Larry - This is fabulous news! I look forward to these books as I know Elizabeth was very thorough. Sara On 17 Aug 2004 at 1:35, Larry Johnson wrote: > Elizabeth Looney loved communicating and researching the various Looney > lines. When she sent out letters inquiring about the Looney relations, she > always said that she would write a book on the Looney family. She spent her > life collecting everything that she could and I think she really enjoyed the > socializing that these communications back and forth brought to her. > Elizabeth wrote a short piece on her family line, but never quite got around > to stopping the collection and sharing of information so she could write > that book she always spoke of. > > Do not fear, Elizabeth's files are not lost. She gave them to me before she > died under the condition that I would write a book on the Robert Looney Jr. > line and give her credit for collecting all this information. Needless to > say, with over 40 file boxes full of her files and family documents, there > is more than enough data to write several books on the Looney family. > > I'm looking forward to retirement later this year so I can begin working on > writing that book or books. > > Larry Johnson > Keller, Texas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <DClaudiaL@aol.com> > To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 1:51 PM > Subject: Re: [LOONEY-L] Re:Hello cousins > > > > Bob, > > I don't know who Will and Sue were. Wish I did, but I have always > > assumed (which we shouldn't do) that they were siblings of F.B. > > Yes, I did know an Ellen Looney very well. If it is the same one, > she > > was married to Ben Looney, and I don't know where he fits in, but he was a > > cousin of my dad's and not a 1st cousin. They lived in Walters, Okla, > until Ben > > died with cancer, and then Ellen moved to Lawton. Do you know when she > > visited your mother? My brother and I were kids when we went to Walters > to visit > > Ellen and Ben, and she probably would have visited Texas or any relatives > after > > Ben died. She lived in Lawton until she died (I'm not sure when) but she > was > > still living in 1962 when I moved to Alabama. > > I doubt if Elizabeth Looney ever published her research. She was > very > > interested in helping others and in tying all the lines together. This > line > > was abuzz when she was dying because everyone knew her. Someone on this > line > > will know the answer to that. > > > > Till later, Claudia > > > > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > > Do the Manx LOONEY/LLEWNIEs connect to the Irish LOONEY/O'LOONEYs? > > Did the name originate in County Cork in 148 AD with the marriage of > > Con of a Hundred Battles (High King of Ireland in 158 AD) to the > > daughter of Olollar Ollium, King of Munster? Does it have TWO origins? > > > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > Please keep the topic related to LOONEY (and variants) family history. > Other topics should be taken off-line (mail them directly). Also, don't > post "ME TOO" or "GO AHEAD" messages to the list. Send them directly. > Note: The default "Reply To:" for this list is the list, not the sender. > > Every soul is a melody which needs renewing. -- Stephan Mallarme