Hi, Thoroughly enjoyed your tale of how you came by your name. Glad you have joined the board. I'm a very quiet member with western PA Kilgore heritage( James W. Kilgore- Patrick Kilgore (d1808) and on down to finally me. Picked up that you found cousins quickly. Way to go!! Sandy in PA --- carolove3@netscape.net wrote: > Hi Alice, > Not personal at all. The story goes(and do > remember,honeychile, that I am Southern bred, born > and raised) that my mother was pregnant(with me) and > wanted her sister's child to stay with her for > awhile. The only way my soon to be aunt would > permit my mother to have her way was if my mother > allowed her sister to name the baby(me). Hence.. > CAROLOVE. All one word!. My aunt swears she has no > idea how she came up with that, but it sure sounds > like something out of a book... science fiction or > perhaps something by Mary Shelly. Most of my life I > hated it, but now that I am old, I sorta like having > to use only my first name. Well, several marriages > taught me the wisdom of that as surnames come and > they go. Although I have had my present husband for > 22 years and he's wearing just fine. Like good > silver he has a lovely patina that wears well with > age. that and... he puts up with me. Thanks for > the welcome. I am having a great time and have > already found a 2nd cousin from ! > th! > is board. > Carolove > > > > > > > > Alice S Dyck <asd7@juno.com> wrote: > > >Welcome! I'm rather new, too, and am sure you will > find this is a > >delightful group to belong to. They don't mind > mixing fun and wit along > >with trading notes and information. Would it be > too personal to ask you > >how you got your very different and probably unique > name? Alice > >________________________________________________________________ > >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for > less! > >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > >==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== > >Introduce a person to a very frustrating hobby, > >Genealogy, and invite them to join our board! > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and > great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of > buying online with Shop@Netscape! > http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account > today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > > ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== > You are about to enter the KILGORE ZONE! Beware of > the wit and the zany members and their doings! But > they are ALL family! > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/