Good luck on this project! Gary Noel Knight On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Gay Davis wrote: > 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 > > 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