Sorry I can't help Frank on his search for a small town job, but will say that I also have Mendon Taft and Aldrich ancestors if Frank or anyone wants to speak of them. My Aldrich lines are George-Joseph-Samuel-Peter-Silvanus-Gardner. My Taft line is Robert-Benjamin-Samuel-Anna Colwell-Anna Aldrich, Gardner J. Aldrich; also Robert-Benjamin-Mijaman-Nathan-Mijaman-Amy Aldrich. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Comstock" <rhody1654@msn.com> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Replies > Hi Alice and all, > > I'm still around and don't know why I haven't been getting any messages > from this list--my favorite list, by the way. I'm doing very little with > genealogy lately, but I look forward to "listening in" on the postings of > others. Bear with me if I take a while to answer emails directed to me. > I have little time for anything at the moment. My wife took a bad fall in > mid-December and now has no use of her right hand. As a right-handed > teacher, this is a major challenge for her. We always shared everything, > but now I have had to take over all the housework, cooking, all the > driving, the actual writing of all of Terry's lesson plans (she dictates > to me) and I score and record the grades for most of the tests and papers > generated in Terry's classroom, all while keeping my job. Life has > interfered and genealogy has had to fall to the wayside for me. My wife's > health and future are more important to me at the moment. > > Alice, I won't have time in the near future to do any transcribing for the > Mendon Historical Society, but I do hope I will be able to return to that > in the future. > > In the meantime, if anyone on the list wants to recommend a small town > with employment opportunities and a low cost of living, I'm all ears. If > Terry's injury is permanent, she will not be able to keep working as a > teacher. We can't stay here in Maryland without her salary, so we will be > looking for a small town elsewhere. Life has handed us lemons at the > moment, but we are trying to make lemonade! > > Frank Comstock > > Researching Aldrich, Arnold, Bates, Beede, Bosworth, Burroughs, Capron, > Comstock, Farnum, Gifford, Hall, Howland, Jenckes, Mowry, Paine, Read, > Staples, Taft, Thayer, Trask, Tyler, Wheelock, Whipple, and White and most > any other family in Smithfield, Woonsocket, Mendon, and Blackstone. .

Hi Tom & All again, I am also Aldrich related.. but not Taft.. Although I do belong to both Family Associations.. I must say you descend from 2 of the most researched families in Mendon, along with the Thayer's of course. :) . However on both lines there is much written on and many genealogies are available for both lines. I descend from George Aldrich , 2 times, but many others get him as a progenitor 5 and 6 times. Sure cuts down the pedigree. :) I also moderate the NAA Aldrich List on Yahoo.com that has over 300 near 400 I think now and is a great list for Aldrich queries and replies. But we also do all Mendon and area names on this list including the Aldrich line. :) The Aldrich list also has slumps but is usually a pretty busy list but it is also a much bigger list. However we have about 70 on this list at present. Nice hearing from u Tom, anyone else care to join in with their area family names and queries ? Have a nice Day, Alice