how these farmers could afford to visit such far-off places. Only later did she learn that they were referring to the towns and not the countries. Jim