Gay, you might set up a facebook page for the community history project and ask people who live in the community now to invite friends who have moved away to post some of their remembrances on the facebook page. Alumni-types. Maybe ask for photos tagged with the residents' names and marked with dates. How about the people who grew up there - what ever happened to...? Grew up & made good...? Were there families who did join their genealogies by marrying hometown sweethearts? Or is this a retirement community? Some kind of map project to go along with the timeline, to show new construction, additions? In the News - headlines? Damaris Fish, Central Point, Oregon On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 9:41 PM, <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > [email protected] If you prefer the digest > version, use a D instead of the L in the request address. Please remember > to restrict the size of your post. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Community History (Gay Davis) > 2. Re: Community History (William Rigtrup) > 3. Re: Community History (Carly Charter) > 4. Re: Community History (Gay Davis) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 10:33:05 -0800 > From: "Gay Davis" <[email protected]> > Subject: [LDS-WC] Community History > To: "LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Listers, > > Many of us on the list have done research related to family history that > may have more to do with community histories. For instance, we have > inventoried cemeteries and included the history of the cemetery in our work. > > I live in a community on Puget Sound in the state of Washington with about > 700 homes. Our community is a homeowners association, that is, everyone > living in the community belongs to our homeowners association. This year > is the 50th year of our existence--the land was first developed in 1962 so > our community will be celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. I have > been asked to organize this year-long anniversary program which will > include doing a history of the community. This history will be preserved > for the future in the clubhouse and will include information about the > original land owners, etc. Although it will have little genealogical > value, it still will be valuable in preserving the history of this > community. > > I would very much appreciate any suggestions/ideas that you all have about > what to put in this history and how to go about creating it. Also, if you > have any ideas about how to make this year an "historical" year for our > community, I would be interested in those. > > Thanks very much. > > Gay Davis > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 12:56:48 -0800 > From: William Rigtrup <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Community History > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]om > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > sound like Cherokee Bay am I right? > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Gay Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Listers, > > > > Many of us on the list have done research related to family history that > > may have more to do with community histories. For instance, we have > > inventoried cemeteries and included the history of the cemetery in our > work. > > > > I live in a community on Puget Sound in the state of Washington with > about > > 700 homes. Our community is a homeowners association, that is, everyone > > living in the community belongs to our homeowners association. This year > > is the 50th year of our existence--the land was first developed in 1962 > so > > our community will be celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. I have > > been asked to organize this year-long anniversary program which will > > include doing a history of the community. This history will be preserved > > for the future in the clubhouse and will include information about the > > original land owners, etc. Although it will have little genealogical > > value, it still will be valuable in preserving the history of this > > community. > > > > I would very much appreciate any suggestions/ideas that you all have > about > > what to put in this history and how to go about creating it. Also, if > you > > have any ideas about how to make this year an "historical" year for our > > community, I would be interested in those. > > > > Thanks very much. > > > > Gay Davis > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > *Carl Rigtrup* > 425 271-1614 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 13:41:21 -0800 > From: "Carly Charter" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Community History > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > If I were a member of your community, and perhaps with > 10 or 20 history, I think I'd be interested in knowing what > it was like for the charter members -- some of their memories > and reasons why they become members might be fun. You > would have a better feel for this, since you probably know > many of the old timers and might even know some of their > stories. But doing a sheet on them with their story and > a photo could be fun. > I know a lady who does something similar for her > family cemetery. She encloses the sheet in plastic > and adheres it to a stake which she puts in the ground > near the graves. Local folks got to enjoy this so much, > that they approached her and asked why when she missed > doing it one year. > Are there multi-families living in the development? > That might be of interest. Maybe just a list of historical > events. A time line of what was going on within the the > community compared to what was heppening in the > world outside? > Good luck. Sounds like fun. > Carlyine Ritter > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Rigtrup" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Community History > > > > sound like Cherokee Bay am I right? > > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Gay Davis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Listers, > >> > >> Many of us on the list have done research related to family history > that > >> may have more to do with community histories. For instance, we have > >> inventoried cemeteries and included the history of the cemetery in our > >> work. > >> > >> I