Stop......your making my heart break! How is wish I could see the hills and hollars familiar to my lost Offie King. Perhaps one day soon I too can make such a wonderful trip! Kathy ...stuck in Lodi, Ca. ---------- > From: Gary & Karen <gtskjs@mvn.net> > To: KYBREATH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [KYBREATH-L] A VERY WARM THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > Date: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 2:39 PM > > Mr. Vires, > > Your email to Breathitt County was forwarded to me as a member of their > mailing list. > > Is there any other place on earth that keeps it's hold on people's hearts as > does Breathitt County? I never even lived there and still I feel the pull. > My father was born at Rousseau and I still have family around Jackson. I > was able to visit at the end of June and met Stephen Bowling and the others > at that time. Young Mr. Bowling is quite remarkable. I was amazed that > several of the volunteers could quote my family history from memory. All of > the library staff was quite helpful. I didn't make it to the courthouse > this trip. > > My lines are Back, McIntosh, Russell, & Clemmons. We are trying to organize > the first ever reunion of the Back cousins (there were over 40 of us) for > next year. That will be my excuse for returning next year. Even though I > am past 50, my cousins persuaded me to go up into the hills on an ATV for > several hours. It was my first time on an ATV but what sites I saw! Those > hills are even more beautiful than I remembered. It was the only way I > could have returned to the cemetery where my grandparents are buried. > > Happy hunting from a Southern Illinois Hillbilly. > > Karen Back Simmons > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R. Edward Vires" <waya_unega@hotmail.com> > To: <KYBREATH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 1:20 PM > Subject: [KYBREATH-L] A VERY WARM THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > I would like to THANK profusely the members of the Breathitt County > > Genealogical Society and the County Clerks of Breathitt County for all > their > > PATIENCE and INFORMATION shared during my recent visit. Especially Stephen > > Bowling and Raymond Moore. Steve, I am sorry we could not talk more but WE > > WILL TALK, I promise you. Ray, I am glad to have made your aquaintance and > I > > plan on picking your mind more. I would have like to have met with Bertha > > Noble but I was unable to. I will meet her though. I made numerous copies > > and the County Clerks got to know me by name ( I wonder if that is Good or > > Ill. I have returned from Jackson to my "Home" here in Texas but my HOME > > forever shall be in Breathitt. Thanks again for your friendly greetings > and > > making this "Transplanted" Hillbilly feel right at home. > > > > Warm Regards, > > > > R. Edward Vires > > > > " The Sacred Rights of Mankind are not to be rummaged for among old > > parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam in the > > whole of Nature, by the hand of the Divinity himself; and can never be > > erased by Mortal Power. " ...... Alexander Hamilton > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > ==== KYBREATH Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > ==== KYBREATH Mailing List ==== > Help build the Breathitt County KyGenWeb site. Submit information for posting to the site. Contact Jeanette Shouse at library@tgtel.com