Hi Martha, Well if you ever do get back to Kanawha please let me know - I'll buy you lunch at "The Talk Of The Town." And yes, the "Holiday Open House" is big doins' here. The town is very quaint during the Christmas season, especially after a fresh snow. The homes and businesses are decorated and lights and wreaths adorn the lamp posts on Main St. Many times during a soft snow I've thought it was like an old time postcard. Oh!.. and there is a wonderful group of people who do Christmas Caroling! They don't ring your bell, they just appear and their voices are their announcement. We open our door and stand on the porch while they serenade us with lovely songs of peace, joy, and love. Then they hand me a plate of homemade Christmas cookies, and a small gift is given to my grandson - and off they go again into the night. That is my very most favoritist part of Christmas in Kanawha! Can you tell me who your cousins are? I'm learning more folks' names the longer I'm here and I think everyone knows who I am, but not always by name, usually I'm just referred to as "Andrew's Grandma" - and it seems EVERYONE knows Andrew! It's gotten so that sometimes I just say, "Oh I live at Andrew's house. ;-) Let me know if you ever need a lookup at the county courthouse or a cemetery photo, etc. Which genealogical society did you work with - the Hancock County GS, or the North Central Iowa Genealogy Society out of Mason City? Blessings, Kate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Johnson" <mjohnson049@columbus.rr.com> Cc: <IOWA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [IOWA] Kanawha > Forgot to say ( shame on me), that the cousins we met took us to > THEIR home, which had been my grandfather's great uncle's home in the > 1800's. So we saw px of the original farm house, and how it has > changed through the years. > > I want to go back!!!! > > Martha > > > On Feb 28, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Martha Johnson wrote: > >> I had the pleasure of visiting in Kanawha this fall. I have some >> relatives buried there, and also via a cousin I met on the internet >> found other cousins still living there. They met us and took us >> to the Hancock Cemetery and were so very gracious. One even took >> us to her home and shared old photographs of my grandfather's >> uncles , aunts and cousins. >> >> We didn't spend as much time there that we learned what a quaint >> town it is, but the people we met were wonderful. I want to go >> back. >> >> At Christmas my relative told me of how the down town has open >> houses, and the businesses serve refreshments, etc. That would only >> happen in a good old small town. >> >> I also had great help from the local genealogy society before my trip >> in locating some information that made me eager to visit. >> >> Martha >> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> For additional information concerning how the list >> works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ >> _____________________________________________ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.4/1976 - Release Date: 02/27/09 13:27:00