live in a community on Puget Sound in the state of Washington with > >> about > >> 700 homes. Our community is a homeowners association, that is, everyone > >> living in the community belongs to our homeowners association. This > year > >> is the 50th year of our existence--the land was first developed in 1962 > >> so > >> our community will be celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. I > have > >> been asked to organize this year-long anniversary program which will > >> include doing a history of the community. This history will be > preserved > >> for the future in the clubhouse and will include information about the > >> original land owners, etc. Although it will have little genealogical > >> value, it still will be valuable in preserving the history of this > >> community. > >> > >> I would very much appreciate any suggestions/ideas that you all have > >> about > >> what to put in this history and how to go about creating it. Also, if > >> you > >> have any ideas about how to make this year an "historical" year for our > >> community, I would be interested in those. > >> > >> Thanks very much. > >> > >> Gay Davis > >> > >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > >> [email protected] > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *Carl Rigtrup* > > 425 271-1614 > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 10.0.1416 / Virus Database: 2109/4128 - Release Date: 01/07/12 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 21:41:31 -0800 > From: "Gay Davis" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Community History > To: <lds-wa[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thank you for your thoughts. I was thinking of doing a series of > interviews with those who first moved here and writing them up but also > video taping vignettes from them to put together in some kind of video that > could be shown. We have over 700 families living here (we are like a town) > and a lot of talent, so I could probably find a videographer who could do > the video work. I have done a history on the cemetery but it is not a > cemetery just for this community but for a larger geographic area. > > I like the idea you gave of the historical timeline of events. We have a > number of good artists in the community and I can probably get one to > illustrate such a timeline. > > I am looking forward to more suggestions from those on the list. I know > there are great ideas lurking out there. > > Gay Davis > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carly Charter > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 1:41 PM > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Community History > > > If I were a member of your community, and perhaps with > 10 or 20 history, I think I'd be interested in knowing what > it was like for the charter members -- some of their memories > and reasons why they become members might be fun. You > would have a better feel for this, since you probably know > many of the old timers and might even know some of their > stories. But doing a sheet on them with their story and > a photo could be fun. > I know a lady who does something similar for her > family cemetery. She encloses the sheet in plastic > and adheres it to a stake which she puts in the ground > near the graves. Local folks got to enjoy this so much, > that they approached her and asked why when she missed > doing it one year. > Are there multi-families living in the development? > That might be of interest. Maybe just a list of historical > events. A time line of what was going on within the the > community compared to what was heppening in the > world outside? > Good luck. Sounds like fun. > Carlyine Ritter > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Rigtrup" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Community History > > > > sound like Cherokee Bay am I right? > > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Gay Davis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Listers, > >> > >> Many of us on the list have done research related to family history > that > >> may have more to do with community histories. For instance, we have > >> inventoried cemeteries and included the history of the cemetery in our > >> work. > >> > >> I live in a community on Puget Sound in the state of Washington with > >> about > >> 700 homes. Our community is a homeowners association, that is, > everyone > >> living in the community belongs to our homeowners association. This > year > >> is the 50th year of our existence--the land was first developed in 1962 > >> so > >> our community will be celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. I > have > >> been asked to organize this year-long anniversary program which will > >> include doing a history of the community. This history will be > preserved > >> for the future in the clubhouse and will include information about the > >> original land owners, etc. Although it will have little genealogical > >> value, it still will be valuable in preserving the history of this > >> community. > >> > >> I would very much appreciate any suggestions/ideas that you all have > >> about > >> what to put in this history and how to go about creating it. Also, if > >> you > >> have any ideas about how to make this year an "historical" year for our > >> community, I would be interested in those. > >> > >> Thanks very much. > >> > >> Gay Davis > >> > >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > >> [email protected] > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *Carl Rigtrup* > > 425 271-1614 > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 10.0.1416 / Virus Database: 2109/4128 - Release Date: 01/07/12 > > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT mailing list, send an email > to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT Digest, Vol 7, Issue 2 > ************************************************* > -- I'm a Cousin - are you? http://www.LostCousins.com<http://www.lostcousins.com/> Ring Johnson Hibbard Jones Loomis Cousins Morton Wait Lewis Watkins Cushley Clark Wheeler Macatee Duncan Litzinger Ault Cross Ortman Baker Middleton Yarnell Blades Smith Schofield Wooley McVey Eubank Rohrer Ruble Ruse Do you have any idea what all those names are? 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