Kathy, I think you while researching your ancestors have more than one advantage over some of us. You research the surnames you listed below while I research names like KELLY (spelled ten ways) RUTLEDGE (spelled five ways), SMITH and JONES with literally millions of entries for each. GRIN Donald O'Còllàùgh/O'Còllàìgh Kelly PS: Dark humor OK with moa. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Londo Barnes" <digginroots@yahoo.com> To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 4:49 AM Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] Pictures > Years ago, fresh out of high school, I worked in a > cemetery office. Dark humor always was the norm. > Later, as a detective dark humor was the stress > reliever. Old habits are hard to break when it's a > normal pattern of speech. That's why I'm > "digginroots"-I'm always out seeing what I can "dig > up". I honestly didn't think of how that sounded. > *Blond moment*, must be in the roots-my hair is dark > brown....Glad everyone liked it though. > > With my genealogy research and my background in > investigation, evidence gathering and report writing, > it's not surprising that cemetery hopping and dealing > with all of these (mostly) dead people, just comes > natural. That's why I took a bow, when Janet > responded. Glad to be of some entertainment.... > > Going to try to get out Friday to take pics of Laubach > stones for Maurice, if the weather cooperates. > > Kathy > (Oh yeah, and by the way, I demand LOTS of > respect....hahaha) > > Researching: AFFANTRANGER/AFFENTRANGER, BARNES, > FORDHAM, GAMBLE, HIBLER, HUFF, IRWIN, JANSEN, KETCHAM, > KETCHUM, LONDO, LONGSTREET, MEDENRORP, PANZL, RAWN, > SNYDER, THOMPSON, VAN HEUKELEM, > VANDERHOF/VANDERHOFF/VANDERHOOF, how we ended up in > Michigan and a partridge in a pear tree.... > > > --- The Hendersons <mamela@telus.net> wrote: > >> With all due respect, Kathy (and, admittedly, I have >> no idea how much >> that might be! *ha-ha*) ... I think you might have >> been the only one who >> didn't get that. No offence, though - it's for the >> same reason that >> most people should not "proof-read" their own >> writing. It doesn't look >> wrong to you because you "know" the only thing it >> could mean is exactly >> what you mean for it to mean. Y'know what I mean? >> >> heheheheheh >> >> - Al >> > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > The MIGenWeb FGS Project. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/fgs/ > Join in this special project! Add your Family Group Sheets and browse for > connections. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >