Freida's gracious letter made me want to share some of the happenings 'behind the Jobe research scenes'. Sure we are all searching for those elusive Jobe ancestors - but two events that happened this week (that I was a part of) really brought tears to my eyes. 1) There are these two 1st cousins, in fact living very near each other, and BOTH come in contact with me. Neither was aware that the other was doing genealogy. They are now in contact with each other and working together. Plus one was able to get a picture that he had seen years ago on the wall at his grandparents, but had lost the picture. 2) Another one concerns an aunt and a nephew. Both found me through Jobe Legacy and what was strange was that the nephew, now in his 30's, had a booklet prepared by this aunt. She was so thrilled to learn that he still had the booklet and more so that he is NOW interested in the family history. They are now writing each other! Plus, I just heard from two whose work I've know for years. Both were contributors to the Jobe Journal and one I used to write to myself back in the early 1970's. Besides him I used to correspond with his father. By the way, many many years ago I used to correspond with Freida's mother. Who would have though!! I'm so glad I started doing this when I was 16 and had some of the best teachers around! And a special thanks to Randy, Sherman and Freida who got me doing this AGAIN! I just kept thinking - I've been away too long and I'll never learn how to 'master' this computer! And for those who say, my children just aren't interested! Give them time. It is just AMAZING how many that I hear from whose parents I used to correspond with. The parents were in 60's, 70's and the children were 20's - 30's and many said my children just don't care. Well, guess what, those children are now interested and pulling their hair out and are thrilled beyond words when they stumble across one of us 'old timers' , as many of us call ourselves, even though there are a 'few' of us between 45-55 and we remember their parent, grandparents, etc. Now these are REWARDS that I never expected. Even my mother who by the way now lives in the old house where I grew up, gets letters addressed to me with my maiden name and my 'ex' surname. And on one of my other lines, I just found a cousin who had an uncle that actually lived in the house that I grew up in while a child. They had the house 10 years before my parents did. He described the house perfectly as I remember it - before my mother made all those renovations. Just thought some of you might be interested in hearing about some of a 'different kind' of success story and the benefits of doing genealogy! JOBE COUSINS ARE THE BEST!! Ann (Jobe) Brown